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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FLOODS OF

OHIO AND MISSISSD7PI RIVERS 

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1937

Prepared in cooperation with the

FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION

OF PUBLIC WORKS

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Harold L. Ickes, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. C. Mendenhall, Director

Water-Supply Paper 838

FLOODS OF 

OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1937

NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

With a section on the

FLOOD DEPOSITS OF THE OHIO RIVER 

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1937

By G. R. MANSFIELD

Prepared in cooperation with the

FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION

OF PUBLIC WORKS

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1938

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - - - Price $1.25 (paper cover)
CONTENTS

	Page 

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

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

Administration and personnel ............................ 4

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

General features of the floods .......................... 7

Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions ...................... 36

Antecedent conditions. ............................ 37

Precipitation. ................................ 38

General features ............................. 38

Distribution ............................... 54

First storm period, December 26, 1936, to January 5, 1937. ........ 61

Second storm period, January 6-12. .................... 62

Third storm period, January 13-19. .................... 63

Fourth storm period, January 20-25 .................... 64

Total storm period ............................ 65

Determination of precipitation by drainage basins. .............. 66

Snow, ice, and frost ............................. 78

Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations. ............... 82

Explanation of data. ............................. 83

Ohio River main stem ............................. 103

Allegheny River at Larabee, Pa....................... 103

Allegheny River at Red House, H. Y. ................... 103

Allegheny River at Franklin, Pa. ..................... 104

Allegheny River at Parkers Landing, Pa. ................. 105

Ohio River at .Pittsburgh, Pa. ...................... 106

Ohio River at Sewickley, Pa. ....................... 107

Ohio River at Wheeling, W. Va. ...................... 108

Ohio River at Pomeroy, Ohio. ....................... 109

Ohio River at Huntington, W. Va. ..................... 110

Ohio River at Lock and Dam Ho. 37, near Cincinnati, Ohio ......... Ill

Ohio River at Louisville, Ky. ...................... 112

Ohio River at Evansville, Ind. ...................... 113

Ohio River at Metropolis, 111. ...................... 114

Ohio River overflow at New Columbia, 111. ................ 115-

Allegheny River tributaries. ......................... 116

Brokenstraw Creek at Youngsville, Pa. .................. 116

Tionesta Creek at Nebraska, Pa. ..................... 116

Oil Creek at Rouseville, Pa. ....................... 117

French Creek at Saegerstown, Pa. ..................... 117

French Creek1 at [Itica, Pa. ........................ 118

Mahoning Creek near Dayton, Pa. ..................... 119

Crooked Creek near Ford City, Pa. .................... 119

Kiskiminetas River at Avonmore, Pa. ................... 120

Blacklick Creek at Blacklick, Pa. .................... 121

Loyalhanna Creek at New Alexandria, Pa. ................. 121

Monongahela River Basin. ........................... 12S

Tygart River near Dailey, W. Va. ..................... 122

Tygart River at Belington, W. Va. .................... 123

Tygart River at /Vrden, W. Va. ...................... 124

Tygart River below Tygart Dam, W. Va. .................. 125

Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Va. .................... 126

Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va. ................. 127

Monongahela River at Charleroi, Pa. ................... 128

Buckhannon River at Hall, W. Va. ..................... 129

West Fork River at Butcherville, W. Va. ................. 130

West Fork River at Clarksburg, W. Va. .................. 131

West Pork River at Enterprise, W. Va. .................. 132

Buffalo Creek at Barrackville, W. Va. .................. 133

Cheat River near Parsons, W. Va. ..................... 134

Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va. .................... 135

Cheat River near Pisgah, W. Va. ..................... 136

Blackwater River at Davis, W. Va. .................... 137

Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Va. ................... 138

Youghiogheny River at Connellsville, Pa. ................. 139

Beaver River Basin .............................. 140

Mahoning River near Berlin Center, Ohio. ................. 140

Milton Reservoir near Pricetown, Ohio. .................. 141

Mahoning River at Pricetown, Ohio. .................... 142

Mahoning River at Youngstown, Ohio .................... 143

Beaver River at Wampum, Pa. ....................... 144

West Branch of Mahoning River near Newton Falls, Ohio. .......... 145

Mosquito Creek at Niles, Ohio. ....................... 146

Meander Reservoir at Mineral Ridge, Ohio ................. 147

Meander Creek at Mineral Ridge, Ohio ................... 148

Pymatuning Reservoir at Pymatuning Dam, Pa. ............... 149

Shenango River at Pymatuning Dam, Pa. .................. 150

Connoquenessing Creek at Hazen, Pa. ................... 151

Slippery Rock Creek at Wurtemburg, Pa. .................. 151

Little Beaver Creek Basin. .......................... 152

Little Beaver Creek near East Liverpool, Ohio. .............. 152

Middle Island Creek Basin. .......................... 153

Middle Island Creek at Little, W. Va. .................. 153

Muskingum River Basin. ............................ 154

Dover Reservoir near Dover, Ohio ..................... 154

Tuscarawas River near Dover, Ohio. .................... 155

Tuscarawas River at Newcomerstown, Ohio. ................. 156

Mu3kingum River near Coshocton, Ohio ................... 157

III
Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations Continued.

Muskingum River Basin Continued. Page

Muskingum River at Dresden, Ohio ..................... 158

Muskingum River at McConnelsville, Ohio. ................. 159

Sandy Creek at Sandyville, Ohio. ..................... 160

Bolivar Reservoir at Bolivar, Ohio .................... 161

Nimishillen Creek at North Industry, Ohio. ................ 162

Leesville Reservoir near Leesville, Ohio ................. 163

Atwood Reservoir near Hew Cumberland, Ohio ................ 164

Beach City Reservoir near Beach City, Ohio ................ 165

Sugar Creek at Strasburg, Ohio ...................... 166

Piedmont Reservoir at Piedmont, Ohio ................... 167

Stillwater Creel- at Uhriehsville, Ohio .................. 168

Clendening Reservoir at Tippecanoe, Ohio ................. 159

Tappan Reservoir at Tappan, Ohio ..................... 170

Charles Mill Reservoir at Charles Mill, Ohio ............... 171

Black Pork at Loudonville, Ohio. ..................... 172

Mohican River at Greer, Ohio ....................... 173

Walhonding River at Pomerene, Ohio .................... 174

Mohawk Reservoir near Mohawk Station, Ohio ................ 175

Clear Fork at Newville, Ohio ....................... 176

Pleasant Hill Reservoir near Perrysville, Ohio .............. 177

Jerome Pork at Jeromeville, Ohio ..................... 178

Mohicanville Reservoir near Mohicanville, Ohio .............. 179

Kokosing River near Millwood, Ohio .................... 180

Killbuek Creek at Killbuek, Ohio ..................... 181

Wills Creek at Birds Run, Ohio ...................... 182

Wills Creek Reservoir near Wills Creek, Ohio ............... 183

Senecaville Reservoir near Senecaville, Ohio ............... 184

Wakatomika Creek near Prazeysburg, Ohio. ................. 185

Licking River at Toboso, Ohio. ...................... 186

Little Kanawha River Basin .......................... 187

Little Kanawha River at Glenville, W. Va. ................ 187

Little Kanawha River at Grantsville, W. Va. ............... 188

Hocking River Basin. ............................. 189

Hocking River at Enterprise, Ohio. .................... 189-

Hocking River at Athens, Ohio. ...................... 190

Kanawha River Basin. ............................. 191

Hew River at Allisonia, Va. ....................... 191

New River near Einton, W. Va. ...................... 192

New River at Caperton, W. Va. ...................... 193

Kanawha River at Kanawha Palls, W. Va. .................. 194

Bluestone River at Lilly, W. Va. ..................... 195

Greenbrier River at Buckeye, W. Va. ................... 196

Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va. ................... 197

Greenbrier River at Hilldale, W. Va. ................... 196

Gauley River at Camden on Gauley, W. Va. ................. 199

Gauley River near Summersville, W. Va. .................. 200

Gauley River above Belva, W. Va. ..................... 201

Wflliams River at Dyer, W. Va. ...................... 202

Cherry River at Fenwick, W. Va. ..................... 203

Meadow River at Hallen, W. Va. ...................... 204

Elk River at Centralia, *. Va. ...................... 205

Elk River at Queen Shoals, UK Va. .................... 206

Coal River at Ashford, W. Va. ...................... 207

Little Coal River at Madison, W. Va. ................... 208

Guyandot River Basin ............................. 209

Guyandot River at Man, W. Va. ...................... 209

Guyandot River at Branehland, W. Va. ................... 210

Big Sandy River Basin. ............................ 211

Levisa ,Fork at Paintsville, Ky ....................... 211

Tug Fork at Litwar, W. Va. ........................ 212

Tug Fork near Kermit, W. Va. ....................... 213

Scioto Hiver Basin .............................. 214

O'Shaughnessy Reservoir near Dublin, Ohio. ................ 214

Scioto River near Dublin, Ohio ...................... 215

Griggs Reservoir near Columbus, Ohio ................... 216

Scioto River at Columbus, Ohio ...................... 217

Scioto River at Chillicothe, Ohio. .................... 218

Paint Creek near Bourneville, Ohio .................... 219

Little Miami River Basin ........................... 220

East Fork of Little Miami River at Perintown, Ohio ............. 220

Licking River Basin. ............................. 221

Licking River at Farmers, Ky. ...................... 221

Licking River at Catawba, Ky. ...................... 222

Miami River Basin. .............................. 223

Miami River at Sidney, Ohio. ....................... 223

Taylorsville retarding basin at Taylorsville, Ohio ............ 224

Miami River at Taylorsville, Ohio. .................... 225

Miami River at Dayton, Ohio. ....................... 226

Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio. ...................... 227

Lockington retarding basin at Lockington, Ohio .............. 228

Loramie Creek at Lockington, Ohio. .................... 229

Stillwater River at Pleasant Hill, Ohio. ................. 230

Englewood retarding basin at Englewood, Ohio ............... 231

Stillwater River at Englewood, Ohio. ................... 232

Greenville Creek near Bradford, Ohio ................... 233

Mad River near Springfield, Ohio ..................... 234

Huffman retarding basin near Dayton, Ohio. ................ 235

Mad River near Dayton, Ohio. ....................... 236

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio. ..................... 237

Germantown retarding basin near Germantown, Ohio ............. 238
Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations Continued.

Miami River Basin Continued. Page

Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio ..................... 239

West Pork of Whltewater River near Alpine, Ind. ............. 240

Whitewater River at Brookville, Ind. ................... 241

Kentucky River Basin ............................. 242

North Pork of Kentucky River at Jackson, Ky. ............... 242

Kentucky River at Lock 14, at Heidelberg, Ky. .............. 243

Kentucky River at Lock 10, near Winchester, Ky. ............. 244

Kentucky River at Lock 6, at Warwick, Ky. ................ 245

Kentucky River at Lock 4, at Frankfort, Ky. ............... 246

Kentucky River at Lock 2, at Loekport, Ky. ................ 247

DIx River near High Bridge, Ky. ..................... 248

Blue River Basin ............................... 249

Blue River near White Cloud, Ind. .................... 249

Green River Basin. .............................. 250

Green River at Jfunfordville, Ky. ..................... 250

Green River at Lock 6, at Brownsville, Ky. ................ 251

Green River at Lock 4, at Woodbury, Ky. ................. 252

Green River at Livermore, Ky. ...................... 253

Nolin River at Wax, Ky. ......................... 254

Barren River at Lock 1, at Greeneastle, Ky. ............... 255

Rough River at Dundee, Ky. ........................ 256

Wabash. River Basin .............................. 257

Wabash River at Bluffton, Ind. ...................... 257

Wabash River at Wabash, Ind. ....................... 258

Wabash River at Logansport, Ind. ..................... 259

Wabash River at Lafayette, Ind. ..................... 260

Wabash River at Montezuma, Ind. ..................... 261

Wabash River at Terre Haute, Ind. .................... 262

Wabash River at Vincennes, Ind. ..................... 263

Wabash River at Mount Camel, 111. .................... 264

Salamonie River at Dora, Ind. ...................... 265

MIssissinewa River at Marion, Ind. .................... 266

Eel River at North Manchester, Ind. ................... 267

TIppeeanoe River near Monticello, Ind. .................. 268

Vermilion River near Danville, 111. ................... 269

West Branch of Salt Pork at Urbana, 111. ................. 270

Embarrass River at Ste. Marie, 111. ................... 271

West Pork of White River at Muneie, Ind. ................. 272

West Pork of White River at Anderson, Ind. ................ 273

West Pork of White River near Noblesville, Ind. ........... . 274

West Pork of White River near Nora, Ind. ................. 275

West Pork of White River at Indianapolis, Ind. .............. 276

West Pork of White River at Spencer, Ind. ................ 277

West Pork of White River at Elliston, Ind. ................ 278

West Pork of White River at Newberry, Ind. ................ 279

White River at Hazleton, Ind. ...................... 280

Pall Creek at Millersville, Ind. ..................... 281

Eel River at Bowling Green, Ind. ..................... 282

East Pork of White River at Seymour, Ind. ................ 283

East Pork of White River at Shoals, Ind. ................. 284

Platrock Creek at St. Paul, Ind. ..................... 285

Buseatatuek River near Austin, Ind. ................... 286

Patoka River at Patoka, Ind. ....................... 287

Little Wabash River at Wlleox, 111. ................... 288

Skillet Pork at Wayne City, 111. ..................... 289

Tradewater River Basin ............................ 29r

Tradewater River near Dalton, Ky. .................... 290

Cumberland River Basin ............................ 291

Cumberland River at Cumberland Palls, Ky. ................ 291

Cumberland River at Burnside, Ky. .................... 29S

Cumberland River at Celina, Term. .................... 293

Cumberland River at Carthage, Tenn. ................... 294

Cumberland River at Dam 3, near Old Hickory, Tenn. ............ 295

Cumberland River at Clsrksville, Tenn. .................. 296

New River at New River, Tenn. ...................... 297

South Fork of Cumberland River at Nevelsville, Ky. ............ 298

Obey River near Byrdstown, Tenn. ..................... 299

Caney Pork near Rock Island, Tenn. .................... 300

Caney Pork near Silver Point, Tenn. ................... 301

Collins River near McMinnville, Tenn. .................. 302

Stone River near Smyrna, Tenn. ...................... 303

Harpeth River at Belleview, Tenn. .................... 304

Harpeth River near Kingston Springs, Tenn. ................ 305

Red River near Adams, Tenn. ....................... 306

Red River at Clarksville, Tenn. ..................... 307

Tennessee River Basin. ............................ 308

French Broad River near Newport, Tenn. .................. 308

Tennessee River at Khoxville, Tenn. ................... 309

Tennessee River at Loudon, Tenn. ..................... 310

Tennessee River at Breedenton, Tenn. ................... 311

Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tenn. .................. 312

Tennessee River at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga, Tenn. .......... 313

Tennessee River near Seottsboro, Ala. .................. 314

Tennessee River at Guntersville, Ala. .................. 315

Wheeler Reservoir at Wheeler Dam, Ala. .................. 316

Wilson Reservoir at Wilson Dam, Ala. ................... 317

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala. .................... 318

Tennessee River at Savannah, Tenn. .................... 319

Tennessee River near Johnsonville, Tenn. ................. 320

Tennessee River near Buchanan, Tenn. ................... 321

Pigeon River at Hartford, Tenn. ..................... 322

Noliehueky River near Morristown, Tenn. ................. 323
Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations Continued.

Tennessee River Basin Continued. Page

Holston River near Rogersville, Tenn. .................. 324

Little River near Walland, Tenn. ..................... 325

Little Tennessee River at Calderwood, Tenn. ............... 326

Norris Reservoir at Norris Dam, Tenn. .................. 327

Clinch. River below Norris Dam, Tenn. ................... 328

Hiwassee River near Reliance, Tenn. ................... 329

Ocoee River at Parksville, Tenn. ..................... 330

Sequatchie River near Whitwell, Tenn. .................. 331

Elk River near Prospec-t, Tenn. ...................... 332

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala. ........................ 333

Duck River at Columbia, Tenn. ...................... 334

Duck River at Centerville, Tenn. ..................... 335

Duck River near Hurricane Mills, Tenn. .................. 336

Piney River at Vernon, Tenn. ....................... 337

Buffalo River near Flatwoods, Tenn. ................... 338

Buffalo River near lobelville, Tenn. ................... 339

Big Sandy River at Bruceton, Tenn. .................... 340

Cache River Basin. .............................. 341

Cache River at Porman, 111. ....................... 341

Mississippi River main stem. ......................... 342

Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo. ................... 342

Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, Mo. ................. 343

Mississippi River at Femphis, Tenn. ................... 344

Mississippi River near Arkansas City, Ark. (near Chicot, Ark.) ...... 345

Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss. ................. 346

Mississippi River near Angola, La. (near Red River Landing, La.) ..... 347

Mississippi River near New Orleans, La. ................. 348

Kaskaskia River Basin. ............................ 349

Kaskaskia River at Vandalia, 111. .................... 349

Kaskaskia River at Carlyle, 111. ..................... 350

Kaskaskia River at New Athens, 111. ................... 351

Centralia Reservoir near Centralia, 111. ................. 352

Centralia Reservoir Creek near Centralia, 111. .............. 353

Big Muddy River Basin. ............................ 354

Big Muddy River at Plumfield, 111. .................... 354

Big Muddy River at Murphysboro, 111. ................... 355

Carbondale Reservoir at Carbondale, 111. ................. 356

Meramec River Basin. ............................. 357

Meramec River near Eureka, Mo. ...................... 357

Headwater Diversion Channel Basin. ...................... 358

Castor River at Zalma, Mo. ........................ 358

Obion River Basin. .............................. 359

South Pork of Obion River near Greenfield, Tenn. ............. 359

Obion River at Obion, Tenn. ....................... 360

Rutherford Pork of Obion River near Bradford, Tenn. ........... 361

North Fork of Obion River near Union City, Tenn. ............. 362

South Pork of Forked Deer River at Jackson, Tenn. ............ 363

South Pork of Forked Deer River at Chestnut Bluff, Tenn. ......... 364

Middle Pork of Forked Deer River near Alamo, Tenn. ............ 365

Hatchie River Basin. ............................. 366

Hatchie River at Bolivar, Tenn. ..................... 366

Hatchie River near Stanton, Tenn. .................... 367

Wolf River Basin ............................... 368

Wolf River at Rossville, Tenn. ...................... 368

St. Francis River Basin. ........................... 369

St. Francis River at Parkin, Ark., and St. Francis Bay at Riverfront, Ark. 369

White River Basin. .............................. 370

White River at Clarendon, Ark. ...................... 370

Arkansas River Basin .................... . 371

Arkansas River at Little Rock, Ark. ................... 371

Yazoo River Basin. .............................. 372

Yazoo River at Greenwood, Miss. ..................... 372

Red River Basin. ............................... 373

Red River at Alexandria, La. ....................... 373

Quachita River at Monroe, la. ...................... 374

Old River at Torras, La. ......................... 375

Mississippi River Delta. ........................... 376

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs, La. ................. 376

Stages at river-stage stations ........................ 377

Storage. ..................................... 441

Summary of flood stages and discharges ...................... 444

Rainfall and run-off studies ........................... 486

Method of analysis .............................. 486

Discussion of results. ... ......................... 494

Allegheny, Beaver, and Little Beaver River Basins. .............. 524

Muskingum River Basin. ............................ 531

Scioto and Hocking River Basins. ....................... 535

Miami River Basin. .............................. 547

Wabash River Basin .............................. 551

Monongahela River Basin. ........................ ^ .. 559

Kanawha and Little Kanawha River Basins. ................... 563

Guyandot, Big Sandy, and Licking River Basins. ................ 569

Kentucky River Basin ............................. 572

Green and Tradewater River Basins. ...................... 576

Cumberland River Basin ............................ 579

Tennessee River Basin and basins in western Tennessee. ............ 585

Channel-storage studies. ............................. 594

Storage in channel of the Ohio River ..................... 598

Flood crests ................................... 606

Records of previous floods ............................ 637

Ohio River .................................. 638
Records of previous floods--Continue.i. Page

Allegheny River Basia. ............................ 643

¥onongahela River Basin. ........................... 643

Beaver River Basin .............................. 643

Muskingum River Basin. ............................ 645

Little Kanawha River Basin .......................... 645

Hocking River Basin. ............................. 646

Kanawha River Basin. ............................. 646

Guyandot River Basin ............................. 647

Big Sandy River Basin. ............................ 648

Scioto River Basin .............................. 648

Licking River Basin. ............................. 651

Miami River Basin. .............................. 653

Kentucky River Basin ............................. 655

Salt River Basin ............................... 657

Blue River Basin ............................... 657

Green River Basin. .............................. 659

nabash River Basin .............................. 659

Tradewater River Basin ............................ 664

Cumberland River Basin ............................ 064

Tennessee River Basin. ............................ 667

Kaskaskia and Big Muddy River Basins ..................... 667

Lower Mississippi River Basin. ........................ 674

Flood deposits of the Ohio River, January-February 1937, A study of

sedimentation, by G. R. Mansfield. ....................... 693

Abstract ................................... 693

Introduction and acknowledgments ....................... 693

Scope and purpose of work. .......................... 694

Field work .................................. 695

Laboratory work. ............................... 695

Nature of the problem. ............................ 696

Summary of the physiographic development of the Ghio Valley. ......... 697

Nature of surface materials flooded. ..................... 697

Flood of January-February 1937 ........................ 698

Previous floods. ............................... 699

Deposits of flood of 1937. .......................... 700

Work of Soil Conservation Service. .................... 700

Distribution ............................... 700

Selection of areas for sampling. ..................... 701

General nature of deposits ........................ 701

Mechanical analyses. ............................. 703

Groups of flood samples studied. ..................... 704

Comparison of samples from areas near river with those near outer

margin of flooded area and in intermediate positions ........ 706

Samples frpm the river bank. ..................... 707

Samples from tributaries ....................... 708

Samples from open country. ...................... 710

Samples from narrower parts of the valley. .............. 710

Samples from wider part of valley. .................. 711

Samples taken under river bluffs ................... 712

Samples taken below larger tributaries ................ 712

Samples taken on bridges or in buildings ............... 713

Samples of sand. ........................... 713

Underlying materials ............................. 714

Areas not showing previous flood deposits. ................ 714

Loess. .................................. 718

Glacial materials. ............................ 719

General features of deposits at localities listed in table ........ 719

Anomalous localities ............................. 722

Previously flooded areas ........................... 722

Comparison with deposits of Potomae River. .................. 728

Influence of loess on the nature of the deposits ............... 729

Relations of this study to the study of earlier geologic formations. ..... 729

Engineering applications of the study. .................... 730

Applications to study of soil erosion. .................... 731

Summary. ................................... 731

Appendix ................................... 733

Index~. ...................................... 737

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

1. Flood scenes on the Ohio River: A, New Richmond, Ohio, January 23, 1937;

B, Mouth of the Big Sandy River, January 26, 1937. .......... 20

2. Flood damage on the Ohio River: A, Flood wreckage at Uniontown, Ky.; B,

Cleaning up after the flood. ..................... 21

3. Drainage basins of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers ......... 32

4. A, Scene after ice storm which disrupted telephone communications, in 

southern Illinois January 26, 1937; B, Scene near Eddyville, Ky., 

January 23, 1937 ........................... 36

5. Flood scenes on the Ohio River: A, Leavenworth, Ind., February 2, 1937;

B, Mound City, 111., February 5, 1937. ................ 37

6. Isohyetal map of the Ohio River Basin and lower valley of the Mississippi 

River, showing total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, to 

January 25, 1937 ........................... 66

7. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Cumberland and Tennessee

Rivers, showing the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936,

to January 25, 1937. ......................... 74
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Page

Plate 8. Isohyetal maps of the Ohio River Basin, showing total precipitation, 

in inches, for indicated periods, based on averages of groups of 

precipitation stations ........................ 78

9. Recorder house on the Ohio River at Dam 53, about 18 miles above Cairo, 

111.: A, Scene on December 22, 1936, prior to the flood; B, Scene on 

January 26, 1937, with stage about 1 foot below crsst of flood .... 84

10. A, The Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., at crest on February 10,

1937; B, The Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs, La., February 1937. . 85

11. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of

the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. ................. 454

12. Flood scenes on the Ohio River: A, Louisville, Ky., January 27, 1937; B,

Evansville, Ind., January 26, 1937 .................. 532

13. A, Flood overflow at Evansville, Ind., at crest stage of the Ohio River;

B, Overflow from the Kentucky River at Frankfort, Ky ......... 533

14. A, The Ohio River at Markland, Ind., February 3, 1937; B, Overflow <5f

the «abash River at Mount Carmel, 111., January 25, 1937 ....... 548

15. The Ohio River at Shawneetown, 111.: A, Prior to overtopping of the

levee, January 25, 1937; B, Subsequent to overtopping of the levee . . 549

16. Flood scenes on the Cumberland River: A, Approximately 28 miles above

the mouth, February 20, 1937; B, Fox Bluff, Tenn., January 26, 1937. . 564

17. Flood scenes on the Cumberland River: A, Nashville, Tenn., January 26, 

1937; B, Upstream side of flooded Illinois Central Railroad bridge, 

mile 31.5, February 5, 1937. ..................... 565

18. Flood scene at Cairo, 111., February 5, 1937 .............. 580

19. Levee at Cairo, 111., showing the emergency embankment for protection 

against overtopping: A, Looking north along the Ohio River at levee, 

February 4, 1937; B, View of river front, February 5, 1937 ...... 581

20. A, Brick house, New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio, destroyed by flood 

of January 1937; B, House east of Buena Vista, Adams County, Ohio, 

torn from foundation and overturned by flood of January 1937 ..... 700

21. A, Flood debris near Bellevue, Campbell County, Ky.; B, Flood debris

along U. S. Highway 41 near Evansville, Vandenberg County, Ind. . . . 701

22. A, Water-marked bam and shed in Camp Spring Hollow, Mason County, Ky. , 

about 1^ miles from the Ohio River, Springdale quadrangle; B, Watermarked barn on bluff above Twelvemile Creek on west side of Hew 

Richmond, Ohio, and on same terrace with town. ............ 708

23. A, Flood deposit beneath lower bridge over Licking Creek near mouth at 

Newport, Ky.; B, Flood deposit and water-marked bluff near Kentucky 

end of Aurora ferry, Lawrenceburg quadrangle ............. 708

24. A, Detail of flood deposit, west bank of Post Creek Cut-off just south 

of bridge on Illinois State Highway 37, La Centre quadrangle; B, Same 

deposit, more general view ...................... 708

25. Graphs of mechanical analyses of Ohio River silt ............ 732

Figure 1. Map of the Ohio River Basin and the lower valley of the Mississippi

River and adjoining regions. ..................... 5

2. Stages reached by the floods of January-February, 1937 and previous

known floods at various river-measurement stations on the Ohio River . 9

3. Stages reached by the floods of January-February 1937 and previous

known floods at various river-measurement stations on tributaries of

the Ohio River ............................ 11

4. ^Stages reached by the floods of January-February 1937 and previous

known floods at various river-measurement stations on the Mississippi 

River. ................................ 13

5. Hydrographs of the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, showing stages

reached by the flood of January-February 1937 and selected previous

floods ................................ 15

6. Map of the overflow channels and areas in the vicinity of the mouth of

the Ohio River ............................ 18

7. Hydrographs of the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn. (Beale Street 

gage), showing stages reached by the flood of February 1937 and 

selected previous floods ....................... 24

8. Drainage basins of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. ........ 25

9. Drainage basin of the Ohio River between Pittsburgh, 'pa., and the mouth

of the Muskingum River ........................ 26

10. Drainage basins of the Muskingum River and streams in Ohio tributary to 

the Ohio River between the Muskingum River and the mouth of the Scioto 

River. ................................ 27

11. Drainage basins of the Little Kanawha and Kanawha Rivers and intervening

streams in West Virginia tributary to the Ohio River ......... 28

12. Drainage basins of the Scioto River and streams in Ohio tributary to the

Ohio River between the Scioto River and Higginsport, Ohio. .>.... 29

13. Drainage basins of the Miami River and other streams tributary to the

Ohio River between Higginsport, Ohio, and Madison, Ind. ....... 30

14. Drainage basins of the Guyandot, Big Sandy, Licking, Kentucky, and Salt 

Rivers and intervening streams in Vifest Virginia end Kentucky tributary 

to the Ohio River. ........................... 31

15. Drainage basins of the Green River and streams in Kentucky tributary to

the Ohio River between the Salt and Cumberland Rivers. ........ 32

16. Drainage basins of the Wabash River and streams in Indiana tributary to

the Ohio River between Madison, Ind., and the mouth of the Ohio River. 33

17. Streams in Illinois tributary to the Mississippi River between the

mouth of the Missouri River and Cairo, 111. ............. 34

18. Region adjacent to the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Mo., and

the mouth. .............................. 35

19. Daily precipitation at representative precipitation stations December 1,

1936, to February 28, 1937 ...................... 39

20. Hourly precipitation at representative precipitation stations January

5-25, 1937 .............................. 59

21. Hourly precipitation at representative precipitation stations January

5-25, 1937 .............................. 60

22. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Allegheny and Monongahela

Elvers, showing the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936,

to January 25, 1937. ......................... 67
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Figure 23. Isohyetal map of the drainage basin of the Ohio River between

Pittsburgh, Pa., and the mouth of the Muskingum River, showing

the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, to

January 25, 193Y .......................... 68

24. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Muskingum River and

streams In Ohio tributary to the Ohio River between the Muskingum 

River and the mouth of the Scioto River, showing the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, to January 25, 193Y. ..... 69

25. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Little Kanawha and Kanawha 

Rivers and intervening strsams in West Virginia tributary to the 

Ohio River, showing the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 

1936, to January 25, 1937. ..................... 70

26. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Scioto River and streams 

in Ohio tributary to the Ohio River between the Scioto River and 

Higginsport, Ohio, showing the total precipitation, in inches, 

December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937 ............... 71

27. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Miami River and other

streams tributary to the Ohio River between Higginsport, Ohio, and

Madison, Ind., showing the total precipitation, in inches, December

26, 1936, to January 25, 1937. ................... 72

28. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Guyandot, Big Sandy,

Licking, Kentucky, and Salt Rivers and intervening streams in West

Virginia and Kentucky tributary to the Ohio River, showing the

total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, to January 25,

1937 ................................ 73

29. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Green River and streams in 

Kentucky tributary to the Ohio River between the Salt and Cumberland 

Rivers, showing the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 

1936, to January 25, 1937. ..................... 74

30. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Wabash River and streams 

in Indiana tributary to the Ohio River between Madison, Ind., and 

the mouth of the Ohio River, showing the total precipitation, in 

inches, December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937 ........... 75

31. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of streams in Illinois tributary 

to the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Missouri River 

and Cairo, 111., showing the total precipitation, in Indies, 

December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937 ............... 76

3S. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of streams in western Kentucky

and Tennessee tributary to the Mississippi River, showing the total 

precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937 . . 77

33. Daily range of temperature at representative places for the period

December 1, 1936, to February 28, 1937 ............... 80

34. Daily range of temperature at representative places for the period

December 1, 1936, to February 28, 1937 ............... 81

35. Typical graphs of stages and discharges at river-measurement stations

plotted from records in this report. ................ 84

36. Graphs of mean daily discharge at various river-measurement stations

in the Ohio River Basin. ...................... 86

37. Graphs of mean daily discharge at various river-measurement stations

in the drainage basins of the -Ohio and lower Mississippi Rivers. . . 87

38. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the

Allegheny and Monongahela River Basins ............... 89

39. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the

Muskingum River Basin. ....................... 90

40. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the

Kanawha River Basin. ........................ 91

41. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the

Scioto River Basin ......................... 92

42. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the Licking River Basin. .......................... 93

43. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the Miami

River Basin. ............................ 94

44. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the

Kentucky River Basin ........................ 95

45. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the Green

River Basin. ............................ 96

46. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the

Wabash River Bas.in ......................... 97

47. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations In the

Cumberland River Basin ....................... 98

48. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the

Tennessee River Basin. .......'................ 99

49. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations on the Ohio

River. ............................... 100

50. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations on the

Mississippi River. ......................... 101

51. Graphs of stage at various river-stage stations on the Ohio River. . . 379

52. Graphs of stage at various river-stage stations on the Mississippi

River. ............................... 396

53. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of

the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers ................ 447

54. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basin of 

the Ohio River between Pittsburgh, Pa., and the mouth of the 

Muskingum River. .......................... 448

55. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of 

the Muskingum River and streams in Ohio tributary to the Ohio River 

between the Muskingum River and the mouth of the Scioto River. . . . 449

56. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of 

the Little Kanawha and Kanawha Rivers and intervening streams in 

West Virginia tributary to the Ohio River. ............. 450

57. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of 

the Scioto River and streams in Ohio tributary to the Ohio River between the Scioto River and Higginsport, Ohio ............ 451
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Figure 58. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins 

of the Miami River and other streams tributary to the Ohio River 

between Higginsport, Ohio, and Madison, Ind. ............ 452

59. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins 

of the Guyandot, Big Sandy, Licking, Kentucky, and Salt Rivers and 

intervening streams in West Virginia and Kentucky tributary to the 

Ohio River ............................. 453

60. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins 

of the Green River and streams in Kentucky tributary to the Ohio 

River between the Salt and Cumberland Rivers ............ 454

61. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of 

the Wabash River and streams in Indiana tributary to the Ohio River 

between Madison, Ind., and the mouth of the Ohio River ....... 455

62. Map showing location of flood determinations in the region adjacent to

the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Mo., and the mouth. .... 456

63. Map showing location of river-stage stations at locks and dams on the

Ohio River and its tributaries below Pittsburgh, Pa. ........ 457

64. Method of analysis used in determining the direct run-off associated

with each storm and the total storm period ............. 488

65. Map of the Ohio River Basin, showing approximate total basin residuals (differences between total precipitation and total direct runoff ),' December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937 ............ 520

66. Map of the Ohio River Basin, showing duration, in hours, of precipitation at rates in excess of 0,02 inch per hour, December 26, 1936, to 

January 25, 1937 .......................... 521

67. Map of the Ohio River Basin, showing approximate infiltration capacities (total basin residuals divided by durations of precipitation at 

rates in excess of 0.02 inch per hour) during floods of JanuaryFebrusry 1937. ........................... 522

68. Comparison of differences between precipitation plus water content of 

antecedent snow cover and run-off, in depth in inches, for indicated 

storm period for drainage areas in the Allegheny and Beaver River 

Basins ............................... 527

69. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Oil Creek Basin above

Rouseville, Pa. .......................... 530

70. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in 

the Muskingum River Basin. ..................... 534

71. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in 

the Scioto and Hocking River Basins. ................ 538

72. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Hocking River Basin

above Enterprise, Ohio ....................... 539

73. Comparison of differences betvueen precipitation and direct run-off,

in depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in

the Miami, Little Miami, and Blue River Basins ........... 549

74. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in 

the nabash River Basin ....................... 554

75. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the West Branch of the

Salt Fork Basin above Urbana, 111. ................. 556

76. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the West Pork of the

White River Basin above Muncie, Ind. ................ 557

77. Comparison of differences between precipitation plus water content of 

antecedent snow cover and direct run-off, in depth in inches, for 

indicated storm period for drainage araas in the Monongahela River 

Basin. ............................... 562

78. Comparison of differences between precipitation plus water content of 

antecedent snow cover and direct run-off, in depth in inches, for 

indicated storm period for drainage areas in the Kanawha River, 

Middle Island Creek, and Little Kanawha River Basins ........ 566

79. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Gauley River Basin

above Camden on Gauley, W, Va. ................... 567

80. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Coal River Basin above Ashford, W. Va. ........................ 568

81. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated period for drainage areas in the 

Guyandot, Big Sandy, and Licking River Basins. ........... 571

82. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in 

the Kentucky River Basin ...................... 574

83. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Dix River Basin above

High Bridge, Ky. .......................... 575

84. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in 

the Green and Tradewater River Basins. ............... 578

85. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in 

the Cumberland River Basin ..................... 582

86. Hydrologic data for basins of the Collins River above McWinnville,

Term., and the Stone River above Smyrna, Tenn. ........... 583

87. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in 

the Tennessee River Basin. ..................... 588

88. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in 

depth in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in 

the Ohio, Hatchie, and Wolf River Basins .............. 589

89. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Sequatchie River

Basin above Whitwell, Tenn. .................... 591

90. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Big Sandy River

Basin above Bruceton, Tenn. .................... 592
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Figure 91. Comparison between the hydrograph of observed mean daily discharge of 

the Wabash River at Mount Camel, 111., and the hydrograph of mean 

daily discharge adjusted for daily changes in channel storage. . . . 599

92. Comparison between the hydrograph of obsarved mean daily discharge of 

the Ohio River at Metropolis, 111., and the hydrograph of mean 

daily discharge adjusted for daily changes in channel and artificial 

storage .............................. 600

93. Graphs of channel storage in indicated tributary areas of the Ohio

River, December 25, 1936, to February 5, 1937. ........... 602

94. Graphs of storage in Indicated reach of the channel of the Ohio River,

December 25, 1936, to February 10, 1937. .............. 603

y5. Graphs showing cumulative direct run-off of the Ohio River at

Metropolis, 111., volume of storage in the channel of the main Ohio 

River, and volume of storage In channels of the tributary rivers above Metropolis, 111. ....................... 605

96. Profile of maximum crest stages on the Ohio River during the floods of 

January-February 1937 and of the maximum crest stages previously 

known. ............................... 607

97. Profile of maximum crest stages on the Mississippi River during the

floods of 1937 and of the maximum crest stages previously known. . . 608

TABLES

Table 1. Monthly temperature, snowfall, and precipitation, and departures from

normal, December 1936 ........................ 37

2. Dally precipitation, In inches, December 25, 1936, to January 25, 1937. 40

3. Rate and duration of precipitation during indicated storm period,

based on hourly record. ....................... 55

4. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Ohio River,

at indicated time, December 1936 to February 1937 .......... 380

5. Gage height, in feet, on the Ohio River, at indicated time, 1937. . . . 389

6. Altitude, In feet, above mean.sea level (1907 adjustment), of zeros of

gages at locks and dams on the Ohio River .............. 395

7. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Muskingum

River, at 8 a.m., December 1936 to February 1937. .......... 397

8. Gage height, In feet, at lower gage at Lock No. 1 on the Muskingum

River at Marietta, Ohio, at indicated time, January 1937. ...... 400

9. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Little

Kanawha River, at 8 a.m., December 1936 to March 1937 ........ 401

10. Gage height, in- feet, on the Little Kanawha River, at indicated time,

January 1937. ............................ 403

11. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Kanawha

River, at 8 a.m., December 1936 to March 1937 ............ 404

12. Gage height, in feet, on the Kanawha River, at indicated time, January

1937. ................................ 408

13. Gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Kentucky River, at

indicated time, December 1936 to February 1937. ........... 409

14. Gage height, in feet, on the Kentucky River, at indicated time, January

1937. ................................ 418

15. Gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations in the Green River Basin,

at indicated time, December 1936 to February 1937 .......... 419

16. Gage height, In feet, at river-stage stations on the Cumberland River,

at Indicated time, December 1936 to February 1937 .......... 425

17. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Tennessee

River, December 1936 to February 1937 ................ 434

18. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-measurement stations on the

Mississippi River, at 8 a.m., December 1936 to April 1937 ...... 435

19. Dally gage height, in feet, on the Atchafalaya River at Morgan City,

La., at 7 a.m., December 1936 to April 1937 ............. 440

20. Summary of storage in reservoirs in the Muskingum River Basin ..... 442

21. Summary of storage in retarding basins in the Miami River Basin .... 443

22. Summary of flood discharges ...................... 458

23. Records available at river-measurement stations on the lower Mississippi River and Its tributaries. .................... 481

24. Summary of flood stages on the Ohio River ............... 482

25. Summary of flood stages on the Muskingum River. ............ 483

26. Summary of flood stages on the Cumberland River ............ 484

27. Summary of flood stages on the Mississippi River. ........... 485

28. Rainfall and run-off of floods of January-February 1937 .....<.. 496

29. Determination of approximate infiltration capacity for indicated periods

for selected basins in the Ohio River Basin ............. 540

30. Flood crest stages. .......................... 610

31. Flood crest stages at gages on the Mississippi River. ......... 636

32. Maximum annual stages on the Ohio River ................ 639

33. Altitude, in feet, of recorded floods at indicated places In the LickIng River Basin in Kentucky ..................... 652

34. Stage, in feet, of recorded floods at indicated places in the Kentucky

River Basin in Kentucky ....................... 656

35. Stage, in feet, of recorded floods at indicated places in the Green

River Basin in Kentucky ....................... 658

36. Stage, In feet, of recorded floods at various places in the Wabash

River Basin ............................. 662

37. Stage, in feet, of recorded floods at indicated places on the Cumberland River. ............................. 665

38. Crest stages of previous floods at indicated places on the Tennessee

River ................................ 668

39. Crest stages of previous floods on tributaries of the Tennessee River . 671

40. Maximum annual stages on the Mississippi River. ............ 676
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41. Maximum annual observed discharges, in thousands of second-feet, on

the Mississippi River ........................ 683

42. Maximum annual stages on tributaries of the lower Mississippi River . 686

43. Maximum annual observed discharges, in thousands of second-feet, on

tributaries of the lower Mississippi River. ............. 690

44. Composites of analyses collected in similar localities. ........ 705

45. Summary of analyses (<50 microns). .................. 705
FLOODS OF OHIO AMD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1937

ABSTRACT

In January and February 1937 the Ohio and mid-Mississippi Rivers experienced floods which, over reaches many hundreds of miles in length, 

exceeded all previously recorded stages. When measured by the loss of 

life and property, extent of damage, and general disruption of human activities, these floods constituted a major catastrophe.

The floods were caused by a succession of heavy rainstorms that began late in December 1936 and continued nearly to the end of the following January. Although the storms covered a considerable part of the 

lower Mississippi River Basin and almost the entire Ohio River Basin, the 

center of heaviest precipitation was in the middle and lower portions of 

the Ohio River Valley.

The total storm period can be subdivided into several individual 

storms, which were more or less clearly demarked by short intervening 

periods of little or no precipitation. Although the individual storm 

periods were the same or nearly the samt> over wide areas, their subdivisions were somewhat different in the most widely separated parts of the 

affected areas, with intermediate gradations in the intervening areas. 

The heaviest rainfall that of January 20 to 25 was centered in the 

lower Ohio Valley, and, falling as it did upon a region with soil saturated and waterways already running full, it had the effect of producing 

extreme floods.

The small quantity of snow on the ground over the higher eastern 

parts of the area at the beginning of the storm period disappeared in a 

short time. Some of the precipitation occurred in the form of snow, but 

this snow and the associated cold weather were much less significant in 

their influence on the floods than in the misery and discomfort they 

caused to ill-sheltered flood refugees and flood-bound people.

Sequence and time of the storms were such that in the upper and 

smaller tributary basins the associated flood rises tended to clear to a 

notable degree before the next flood rises came; hence many of these 

tributaries were at no time in extreme flood. In the lower reaches of 

the largest tributaries, and especially on the middle and lower reaches 

of the Ohio River, there were extreme and almost continously increasing 

accumulations of run-off, which culminated in the region of Louisville, 

Ky., in stages 10 or 11 feet higher than any previously known.

The precipitation was heaviest in the Ohio River Basin, and the 

flood in the Mississippi River, like other notable floods of the past, 

was caused largely by the extraordinary contributions from the Ohio River. 

The river stages exceeded those previously recorded for4 the lower 700 

miles on the Ohio River and for 250 miles .on the Mississippi River below 

the Ohio. At Cairo, 111., at the mouth Of the Ohio River, the river 

stage was higher for a period of 19 days, from January 24 to February 11, 

than at any previous time on record. The height above previous flood 

stages diminished materially as the flood progressed down the Mississippi.

The mean precipitation Over the Ohio River Basin during the storm 

period was 12.85 inches. The snow on the ground at the beginning of the 

period is estimated to have been equivalent to a mean depth of 0.10 inch 

of water over the basin. Out of the total precipitation 8.9 inches 

appeared as flood flow. On January 26 the computed volume of water in 

the stream channels of the Ohio River Basin was 56,000,000 acre-feet, 

equivalent to a depth of 5.1 inches over the drainage basin. Tha maximum 

discharge of the Ohio River at its mouth was 1,850,000 second-feet on 

February 1. On February 2, the day of the crest stage at the mouth of the 

Ohio, the computed volume of water In the surface channel system was 

equivalent to a depth of 3.7 inches over the drainage basin, of which 2.4 

inches was in the 337-mile reach of the Ohio River between Louisville, 

Ky., and the mouth.

This water-supply paper presents records of stage and discharge for 

the period including the floods at about 250 measurement stations, records 

of storage in many reservoirs, a summary of peak discharges with comparative data for other floods at about 470 measurement points, and tables 

showing crest stages along an aggregate length of stream channel for 5,000 

miles. The report also includes basic information in regard to the 

weather associated with the floods, results of detailed studies of the 

rainfall and run-off, analyses of the volume of flood waters'in the surface channel systems during the progress of the floods, and many other 

kinds of flood information.

Following the main flood report is a brief report entitled "Flood 

deposits of the Ohio River, January-February 1937, a study of sedimentation." An abstract of that report is presented on page 693.
2 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

INTRODUCTION

A series of abnormally heavy rains, beginning late in December 1936 

and continuing nearly through January 1937, with climactic intensities in 

the period January 20 to 25, which centered largely in the middle and 

lower portions of the Ohio River valley, caused floods in the Ohio and 

mid-Mississippi Valleys that were greater than any known since the time 

of settlement by white men. Stages higher than any previously recorded 

occurred on the Ohio River from Point Pleasant, W. Va., to its mouth at 

Cairo, 111., a distance of about 700 miles, and on the Mississippi River 

from the mouth of the Ohio to a point below Helena, Ark., a distance of 

more than 350 miles. Records of the United States Weather Bureau show 

that the Ohio River was above flood stage throughout its length, from 

Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cairo, 111., a distance of about 1,000 miles, from 

January 22 to January 27 inclusive, except on January 24 at Coraopolis, 

Pa. The excess of the flood crests above the highest previous records 

was greatest in the vicinity of Louisville, Ky., where all previous known 

stages were exceeded by 10 to 11 feet. At Cincinnati, Ohio, the flood 

crest was 8.9 feet higher than had occurred in 80 years, of continuous 

record, and about 4 feet higher than the highest previously reported 

stage, which occurred in 1773. Loss of life was considerable, and damage 

was enormous to cities, towns, industrial establishments, and transportation routes that occupied the flood plain.

Public utility services of water, electricity, gas, and transportation were disrupted in many communities, and more than 500,000 persons are 

reported to have been driven from their homes and to have suffered great 

discomfort and distress. The American Red Cross, the War Department, the 

Works Progress Administration, and other Federal, State, and local organizations were engaged on a large scale in the great volume of relief work 

that was required by the emergency.

The exposure to flood damage of communities and activities within 

the flood plains of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers has led in the past 

to extensive investigations and works for flood protection and for the 

amelioration of objectionable flood conditions. Consequently, Federal 

participation in such investigations and works has been great and has far 

exceeded in relative comprehensiveness and magnitude that accorded to any 

other drainage basin of the country. Moreover, this major flood catastrophe has greatly stimulated the people to search for solutions of the problems of meeting such emergencies and protecting themselves against similar 

eventualities in the future.
INTRODUCTION 3

A reliable record of floods Is essential to a satisfactory solution 

of flood problems. The records of Stage and discharge of streams, precipitation and other hydrologlc features of the more critical floods of 

the past are necessary for studies of the Influence of reservoirs and of 

such aspects of land use as terracing, cropping, and forestation In affectIng flood stages and discharges. The magnitude of the floods of JanuaryFebruary 1937 In the Ohio Valley has possibly not been paralleled even In 

hundreds of years. (See pp. 696-699.) The record of these floods Is 

therefore of special Interest as a basis for planning for flood control 

In the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and as criteria in the development of 

towns and In the construction of works that may be affected by the behavior of flooded rivers. For these reasons It was Important that the 

Information concerning these floods should be made available for use In 

Investigations for flood protection and fpr rsference by those Interested 

In the general features of great floods*

The Geological Survey, of the United States Department of the 

Interior, operating through several district offices, in cooperation with 

Federal, State, and municipal agencies, maintains as a part of its nation« 

wide stream-gaging program about 330 river-measurement stations in the 

Ohio River Basin. The Geological Survey also similarly maintains rivermeasurement stations on the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries, 

the records of which are pertinent to an understanding and study of the 

progress of the flood waters of 1937 to the Gulf. The Corps of Engineers, 

United States Army, and the Mississippi River Commission also maintain 

many stations for observing stage and discharge in the river systems 

mentioned, in connection with their functions pertinent to navigation and 

flood control. The Mississippi River Commission has published a report 

entitled "Stages and discharge observations, lower valley of the 

Mississippi River, January 1 to June 30, 1937." The Weather Bureau, 

United States-Department of Agriculture, has long maintained a comprehensive system of weather observations, which include meteorologic data 

that are indispensable to the study of floods, and also numerous riverstage stations needed for its flood-forecasting service. That organization is preparing a report contemporaneously with the preparation of this 

report which treats comprehensively of the weather associated with the 

floods of 1937, including the precipitation, and presents, together with 

other flood-stage information, the records of stages of rivers in the 

flooded regions as collected by it at stations within its flood-forecasting system. This report will appear as Monthly Weather Review Supplement
4 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

No. 37, "The Ohio and Mississippi River floods of January-February 1937." 

The Soil Conservation Service and the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, 

United States Department of Agriculture, have furnished records of precipitation, and the latter has also furnished a few records of stage and 

discharge for small streams. The Tennessee Valley Authority is active in 

the collection of hydrologic data useful in the study of the utilization 

of rivers, including the control of floods in the Tennessee River Basin. 

The Miami Conservancy District and the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy 

District have conducted extensive studies of hydrologic and meteorologic 

data that bear on the design and operation of flood-control facilities in 

the Miami River and Muskingum River Basins, respectively, in Ohio. Many 

other agencies, both public and private, collect similar data.

The information collected by those agencies would not under ordinary 

conditions be brought together in a comprehensive report. Such collection and publication of these data, although within the authorized activities of the Geological Survey, goes beyond the scope of the ordinary routine river-measurement program. Accordingly, the Public Works Administration, acting under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, allotted 

to the Geological Survey in May 1937, $78,000 for surveys of stages and 

discharges of the floods and for the preparation and printing of reports 

thereon. This volume .presents the results of the activity as thus financed.

Figure 1 shows the area covered by this report and the areas and 

reaches of river in which the floods of January-February 1937 exceeded all 

previous records.

There is presented in the last part of this volume an independent 

report by G. R. Mansfield, geologist, of the Geological Survey, entitled 

"Flood deposits of Ohio River, January-February 1937." The section includes a record of mechanical analyses of widely selected samples of silt 

material deposited by the flood of 1937 in the Ohio River Valley and of 

studies of their characteristics and significance. These basic data and 

the preliminary interpretations and discussions thereof are very appropriately included in this collection of information concerning the floods of 

January-February 1937.

ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL

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

was performed by the water-resources branch of the Geological Survey 

under the general administrative direction of Nathan C. Grover, chief 

hydraulic engineer. The field work and the collection and tabulation of
FLOODS OF OHIO AMD MISSISSIFFI RIVERS, 1937

44°

Figure 1. Map of the Ohio River Basin and the lover valley of the Mississippi 

River and adjoining regions.

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the basic information relating to stages and discharges were done by the 

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

G. G. Paulsen, chief. The district engineers participating in the collection and preparation of the information were D. H. Barber, Montgomery, 

Ala.; H. C. Beckman, Rolla, Mo.j E. D. Burchard, Asheville, N. C.; J. J. 

Dirzulaitis, University, Va.; J. H. Gardiner, Port Smith, Ark.; H. E. 

Grosbach, Indianapolis, Ind.; A. W. Harrington, Albany, N. Y.; William 

Kessler, South Charleston, W. Va.j Lasley Lee (succeeded by C. V. 

Youngquist as district engineer after Mr. Lee's death), Columbus, Ohio; 

C. E. McCashin, Chattanooga, Tenn.; J. W. Mangan, Harrisburg, Pa.j and 

J. H. Morgan, Urbana, 111. P. M. Veatch, hydraulic engineer in charge of 

the office at St. Louis, Mo., assisted in the correlation of records on 

the main Ohio and lower Mississippi Rivers.

The collection of field data and the final assembling of the report 

were under the general supervision of the division of water utilization, 

R. W. Davenport, chief. W. G. Hoyt, consulting engineer of the conservation branch of the Geological Survey, has directed and prepared the 

presentation of information on rainfall and other climatologic features 

and on studies of rainfall and run-off and channel storage.

Many other members of the staff of the Geological Survey made valuable contributions to this work. The technical and clerical staffs of the 

Geological Survey were also assisted by temporary employees appointed by 

the Secretary of the Interior under provisions of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Geological Survey cooperates with State and municipal agencies 

in the several districts. Acknowledgment is made to the cooperating 

agencies for participation in the collection of the systematic records of 

river discharge that form the broad base on which the specific flood 

information has been placed, and also for cooperation in the establishment and operation of many river-measurement stations essential to the 

study. Acknowledgment is also due to these agencies for cooperation in 

the maintenance of field organizations in which engineers trained for 

investigations of this kind were available for special studies related to 

the collection of the field data and the preparation of the report.

The information in this report has been obtained from many sources, 

including individuals, corporations, and governmental organizations, 

local. State, and Federal. Financial cooperation in connection with the
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7

regular river-measurement program of the Geological Survey in the areas 

covered by this report has been received from the following State and 

local agencies: In Alabama, Geological Survey of Alaoama; Arkansas, the 

Arkansas Geological Survey; Illinois, the State Department of Registration 

and Education, Water Survey Division; Indiana, the State Department of 

Public Works and the Board of Public Works and Sanitation, City of 

Indianapolis, Mississippi, the Mississippi Geological Survey; Missouri, 

the Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources; New York, the State 

Water Power and Control Commission; North Carolina, the Department of 

Conservation and Development; Ohio, the Ohio Cooperative Topographic 

Survey, the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, the Muskingum Watershed 

Conservancy District, the Miami Conservancy District, and the city of 

Columbus; Pennsylvania, the State Department of Forests and Waters; 

Tennessee, the Division of Geology, Tennessee Department of Conservation. 

The work in the Tennessee River Basin was also done in cooperation with 

the Tennessee Valley Authority; Virginia, the Virginia Conservation 

Commission; West Virginia, the State Public Service Commission, the State 

Water Commission, and the State Geological and Economic Survey.

Federal agencies to whom acknowledgments are hereby made for financial cooperation, services rendered, or data furnished include the 

Corps of Engineers, United States Army; the Mississippi River Commission; 

the Weather Bureau; and the Tennesseq Valley Authority. The Corps of 

Engineers, United States Army, has furnished much information on the 

stages and discharges of the Ohio River and its tributaries* The 

Mississippi River Commission has contributed a large quantity of Information relating to floods in the lower Mississippi River. The Tennessee 

Valley Authority made available for study and publication much Information collected in the Tennessee Valley.

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

for all such contributions are given at appropriate places in the report 

so far as practicable.

GENERAL FEATURES OF THE FLOODS

After a period of several weeks in which low flows were prevalent, a 

general rise of streams occurred in late December 1936 in the Ohio and 

middle Mississippi River Basins, and within about a month the rise developed into widely extended floods, of which those in the lower Ohio 

River and adjacent regions exceeded previous floods in many places by
8 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

wide margins. The sequence and extent of meteorologic events which produced these great floods of January-February 1937 are described in the 

succeeding section.

As shown by the records here published, the tributary streams 

experienced successions of flood rises, which moved out of the smaller 

rivers to accumulate in the larger rivers and thus tended to cause in 

them increasingly higher stages and discharges after each storm. The 

earlier rains of the storm period were heaviest in the Cumberland and 

Tennessee River Basins and in most of the streams in these basins the resulting floods in early January were the largest for the flood periods. 

In general, however, the floods on the other tributaries were highest in 

late January.

The heavy general rainfall continued about a month and concluded 

with the heaviest of the period in the storm of January 20-25. The concentration of precipitation in a region directly adjacent and tributary 

to the lower Ohio River and the accompanying cumulative process in the 

influx of flood waters produced that rare combination of events which is 

favorable to the creation of a "super flood" in the Ohio River.

The region of record-breaking floods (see fig. 1) conformed generally to the region of maximum rainfall as shown by the rainfall maps. The 

locus of maximum rainfall lay in an axis or zone extending from Little 

Rock, Ark., to Pittsburgh, Pa., with maxima centering in the valley of 

the middle and lower Ohio River. The floods were most extraordinary in 

the lower parts of the valley.

Despite the intermittent precipitation and the fluctuations in the 

contributions of tributaries, the Ohio River from Pomeroy, Ohio, to the 

mouth was marked at nearly all stations by a steady rise beginning in 

early January and continuing until the peaks were reached near the end of 

the month.

Figures 2, 3, and 4 show in form for convenient comparison the 

stages reached by the floods of January-February 1937 and those reached 

by previous known floods at various river-measurement stations on the 

Ohio River and its tributaries and on the Vississippi River.

The occupancy of the flood plain by cities and towns, particularly 

along the middle and lower Ohio River, led to extensive submergence of 

urban developments and industrial plants and to consequent flood losses 

of great magnitude. (See pis. 1, 2, 5, 12, 13A, 14A, 15.) Large cities 

were seriously affected. Many thousands of the inhabitants of cities and 

towns were moved to safer ground until the floods had subsided. There
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE FLOODS

1760 1780 1820 1840 1860 

Year

1900

Figure 2. Stages reached by the floods of January-February 1937 and previous known 

floods at various river-measurement stations on the Ohio River.
10 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

was extensive interruption of electric, transportation, sanitary, and 

other public-service facilities. Vehicle traffic across the Ohio River 

below Cincinnati, Ohio, was completely stopped. The snow and sleet storm 

of about January 22 added much to the misery and suffering and hampered 

rescue activities. Large areas of agricultural land were overflowed with 

great loss of property and livestock.

Along the Mississippi River the levee system withstood the floods 

effectively, so that the losses in that region were small compared with 

those on the Ohio River.

The Red Cross, United States Army, and many other agencies Federal, 

State, local, and private aided in the emergency relief and assistance 

required by this major catastrophe. Vedical supplies, boats, miscellaneous equipment, and personnel competent for rescue and relief activities 

were sent to the flooded regions from points throughout the nation. An 

account of the loss and destruction caused by these floods is presented 

in the United States Weather Bureau's Monthly Weather Review, Supplement 

No. 37.

As in most great floods of the lower Mississippi River, the Ohio 

River Basin was the main source of the flood waters in the winter of 1937. 

It is logical, therefore, in the discussion of the floods and in the 

presentation of records concerning them, to proceed in order from the 

headwaters of the Ohio River to the mouth and thence down the Mississippi 

River.

The basin above Pittsburgh, Pa., wa3 on the margin of the area in 

which conditions were especially favorable to the production of floods. 

The streams carried much water, but the flood peaks were not extreme and 

in many places were of only moderate size. The peak stage at Pittsburgh 

occurred January 26 and is known to have been exceeded by 16 floods in & 

record, incomplete in parts, that extends back to 1762.

The timing of the storms was such that in the upper and smaller 

tributary drainage basins, the flood rises tended to clear the basins to 

a notable degree before the next flood rise came. This feature is well 

illustrated by the hydrographs of tributaries shown in figures 38 to 48 

(pp. 89-99). Because of this condition the tributaries to the Ohio River 

from West Virginia were at no time in excessive flood, although through 

the flood period they contributed large volumes of flood waters to the 

main Ohio River. The floods in the tributaries from the State of Ohio 

were similar except that floods were produced on or about January 15 and 

during the period January 20-26 many of which have been exceeded only by
GENERAL FEATURES OP THE FLOODS 11

Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls. W. V

Cumberland River at Nashville, Term

Figure 3. Stages reached by the floods of January-February 1937 and previous 

known floods at various river-measurement stations on tributaries 

of the Ohio River.
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those of March 1913. There was no flood catastrophe in Ohio in 1937 comparable to that of March 1915, except on the main Ohio River. However, 

by January 15 floods became of such severity as to command headlines in 

the newspapers of the State. Persons were being moved from their houses 

at Newton and schools were closed at Waynesville because of the flood in 

the Little Miami River. Many State highways were closed by high water at 

that time. Collieries in Athens County shut down because of impassable 

highways due to the flood of the Hocking River, and 2,000 coal miners 

were kept from their work. A considerable stretch of tracks on the 

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was washed out near Marietta. However, the 

great flood on the Ohio River so overshadowed the floods on the tributaries that the latter received comparatively little attention.

Portsmouth, Ohio, is protected against the floods of the main Ohio 

River and the Scioto River by a 60-foot concrete wall. The piling of 

sandbags on the wall began on January 19. On January 20 with 2 feet of 

sandbags on the crest, residents began evacuating the city preparatory to 

opening the floodgates to prevent heavy damage by overtopping of the wall. 

Pomeroy, Ohio, at that time became a ghost city with stores, homes, and 

schools evacuated, because of the encroachment of the Ohio River. Scores 

of persons were trapped in towns along the Ohio River and every available 

boat was sent to the flooded region for rescue service.

On January 22 the waters of the Ohio and Scioto Rivers overwhelmed 

Portsmouth, resulting in abandonment of homes, schools, and factories. 

The wall was eventually overtopped by 14 feet of water. The stage was 

6.4 feet above the maximum of 1913. Immediate evacuation of thousands of 

refugees to Columbus and other nearby cities was necessary.

Cincinnati, like other cities on the Ohio, was menaced by a shortage 

in its public water supply, and shipments of drinking water were dispatched to the city. Lack of water for fire protection together with 

large quantities of oil and gasoline floating on the flood waters constituted a grave fire hazard. The strong odor of oil and gasoline was ever 

present in the flooded region, and strict orders were issued against 

striking matches in order to prevent disaster. Despite precautions fire 

broke out at the Crosley Radio Co.'s plant on Mill Creek on January 24, 

but fortunately it was subdued before spreading to other parts of the 

city.

At Cincinnati, Ohio, the flood crest of January 26 was 8.9 feet 

higher than had occurred in 80 years of continuous record and about 4 

feet higher than the highest previously known stage, which is reported to
GENERAL FEATURES OP THE FLOODS

1780 1800

Figure 4. Stages reached toy the floods of January-February 1937 and previous known 

floods at various rlver-me aaurement stations on the Mississippi River.
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have occurred in 1773. Figure 5 shows a comparison of hydrographa and 

stages reached in the 1937 flood and previous known large floods of the 

Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio. Approximately 10 percent of the city was 

overflowed in 1937. There was much loss and suffering owing to the pa-^ 

ralysis of the services of water, power, heat, and light. As soon as the 

water began receding an intensive clean-up and measures for the protection 

of health were undertaken, with the result that no epidemics followed in 

the wake of the flood.

The Licking River in Kentucky was the farthest upstream of the 

larger tributaries in which stages and discharges during the flood period 

generally exceeded those previously recorded. During the period January 

20-25 the flood peaks that occurred on the Licking River from Wyoming, 

Ky., to the mouth were considerably greater than any previously known. 

At and below the mouth of the South Fork of the Licking River at Falmouth, 

Ky., the record of previous floods thus exceeded extended back to 1854. 

The peak stages occurred on January 25 except in a reach below Falmouth 

where the crest was higher on January 22 or 23. Backwater from the Ohio 

River extended within a few miles of Falmouth, situated 51 miles above 

the mouth, and was influential in causing tha maximum stage to occur in 

the lower portion of the Licking River during the period January 23-25. 

On the South Fork of the Licking Riyer the maximum stages occurred on 

January 22 and were extremely high in the lower reaches. In the upper 

portions of the Licking River Basin the stages were moderate.

On the Kentucky River the maximum stages in 1937 were above those of 

previous known floods from the vicinity of High Bridge, Ky., to the moi*th, 

a distance of 117 miles. Extreme stages were associated with the flood 

rises of January S3-24 and January 25-26. At Frankfort, Ky., where the 

highest stage was 9.2 feet above the flood of March 1913, and about 5.5 

feet above the flood of February 1883, about 80 percent of the city was 

flooded (see pi. 13B) and many residents were made homeless. Below the 

vicinity of Lock 10, 176 miles above the mouth, the maximum discharge of 

the Kentucky River occurred in the flood crest of January 23. However, 

in the stretch from High Bridge, Ky., to the mouth, the highest stages 

were in the crest of January 25-26, when the slope was flatter and the 

discharge slightly less than on January 23. Along the lower 50 miles of 

the Kentucky River, backwater from the Ohio River increased the overflow 

materially and was a factor in producing the stages of January 25-26.
GENERAL FEATURES OP THE FLOODS

Date shown is that of 

observed maximum stage

\\ 

// I ('Mar. 19, 1907.A

I 'A

/^Jan. 14,

505 

Days from crest

Figure 5. Hydrograchs of the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, showing stages reached 

by tne flood of January-February 1937 and selected previous floods.
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In the upper basin of the Kentucky River there were several flood 

rises associated closely with the various rain storms. The peaks, however, were below those of previous floods, and flood losses were not 

great.

The drainage basin of the Salt River in Kentucky lies near the 

center of heavy precipitation in the later storms, and about January 22 

extreme flood conditions prevailed on this river and its tributaries. 

Meager records indicate that previous floods were exceeded in 1937. Backwater from the Ohio River extended above Shepherdville, Ky., on the Salt 

River and a considerable distance up the Rolling Pork. Some towns were 

overflowed, and there was considerable damage to farm property and highways. On Beech Pork and Rolling Pork the floods were not extreme, and in 

this respect were similar to those on the headwaters of the Licking and 

Kentucky Rivers above described.

On the Blue River the maximum stage of 1937 near White Cloud, Ind., 

slightly exceeded that of 1913.

The slopes of the Green River and most of its tributaries are relatively flat, and flood movement downstream is correspondingly alow. Flood 

rises from the several storms in the headwaters of the Green River reached 

the larger tributaries and the main river to combine with the run-off of 

preceding storms to produce a nearly continuous rise in the Green River 

from January 15 to the crest on January 23 or later. In the upper 

portion of the Green River above Mammoth Cave, Ky., and on the Barren 

River the maximum stage of the flood of 1937 was lower than that of the 

flood of January 1913. Below Mammoth Cave the maximum stage of 1937 was 

higher than that of 1913, the excess increasing progressively to the 

mouth of the river. Backwater from the Ohio River extended about 125 

miles up the Green River and greatly increased the seriousness of flood 

conditions. Towns along the lower Green River were flooded, and there 

was widespread loss and interruption of normal activities.

In the Pigeon Creek Basin in Indiana, the highest rates of run-off 

occurred on January 19 and 20.

In the Wabash River Basin there was some flooding of towns (see pi. 

14B), and damage to highways and farm property was large. The flood 

crest of 1937 on the headwaters and tributaries of the main river occurred 

generally about January 16 and reached Vincennes on January 22. Above the 

mouth of the White River the maximum stages were considerably below those 

of previous floods; there were no serious flood conditions and the damage 

was light. On the West Pork of the White River the maximum stages in
GENERAL FEATURES OP THE FLOODS 17

1937 occurred generally about January 15-16 and were somewhat below those 

of the flood -of 1913. On the White River in the vicinity of Hazelton, 

Ind., the 1913 crest was exceeded on January 22 because of a restriction 

in the overflow channel caused by road embankments and levees, but the 

maximum flow was less than that of 1913. On the East Fork of the White 

River the maximum stages of 1937 were also somewhat lower than those of 

1913. The flood on the East Fork was more prolonged owing to the fact 

that its drainage basin came within the margin of the region affected by 

the great rainfall of January 20-25. The maximum occurred on the East 

Fork at Seymour, Ind., on January 16 and at Shoals, Ind., on January 25. 

The Patoka River reached a stage equal to that of 1913 at some places.

In southern Illinois there were very extensive overflow areas, 

especially along the Saline River. About 90 percent of Gallatin County 

was under water. Harrlsburg, situated about 20 miles from the Ohio River, 

was almost completely inundated, and considerable damage was caused to 

coal mines in this vicinity. Some of the mines were saved by constructing sandbag embankments around the shafts. Ploodwaters from the Ohio reversed the flow of Bay Creek and passed over a low divide near New 

Columbia, 111., into and down the Cache River Valley to the Mississippi 

River above Cairo, 111. (See fig. 6.) Within the memory and records of 

man this bypassing has only occurred two or three times prior to 1937. 

The diversion through this flood channel of about 70,000 second-feet undoubtedly tended to reduce the stages along the Ohio River below Golconda, 

111.

In the basin of the Tradewater River in Kentucky, the flat slopes 

and extensive areas of bottom lands together with the backwater from the 

Ohio River combined to cause widespread overflow and considerable loss.

Until the excessively heavy rains of January 20-25 began, it was not 

apparent that serious flood conditions wquld develop on the Ohio River. 

Conditions at the time of that rainfall were so far from any precedent as 

to make it difficult to predict river behavior. The effects of the 

storms were so immediate and so great in the river between Cincinnati, 

Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., that there was little time to make and take 

advantage of flood warnings. For Evansville, Ind., and points downstream there was more adequate warning before the flood became extremely 

serious.

Overflow into the lower sections of Louisville, Ky., began on 

January 21, and by the evening of Sunday, January 24, large portions of 

the residential and business districts were under water. (See pi. 12A.)
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GENERAL FEATURES OP THE FLOODS 19

At the crest, on January 27, the stage was 10.4 feet above that of the 

greatest previously known flood and two-thirds of the residential area 

and nearly all of the business districts were Inundated. The flood had 

receded from practically all of the city by February 5. The use of radio 

broadcast to direct the work of relief and rescue focused national attention on Louisville. It is reported that 175,000 people left or were 

moved from their homes in the overflowed areas. Great numbers of refugees were quartered in public and private buildings in the city and nearby 

towns. Many remained in the inundated area. Failure of the electric 

supply on January 24, extreme curtailment of water supply, low temperature 

and lack of heating facilities combined to increase suffering in the city 

and to add to the difficulty of rescue work. Few deaths from drowning 

occurred, but the loss of life due to exposure resulting from the flood 

was considerable. Relatively little direct destruction of buildings 

occurred in Louisville, but the prolonged period of overflow, the heavy 

silt content of the water and tha oil on its surface caused great damage 

to goods, furniture, and buildings and resulted in a large total property 

loss.

Similar conditions, in some places even more acute, occurred at other 

cities and towns and in rural areas along the middle and lower Ohio River. 

In practically all these places the utilities were in part or entirely 

out of service, and problems of shelter, food, and drinking water were 

critical. Martial law was declared throughout southern Indiana on 

January 24 in order to control and systematize the work of rescue and relief. At first refugees were quartered in available buildings near the 

flood area. As the number increased many were taken by train or bus to 

cities at considerable distances. About 19,000 people were moved in 

Indiana to points as far north as Indianapolis. Later tent cities for 

quartering the residents were established near the flooded towns while 

homes were repaired and towns rehabilitated.

Lawrenceburg, Ind., was completely overflowed, many houses destroyed, 

and industrial plants damaged. Most of the 6,000 residents became refugees. Similar and equally serious conditions prevailed at Aurora, Ind, 

Carrollton, Ky., at the junction of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers, was 

surrounded, nearly submerged, and greatly damaged by the flood. At 

Madison, Ind., only a small portion of the city was overflowed, with 

moderate damage. Jeffersonville, Ind., across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky., suffered severe losses. Practically all of the city was submerged, many buildings collapsed or were overturned, and most of the
20 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

residents were refugees. The adjacent city of New Albany, Ind., was 

partly overflowed, with large property loss. Tell City, Ind., was partly 

inundated, and serious loss occurred. Uniontown, Ky., was completely submerged. All the Inhabitants were removed in boats, and many buildings 

were destroyed. (See pi. 2A.) Great damage occurred at a number of» 

smaller towns, including West Point and Milton, Ky., and Rising Sun, 

Patriot, Florence, Markland, Cannelton, Leavenworth, Grandview, and Mauckport, Ind. After the flood, Leavenworth was rebuilt as a new town on 

higher ground, and the flood-damaged former site was abandoned.

Water began flowing into the low-lying parts of Evansville, Ind., on 

January 20. (See pis. 12B, 13A.) The crest occurred on January 31, when 

the river reached a stage 5.4 feet above any previous flood and covered 

more than half of the city. The flood had receded from nearly all of the 

city by February 10. A number of business buildings and residences 

collapsed or were greatly damaged. High wind on February 8 caused the 

collapse of numerous buildings weakened by the flood. Because of failure 

of the water filtration plant, drinking water was brought to the city in 

tank cars. Transportation Into and from Evansville was seriously handicapped by extensive overflow outside the city.

The general rains that fell over the Tennessee, Cumberland, and 

Mississippi River tributary basins in west Tennessee in late December and 

early January caused all tributaries of the Cumberland River above the 

mouth of the Harpeth River and the upper portion of the Harpeth River to 

rise rapidly to their highest stages during the flood period of 1937.

The Cumberland River rose to flood stage on January 2 and 3 and was 

higher at and above Burnside, Ky., than during the remainder of the flood 

period. However, the floods of early January within the Cumberland Basin 

did not generally reach stages as high as previously recorded. The very 

heavy rains later in January caused floods in the Cumberland Basin below 

Burnside, Ky., and the main river below a point between Burnside, Ky., 

and Celina, Term., rose to stages exceeding those of early January. (See 

pis. 16, 17.) The peak stage on January 24 at Celina, Tenn., was about 

10 feet higher than that of January 6. The larger tributaries from the 

south above Nashville, Tenn., did not reach stages as high as in early 

January. Stages on the Red River were generally higher than any other 

flood on record, although at Adams, Tenn., the stage reached was only 

slightly higher than in the flood of 1913. At a point 5 miles above its 

mouth the Red River was 4.5 feet higher than the highest known flood.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 1

A. NEW RICHMOND, OHIO, JANUARY 23, 1937.

Three days before crest, which was about 7 feet higher than the stage of the river when this picture was 

taken. Official photograph, United States Army Air Corps.

B. MOUTH OF THE BIG SANDY RIVER, JANUARY 26, 1937.

Kenova, W. Va., above the moutb, and Catlettsburg, Ky., below the mouth. Courtesy of Aerial Surveys of

Pittsburgh, Inc.

FLOOD SCENES ON THE OHIO RIVER.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 2

A. FLOOD WRECKAGE AT UNIONTOWN, KY.

B. CLEANING UP AFTER THE FLOOD. 

Interior of a store in Evansville, Ind. Only one of thousands of such scenes.

FLOOD DAMAGE ON THE OHIO RIVER.
GENERAL FEATURES OP THE FLOODS 21

The Harpeth River rose to very high stages but did not surpass the 

records of some previous floods. The combined flow of the Red and 

Harpeth Rivers, the large flow of the main Cumberland River, and the 

heavy rains at and below Clarksvllle, Tenn., caused the Cumberland River 

downstream from a point about midway between Nashville and Clarksvllle to 

exceed all previously known floods.

At Eddyville, Ky., the stage of the Cumberland River on January 26 

exceeded previous records by 8.4 feet. This stage occurred .several days 

before the Ohio River had reached Its crest and apparently was Influenced 

only slightly, If at all, by backwater from the Ohio River.

With some minor exceptions, the greater part of the Tennessee River 

Basin experienced its greatest rise 6arly In January. Later storms 

caused the tributaries of the Tennessee to flood again similarly to those 

of the Cumberland River. The run-off from the area of heaviest precipitation during these later storms, which were in general centered across the 

narrow lower Tennessee Basin just upstream from the Tennessee-Kentucky 

State boundary, added to the large quantity of water already In the main 

river and caused the stages at and below Savannah, Tenn., to be higher 

during the period January 25-27 than they were earlier in the month.

The excesses of the flood stages of the Tennessee Bpsln above previously known flood stages increased downstream and were the highest on 

record from a point about 20 miles downstream from Port Henry, Tenn., to 

the mouth. Near the mouth the stage was about 6 feet higher than the 

previous maximum stage, which occurred in March 1894. In this lower 

reach the highest stages were caused in part by backwater from the Ohio 

River, and the greatest discharge occurred previous to the highest 

stages. Studies of stage records and profiles of earlier floods indicate 

that the discharge of the Tennessee River in this reach was probably exceeded in the floods of 1867, 1875, 1882, 1884, 1886, and 1897.

The effect of storage reservoirs on the floods may be disclosed by a 

study of the records of river behavior and storage-reservoir operation as 

given in the section "Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations-" 

Storage is also discussed in subsequent sections on "Storage", "Rainfall 

and run-off studies", and "Channel-storage studies*"

On the lower Ohio River the maximum stage was higher than any previously known by about 5.8 feet at Golconda, 111., 6.3 feet at Paducah, 

Ky., 6.4 feet at Metropolis, 111., and 3.1 feet at Cairo, 111. The stage 

at these places probably would have been higher if the main channel to the 

Mississippi River had not been relieved by overflow through Bay Creek and

Cache River Valleys in southern Illinois, as mentioned above. 

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The extensive overflow near the mouth of the Ohio River, certain 

critical sections of the main river and of its overflow channels, with 

direction and quantity of the discharge measured in such sections, and 

the positions of levees and other pertinent features are shown in figure 

6.

There was extensive submergence in many towns and cities, and in 

some in the valley of the lower Ohio the water reached the Second floors 

of buildings. In Paducah, Ky. , population, 35,000 95 percent of the 

city was inundated and nearly the entire population had to evacuate. Of 

780 buildings in Mound City, 111. (see pi. 5B), it is reported that 371 

were washed off their foundations when the city levee broke on January 27 

and suddenly flooded the town to a depth of 12 to 16 feet. The levees 

about the city of Cairo, 111., withstood the flood by a small margin. 

(See pis. 18, 19.) Some physical damage to pavements and buildings within 

the city was caused by sand boils resulting from ground-water pressure.

In southwestern Illinois the Kaskaskia and Big Muddy Rivers, tributaries to the Mississippi River, reached near the middle of January high 

flood stages and discharges which generally were less than those previously recorded.

High floods occurred in the Castor and St. Francis River Basins in 

southeastern Missouri in mid-January, but floods equal to or larger than 

those of 1937 in these rivers are not uncommon. The prime importance of 

1937 floods in Missouri relates to their contribution of substantial volumes of water to the greatly flood-burdened Mississippi River. The same 

statement is true in respect to the inflow from other tributaries of the 

lower Mississippi River.

The rains during the later part of the storm period were very heavy 

on the drainage basins in western Tennessee, tributary to the Mississippi 

River. Streams in the Obion River Basin, except the Forked Deer River, 

rose to maximum heights for a period of record beginning in 1929, and it 

is believed, for a period extending back 20 years. Except possibly on 

some small tributaries, the floods on other streams entering the Mississippi River along the western edge of Tennessee were not as high as recorded in 1935.

None of the floods in the White, Arkansas, Ouachita, Red, and Yazoo 

Rivers were excessively high, but nevertheless these rivers contributed 

large volumes of run-off to add to the flood in the Mississippi. Generally, however, the crest discharges of these tributaries occurred considerably before the crest on the Mississippi River, which was caused by the 

slow-moving flood-wave from the Ohio River.
GENERAL FEATURES OP THE FLOODS 23

The upper Mississippi River was not in flood. On February 4, when 

the Mississippi River at Cairo, 111., was at its crest, the stage at St. 

Louis at 8 a.m. was 11.2 feet, which is about 19 feet below flood stage 

and 30.2 feet below the previous recorded maximum of 1844. From the mouth 

of the Ohio River to a point between Helena, Ark., and the mouth of the 

White River, a distance of more than 350 miles, the Mississippi reached 

higher stages than had previously been recorded. The excesses above previous records were 3.1 feet at Cairo, 111.; 3.8 feet at Memphis, Tenn.; 

and 3.5 feet at Helena, Ark. Below that point the excess decreased 

rapidly. Figure 7 shows a comparison of hydrographs and stages reached 

in the flood of 1937 and previous known large floods at Memphis. In the 

vicinity of Katchez, Miss., there was a comparatively short reach where 

the stages exceeded previously known records, the excess at Natchez being 

1.4 feet above the previous maximum of 1927. The characteristics of the 

flood above Old River near Angola, La., were primarily those of the flattening and spreading of storage in backwater areas of a flood which had 

originated up river.

Crevasses in the 55-mile river-front levee of the Birds Point-New 

Madrid Floodway, beginning on January 25, relieved the Mississippi River 

channel of a large volume of flood water. The maximum flow observed by 

the Mississippi River Commission through this floodway was 550,000 

second-feet on February 4, or approximately one-quarter of the total 

flood discharge. The levees of the cut-offs of the Mississippi River 

functioned well, and flood damage on the lower Mississippi was confined 

to the overflow between the banks and the levees and in the backwater 

areas of the tributaries. Federal and State officials made intensive and 

successful efforts to hold the levees. Much expense was incurred in moving people from parts of the valley which were overflowed or which it 

appeared might be overflowed.

From Angola, La., the Mississippi River has two outlets to the Gulf 

of Mexico, namely, the main Mississippi River and the Atchafalaya River. 

The two rivers are connected by the Old River, which is about 8 miles 

long, the west end being the head of the Atchafalaya River and the mouth 

of the Red River. The Red River at this point drains most of the area 

that lies west of the Mississippi River and below the Arkansas River and 

includes besides the main Red River, the drainage areas of the Ouachlta, 

Tensas, and Black Rivers.

The Old River, during periods of low flow in the Mississippi River, 

serves to divert some of the flow of the Red River into the Mississippi
24 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

River, but during periods of high flows in the Mississippi River water 

from the Mississippi is diverted through the Old River to join with the 

contribution from the Red River and flow down the Atchafalaya River. 

This latter distribution was in effect during the flood of 1937, when the 

Old River carried a maximum diversion from the Mississippi River of 

497,000 second-feet, or approximately 24 percent of the crest discharge 

of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Miss.

A 44

Dates of occurrence

Apr. 1913 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Apr. 1927 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Feb. 1937 345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Figure 7. Hydrographs of the Mississippi River at Memphis, Term.

(Beale Street gage), showing stages reached by the flood of

February 1937 and selected previous floods

In addition to this diversion through the Old River, Bonnet Garre 

Spillway, situated about 25 miles above New Orleans, La., was opened for 

the first time since its construction by the Corps of Engineers, United 

States Army. The spillway was opened January 29, and a maximum of more 

than 211,000 second-feet was diverted from the Mississippi River into 

Lake Pontchartrain, a diversion which amounted to about 15 percent of the 

crest discharge of the river at that place and about 80 percent of the 

capacity of the spillway.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE FLOODS 86

10 0 10 2p 30 40 Miles

Figure 8. Drainage bm*lfl8 of the Allegheny and Konongahela Rivers.
26 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI HIVERS, 1937

10 0 10 20 3O Miles

Figure 9. Drainage basin of tli« Ohio River between Pittsburgh, Pa., and tha mouth 

of the Muskingum River.
GENERAL EEATOKES OF THE FLOODS 27

Figaro 10. Drainage basins of the Wuakingum River and streams In Ohio tributary 

Ohio River between the Musklngum River and the mouth of the Scloto River.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

\ 

^Marietta

Figure 11. Drainage basins of the Little Kanawha and Kanawha Rivers and intervening 

streams in West Virginia tributary to the Ohio River.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE FLOODS

20 30 Mile)

Figure 12. Drainage basins of tlie Scloto River and streams in Ohio tributary 

to the Ohio River between the Scloto River and Hlgglnsport, Ohio.
30 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

20 30 Miles

Figure 13. Drainage basins of the Miami River and other streams tributary to the 

Ohio River between Higglnsport, Ohio, and Madison, Ind.
10 0 10 20 30 40 Miles

Figure 14.--Dralnage basins of the fluyandot, Big Sandy, ticking, Kentucky, and Salt Rivers and 

to the Ohio River.
Figure 15. Drainage basins of the Green River and streams In Kentucky tributary to t
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

DRAINAGE BASINS OF THE CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE RIVE

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34 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Figure 17. Streams in Illinois tributary to the Mississippi River between the mouth 

of the Missouri River and Cairo, 111.
GENERAL FEATURES Of THE FLOODS

KY 

TENN

Figure 18. Region adjacent to the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Mo., and

the mouth.
36 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

In its development in the Ohio River the flood of 1937 reached its 

crcist at Pittsburgh, Pa., on January 26; at Eouisville, Ky., a distance 

of 607 miles, on January 27; at the mouth of the Ohio River, a distance 

of 980 miles, on February 4. This cresting may be contrasted with that 

of the flood of March 1936, which originated largely above Pittsburgh, 

when the peak, which occurred at Pittsburgh on March 18, reached Louisville 11 days later, on March 29. Nearly simultaneous cresting of the 

flood of 1937 over a distance of 600 miles or more emphasizes the simultaneous emptying of tributary floodwaters into several hundreds of miles 

of the channel of the Ohio River. At Cairo, 111., at the mouth of the 

Ohio River, the Ohio and the Mississippi were higher than the previous 

record for a period of 19 days, from January 24 to February 11. The 

flood crest passed into the Mississippi and reached Memphis, Term., a 

distance of 227 miles from the mouth of the Ohio River, on February 9; 

Vicksburg, Miss., a distance of 602 miles on February 21; and New Orleans, 

La., a distance of 967 miles on March 1.

The succeeding discussions of flood information are illustrated with 

maps showing groups of major river basins and parts of basins that are 

suited to convenience of presentation. Plate 3 and figures 8 to 18 are 

general'maps of the component areas.

MBTEOROLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS

As an aid to engineers and others who may desire to study the basic 

causes of floods and remedial measures for protection from them, a 

special effort has been made to present in this report basic information 

related to meteorologic and hydrologic conditions. The meteorologic data 

presented herein and those published in the Weather Bureau reports have 

been analyzed and their effects on run-off are discussed in this report.

The unusual meteorologic events relate almost entirely to the continuity of precipitation of relatively low intensity from December 26, 

1936, to January 19, 1937, over the entire drainage basin of the Ohio 

River climaxed by a six-day period, January 20-25, of excessive precipitation of relatively high intensity over an area immediately tributary to 

the main Ohio River channel and the lower reaches of the Kentucky, Green, 

Cumberland, Tennessee, and-Wabash Rivers. With the exception of the 

first storm period, December 26-January 5, each storm centered largely on 

the lower reaches of the Ohio River and on the adjacent principal tributaries, thus pyramiding flood run-off in channels already taxed to capacity. 

Fortunately, over considerable portions of the basin the positions of the
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPJLl PAPER PLATE 4

A. SCENE AFTER TCE STORM WHICH DISRUPTED TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION IN 

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, JANUARY 26, 1937.

B. SCENE NEAR EDDYVILLE, KY., JANUARY 23, 1937.

After the main highway was flooded by the Cumberland River the National Guard was stationed on the 

only road leading to the town. Courtesy of Corps of Engineers, United States Army.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 6

A. LEAVENWORTH, IND., FEBRUARY 2, 1937. 

Courtesy of 38th Division Aviation, Indiana National Guard.

B. MOUND CITY, ILL., FEBRUARY 5, 1937. 

Official photograph, United States Army Air Corps.

FLOOD SCENES ON THE OHIO RIVER.
ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS 37

storm centers varied throughout the total storm period, and while there 

was an unprecedented volume of total run-off the unusually high peak 

stages were confined largely to the lower Ohio River and the lower 

reaches of the principal tributaries, below and including the Kentucky 

River.

In parts of the basin snow, frost, and ice played minor roles, but 

insofar as the main Ohio River channel is concerned their effects are 

considered insignificant.

Antecedent conditions

Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions prior to January 1937 are believed to have played only a minor part and in general were such that 

they tended to lessen rather than to aggravate the flood situation. As 

shown in table 1 mean temperatures during December over the Ohio River 

and middle Mississippi River Basina were generally above normal; total 

snowfall was somewhat below normal; and precipitation for the month as a 

whole was somewhat above normal.

Table 1.- Monthly temperature, snowfall, and precipitation, 

and departures from normal, December 1936

State

Pennsylvania ( Ohio 

River Basin)

Ohio

Indiana

Illinois

Iowa

Missouri

West Virginia

Kentucky

Tennessee

North Carolina 

(western division)

Temperature 

(degrees P)

Mean

34.4

35.4

35.5

35.1

28.7

38.4

37.2

40.5

43.8

41.7

Departure

+2.9

+3.8

+3.3

+4.6

+4.7

+4.3

+2.6

+2.8

+3.1

+2.6

Snowfall 

( inche s )

Total

10.0

3.9

2.3

2.0

5.1

2.2

4.5

2.0

.7

2.8

Departure

(a)

-1.9

-2.6

-2.4

-.7

-1.2

-1.8

-1.0

-1.3

(a)

Precipitation 

(inches)

Total

3.41

2.31

2.88

2.95

1.55

2.83

4.02

4.51

6.44

6.69

Departure

+0.35

-.44

+ .03

+ .69

+ .36

+ .67

+ .66

+ .55

+1.84

+1.72

a Not determined.

The indicated excess in precipitation and temperature occurred 

largely between December 26 and 31. For the antecedent period, December 

1 to 25, precipitation was about normal or possibly somewhat below and 

77596 O 38 4
38 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

temporature nearly normal. These records indicate that the conditions of 

the ground in relation to its ability to absorb or retain water at the 

beginning of the storm period was probably as favorable, if not more 

favorable, than would be normal during the later part of December.

As discussed more in detail below, there was apparently no frost 

over most of the area, and, except in parts of Pennsylvania and West 

Virginia, the ground at the beginning of the storm period was free from 

snow and probably had a relatively high capacity for infiltration or absorption.

Precipitation 

General features

Precipitation records collected at about 1,000 stations have been 

used for the construction of the isohyetal maps presented herein and analyzed in connection with the studies of relations between rainfall and 

run-off. Approximately 600 of the precipitation stations so used are 

maintained by the United States Weather Bureau, and as the daily records 

are published in the regular and special reports of that Bureau* these 

records have not been included in this report. Figure 19 shows daily 

precipitation at representative Weather Bureau stations in the area 

covered by this report.

Records have been compiled from sources other than the Weather 

Bureau, for about 400 stations, operated by the Soil Conservation Service 

and the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, and other agencies. As the records at these 

additional stations are not readily available in one place, the records 

and the sources of the indicated data from December 25 to January 25 are 

presented in this report in table 2.

The amounts of precipitation reported by observers on individual days 

are not strictly comparable, as the times of observations at the various 

stations were not simultaneous. The amounts recorded usually represent 

the rainfall during the preceding 24-hour period. Rainfall occurring 

during the daylight hours may be recorded under the date of occurrence 

when observations are made in the late afternoon or under the date of the 

following day when observations are made in the early morning.

* Climatological data for the United States by sections, December 1936 

to February 1937, U. S. Weather Bur., 1937. The Ohio and Mississippi 

River floods of January-February 1937, Monthly Weather Rev., Suppl. 37, 

U. S. Weather Bur., 1938.
PRECIPITATION

10 20

December 1936

10 20

January 1937

10 20

February 1937

Figure 19. Daily precipitation at representative precipitation stations 

December 1, 1936, to February 28, 1937.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 2. Daily precipitation, In inches, 

(Measured in the morning

Station

Alabama a/

Tennessee River Basin:

Athens (C.C.C. camp)

Bishop

Center Grove

Central Tower

Florence (C. of E. sta.)

Guntersville Dani c/

Huntsville

Hytop

Meridianville

Paint RooJc c/

Scottsboro (T.7.A. sta.)

South Hill

T.T.A. nursery

Georgia a/

Tennessee River Basin:

Blue Ridge d/

Brasstown Bald 2/

Coopers Creek e/

Flat Top £J

Hemptown Gap

Hiwassee

Ivy log

Little Hightower

Margret

Mulky Sap

Heels Sap s]

Hoontoola Creek

Patterson Gap

Stanley Gap c/

Suches

Sweetgom

Tray Mountain c/

Illlnoia

Mississippi River Basini ff

Carbondale No. 1

Carbondale No. 2

Carbondale Ho. 3

Centralia Ho. 1

Centralla Ho. 2

Centralia Ho. 3

West Frankfort Ho. 1

West Frankfort Ho. 2

West Frankfort Ho. 3

Ohio River Basin:

Central States Forest Ezper.

Sta. sgj

Dixon Springs Ho. 1 dh/

Dizon Springs Ho. 2 dh/ 

Dizon Springs Ho. 3 dh/

Indiana i/

Wabash River Basin:

Adair J/

Benward Ditah k/ 

Camp B-l Hill j/ 

Cynthiana (C.C.C. canp) j/

Poster Hill JJ

County

Limestone

Colbert

Morgan

Lawrence

Lauderdale

Marshall

Madison

Jackson

lladison

Jackson

do.

Dekalb

Colbert

Farm in

Towns

Union

Fannin

do.

Towns

Union

Towns

Fannin

Union

Union

Fannin

do.

Silmer

Union

Fannin

Towns

Jackson

do.

do.

Marion

do.

do.

Franklin

do.

do.

Hardin

Pope

do. 

do.

Boons

Alien 

White 

Posey

Polaskl

December

25

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

.

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

\

-

26

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

0.16

.11

27

_

-

-

-

-

_

0.02

-

-

-

_

-

-

.15

-

yr.

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

.55

.81

.50

.37

.38

.02

-

.05

.03

.25

.74

.80 

.75

_

.53 

.52

.59

28

0.87

.47

-

.25

-

.12

.39

.65

.50

.53

.21

.10

.55

.75

.53

.39

1.23

.50

.23

.70

.55

.40

.57

.89

.78

.90

.57

1.13

.65

.76

.12

.03

.20

.15

-

.35

.52

.37

.45

.16

-

.01

.46

.02 

.24

-

29

_

0.20

.10

.25

.06

.18

.23

.35

.30

.22

.05

.20

.09

1.00

.67

.55

1.88

.58

.83

.77

.40

.59

.40

1.00

.64

.80

1.16

.90

.96

1.28

.05

.03

_

.04

-

_

.02

-

-

.03

.22

.24 

.20

.05

.72 

.01

-

30

0.63

-

-

-

-

.11

.10

.22

-

.12

.13

.26

-

.20

.41

.61

.02

.02

.18

.05

.40

.11

.07

.32

.07

-

.08

.80

.07

.53

.63

.67

.75

.50

-

.51

.32

.53

.20

.07

1.14

1.39 

1.12

.95

1.55 

.96

1.70

31

0.58

.82

.75

2.24

.83

1.46

1.40

1.52

1.34

1.62

1.35

1.98

.83

1.36

1.06

1.23

2.90

1.06

1.72

1.30

2.16

1.56

1.47

3.10

1.50

1.90

1.95

3.00

1.14

2.30

_

.91

1.00

1.07

1.09

.71

.78

.95

.80

.81

-

-

1.00

.32 

.58

-

1

_

-

-

-

-

_

0.66

-

.23

-

_

.02

-

1.11

.73

.73

-

-

_

.02

-

-

-

_

-

-

.03

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

.33

.22 

.19

_

^

-

2

2.31

3.40

2.00

1.50

2.82

1.86

2.47

3.69

2.71

2.20

2.60

2.00

2.65

2.09

1.28

1.40

1.60

1.11

1.39

1.00

1.10

1.23

1.11

2.16

.88

2.00

1.84

2.39

1.22

1.66

.32

.33

.32

.27

.26

.20

.26

.29

.21

.30

.07

.10 

.10

.06

.11

.10

3

_

-

1.13

.50

-

1.58

-

.23

.13

1.30

2.01

1.20

-

_

1.44

1.13

2.69

1.60

1.60

2.00

.60

1.95

1.72

1.99

2.33

1.00

2.17

2.13

1.97

2.02

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

Tr.

-

-

.06

.31

-

4

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

0.15

-

-

_

.03

-

.04

-

_

-

-

-

-

.07

-

-

.09

-

-

.03

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

^

-

-

~

a Data for all stations furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority, 

b Included in next measurement, 

o Recording station, 

d Measured at midnight. 

e Measured in the evening.

f Data for all stations furnished by Illinois State Department of Registration and Stucatlon, 

Water Survey Division.
December 25, 1936,to January 25, 1937 

except as noted)

PHECIPITATION

5

0.82

.11

.18

.20

.10

.10

.22

.17

.12

.07

.13

.25

.23

.63

.05

.72

_

.18

.26

.12

.25

.21

.15

.19

.52

_

.06

.29

.09

.10

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

"

_

_

_

-

6

0.39

.15

.25

.20

.09

.35

.14

.12

.18

.28

.30

.45

.40

.21

.84

.27

.59

.01

.47

.45

.55

.49

.55

.60

.42

.55

.52

.58

.53

.70

_

.^

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

.84

.97

1.05

_

_

_

-

7

0.57

.48

IT.

.10

.52

.04

_

.30

.09

.15

.07

.10

IT.

.32

Ir.

.28

.10

.16

.09

.10

.35

.29

.28

_

.31

.27

.29

.14

.19

.75

.70

.60

1.51

1.30

1.40

.48

.42

.62

.70

.04

.02

.04

.64

.31

.94

.42

.32

S

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

0.03

_

_

Ir.

.07

.15

.12

.04

.04

.02

_

.10

.06

.34

_

_

.07

.41

.10

.35

.04

.02

.10

.56

.80

.82

_

_

.05

_

.27

.20

.15

.61

.80

.48

1.23

9

_

_

_

Ir.

_

_

_

_

0.09

_

_

_

_

.04

-

_

_

_

_

-

.03

_

_

_

.07

_

.04

1.12

1.08

.46

1.19

1.35

1.03

.78

1.12

1.30

1.08

.50

.38

.49

.92

.61

.05

.86

-

10

0.27

IT.

_

Ir.

_

.37

.25

_

.07

_

_

.64

.01

_

Ir.

.03

-

_

_

_

_

-

.05

_

_

_

-

_

.76

.07

.82

.61

.40

.47

.86

.68

.80

.69

_

_

.32

_

_

.05

11

0.76

.36

.35

.51

.53

.18

.01

.34

.44

.31

.34

.50

.50

.22

.35

.12

.05

.12

.OS

.10

.09

.03

_

.20

_

_

.07

.14

.02

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

.20

.02

.03

_

_

1.75

-

12

1.43

.48

.32

_

.45

.31

.76

.62

.25

.25

.35

.45

.64

.17

.63

.02

.85

.32

.52

.80

.55

.19

.21

.30

.23

.38

.02

.19

.45

.19

_

^

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

.01

.02

.01

_

_

.25

-

13

0.31

.80

.35

_

.95

.49

_

.18

.70

.60

.51

_

.67

.44

.25

.62

.22

.24

.18

.45

.25

.24

.34

.47

.55

.08

.19

.41

.24

_

_

.02

-

_

_

_

-

_

2.06

2.30

1.61

_

.11

_

.78

14

0.04

_

_

.07

_

.12

.34

_

.02

_

_

.04

Ir.

.02

-

_

_

_

_

-

.02

_

_

.32

-

_

.02

3.65

3.81

2.95

.77

.52

.65

3.63

3.63

3.35

.80

3.63

3.61

3.51

2.00

.62

.47

2.10

.40

15

1.75

.90

1.28

.50

.92

1.50

.93

1.34

1.44

1.35

1.35

1.35

.98

.92

.49

.91

1.26

.91

.83

.74

.70

.96

1.01

.95

.88

1.05

.78

1.00

.97

.73

1.76

1.75

1.80

1.24

1.05

1.09

1.89

2.00

2.35

2.61

.02

.02

1.20

.42

_

2.40

-

16

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

1.04

.48

_

_

.05

.05

.05

.20

_

-

.01

_

_

_

.04

_

.15

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

.02

_

_

_

-

17

0.68

.33

1.35

.70

.35

.30

.44

.32

.36

.34

.50

.96

.54

.01

.33

.79

.24

.32

.33

.25

.42

.36

.37

.37

.65

.06

.49

.39

.22

.32

.02

_

_

-

_

.02

_

.02

.10

1.47

1.52

1.52

_

_

_

.08

18

(b)

0.78

.85

.82

-

.79

1.05

1.15

.99

.95

.82

.60

1.27

.90

.96

1.75

.34

.42

.20

.35

.25

.43

1.37

.20

1.80

1.09

1.42

.58

1.11

.31

.28

.20

.06

.03

.01

.50

.56

.43

1.95

.06

_

.13

.21

_

1.70

-

19

1.40

.18

.34

.20

.10

.47

.18

.29

.25

.52

.56

.75

1.03

.59

1.22

.68

1.43

1.34

1.81

1.30

1.25

1.07

1.14

1.24

1.21

.58

1.17

1.13

.86

1.26

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

.01

_

-

20

1.15

1.06

.68

.92

.95

.61

.85

.72

.88

.70

.48

.81

.07

.03

.54

.27

.72

.24

.26

.27

.40

.34

.29

.46

.23

.59

.26

.40

.27

.62

.17

1.07

.15

.23

.17

.05

.16

.18

.19

.24

2.58

2.35

2.30

_

.20

.40

.30

21

-

_

_

Tr.

_

0.02

_

_

-

.02

.15

.02

.11

Ir.

.13

.01

Ir.

.01

.05

-

.01

.09

-

.02

.10

.16

.07

.12

1.63

1.61

1.40

.64

.54

.69

1.47

1.53

1.53

2.98

2.42

1.46

1.93

1.29

.63

.40

2.78

-

22

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

0.06

-

_

.02

1.40

.06

-

.07

-

_

-

-

-

.02

.09

-

_

-

.09

_

.16

.92

.87

.43

.86

.88

.49

.91

.98

1.00

1.82

.14

_

.07

.35

_

.10

1.52

.45

23

1.05

1.60

.27

.15

1.42

.25

.61

.10

.86

.32

.11

.20

.05

-

-

.08

-

_

-

-

-

-

.05

-

.08

-

.19

.02

.03

.77

.60

.42

.30

.75

.27

.72

.80

1.39

_

-

.60

-

.80

-

24

0.04

.25

_

-

.07

.22

.35

.04

-

.09

.20

.54

.14

.02

.14

.45

.01

fr.

Ir.

-

-

.03

.12

.09

-

-

-

.04

.08

.02

-

_

.25

-

_

.45

.30

.19

.60

1.30

.73

1.04

.45

-

.20

-

-

25

1.48

.45

2.04

1.81

.33

2.23

1.51

2.25

1.29

1.91

2.35

2.20

.86

.91

1.07

2.34

1.32

.82

1.11

.85

1.10

1.15

1.39

1.20

1.70

1.60

1.49

.94

1.32

.79

.76

.40

.30

.50

.45

.57

.62

.62

1.11

1.70

1.15

.03

.40

-

1.36

-

g Data furnished by Forest Service, U. 8. Department of Agriculture. 

h Data furnished by Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

1 Data for all stations furnished ty Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, U. S. Department 

of Agriculture.

j Measured when precipitation stopped; recorded for day on which measurement was made. 

k Measured at 8 a.m.; recorded for day on which precipitation fell.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1957

Table 2. Daily precipitation, in inches, 

(Measured in the morning

Station

TnrMama, COnt inued

Wabash Elver Basin Continued

Frankton (near) J/

Gongwer Ditch k/

Hoosier national Forest

Jordan Hill

Kokomo (C.C.C. camp) J/

Boss j/

Wiley Hill j/

St. Joseph Biver Basin:

Bilger Ditch */

Manmee Elver Basin:

Fort Wayne (C.C.C. camp) k/ 

Kentucky hy

Licking Biver Basin:

Dry Bidge m/

FlingsTille m/

Pleasant Ridge

Tradewater Elver Basin:

Hadisonville Nc. 1 m/

Iladisonville No. 2 m/

Sadisonville No. 3 m/

Big Sandy Biver Basin:

Lock 1 (Levisa Fork) m/

Missouri i/

Mississippi Elver Basin:

Delta

Haytl^/

New Madrid

North Carolina a/

Tennessee Biver Basin:

A. and H. Airport

Andrews powerplant dy

Balsam Gap

Barnardsville

Beaverdam Creek

Beetree Dam sj

Beetree Gap o/

Bent Creek i/

Big Pine

Blue Ridge P.O.

Cane Biver

Carren Creek

Cedar Mountain

Celo

Chambers Mountain £/

Clingmans £/

Cody Store

Coleman Dam site

Ooxcombe Mountain $/

Cove Creek

Cowe«ta NO. 1 £/

Daybook

Dick Creek

Dicks Creek

Doggett Gap

County

Hadison

Bhitley

Lawrence

Jasper

Howard

Bo one

Pnlaski

If obi e

Alien

Grant

do.

Pendleton

Hopkins

do.

do.

Lawrence

Cape Girardeau

Pemlscot

Hew Madrid

Henderson

Clay

Jackson

Buncombe

Cherokee

Buncombe

do.

do.

Hadison

Henderson

Tanoey

Buncombe

Transylvania

Tancey

Haywood

Swain

Hadison

Cherokee

Tancey

Haywood

Xaeon

Tancey

Haywood

Jackson

Hadison

December

25

_

_

_

_

-

(P)

0.01

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

26

_

-

-

_

1.03

(p)

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

.28

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

27

_

0.55

.35

.72

(P)

.70

.65

.59

.54

_

_

-

.35

.47

.77

.40

_

.19

1.05

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

28

_

_

0.33

_

-

(P)

-

-

.18

_

-

-

-

_

.21

.62

.32

.57

-

.38

1.20

.28

.31

.30

.27

.40

.37

.43

.40

.21

.21

.83

.30

.77

.22

-

.38

.35

.23

.12

.35

29

_

_

0.03

_

-

.02

-

-

.14

.78

.32

.30

.30

-

.04

-

.03

.36

.62

.70

.31

.66

.42

.47

.31

.25

.92

.24

.44

1.26

.15

.34

.67

.27

.26

.33

-

.77

.10

.34

.81

.28

30

1.39

1.08

.33

1.86

1.42

1.75

1.71

1.26

1.39

1 30

-

1.00

1.25

1.30

.30

i.se

.13

.23

.06

.06

.10

-

-

.02

.11

.12

.06

.12

.17

.05

.32

.12

.20

.79

-

_

.22

.62

.56

.82

.03

.06

.15

31

1.07

.70

.84

_

-

-

.37

.37

.70

_

-

-

-

_

.64

,99

1.09

.89

1.05

.61

1.75

.98

.95

1.09

.67

1.86

.61

1.58

3,22

1.01

.42

3.04

.80

1.26

.35

.64

2.44

.10

.91

1.00

.64

1

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

0.38

.25

.25

1.00

_

-

-

.12

.68

-

-

-

.09

.12

.04

-

.09

.13

.08

-

.10

-

1.21

-

-

.32

-

.04

_

.13

Tr.

.05

2

_

0.11

.13

.11

.10

.15

.11

.11

.30

cw

.50

_

-

-

.20

.48

.31

1.55

1.33

1.80

2.00

.81

1.22

.90

.89

1.19

.76

1.45

.81

1.20

2.40

.98

1.37

1.33

.80

1.12

.68

-

1.67

.67

.94

1.18

1.39

3

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

0.22

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

1.24

.08

1.73

1.43

2.17

1.46

1.71

1,01

1.60

1.35

1.55

1.18

1.72

1.75

1.08

2.58

1.40

1.89

1.45

2.95

2.07

1.57

2.40

1.64

1.77

4

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

0.01

.01

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

.02

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

a Date for all stations furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority, 

c Recording station. 

d Measured at midnight, 

e Measured in the evening.

h Data for all stations furnished by Soil Conservation, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 accept as noted.
PRECIPITATION

December 25, 1936, to January 25, 1937 Continued 

except as noted)

January

5

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

""

-

0.01

.12

.48

.35

-

.02

.06

_

.12

_

.10

.12

_

-

_

_

.05

_

-

.12

_

_

_

-

6

_

-

1 'ZA O4

-

-

-

_

-

.58

.59

.59

.50

.73

.07

.48

.07

.22

.37

.40

.47

.45

.38

.49

.73

.38

.53

.79

.43

.36

.42

.38

.50

.31

-

.65

.71

.50

.38

.41

7

0.53

.31

.37

.97

.32

.14

.34

.70

.79

_

~

-

.64

.43

.09

.01

_

.10

.22

.08

.12

.11

.15

.17

.16

.19

.31

.21

.07

.59

.15

.13

.12

.42

.29

.11

.09

.25

.17

8

0.69

1.01

.50

1.26

.66

.94

.45

_

-

-

.95

.16

Tr.

.05

_

_

_

.06

_

.08

.09

_

.10

_

.10

.27

_

-

.08

_

.10

_

-

.12

_

_

.05

-

9

0.60

.59

1.13

1.92

.60

.58

.50 

.60

.81

2.20

2.35

2.50

.18

1.00

1.90

1.27

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

.04

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

10

0.19

.35

1.08

.05

.30

.37

1.04

1.01

_

~

.10

.30

.84

.07

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

11

_

-

O ftfl

-

-

_

-

_

~

-

_

Ir.

.48

_

_

.08

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

.25

_

.15

_

-

_

_

_

Tr.

-

12

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

2.20

.17

1.23

.33

.55

_

.85

_

_

.01

.24

-

.20

.03

.10

.08

.02

1.53

.36

.28

_

-

.43

.25

.09

.24

.12

13

1.63

_

.60

MO

.66

-

-

.18

-

_

~

-

.03

Ir.

.35

_

.60

.92

.94

.65

.89

.40

.82

.12

.80

.50

.60

.65

.53

1.55

.92

.70

.94

.56

.39

.86

.57

.57

.81

14

1.06

.79

2.30

.31

.68

.86

1.12 

1.77

2.02

1.38

1.25

1.15

1.00

2.30

.54

.49

_

.95

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

.03

.10

_

-

.02

_

_

.05

-

.05

_

_

_

-

15

0.47

2.15

.10

.47

.53

.65

.71

_

-

-

_

.89

.51

.91

_

.74

1.06

.55

.94

.49

.76

.30

.62

.56

.62

.41

.70

1.05

.60

.94

.83

.54

1.02

.50

.75

.88

.61

16

0.09

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

.03

.04

.02

_

.10

.05

.10

.12

.26

-

.14

_

.07

.10

-

.10

.04

.25

.05

.12

17

_

0.06

-

-

-

.47 

.43

.41

.39

_

2.20

2.00

.25

.92

.22

.50

.23

.50

_

.43

.24

.24

.22

.18

.37

.30

.40

.70

.36

.37

.78

.40

.30

.29

-

.49

.27

.31

.35

.37

18

0.11

-

-

.22

.21

1.15 

.98

.45

1.68

3.10

3.25

.90

1.75

1.47

.20

.93

1.30

.97

.89

.06

.19

.07

.05

.77

.17

.23

.65

_

.26

1.30

1.40

.51

.05

.54

.82

.20

.36

.37

.11

19

0.15

_

1.50

-

-

-

_

-

2.95

.42

3.40

.25

.28

_

Tr.

1.57

.63

.94

.72

1.49

1.22

1.51

1.15

1.14

1.35

1.30

1.75

2.43

1.06

.93

1.31

1.15

1.13

1.32

1.04

1.33

1.09

1.18

1.14

.95

20

0.80

_

.30

.15

-

-

.73 

3.«03

1.00

_

-

.55

1.60

.45

.10

.78

.01

.20

.16

.45

.39

.42

.44

.2?

.80

.33

.69

1.05

.55

.27

.90

.40

.49

.38

.25

.49

.35

.48

.30

.48

21

0.61

2.40

.97

1

IZQ

.52

.85

2.35 

2.42

2.17

_

~

.45

.71

4.60

4.38

.27

_

.05

_

-

.02

.06

.08

_

.17

_

.08

.24

.08

-

.31

.02

.09

_

-

.20

_

.06_ '

.03

22

_

1.18

.77

.20

.30

-

-

2.25

1*88

2.02

4.30

4.80

4.55

1.00

.07

3.43

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

.09

.11

.02

_

-

23

0.60

-

-

.60

.60

_

.65

_

~

.25

.14

.01

.10

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

.02

_

.08

-

-

.04

_

_

_

-

24

0.66

_

.15

.16

-

-

2.20 

1.00

2.10

_

~

.90

.79

1.64

5.85

.04

.19

_

_

.15

_

_

.03

_

-

.05

.05

.31

.05

-

.46

_

-

-

-

.06

_

.01

.09

.08

25

0.40

.38

.79

.40

.40

1.00

1.10

4.40

3.20

4.25

-

_

.37

.84

.95

.15

1.68

.18

.28

.47

.49

.30

.42

.31

.47

.22

.15

2.25

.60

.95

.11

.32

1.21

.31

.40

.73

.50

i Data for all stations furnished by Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, U. S. Department 

of Agriculture.

j Measured when precipitation stopped; recorded for day on which measurement was made.

k Measured at 8 a.m.; recorded for day on which precipitation fell.

m lime of measurement not known.

n Data furnished by Oorps of Engineers, U. 3. Army.

p No record.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 2. Daily precipitation, in inches, 

(Measured in the morning

Station

Horth Carolina' Cont inued

Tennessee River Basin Continued

Eaglenest Mountain

 Rrilm

Erastus

Flat Top Mountain

Franklin

Glade Gap c/ 

Haw Knob £/

Hayesville 

Haywood Gap sJ 

Horseshoe

Hyatt Creek

Ivy

Leicester

Little Switzerland

Lonesome Mountain

Mar Patch Mountain

MoKinney Gap 

Mount Pisgah sJ 

Mount Sterling 

Murphy evaporation sta. o/

Needmore

Noland Creek

Old Road Gap sJ 

Otto

Owen's Gap

Peachtree Creek

Pink Beds (The) e/

Plumtree

Point Lookout

Post ell

Proctor

Ranger

Raven Mountain e/ 

Roan High Knob sJ

Rocky Face ilotmtain

Rosman 

Santeetlah

Shooting Creek

Smokemont

Smoky Gap

Snake Mountain sj

Snow Creek

Spruce mountain cj

Stecoah

Tatham Gap ^c/

lipton Hill

Tomotla

Tarne

ffayah Bald cj

Savannah River Basin:

Rock House Ho. 1 e/

Bock House 'Ho. 2 e/

Santee River Basin:

Rush Mountain

Ohio

Muskingum River Basin: _q/

Atwood Dam je/

Beach City Dam e/ 

Bolivar Dam e/

Carrolton e/

Charles Mill Dam e/

County

Haywood

Buncombe

Jackson

Tancey

Macon

Clay 

G-raJiam

Clay 

Haywood 

Henderson

Cherokee

Madison

Buncombe

Mitchell

Madison

do.

Tancey 

Haywood 

do. 

Cherokee

Swain

do.

Macon 

do.

Jackson

Cherokee

Transylvania

Avery

Henderson

Cherokee

Swain

Cherokee

Macon 

Mitchell

Haywood

Transylvania 

Graham

Clay

Swain

Avery

ffatauga

Mitchell

Haywood

Graham

do.

Mitohell

Cherokee

Clay

Macon

Macon

do.

Henderson

Tuscarawas

do. 

do.

Oarroll

Richland

December

25

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-

-

-

-

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-

-

-

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0.03

-

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-

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-

-

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-

-

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-

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-

-

-

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-

-

_

-

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-

-

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-

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.05

.05

-

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IP)-

27

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0.03

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-

-

-

_

_

-

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-

-

-

_

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-

-

-

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.03

-

-

-

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_

-

-

.01

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-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

- i

_

-

.05

.05

-

_

.05

(p)

.37

28

0.47

.57

.50

.51

.80

.71 

.75

1.07 

.56 

.25

1.25

.43

.35

.25

.31

.27

.21 

.18 

.57

.17

.82

1.01 

.31

.33

.56

.24

.20

.54

.81

.70

.65

.86 

.41

.27

.40 

.34

.54

.75

.20

.12

.36

.48

.87

.64

.29

1.04

.57

1.10

.73

1.06

.31

.17

.24

.31

(P)

.04

29

0.82

.02

.59

.13

.71

1.21 

.51

1.10 

1.15 

.55

1.00

.16

.06

.53

.20

.20 

1.00

.44 

.18 

1.08

.38

.76

1.33 

.50

.60

1.35

.75

.23

.35

.65

.53

1.15

1.05 

.21

.28

.91 

.10

.69

.77

.32

.02

.10

.62

.64

1.24

.03

.91

.45

1.23

1.00

.80

1.05

.06

Tr.

(p)

.07

30

0.27

.29

.32

-

.15

.21 

.04

.05 

.48 

.35

.56

.06

-

.53

.05

.07 

.40

.58 

.07 

.02

.37

.32

.20 

.16

.58

.04

1.22

.33

.45

-

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-

.41 

.18

.10

.44

I

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.18

.82

.79

1.00

.40

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.35

.22

-

-

.39

1.00

.50

.35

.26

.37 

.37

(P)

-

31

1.21

.68

1.89

.86

1.62

1.47 

1.95

1.12 

1.05 

1.50

2.12

.55

.53

1.37

.56

.72 

1.20

2.97 

.86 

.96

.98

1.12

1.92 

1.55

2.34

1.04

2.53

.82

1.30

1.25

1.19

1.06

1.18 

.50

.50

3.23

1.18

1.13

-

.49

.90

1.18

1.15

1.34

_

1.14

1.14

2.00

1.73

1.86

3.10

.38

.90

.68

.38

.80

1

_

0.55

.03

-

-

.03

.42

-

-

.02

-

-

-

.06

.01

-

.03

.16

_

.68

.52

Tr.

-

_

-

~

.08

.17 

1.44

.18

-

.19

.10

-

-

.65

-

-

.02

.90

.50

2.25

_

~

-

-

2

1.46

1.33

1.17

1.15

2.33

.90 

1.03

1.15 

1.29 

1.75

.96

.98

1.00

1.08

.74

1.07 

.95

1.72 

1.15 

1.24

1.03

1.00

1.52 

1.34

1.75

1.08

2.12

.94

1.02

.84

1.42

1.18

1.60 

1.05

1.00

2.00

1.08

1.41

.50

.42

.80

1.61

.97

1.03

.25

1.00

.99

1.46

3.00

3.94

1.65

.28

.11 

.15

.33

.08

3

2.54

.27

1.88

2.00

1.70

2.31 

1.87

2.13 

2.14 

1.50

2.60

1.38

1.57

1.48

.62

1.20 

2.35

1.67 

1.97 

2.06

1.48

2.05

2.33 

1.83

1.75

1.97

2.44

1.35

1.50

.40

1.35

1.89

2.O1 

1.43

1.55

1.82

1.89

2.51

-

.23

.93

2.51

1.75

2.03

.92

2.13

1.95

2.71

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

4

_

-

-

-

-

0.03 

.03

-

-

-

-

-

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-

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-

-

.03

~

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.06

-

-

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-

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1.04

-

-

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-

.05

-

-

-

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-

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-

Tr.

-

-

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o Recording station.

e Measured in the evening.
PRECIPITATION

December 25, 1936, to January 25, 1937 Continued 

except as noted)

January

5

0.38

.17

-

.63

.16

.02

.12

.14

-

.32

-

-

-

-

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-

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-

Tr.

.06

.03

.02

.20

.20

.07

.10

_

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.10

.08

.02

.10

.40

.18

.12

.50

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-

.04

-

.05

1.06

.83

.80

-

-

-

-

6

0.32

.15

.54

-

.43

.53

.45

.42

.65

.75

.24

.40

.38

.50

.31

.30

.42

.50

.31

.42

.45

.45

.47

.60

.70

.42

.62

.50

1.18

.44

.44

.51

.41

.32

.74

.22

.51

.34

1.00 

(b)

.86

.36

1.03

.40

.30

.44

.60

.52

.08

.25

.17

-

-

-

-

7

0.13

-

.13

-

.05

.37

.19

.24

1 .25

1 .21

.30

.15

.05

.34

.08

.40

.68

.02

.11

.16

_

.35

.30

.10

.15

.13

.26

.15

.03

.10

.15

.17

.10

.11

.18

.21

(b)

.10

.30

.12

.34

.07

.23

.15

.53

.05

.05

.23

.28

.22

.26

.20

.42

8

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0.04

.64

.04

.03

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-.

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-

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-

-

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-

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0.38

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_

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1.33

.64

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.52

-

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.41

.21

.14

.38

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(b)

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_

_

-

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0.72

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1.45

.40

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.19

.87

.90

.54

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1.00

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-

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1.10

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.39

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1.27

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1.20

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.46

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_

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1.37

1.30

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1.71

15

0.83

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1.09

1.40

1.12

2.17

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1.10

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1.00

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1.24

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1.00

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1.03

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1.73

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1.35

1.23

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1.14

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2.00

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1.17

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1.08

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1.24

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1.26

1.78

1.70

.75

.85

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1.06

19

1.36

1.03

1.67

1.20

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1.34

1.96

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1.62

1.35

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1.26

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1.04

1.25

1.02

1.05

1.09

1.21

1.10

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.92

1.56

1.51

1.60

1.35

1.07

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(p)

1.09

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1.15

1.36

1.35

1.16

2.16

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1.24

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1.02

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1.25

1.43

1.43

1.12

1.06

1.07

1.10

1.25

1.40

1.30

1.27

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20

0.28

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1.49

1.54

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1.13

1.29

25

0.85

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1.15

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1.19

1.22

2.39

1.11

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1.15

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1.10

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1.17

2.44

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1.15

1.24

1.11

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1.10

1.39

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1.41

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1.63

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p Ho fecord*

q D&ta famished by Maatlngnm Watershed Conservancy SDIstriot, except as noted.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

table 2. Daily precipitation, in inohes, 

(Measured in the morning

Station

Ohio Cont inued

Masking River Basin Continued

Clendening ej

Coshoeton Project : £/

No. 1

No. 2

No. 4

No. 5

Ho. 7

No. 9

No. 11

No. 12

No. 13

No. 15

No. 16

NO. 18

No. 19

No. SO

No. 21

Ho. 22

No. 23

Ho. 24

No. 25

No. 26

Ho. 27

No. 28

No. 29

Ho. 30

Ho. 31

Ho. 32

Ho. 33

Ho. 34

Ho. 37 

Ho. 38

Ho: 39 

Ho. 40

Ho. 41 

Ho. 42

Ho. 43

Ho. 44

Ho. 45

Ho. 46

Ho. 47

Ho. 48 

Ho. 50

Ho. 52

Ho. 53

Ho. 55

Ho. 56

Ho. 57

Ho. 58

Ho. 59

Ho. 100

Ho. 101

Ho. 102

Ho. 103

Ho. 104

Ho. 105

Ho. 200

Ho. 201

Ho. 202

Ho. 203

Ho. 204

Ho. 205

Ho. 206

Ho. 207

Ho. 208 

Tin. S09

County

Harrison

Coshoeton

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do. 

do.

do. 

do.

do. 

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do. 

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

Holmes

do.

do.

do.

do.

Coshooton

do.

do.

do. 

do.

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25

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h Data for all stations furnished by Soil Conservation, IT. S. Department of Agriculture.
48 FLOODS OF OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI HIVERS, 1937

Table 2. Daily precipitation, in inches, 

(Measured in the morning

Station

Ohio Continued

Hoskingnm Hiver Basin Continued

Coshocton Project Continued

Ho. 210

No. MEr

Dover Dam .e/

Ellis n/

Leesville Dam e/

Massillon m/

Mohawfc Ham ef

ffew Philadelphia: .e/

Ho. 1

Ho. 2

Ho. 3

No. 4

No. 5

Piedmont Dam .e/ 

Pleasant Hill Dam e/

Salt Oreek Project: hr/

No. 1

No. 3

No. 8

No. 13

No. 16

Ko. 17

No. 18

No. 19

NO. 20

Senecaville Dam ef 

Tappan Dam e/

Wills Creek Dam e/

Ohio Elver Main stem:

Portland n/ 

Eaoine yj

Pennsylvania t/

Allegheny River Basin:

Cresson u/

Dalton Ban

Hlncfcston Bun

Latrobe _g/

Laurel Bun

Luxor

Hill Oreek

North Fork

Piney ed7

Quemahoning

Saltlick

Situsville e/

Monongahela Elver Basin:

Conuellsville

Pittsburgh Airport

Beaver River Basin:

Bnydstown Beservoir

Pymatuning Dam

Thorn Bun Reservoir

Tennessee a/

Cumberland River Basin:

Erin

County

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do.

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do.

do.

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Cambria

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Cambria

Westmoreland

Cambria

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Somerset

Cambria

Crawford

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Allegheny

JJntler

Orawford

Butler

Houston

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a Data for all stations furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

b Included in next measurement.

o Recording station.

d Measured at midnight.

e Measured in the evening.

h Data furnished by Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

m Time of measurement not known.
PRECIPITATION

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except as noted)

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(b)

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1.52

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1.30

1.28

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1.36

1.45

1.35

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1.62

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1.61

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1.05

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1.01

1.06

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1.17

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1.03

1.00

1.S7

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.70

.87

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1.29

25

1.77

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2.05

2.00

1.93

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1.74

.76

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.76

n Data furnished by Oorps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

p Ho record.

r Hear Zanesville.

s Measured at noon.

t Data furnished by Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

n Measured at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
FLOODS OF OHIO AMD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 2. -Daily precipitation, in inches, 

(Measured in the morning

Station

Tennessee Cont inued

Tennessee River Basin:

Alcoa

Arthur

Beauty Spot sJ

Beech. Grove

Belvidere §J

Bethel

Big Barren $J

Big Spring

Big Sycamore sJ

Boonville

Breed enton

Brash Creek

Bulls Gap

Cade Cove

Calderwood

Camp 'Creek Bald a/ 

Catlettslmrg

C.C.C. Camp Ho. 13

C.C.C. Camp Ho. 22 

Cedar Creek

Chapel Hill 

Chickamanga Dam sJ 

Clark range 

Clear Branch 

Clinton Korsery

Coker Creek

Cclesville 

Columbus

Concord

Cosby

Orandull

Cuba Trfvnding .a/

Bnglewood

Ethridge sJ

Flat Gap

Georgetown

Harbuck

Hartford

Hebbertsburg

Isabella

Jearoldstown

Joppa

Kittle

LaPollette

Lick Creek §j

Limestone

Little Chueky

Little War Gap

Lookhart Tower

McDonald

Mint

Horristovn

Mountain City

Biota

Horrie Dam

Horris Island o/

Oooee Bo. 2 d/

Odomrille

Petros

Mokwiok evaporation sta. $J

Pickwick Tanfl 1ng

Pilot Mountain

Pinewood

Potato Creek

Prospect

County

Blcunt

Claiborne

Uniooi

Coffee

Franklin

Giles

Claiborne

Meigs

Hancock

Polk

Meigs

Polk

Hawkins

Blo-ont

do.

Greene 

Sevier

Union

do. 

Washington

Marshall 

Hamilton 

Fentress 

Cniooi 

Anderson

Monroe

Carter 

Polk

Znoz

Cocke

Johnson

Humphreys

McKinn

Lawrence

Hawkins

Meigs

Polk

Cocke

Cumberland

Polk

Greene

Grainger

Monroe

Campbell

Greene

Washington

Greene

Hawkins

G randy

Bradley

Blount

Hamblen

Johnson

Mcllinn

Anderson

Union

Polk

Carter

 organ

Hardin

do.

Morgan

Hickman

Polk

Giles

December

25

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26

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27

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0.16

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_

-

.01

_

Tr.

_

-

28

1.40

.70

.37

.45

.78

1.55

.87

1.03

.80

.73

1.05

.49

.52

.60

.35

.41 

.27

1.31 

1.00

.40

1,10 

1.33 

(b) 

.37 

1,33

.42

.25 

.88

.95

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1.10

.66

1.34

1.20

1.13

.74

.27

1.30

.51

.46

.80

.62

l.CO

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.60

.61

.72

.72

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1.12

1.09

.95

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1.52

2.51

2.70

1.08

1.20

.75

1.60

29

0.48

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.22

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.07

.17

.05

.62

.15

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.31

.13

.04

.36 

.13

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.15 

1,30 

1.15 

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.45

.19

.40

.13

.78

.37

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.61

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.55

.11

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.06

.13

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1.91

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31

0.90

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1.33

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1.32

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1.06

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1.23

1.04

1.29

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1.35 

1.39 

1.13 

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1.30

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.57

.82

1.13

1.82

1.15

1.16

1.36

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1.53

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1 1 i> it*

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.98

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1.00

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1.33

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.05

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-

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2

1.06

2.43

1.12

3.90

2.75

3.15

2.18

1.89

1.57

1.63

2.36

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.96

.71

1.75

.87

.46

3.45 

1.25

.80

3.36 

2.04 

3.56 

1.10 

(bl

.69

.90 

.92

1.70

.30

.50

1.27

1.59

2.78

1.80

1.72

.96

.37

2.53

.86

.93

1.70

.55

1.47

.58

.76

.98

1.30

2.78

1.50

.70

.73

.92

1.45

(b)

2.40

1.61

.52

3.25

3.06

3.45

1.95

1.61

.93

3.59

3

1.14

.89

1.45

-

-

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1.14

1.38

1.34

1.33

1.01

1.98

.61

1.92

-

1.62 

1.28

.94 

1.50

.86

2.25

1.30 

3.85

2.00

.95 

1.62

1.02

1.36

.15

-

1.64

-

.65

1.57

2.17

1.05

.26

1.90

.80

.93

1.72

.32

1.12

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.83

.63

1.39

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1.52

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1.31

2.16

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1.36

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2.21

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4

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FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 2. Dally precipitation, In Inches, 

(Measured In the morning

Station

Tennessee Continued

Tennessee River Basin Continued

Beagan

Heese

Bleeville

Boddy i/

Sassafras Knob $J

Servilla

Shlloh

Sprlngville

Stansbury Gap sj 

Stone Mountain

Stoney Point

Tazewell

Turtle town

Victory

Watauga poverplant £/

White Creek %J

White Pine 

Wolf Creek

Otion Hirer Basin:

Huntingdon e/

Virginia a/

Tennessee Hirer Basin:

Big Knob £/

C.C.C. Camp Ho. 5

Cleveland

Dunbar

Dungannon

High Knob

Holston

Honaker

Jonesville

Marion

Matters Gap

Nebo

Olinger

Spring Creek £/

Tazewell

Wallace

Kanawha Hirer Basin:

Troutdale

West Vireinia n/

Ohio Hirer main stem:

Bens Bun, Lock 16

Rontington, Look 28

Harrietta, Lock 17

Mill-wood, Lock 23

New Hartinsville, Lock 15

Parker sburg, Lock 18

Rarenswood, Lock 22

Woodlands, Lock 14

Kanawha Hiver Basin:

Braowell a/

London, Look 3

Harmet, Look 2

Winfield, Look 1

Big Sandy Hirer Basin:

Big Sandy Hirer, Lock 1

Big Sandy BlTer, Look 2

Big Sandy Hirer, Look 3

Tug Fork, Lock 1

County

Bender son

Johnson

tieMlnn

Bhea

Polk

do.

Hardin

Henry

Polk 

Unleoi

Hankins

Clal borne

Polk

Wayne

Carter

Union

Jefferson 

Cooke

Carroll

Soott

Lee

Russell

Wise

Soott

Wise

Washington

Russell

Lee

SaQrth

Russell

Smyth

Lee

Tazewell

do.

Washington

Grayson

Tyler

Cabell

Pleasants

Jackson

Wetzell

Wood

Jackson

Marshall

llercer

Kansoha

do.

Pntman

Wayne

do.

do.

do.

December

35

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TO Included in next measurement.

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d Measured at midnight.
PRECIPITATION

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except as notad)

January

5

0.03

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6

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n Data furnished by Corps of Engineers,

77596 O 38 5

U. S. Any, except as noted.

T Record Incomplete.
54 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

The records at the stations published in this report, when used with 

the records collected by the United States Weather Bureau, are believed 

to indicate with a fair degree of accuracy the precipitation during the 

storm period. There are 845 rain-gage stations* within the Ohio River 

Basin, equivalent to an average of one rain gage to about 240 square 

miles of area. Areas for which apparent inconsistencies in the base data 

are discussed under "Rainfall and run-off studies" embrace only a small 

part of the total area involved in the flood studies.

Distribution

Generally throughout the Ohio River Basin and in the area immediately 

tributary to the Mississipci River below the mouth of the Ohio River, all 

precipitation related to the -floods occurred during the 31-day period 

from December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937. As discussed below (p. 79) 

there was some snow in the eastern headwater areas on December 25 the 

melt from which ran off during the flood period. The amount of snow melt, 

aowever. was probably less than 1 percent of the total amount of water 

involved in the flood.

During the total flood period there were numerous storms which 

varied both in areal extent and intensity. Therefore, for the purposes 

of study, the total storm period has been broken down into four major 

periods December 26, 1936, to January 5, 1937, January 6-12, January 

13-19, and January 20-25.

These particular periods were chosen because they represent more or 

less well defined grounings of precipitation and because the hydrographs 

of stream flow indicate that over the Ohio River Basin direct run-off into river channels was generally at a minimum about the end of each of 

these periods. For most of the area these four periods form logical time 

units for studies of the rainfall and run-off. However, in areas where 

these periods were not specifically applicable the Cumberland River and 

Tennessee River Basins, for example slightly different periods were used.

Tsble 3 shows the rate and duration of precipitation for the storm 

periods mentioned above for all Weather Bureau and many other recording 

rain gages in and adjacent to the region affected by the floods. Figures 

20 and 21 show hourly precipitation at selected recording-gage stations 

in the area covered by this report.

-«- In this count 66 rain gages closely grouped in an experimental area 

in the ¥uskingum River Basin have been considered as one gage.
PRECIPITATION

Table 3. Bate and duration of precipitation during indicated storm period, based on hourly record a/

Station

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh b/

Ohio

ikron

Cincinnati £/

Cleveland

Dayton

Sandusky

Toledo

Kransville

Indianapolis

Terre Haute

Illinolg

Cairo

Dixon Springs .d/

Peoria

Springfield

West Virginia

Clarksburg

Elkins

Parkersburg

Virginia

Big Knob &/

Spring Creek &/

Wytheville

Kentucky

Lexington

Louisville

Korth Carolina

Asheville

Beetree Gap e/

Haw Knob j/

Raven Mountain .e/

Roan High Knob e/

The Pink Beds £f

Tennessee

Belvidere e/

Big Barren 6/

Big Sycamore sJ

Chattanooga

Chlckamauga Dam e/

Cuba Landing &/

Ethridge sJ

Knoxville

Lick Creek sJ

Memphis

Hashville

Korris e/

Pickwick evaporation

sta. e/

Roddy 9J

White Creek */

Seoreia

Plat Top £/

Tray Mountain &/

Al&ham*

Paint Rook sJ

December 26 to January 5

Total 

precip'n, 

in inches

0.74

1.08

1.70

1.14

1.38

1.47

1.97

1.13

2.47

2.34

2.58

2.38

3.19

2.16

1.33

1.26

1.42

2.61

1.61

1.78

2.72

1.75

4.13

5.00

6.68

7.57

4.08

10.68

4.65

5.33

4.82

6.95

7.58

3.32

6.41

4.87

2.95

5.00

3.62

6.53

6.75

7.65

6.05

10.95

9.36

6.30

Total time, in hours, in which precipitation 

exceeded indicated rate, in inches per hour

Trace

18

21

32

24

32

26

34

24

27

35

26

31

46

36

23

24

22

34

25

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36

37

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76

93

92

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58

52

78

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45

67

45

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2

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7

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Maximum hourly 

precip'n, in inches

Date

Dec. 31

Dec. 31

Dec. 29

Dec. 31

Dec. 30

Dec. 30

Dec. 30

Dec. 30

Dec. 30

Dec. 30

Dec. 30

Dec. 30

Dec. 30

Deo. 27

Dec. 31

Dec. 31

Dec. 31

Deo. 31

Jan. 2

Jan. 2

Dec. 27

Dec. 30

Jan. 1

Dec. 31

Jan. 2

Jan. 2

-

Jan. 3

Jan. 2

Dec. 30

Jan. 2

Jan. 2

Dec. 30

Deo. 30

Dec. 30

Jan. 2

Jan. 2

Dec. 3U

Dec. 30

Jan. 2

Jan. 2

Deo. 30

Dec. 30

Dec. 31

Dec. 31

Deo. 30

Preoip'n

0.13

.30

.22

.19

.15

.29

.21

.24

.52

.21

.52

.27

.32

.33

.34

.16

.36

.28

.22

.17

.27

.48

.21

.24

.36

.37

-

.39

.53

.37

.45

.47

.45

.30

.50

.46

.28

1.21

.42

.42

.94

.77

.46

.73

.36

.57

a Basic data furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau, except as noted. 

b Precipitation based on average of records at post office and at airport, 

o Precipitation based on average of records at Abbe Observatory and at Faller Building. 

d Precipitation based on average of records at two stationsjbasio data furnished by Soil Conservation 

rrice..

e Basic data furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority, 

f Estimated.
56 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI HCVERS, 1937

Table 3. Bate and duration of precipitation during indicated storm period, based on hourly record Oon.

Station

Pittsburgh Jb/

Ohio

Akron

Cincinnati o/

Cleveland

Dayton

Sandusky

Toledo

Indiana

Evansville

Indianapolis

Terra Haute

Illinois

Cairo

Dizon Springs d/

Peoria

Springfield

West Virginia

0 larks burg

Elkins

Parkersburg

Tlreinia

Big Knob e/

Spring Creek £/

Wytheville

Kentucky

Lezington

Louisville

Forth Carolina

Ashevill*

Beetree (Jap £/

Haw Knob s/

Haven Mountain sJ 

Boan High Knob sJ 

The Fink Beds

Tennessee 

BelTidere £/ 

Big Barren £/ 

Big Sycamore e/ 

Chattanooga

Chiekamauga Dam e/

Cuba Landing s/ 

Ethridge e/ 

Knoxville

liek Creek ej

Memphis

Nashville

Forris £/

Pickwick evaporation 

sta. a/ 

Eoddy js/ 

Hthite Creek £/

aeorgla 

Plat Top £/ 

Tray Mountain £/

Alabama 

Paint Eoek sJ

January 6-12

Total 

preeip'n, 

in inches

1.10

1.50

1.46

1.24

2.02

1.54

1.45

1.93

1.90

2.70

3.03

1.81

1.35

3.08

2.31

1.21

1.82

1.06

.65

.90

3.59

3.32

.79

1.12

2.59

1.05 

1.88 

.80

1.66 

1.39 

1.43 

1.15

1.64

2.59 

2.13 

2.00

1.53

1.95

1.69

1.46

1.85 

1.57 

1.52

2.21 

1.05

1.54

Total time, in hours, in which precipitation 

exceeded indicated rate, in inches per hour

Trace

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_

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27

40

26

37

38

40

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27

23

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34

25

36

23

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14

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19 

36 

41

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28 

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25

25 .

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38 

34

29

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29

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53 

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0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0

0

0 

0 

0

0

0

0

0

0 

0 

0

0 

0

0

ISaximom hourly 

preeip'n, in inches

Date

Jan. 7

_

Jan. 9

Jan. 7

Jan. 7

Jan. 7

Jan. 8

Jan. 6

Jan. 7

-

Jan. 6

Jan. 6

Jan. 8

Jan. 7

Jan. 10

Jan. 7

Jan. 10

Jan. 12

Jan. 12

Jan. 12

Jan. 10

Jan. 6

Jan. 12

Jan. 12

Jan. 12

Jan. 12 

Jan. 12 

Jan. 6

Jan. 10 

Jan. 12 

Jan. 11 

Jan. 12

Jan. 12

Jan. 10 

Jan. 12 

Jan. 12

Jan. 12

Jan. 11

Jan. 6

Jan. 11

Jan. 6 

Jan. 10 

Jan. 11

Jan. 12 

Jan. 12

Jan. 12

Preoip'n

.15

_

.12

.15

.11

.20

.22

.26

.29

-

.59

.52

.15

f.33

.19

.15

.18

.19

.12

.14

.50

.32

.25

.24

.27

.25 

.15 

.07

.14 

.16 

.23 

.19

.21

.32 

.22 

.37

.22

.11

.25

.20

.22 

.28

.24

.35 

.15

.15

b Preoipitation based on average of records at post office and at airport, 

e Preoipitation based on average of records at Abbe Observatory and at Fftller Building, 

d Preoipitation based on average of records at two stationsjbasio data furnished by Soil Comservation 

rvioe.

e Basic data furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority, 

f Estimated.
PRECIPITATION 57

Table 3. Hate and duration of precipitation during indicated storm period, based on hourly record Con.

Station

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh b/

Ohio

Akron

Cincinnati £/

Cleveland

Dayton

Sandusfcy

Toledo

Indiana

Evansville

Indianapolis

Terra Haute

Illinois

Cairo

Dixon Springs $J

Peoria

Springfield

West Virginia

Clarksburg

Hiking

Parkersburg

Virginia

Big Knob .§/

Spring Creek e/ 

Wythevllle

Kentuelor 

Lexington

Louisville

Forth Carolina

Asheville

Bae'trea Sap sj 

Haw Knob £/

Haven Ilountain a/

Eoan High Knob e/

The Pink Beds £/

Tennessee 

Belvldere s/

Big Barren s/ 

Big Sycamore sj 

Chattanooga

Chiokamaoga Dam s/

Cuba Landing *J 

Ethridge s/ 

Knozville

Lick Creek s/

Memphis

Nashville

Morris s/

Pickwick evaporation 

sta. e/ 

Boddy SJ 

White Creek £/

Seoreia 

Flat Top sJ 

Tray Mountain a/

Alabama

Paint Book £/

January 13-19

Total 

precip'n, 

in inches

2.11

3.00

4.62

2.66

4.30

2.56

2.34

5.02

3.36

2. 98

3.87

6.94

.36

.89

2.12

1.80

2.39

2.96

1.87 

2.17

3.52

' 4.75

2.10

3.26 

7.04

3.74

3.65

4.07

2.57

3.52 

3.48 

2.76

3.04

4.92 

3.57 

3.30

2.75

3.70

4.28

3.61

3.12 

3.68 

3.77

5.93 

3.93

3.70

Total time, in hours, in which precipitation 

exceeded indicated rate, in inches per hour

Trace

f42

_

40

53

47

47

43

46

47

44

43

56

f9

14

34

40

42

21

20 

34

43

43

36

47 

67

53

62

62

21

31 

38

37

40 

32 

35

34

36

42

34

39 

31 

33

60 

68

35

0.02

f26

_

34

32

33

28

26

32

33

30

32

44

f5

10

27

25

32

18

f!7 

25

36

34

19

37

37

35

33

38

14

22 

24

25

29 

24 

21

22

29

35

24

23 

21 

19

41 

45

24

0.05

f!7

_

28

18

24

17

18

26

20

20

23

35

2

7

21

14

18

16

f!2 

16

23

22

13

14 

25

20

17

24

13

19 

18

15

22 

19 

16

15

19

27

18

13 

17 

17

31 

23

21

0.10

6

_

18

6

19

7

5

18

11

13

12

22

0

4

4

3

4

12

f7 

7

12

17

7

10 

15

12

10

14

7

13 

11

10

14 

13 

12

12

15

17

15

9 

12 

15

17 

9

14

0.20

0

_

6

1

4

1

0

10

3

1

6

12

0

0

0

0

0

5

fl 

2

2

5

1

4 

11

4

5

2

5

6 

2

3

9 

7 

5

3

4

4

7

3 

6 

5

8 

3

7

0.30

0

».

2

0

1

0

0

3

0

1

1

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

0 

0

0

3

0

1 

10

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

4

1 

2

0

Z

2

1

2 

3 

2

6 

0

3

0.50

0

_

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0 

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0 

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 

1

1

0

0

Maximum hourly 

preoip'n, in inches

Date

Jan. 14

_

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 13

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 18

Jan. 15

Jan. 14

Jan. 18

Jan. 15 

Jan. 19

Jan. 14

Jan. 14

Jan. 15

Jan. 15 

Jan. 18

Jan. 15

Jan. 15

Jan. 15

Jan. 14

Jan. 15 

Jan. 15

Jan. 15

Jan. 17 

Jan. 19 

Jan. 18

Jan. 15

Jan. 17

Jan. 18

Jan. 15

Jan. 14 

Jan. 18 

Jan. 15

Jan. 15 

Jan. 15

Jan. 14

Precip'n

0.13

_

.66

.30

.37

.27

.18

.42

.23

.35

.48

.70

.09

.15

.18

.17

.19

.31

.28 

.24

.23

.59

.24

.43

.69

.33

.35

.30

.45

.41 

.30

.41

.57 

.35 

.39

.29

.50

.36

.35

.47 

.57 

.53

.60 

.30

.37

b Precipitation based, on average of records at post office and at airport, 

e Precipitation based on average of records at Abbe Observatory and at Bailor Building. 

d Precipitation based on average of reeords at two stations,-basic data furnished by Soil Conservation 

Service.

e Basic data furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority, 

f Estimated.
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 3. Kate ani duration of precipitation during indicated storm period, based on hourly record Con.

Station

Penn ^Y"* vaTf ^ ft

Pittsburgh b/

Ohio

Akron

Cincinnati sJ

Cleveland 

Dayton

Sandusky

Toledo

Indiana

Evansville

Indianapolis

Terre Haute

Illinois

Cairo

Dizon Springs &/

Peoria

Springfield

ffea_t Virginia

Clarksburg

Blkins

Parkersburg

Virginia

Big Knob $/

Spring Creek e/

Wytheville

Kentucky

Lexington

Louisville

Berth Carolina

Asheville..

Beetree Qap e/ 

Haw Knob e/

Eaven Mountain e/

Boan High Knob e/

The pink Beds ej

Tennessee 

Belvldere e/

Big Barren jg/

Big Sycamore jg/

Chattanooga 

Chickamauga Dam e/

Cuba Landing jg/ 

Ethridge §J 

Knorville

Lick Creek _e/ 

Memphis

Nashville

Horrls e/

Pickwick evaporation 

sta. e/ 

Roddy £/ 

White Creek e/

Georgia 

Hat Top e/

Tray Mountain ej

Paint Hook jg/

January 20-25

Total 

precip'n, 

in inches

3.65

3.75

7.27

2.32

5.67

2.12

1.39

7.34

2.55

3.01

7.91

5.90

.49

.43

3.36

2.68

3.93

1,85

1.95

.68

6.48

10.31

.36

.45 

3.21

1.70

1.02

2.52

2.70

2.67

3.01

1.99 

2.17

7.13 

2.23 

2.31

1.49 

9.93

5.94

2.91

2.60 

2 56 

3.18

3.18

1.89

2.43

Total time, in hours, in which precipitation 

exceeded indicated rate, in inches per hour.

Trace

f67

-

71

40

f61

f41

38

77

47

-

_

58

f!2

20

57

62

f70

16

21

21

84

80

22

25 

38

19

35

65

25

_

39

22

21

72 

26 

27

19 

f84

51

27

28 

28 

32

41

33

f!6

0.02

f48

-

59

31

f51

f29

19

62

27

-

_

42

f6

6

38

37

f59

15

15

11

67

74

4

4

18

16

12

38

18

_

19

12 

15

44 

19 

14

12 

f70

40

24

18 

18

21

25

15

f!6

0.05

f22

-

46

20

f40

f!8

12

50

17

-

_

33

2

0

22

20

25

9

10

3

46

60

0

0

13

8

3

14

12

-

13

9

9

38 

12

8

7 

f50

32

15

14

12 

16

18

8

f!2

0.10

f8

-

28

4

f!7

3

2

21

8

-

_

22

1

0

6

7

8

5

6

0

18

39

0

0

9

6

2

3

8

-

8

6 

5

30 

10 

7

A 

f28

20

7

9 

8 

9

10

5

ts

0.20

2

-

8

0

f5

0

0

7

1

-

-

8

0

0

1

0

1

3

3

0

3

16

0

0 

6

5

1

0

3

-

5

2 

2

13 

3

4

3 

f!6

6

5

3 

3 

6

5

2

f4

0.30

1

-

1

0

1

0

0

2

0

-

_

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

2

4

0

0 

2

1

0

0

2

-

2

2 

2

O « CM

1

5

5

2

1

1 

1

2

2

2

0.50

0

-

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

-

-

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0 

0

1

0 

2

0

1

0 

0

1

0

0

1

Haiti murn hourly 

precip'n, in inches

Date

Jan. 20

.

-

Jan. 21

Jan. 23

Jan. 21

Jan. 21

Jan. 21

Jan. 20

Jan. 20

-

Jan. 20

Jan. 20

Jan. 20

Jan. 24

Jan. 23

Jan. 20

Jan. 24

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 20

Jan. 24

Jan. 20

Jan. 20

Jan. 24 

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 24

Jan. 2*

-

Jan. 24

Jan. 24 

Jan. 24

Jan. 20 

Jan. 22 

Jan. 24

Jan. 25 

Jan. 20

Jan. 20

Jan. 24

Jan. 20 

Jan. 24 

Jan. 24

Jan.. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 24

Precip'n

0.31

-

.34

.17

.44

.19

.12

.68

.25

-

.50

.72

.15

.05

.23

.13

.24

.34

.40

.08

.36

.51

.03

.05 

.58

.35

.22

.15

.47

.51

.52 

.60

.36 

.26

.63

.36 

.76

.47

.52

.49 

.50 

.62

.44

.37

.53

b Precipitation based on average of records at post office and at airport. 

o Precipitation based on average of records at Abbe Observatory and at Filler Building, 

d Precipitation based on average of records at two statiOBsjbasio data furnished by soil Conservation 

Service.

e Basic data famished by Tennessee Valley Authority, 

f Estimated.
Parkersburg, W. Va

Cincinnati, Ohio.

Indianapolis, Ind.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 

Figure 20.--Hourly precipitation at representative precipitati
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937
PRECIPITATION 61

The meteorologic phenomena associated with the storm and flood are 

described In detail in the Weather Bureau reports previously mentioned, 

to which the reader Is also referred for a description of the magnitude 

and sequence of meteorologic events during the storm period. The description here given relates chiefly to the occurrence of precipitation 

and its relation to the flood run-off.

First storm period, December 26, 1936, to January 5, 1937

The heaviest precipitation during the first storm period, December 

26, 1936, to January 5, 1937, occurred in the Tennessee River Basin and 

in the area tributary to the Cumberland River from the south. There was 

a gradual decrease in the rainfall fr.om the Tennessee River northward, 

varying from about 7 inches in parts of the Tennessee River Basin to less 

than 1 inch in the headwaters of the Allegheny River.

As shown In table 3 the total number of hours in which 0.01 inch or 

more of precipitation was recorded ranged from about 20 in the headwater 

areas in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and central Ohio to more than 100 

in the headwaters of the Tennessee River in North Carolina and Georgia. 

Several stations reported intensities of more than 0.50 inch in an hour, 

with a maximum of 1.21 inches an hour at Memphis during the afternoon of 

December 30.

In the upper and middle Tennessee River Basin and in parts of the 

Cumberland River Basin the precipitation during this storm was the heaviest of the entire storm period. On an areal basis, the maximum precipitation during this first period was 7.05 inches on the average over the 

Sequatohie River Basin above Whltwell, Term., and 6.50 inches on the 

average over the Ocoee River Basin above Parksville, Tenn. Individual 

stations recording more than 10 inches during the period Include Cling 

mans, N. C., 10.47 Inches, altitude 6,400 feet; The Pink Beds, N. C., 

10.68 inches, altitude 3,300 feetj Plat Top, Ga., precipitation 10.95 

inches, altitude 3,150 feet; Suohes, Ga., precipitation 10*64 Inches, 

altitude 2,800 feet; and Olayton, Ga., precipitation 11.06 inches, altitude 2,200 feet.

The total precipitation given for the different storm periods in 

table 3 will not check exactly with the sum of the daily records for days 

within the same storm periods given in table 2 because the totals in the 

former table are based on precipitation for 24-hour periods ending at midnight, whereas a total computed from the latter table would be based on 

precipitation for 24-hour periods prior to the times of readings, which 

were usually In the morning or In the evening.
62 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

The precipitation that occurred during the first storm period seems 

to have been influenced more by altitude than that which occurred during 

any of the subsequent storms. Most of the precipitation occurred between 

December 28 and January 5, with maximum intensities on January 2. In 

parts of the basin some of the precipitation on January 2 and 3 fell as 

snow, but the greater part was rain.

As determined from plate 8 (described on p. 78), the areal distribution of the precipitation during the first storm period over the Qhio 

River aasin was approximately as follows:

Precipitation 

(inches)

Wore than 

7

6

5

4

Area covered 

(square miles)

1,100

17,400

31,000

45,000

Precipitation 

(inches)

More than 

3

2

1

0

Area covered 

(square miles)

60,900

119,100

198,800

204,000

Second storm period, January 6-12

The total precipitation during the second storm period, January 6-12 , 

was uniformly light over the entire area, ranging from about 1 inch along 

the eastern headwater areas of the Allegheny River to somewhat more than 

3 inches in the western portion of the Ohio River Basin. As shown in 

table 3, the number of hours of rainfall of 0.01 inch or more averaged 

about 30 over much of the basin, with Lexington and Louisville, Ky.; 

Memphis, Cuba Landing, and Nashville, Term.; The Pink Beds and Haw Knob, 

N. C-; and Flat Top, Ga., reporting over 40 hours of precipitation of 

0.01 inch or more. The greater part of "the precipitation fell at rates 

less than 0.20 inch an hour, the maximum recorded intensity being 0.59 

inch an hour at Cairo, 111., on January 6. Maximum precipitation during 

this period occurred in the area immediately tributary to the lower 

reaches of the Kentucky, Green, Tennessee, and Wabash Rivers and in the 

area adjacent to the Ohio River below the mouth of the Kentucky River. 

Precipitation in this region of maximum precipitation was generally over 

3 inches. Individual stations reporting more than 4 inches during the 

period included Hickory Hill and Evans Landing, Ind.; Brookport, and 

Nashville, 111.; Lovelaceville, Ky.; and Clingmans, N. C., with a maximum 

of 4.28 inches at Evans Landing, Ind. Most of the precipitation during
PRECIPITATION 63

this period occurred during two storms, the first on January 6 and 7, and 

the second from the afternoon of January 8 to noon on January 10. During 

the later period there was considerable sleet associated with the rain in 

parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri.

As determined from plate 8, the areal distribution of precipitation 

over the Ohio River Basin during the second storm period was approximately 

as follows:

Precipitation 

(inches)

More than 

Z

2

Area covered 

(square miles)

22,000

104,700

Precipitation 

(inches)

More than 

1

0

Area covered 

(square miles)

186,800

204,000

Third storm period, January 13-19

The heaviest precipitation during the third storm period, January 

13-19, centered in the lower Ohio River Basin, where more than 6 inches 

of precipitation fell over wide areas tributary to the lower Ohio River, 

embracing the lower Tennessee, Cumberland, and Wabash Rivers, but there 

was a decided decrease in precipitation to less than 2 inches along the 

northern and eastern divides and to less than 4 inches along the southern 

divide. As shown in table 3 nearly all stations in the lower basin reported more than 40 hours of rainfall with a maximum of 68 hours at Tray 

Mountain, Ga. The maximum rainfall intensity was not tmusually high, 

being only 0.70 inch an hour at Dixon Springs, 111., on January 14. An 

average precipitation of somewhat more than 6 inches occurred during the 

storm period over the Blue River Basin above White Cloud, Ind.; the 

Patoka River Besin above Patoka, Ind.; in the lower reaches of the Tennessee River Basin; and in the headwaters of the Obion River in western 

Tennessee, adjacent to the Tennessee River Besin. Individual stations 

reporting more than 7.50 inches during the period include Dover, Term., 

8.39 inches; Dresden, Tenn., 10.28 inches; and Madisonville, Ky., 7.75 

inches. Most of the precipitation during the third storm period occurred 

on the 13th and 14th and on the 17th and 18th. As determined from plate 

8, the areal distribution of precipitation over the Ohio River Basin 

during the third storm period was approximately as follows:
64 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1937

Precipitation 

( inches)

More than 

7

6

5

4

Area covered 

(square mile a)

900

10,000

37,500

76,500

Precipitation 

(inches)

More than 

3

2

1

Area covered 

(square miles)

133,800

189,600

204,000

Fourth storm period, January 20-25

The precipitation during the fourth storm period, January 20-25, exceeded that of the other three periods, both in magnitude and extent. At 

several stations, as shown in table 3, it rained 70 or more hours at 

rates of 0.01 inch or more an hour and at Lexington, Ky., and Memphis, 

Term., measurable precipitation was recorded for 84 hours. Twelve 

stations reported intensities in excess of 0.50 inch an hour, with a maximum of 0.76 inch an hour at Memphis, Term., on January 20.

Precipitation in excess of 12.0 inches occurred over an area greater 

than 4,000 square miles during the period January 20-25 in western 

Kentucky and Tennessee, more particularly in the lower Tennessee River 

Basin in the area immediately upstream from Murray, Ky.; in the Cumberland 

River Basin immediately upstream from Cadiz, Ky.; and in the lower Green 

River Basin. An average precipitation of 12.55 inches was determined for 

the baain of the Rough River (a tributary of the Green River) above 

Dundee, Ky.

The maximum precipitation reported during the last storm period was 

14.74 inches at Earlington, Ky. Other stations reporting more than 13 

Inches precipitation were Brownsville, Term., 13.50 inches; McKenzie, 

Term., 13.92 inches; Springville, Term., 13.99 inches; Martin, Term., 

13.83 inches; Leitchfield, Ky., 13.50 inches; Hopkinsville, Ky., 13.53 

inches; and St. John, Ky., 14.07 inches.

In most of the area the precip'itation was almost continuous throughout the period and in some areas, as discussed below (pp. 79, 82), some of 

the precipitation fell in the form of snow during the early part of the 

storm period. (See pi. 4.)

As determined from plate 8, the areal distribution of precipitation 

over the Ohio River Basin during the fourth storm period was approximately 

as follows:
PRECIPITATION 65

Precipitation 

(inches)

More than 

12

10

8

6

4

Area covered 

(square miles)

4,200

16,600

29,000

50,200

102,500

Precipitation 

(inches)

More than 

3

2

1

0

Area covered 

(square miles)

138,200

171,200

200,000

804,000

Total storm period

The accumulated precipitation during the total storm period, December 

26 to January 25, reached the amazing amount of 12.85 inches over the 

204,000 square miles of the drainage basin of the Ohio River above Cairo, 

111*, varying from 8 Inches along the eastern and northern boundaries of 

the basin to more than 22 Inches along the Ohio River and its lower tributaries* Over most of the basin 70 percent of the total precipitation 

occurred at rates in excess of 0.05 inch an hour, and along the main river 

and tributaries as much as 90 percent of the total precipitation fell at 

rates in excess of 0.05 inch an hour. Figure 66 (described under "Rainfall and run-off studies 11 ) shows the number of hours of rainfall in excess of Q.02 inch an hour in the Ohio River Basin for the entire storm 

period. Precipitation in excess of 25 inches occurred over areas in 

parts of the lower Tennessee and Green River Basins. An average of 2g.85 

inches fell over the Nolin River Basin above Wax, Ky., in the lower Sreen 

River Basin. A maximum precipitation of 25.11 inches was recorded at 

Johnsonville, Tenn. Other stations recording more than 24 inches during 

the storm period include Barlington, Ky., St. Johns, Ky.; Dover, Tenn.; 

Erin, Tenn.; Martin, Tenn.; Brownsville. Tenn.; Springville, Tenn.; and 

McKenzle, Tenn.

As determined from plate 6, the areal distribution of precipitation 

over the Ohio River Basin for the total period was approximately as 

follows:
66 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Precipitation 

(inches)

More than 

24

22

20

18

16

14

Area covered 

(square miles)

1,200

6,900

17,000

31,500

52,000

77,000

Precipitation 

(inches)

More than 

12

10

8

6

5

Area covered 

(square miles)

105,500

138,000

178,500

200,500

204,000

Determination of precipitation by drainage basins

As practically all of the precipitation during the flood period occurred between December 26, 1936, and January 25, 1937, unifora treatment 

can be made so far as the total amount of precipitation involved in the 

flood is concerned. The recorded precipitation for this period for all 

the stations maintained by the Weather Bureau as well as those collected 

by other agencies, the records of which are included in this report, was 

plotted on the Geological Survey's State maps on the scale of 1:500,000, 

and an isohyetal map for the basin of the Ohio River and the lower valley 

of the Mississippi River was prepared, showing the total storm rainfall. 

This map has been reduced to appropriate scale and form for publication. 

(See pi. 6.) The precipitation is shown in greater detail for the componet parts of the area in plate 7 and figures 22 to 32.

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

measured by planimeter for all of the drainage basins above each rivermeasurement station for which flood records are here published. The total 

precipitation for each basin was thus determined. The results of these 

determinations are shown in table 28 under "Rainfall and run-off studies."

Although an outstanding feature of the storm was the general continuity of rainfall, an examination of records of run-off indicates that 

direct run-off into river channels was diminishing over most of the area 

on January 6, 13, 20, and 26. For the rainfall and run-off studies, 

therefore, the four major time divisions previously described were made. 

The determination of the amount of rainfall during each of the major 

storm periods was made as described below.

A comparison was made between the total storm precipitation In each 

drainage basin, as determined by the Isohyetal method, and the arithmetical
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 6

82° 80° 78°

ISOHYETAL MAP OF THE OHIO RIVER BASIN AND LOWER VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 

SHOWING TOTAL PRECIPITATION, IN INCHES, DECEMBER 26, 1936, TO JANUARY 25, 1937.

DETERMINATION OP PBECIPITATIOK 67

10 0 10 2.0 30 40 Milts

Figure 22.--Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Allegheny and Monong«hela 

Rivers, showing the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, 

to January 25, 1937.
FLOODS OP OHIO AMD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Figure 23. Isohyetal map of the drainage baain of the Ohio River between

Pittsburgh, Pa., and the mouth of the Muskingum River, showing the total

precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937.
DETERMIHATION OP PRECIPITATION 69

Figure 24. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Muskingum River and streams

In Ohio tributary to the Ohio River between the Muskingum River and the mouth of

the Scloto River, showing the total precipitation, In Inches,

December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937.

77SWO-S8 
70 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Figure 25. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Little Kanawha and Kanawha

Rivers and intervening streams in West Virginia tributary to the Ohio River,

showing the total precipitation, In inches, December 26, 1936,

to January 25, 1937.
DETERMIHATION OP PBEOIPITATIOH

30 Miles

PlKure 26.--Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Scloto River and streams in Ohio 

tributary to the Ohio River between the Scioto River and fllgginsport, Ohio, showing 

the total precipitation, in Inches, December 26, 1936. to January 25, 1937.
72 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

10 0 10 20 30 Mitat

Figure 27. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of the Miami River and other streams

tributary to the Ohio River between Higglnsport, Ohio, and Madison, Ind., showing

the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937.
DETBRMIKATION OP PRECIPITATION 73
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

£" 3 «

II 

I?
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ISOHYETAL MAP OF THE DRAINAGE BASINS OF THE CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE RIVERS, SHOWING TOTAL PRECIPIT

DETERMINATION OP PRECIPITATION
FLOODS OF OHIO AHD -MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Figure 31. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of streams in Illinois tributary to the

Mississippi River between the mouth of the Missouri River and Cairo, 111., showing

the total precipitation, in inches, December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937.
DETERMINATION OP PRECIPITATION 77

Figure 32. Isohyetal map of the drainage basins of streams In western. Kentucky and 

Tennessee tributary ffo the Mississippi River, showing the total precipitation, 

in Inches, December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937.
78 FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

average of the precipitation at all of the stations in or adjacent to the 

basin. It was assumed that the ratio between .the arithmetical average of 

the precipitation at stations in and adjacent to the basin and the main 

precipitation over a given basin as determined by the isohyetal method 

remains essentially the same throughout a storm period. Therefore, in 

determining the precipitation for a bnsin during each storm the arithmetical averages of the precipitation for each storm at the stations within 

and adjacent to the basin were adjusted by a ratio based on the entire 

storm period. The accuracy of this method of determination was tested by 

plotting individual isohyetal maps for each of the storm periods and for 

the total storm period for a group of selected small basins. The results 

of planimeter measurements of the areas on each of the maps were used as 

a standard in determining the true average over the basin. It was found 

that the average percent of variation from the isohyetal method decreased 

as the number of precipitation stations used in the determination of the 

ratio increased. It was found that when three or more stations were used 

the average variation did not exceed 4 percent. Where it was necessary 

to select index stations outside of the basin under consideration an 

endeavor was made to select stations that showed characteristics representative of precipitation in the region and at which the total recorded 

precipitation agreed approximately with the total precipitation as 

determined by the isohyetal method for the basin.

The tests made indicate that the figures for precipitation as determined over the basins for the various storm periods approximate very 

closely those that would be obtained if isohyetals had been prepared for 

each of the storm periods. The results of the determinations of precipitation for each of the storm periods over the various basins are shown in 

table 28. These data are also shown graphically on plate 8. The 

isohyetals on these figures correspond to the averages of groups of precipitation stations rather than to the precipitation which may have been 

recorded at any individual location. The isohyetals show broad areal 

variations in precipitation but do not closely define local variations. 

The inclusion of all of the base data in this report enables the user to 

make independent studies and reach independent conclusions for all areas.

Snow, ice, and frost

At the beginning of the flood period there may have been some frost 

in the ground in headwater areas of the Ohio River Basin in Pennsylvania 

and West Virginia. Elsewhere it is likely that the ground was, in
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 8 

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80 0 80 K)0 BO MUM

ISOHYETAL MAPS OF THE OHIO RIVER BASIN, SHOWING TOTAL PRECIPITATION, IN INCHES, FOR INDICATED PERIODS,

BASED ON AVERAGES OF GROUPS OF PRECIPITATION STATIONS.

775% 0-38

SNOW, ICE, AND FROST 79

general, not frozen appreciably. Such frost as may have been present 

probably disappeared under the high temperatures associated with the 

first flood period beginning December 26.

During the periods January 3-9 and 19-23 minimum temperatures over 

much of the Ohio River Basin were below freezing, and some ground may 

have been frozen, but in general, as discussed more fully by basins in 

the rainfall and run-off studies (pp. 524-594), frost probably played an 

insignificant part in the development of the flood. There was no ice in 

the stream channels at the beginning of or during the storm period.

Figures 33 and 34 show the daily range of temperatures at representative Weather Bureau stations in the area studied during the months 

of December 1936, and January and February 1937.

The last fall of snow before the flood period occurred on December 

19 and 20. The fall, although general over the basin, was relatively 

light and varied from none in the southwestern part of the Ohio River 

Basin to as much as 1 foot in some of the higher headwater areas on the 

western slopes of the Allegheny Mountains.

By December 26, at the beginning of the storm period, snow had disappeared in most of the area west of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In 

much of the area drained by the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, in the 

eastern part of the Beaver River Basin, and in the headwater areas of the 

Kanawha River in West Virginia, the snow ranged from a trace to about 8 

inches or more on the ground. This snow melted during the first storm 

period. It is estimated (see table 28) that the run-off from this snow 

contributed from 1 to ij inches of water to the stream flow during the 

flood period over much of the headwater areas in Pennsylvania and West 

Virginia. Elsewhere there was apparently no contribution to flood 

volumes from the melt of antecedent snowfall. From December 26 to 

January 1 temperatures were uniformly high throughout the basin, and all 

precipitation fell as rain. Depending on the location, some of the precipitation fell as snow or sleet on January 2 and 3, 9-11, 14-15, and 

19-24. The snow during the first and third storm periods that is on 

January 2-3 and 14-15 was confined principally to the Allegheny River 

Basin and some headwater areas of the basins draining into the Ohio River 

from the north. The snowfall was light, the depths ranging from a trace 

to 2 inches. A heavy glaze storm occurred in west-central Illinois on 

January 7. The period January 9-11 was characterized by severe sleet and 

glaze storms, especially in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The sleet 

accompanying this storm greatly hampered movements on highways and
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Hinton, W. Va.

Columbus, 0.

10 20 

December 1936

10 20

January 1937

10 SO

Febru'ary 1937

Figure 33. Daily range of temperature at representative places for the period 

December 1, 1936, to February 28, 1937.
SNOW, ICE, AND FROST

80

Saltvllle, Va.

Asheville, N. C.

Williamsburg, Ky.

Clarksville, Term

h

Corinth, Miss.

30

Little Rook, Ark.

10 20 

December 1936

10 20 

January 1937

10 20 

February 1937

Figure 34.--Daily range of temperature at representative places for the period 

December 1, 1936, to February 28, 1937.
82 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

crippled wire communication. Snowfall was very general in all areas 

north of the Tennessee River Basin (see pi. 4) during the period January 

19-24, especially in southern Indiana, Ohio, and western Kentucky, where 

it blanketed the ground with 4 to 6 inches of either wet snow or ice and 

sleet, depending on the temperatures. Low temperatures and the presence 

of snow in this final period was a source of great discomfort to the 

thousands of refugees who had been driven from their homes and greatly 

hampered rescue operations. The effect of snow and sleet on the run-off 

is discussed by basins in the section treating of the rainfall and runoff relations. The principal effect of snow, especially during the last 

period, was to delay slightly the run-off from the tributary streams. 

The effect of snow and ice on the flow and stage in the main Ohio River 

channel was probably negligible.

STAGES AND DISCHARGES AT RIVER-MEASUREMENT STATIONS

One of the primary purposes of this report is to present detailed 

information on the stages and discharges of streams during the floods of 

January-February 1937 that will not be available in the summarized records of river discharge published annually in the water-supply papers of 

the Geological Survey. There is a recognized need for detailed records 

of flood characteristics that will show not only the mean daily discharges 

and the maximum rate of discharge during a flood, as is usually published 

for a gaging station, but also the stages and rates of discharge at 

frequent times during the flood period. These additional data will permit the determination of the stages and discharges at stations in a basin 

at any given time during the progress of the flood. These details are 

essential to a thorough analysis of the characteristics of floods and thus 

contribute to the development of adequate plans for flood protection and 

control. They also furnish information necessary in a study of the 

behavior of flood crests, such as the time of travel of crests from headwaters of tributaries to the main stream and the simultaneous progress of 

flood crests throughout a river system. They furnish information necessary in a determination of the feasibility of detention reservoirs, 

channel improvements, controlled use of land, soil treatment, and other 

measures for ameliorating damage caused by floods. In view of the unprecedented magnitude of the floods of January-February 1937, it is important that full and reliable information concerning the stages and discharges shall be available for reference and .guidance in connection with 

future development within the areas liable to inundation by flood waters.
STAGES AND DISCHARGES 83

In general, the records of gaging stations published in this report 

relate to streams on which floods occurred or to streams that are adjacent to the flooded regions and so serve to define the areal extent of 

the floods.

.Explanation of data

The basic data systematically collected at river-measurement stations 

consist of records of stage and measurements of discharge. The records 

ol stage, unless otherwise noted, are obtained either from readings on 

nonrecording gages or from charts of water-stage recorders.

Plates 9 and 10 show flood conditions at and near typical recordinggage stations.

Measurements of discharge are generally made by a current meter. 

Rating tables, showing the discharges for indicated stages and slopes 

where necessary, are prepared from the results of discharge measurements. 

Occasionally determinations of extraordinary peak flows must be obtained 

from a study of channel characteristics, flow over dams, or flow through 

contracted openings. These methods are outlined in standard textbooks on 

hydraulics and have been discussed in previous reports of the Geological 

Survey*.

In general, the data presented in the following tables comprise for 

each river-measurement 'station a description of the station, a table showing the daily stages and discharges for a period preceding and including 

the floods, usually for a total of three months, and a table showing the 

stage and discharge at the times indicated during a period that includes 

the major flood flows. The latter table gives data for defining the 

hydrograph and obtaining the stage and discharge at any instant throughout the flood period. Figure 35 gives examples of graphs of stage and 

discharge plotted from these data.

The description of the station gives information concerning the location and da bum of the gage, the area of the drainage basin, and the record of gage heights. The record last mentioned is of special importance, 

because flood conditions at some places prevented the use of the usual 

method of obtaining records of stage and discharge. The description of 

the gage-height record also contains a statement regarding the limits of 

accuracy used in obtaining the discharge from the gage heights; that is,

* See Water-Supply Paper 773-E, The New York State flood of July 1935, 

pp. 251-254, 1936; Water-Supply Paper 798, The floods of Msrch 1936, Part 

1, New England Rivers, pp. 70-77, 1937; and Water-Supply Paper 816, Major 

Texas floods of 1936, pp. 12-18, 1937.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

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O flj -H fi m a -v X7/^ 7

December 1936 January 1937 February 1937

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

January 1937 

French. Creek at Utlca, Pa.

daily Mean discharge in thousands ofsecond- feet H o»ro*>. 3 CO =k f^y\ _

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Vv ^4^, 

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February 1937

31 

December 1936

10 15 

January 1937

20

South Fork of Cumberland River at Nevelsville, Ky.

Figure 35. Typical graphs of stages and discharges at river-measurement stations 

plotted from records in this report.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 9

A. SCENE ON DECEMBER 22, 1936, PRICE TO THE FLOOD.

B. SCENE ON JANUARY 26, 1937, WHEN THE STAGE OF THE RIVER WAS ABOIT 1 FOOT

BELOW THE CREST.

RECORDER HOUSE ON THE OHIO RIVER AT DAM 53, AUOLT 18 MILES

ABOVE CAIRO, ILL.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPEK 838 PLATE 10

A. MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MEMPHIS, TENN., AT THE CREST OF THE FLOOD 

ON FEBRUARY 10, 1937.

Recorder house at Harrahan Bridge.

B. ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT KROTZ SPRINGS, LA., FEBRUARY 1937. 

View east along Missouri Pacific Railroad at about the crest of the flood.
STAGES AND DISCHARGES 85

whether the gage heighta are uaed to the neareat hundredth, half tenth, 

or tenth of a foot. A atatement regarding the atage-diacharge relation 

explalna briefly the methoda uaed to define the rating curve over the 

range of atage that occurred in the flooda. Any auxiliary methoda that 

may have been uaed to determine the diacharge, as well aa information on 

conditiona that affected the atage-diacharge relation, are given under 

the heading "Stage-diacharge relation." The maximum atage and diacharge 

are given for the flooda of January-February 1937 and for the period of 

continuoua record prior thereto and also, at some stations, for flooda 

antedating the period of continuoug record. Miacellaneoua notea and 

commenta essential or helpful in making the record underatandable are included aa remarks.

The tablea showing mean daily diacharge give data for a period beginning in December 1936 and ending with either the month of February, 

March, or April, 1937, according to the time of occurrence and duration 

of the flood flowa, the duration depending on the time required for the 

passage of the flood downatream and the emptying of the long reachea of 

river channel. The period of time covered by the table is of aufficient 

length to illuatrate atream-flow conditiona prior to and throughout the 

flood riaea. The table also ahowa the mean monthly discharge for the 

months considered and the run-off, expreaaed aa deptha In inchea over the 

drainage area or aa acre-feet or both, and adjusted for artificial 

storage if the information needed was available. At many stations the 

mean daily gage height has been tabulated with the mean daily diacharge 

or is given in a separate table immediately following the table of mean 

daily*diacharge. At stations on the largest rivers, or on other rivers 

where the rate of rise is relatively alow, the tables of mean daily gage 

height and mean daily diacharge generally give all the detail that is 

necessary to determine the graph of gage height and diacharge at any given 

time. Figures 36 and 37 show graphs of mean daily discharge at 20 selected river-meaaurement stations for their respective flood perioda.

The tablea showing atage and diacharge at indicated times are designed to present the rise and receasion of the flood in detail for those 

rivers where the rate of rise and fall is so rapid that the tables of 

mean daily gage height and mean daily diacharge do not adequately define 

the hydrographa. On all but the main rivera the flooda of JanuaryFebruary 1937 produced several separate and distinct flood riaea. These 

tables cover in general a continuoua period during the major flood flowa, 

77596 O 38 7
Discharge in thousands of second-

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STAGES AND DISCHARGES

Wabash River 

at Mount Carmel, 111.

Tennessee River 

near Buchanan, Term.

L

Ohio River 

at Metropolis, 111.

Mississippi River 

at St. Louis, Mo.

Big Muddy River 

at Murphyaboro, 111.

Obion River 

at Obion, Term.

Hatchie River 

neap Stanton, Tenn. rv

St. Francis River 

at Parkin, Ark.

Mississippi River 

near Vioksburg, Miss.

20 31 

December 1936

10 SO 

January 1937

10 20 

February 1937

10 

March 1937

Figure 37. Graphs of mean daily discharge at various river-measurement stations In the 

drainage basins of the Ohio and lower Mississippi Rivers.
88 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

and in many places give detail for additional periods of one or more days 

when the changes in the hydrographs were most abrupt. At many stations, 

especially on the Tennessee River, where the stage-discharge relation is 

not stable and where river slope and changing conditions of channel control are factors, data are generally presented only for the definition of 

the graph of stage. Hydrographs of discharge, showing characteristics of 

the flood peaks and conditions of stream flow during the flood period, 

are shown in figures 38 to 50.

The stages at the indicated times were obtained from records of continuous water-stage recorders, so far as such records were available. 

For stations at which the records of stage were intermittent, consisting 

of a small number of gage readings for each day, or for which the records 

were broken because of some failure in the recording system, stage hydrographs have been constructed and the stages at indicated times have been 

obtained from those hydrographs.

The discharge at an indicated time is related in general to the 

corresponding stage in accordance with a stable stage-discharge relation, 

except for those stations where river slope has to be considered in determining the correct discharge. At other stations where there are changing 

conditions of channel or where the stage-discharge relation is affected 

by the associated rate of rise or fall in the stage, the relation between 

the stage and discharge may not be directly disclosed by the data in the 

table. In determining the discharge from the stage, the stage has been 

used to the nearest hundredth, half tenth, or tenth of a foot in accordance with certain established limits of refinement. These limits are 

indicated in the station descriptions. In accordance with the usual 

Geological Survey practice, discharge is generally shown to three significant figures, such practice involving a maximum error of one-half of 1 

percent.

Generally no attempt has been made to publish the adjusted daily 

discharges of streams affected by storage in reservoirs. For some 

stations, however, the mean monthly discharge and the monthly run-off, in 

inches, have been adjusted for the change in storage in any one month. 

Daily records of changes in storage, with stages and corresponding contents, are presented for reservoirs in several drainage basins in a form 

similar to the data for river-measurement stations. These records are of 

special value for distinguishing the influence of storage regulation on 

flood flows and for increasing information on the natural characteristics 

of drainage basins. Adjustments for the day-by-day effect of artificial
Allegheny River at Parkers Landing, Pa

Monongahela River 

at Charleroi, Pa.

Kisklmlnetaa River 

at Avonmore, Pa

Youghioghen

at Connellsv

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 

Figure 38. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement stations in the. 
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937
STAGES AND DISCHARGES
92 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937
STAGES AND DISCHARGES

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FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937
STAGES AND DISCHARGES

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FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

e2astp>Bf<I
ount Carmel, 111.

<

Bast Fork of White R

at Shoals, Ind.-

bash liver a

Wabash River at 

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 

January 1937 

Figure 46. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement sta
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

^eej-puooes jo sptresnotev uf
second-feet of thousands in Discharge 

saovis aw 
100 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937
2,400

 2 1.600

a 1,200

10 20 

December 1936

10 20 

January 1937

10 20 

February 1937

Figure 50. Graphs of discharge at various river-measurement 
102 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

storage above the river-measurement stations have not been made and, except for stations situated within a short distance of a storage reservoir, 

could not be made without detailed analyses and studies which are beyond 

the scope of this report. Further consideration of storage reservoirs as 

a factor influencing the floods of January-February 1937 is presented 

elsewhere in this report.

The records are presented in accordance with the regular arrangement 

used by the Geological Survey in its water-supply papers. The main 

drainage-basin subdivisions included in this report are the Ohio River 

Basin, the upper Mssissippi River Basin, and the lower Mississippi River 

Basin. For the purposes of this report those parts .of the upper and 

lower Mississippi River Basins for which records of stage and discharge 

are presented are consolidated as one bssin. Under these subdivisions 

the stations on the main stem of a stream are treated first, in downstream order, and then stations on the tributaries in similar order beginning with the uppermost. The table of contents presents the stations 

in the order in which they are presented in this report; the index shows 

the stations alphabetically according to stream names and place names.

The maximum discharges at these river-measurement stations and at 

other places on these streams, with other related information, are listed 

in table 22 (pp. 458-480 ) in the order described above. The sites of 

the stations are shown on the maps accompanying table 22 (see pi. 11 and 

figs. 53-62) by means of index numbers listed in the first column of the 

table.

Reference should be made to the water-supply papers of the Geological Survey for other available published records of flow of the streams 

discussed in this report. The records of flow published here are based 

on information available at the time of the preparation of this report. 

Increased erosion and deposition in the river channels due to the floods 

may have changed the stage-discharge relation at soir.e river-measurement 

stations at medium and low discharges, changes which may not have been 

fully defined in the period available for observations since the floods.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 103

Allegheny River at Larabee, Pa.

location.- Lat. 41°54'05 B , long. 78°23'05 lt , at bridge on P. S. Highway 6 at Larabee,

MoKean County, 1 mile below mouth of Potato Creek and 3i miles south of Eldred.

Zero of gage is 1,423.39 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 541 square miles. 

Bage-height "record.- Sraph based on two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights used

to half tenths between 1.0 and 2.0 feet; bundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-digcharge relation.- Defined to 4,500 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended logarlthmieaTly to crest stage. Affected by ice Dec. 1-13. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 5,430 aecond-feet 1 a.m. Jan. 26 (gage

height, 13.5 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1915-36: Discharge, 8,210 second-feet Nov. 18, 1927 (gage height, 17.6 feet,

from graph based on gage readings).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

200

210

240

260

270

300

400

390

380

470

Jan.

3,460

3,300

2,950

2,440

1,710

1,430

1,110

1,570

1,710

1,790

Feb.

1,550

1,180

980

800

740

711

655

573

1,070

1,020

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,000

1,400

1,200

1,080

980

860

800

740

601

1,340

Jan.

1,750

1,590

1,550

2,000

3,880

4,770

4,360

4,180

4,180

3,960

Feb.

655

683

683

627

655

573

445

445

495

445

Day

?*

22

23

24

25

26

?,7

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,930

1,670

1,390

1,250

1,430

1,630

1,710

2,370

2,900

2,750

3,000

2.42

Jan.

3,630

4,570

4,830

4,530

4,980

5,250

4,650

4,240

3,410

2,460

1,760

6.73

Feb.

445

792

656

573

547

470

495

421

fiQQ

1.33

Allegheny River at Red House, N. Y.

Location.- tat. 42°06 l 50n , long. 78°48'15", at site of old highway bridge in Red House,

Cattaraugus County. 

Drainage area.- 1,690 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 5 a.m. Jan. 12 to

8 a.m. Jan. 16, when there was no record. Sage heights used to half tenths between

5.0 and 7.5 feet; hundredtha below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 28,000 second-feet.

Affected by ice Dec. 1-9, 14, 18-24, Jan. 5-7, Feb. 3-7, 12, 23-20. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937; 24,400 second-feet 11 p.m. Jan. 25 to 2 a.m. Jan. 26

(gage-height, 10.87 feet).

1903-36J Discharge, 41,000 second-feet Mar. 2, 1910; maximum gage height,

13.78 feet Mar. 4, 1934. 

Remarks.- Discharge during period of missing gage-height record determined from comparable hydrographs, weather records, and fragmentary gage-height record.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

850

800

750

750

750

800

1,300

2,000

1,700

1-800

Jan.

9,140

7,520

6,930

5,980

4,400

3,400

3,000

4,690

5,860

5,450

Feb.

4,240

3,280

2,600

2,200

2,000

1,800

1,800

2,040

5,410

5,480

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,880

3,630

3,390

2,800

2,470

2,310

2,180

8,000

1,700

2,200

Jan.

4,710

4,120

3,630

4,610

18,200

17,200

13,000

13,400

13,100

9,560

Feb.

3,360

2,800

2,550

2,450

2,370

2,120

1,810

1,710

1,680

1,630

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4,800

4,200

3,600

3,200

3,460

5,170

6,610

9,440

8,440

7,420

8,710

2.25

Jan.

10,700

14,800

13,700

13,000

21,900

23,100

18,600

13,400

9,110

6,620

5,020

9,931

6.78

Feb.

1,600

2,680

2,800

2,200

2,000

1,800

1,600

1,400

2,479

1.53
104 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Allegheny River at Franklin, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°23'25", long. 79°49'10", at Eighth Street Bridge, at Franklin, Ve-

 nango County, 1,000 feet below mouth of French Creek. Zero of gage Is 956.26 feet

above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 5,982 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.5 and 6.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 110,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; extended logarithmically to maximum known crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 106,000 seoond-feet 4 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage

 EeTght, 17.93 feet).

1905-36: Discharge, 191,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913; maxlnmm gage height, 

26.0 feet Feb. 27, 1917, affected by loe.

1S65-1904S Maximum free-flow stage known, 25.0 feet Mar. 17, 1865 (discharge, about 196,000 second-feet/.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2,570

2,490

2,930

3,980

3,980

4,120

6,520

9,720

9,290

9,080

Jan.

35,900

29,800

25,300

21,100

17,200

13,200

11,300

24,700

31,100

31 ,100

Feb.

18,900

15,200

12,000

9,720

9,500

8,670

8,080

8,470

18,000

27,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

10,400

13,700

13,700

10,800

9,290

7,880

7,320

6,770

5,590

5,750

Jan.

25,900

20,000

16,200

23,000

71,700

70,300

54,900

54,900

54,900

44,600

Feb.

22,300

16,200

14,200

12,700

13,200

12,000

9,930

8,880

8,470

8,270

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

7,500

9,720

8,270

3,080

8,080

10,400

18,900

31,800

33,800

29,800

32,400

2.14

Jan.

51,600

67,600

53,200

47,400

95,400

87,000

65,800

49,300

35,200

27,200

22,300

41,420

7.98

Feb.

9,080

13,200

16,200

14,200

11,800

9,500

8,470

7,130

2.19

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

K

K

6

8

10

M

6

10

6

10

M

2

4

9

2

1

8

11

2

9

8

6

9

4

2

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

5.65

5.67

5.72

5.89

6.25

11,000

11,000

11,300

12,200

13,700

January 8

7.50

8.10

8.97

9.25

9.32

20,600

24,100

29,800

31,100

31,800

January 9

9.35

9.33

9.24

9.20

Janu

9.20

9.26

9.25

9.20

8.98

Janu

8.58

8.15

32,400

31,800

31,100

31,100

ary 10

31,100

31,800

31,100

31,100

29,800

*ry 11

27,200

24,700

January 12

7.53

7.30

Janu

7.00

6.76

20,600

19,400

.ary 13

17,800

16,700

K

4

7

11

4

7

8

10

N

2

6

8

M

3

6

9

10

N

4

10

M

2

6

10

5

M

8

4

9

11

Feet

6.58

6.52

6.45

Sec. ft.

15,700

15,200

14,700

January 14

6.43

6.51

6.58

6.85

7.20

7.70

8.88

9.58

11.50

14,700

15,200

15,700

16,700

18,900

21,700

29,200

33,800

47,700

January 15

12.80

13.90

14.55

14.68

14.86

15.10

15.12

15.05

58,200

67,600

73,900

74,800

76,600

78,400

78,400

77,500

January 16

14.95

14.70

14.38

13.85

13.30

77,500

74,800

72,100

66,700

62,400

January 17

12.65

12.00

11.67

11.61

56,500

51,700

49,300

48,500

K

3

5

K

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

10

K

2

6

7

1

M

4

5

6

7

K

2

4

6

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 18

11.65

11.80

12.50

12.65

12.78

12.88

12.94

12.95

12.95

Janu

12.92

12.87

12.78

12.67

12.53

12.38

12.28

12.03

48,500

50,100

55,700

56,500

58,200

59,000

59,000

59,900

59,900

ary 19

59,000

59,000

58,200

57,400

55,700

54,900

54,100

51,700

January 20

11.40

11.05

10.28

Janu

10.25

10.32

10.45

10.65

12.25

12.66

13.00

13.23

13.42

46,900

43,900

38,700

tary 21

38,000

38,700

39,400

40,900

53,300

56,500

59,900

61,600

63,300

K

1

5

8

10

11

1

3

5

3

6

9

K

8

10

N

3

5

7

9

3

6

8

10

K

2

4

6

8

Peet Seo.ft.

January 22

13.64

13.93

14.09

14.15

14.17

14.13

14.02

13.91

65,000

67,600

69,400

70,300

70,300

69,400

68,500

87,600

January 23

13.43

13.26

13.06

12.82

12.17

63,300

62,400

60,800

58,200

53,300

January 24

11.16

11.04

10.87

10.94

11.30

11.88

45,400

43,900

43,200

43,200

46,200

50,900

January 25

14.93

16.30

16.94

17.40

17.65

17.80

17.93

17.88

17.75

76,600

89,900

95,900

101,000

103,000

105,000

106,000

106,000

105,000

W

6

N

M

9

K

6

2

N

5

4

K

7

M

9

6

6

2

M

N

M

6

3

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 26

1&. 70

16.00

14.85

93,900

87,000

75,700

January 27

13.87

13.60

13.21

67,600

65,000

61,600

January 28

12.55

11.68

11.24

56,500

49,300

45,400

January 29

10.32

9.80

9.42

9.18

38,700

35,200

32,400

31,100

January 50

8.76

8.37

28,500

25,900

January 31

7.95

7.71

7.51

Febri

7.22

6.87

23,500

21,700

20,600

uary 1

18,900

17,200

February 2

6.70

6.40

6.25

16,200

14,700

13,700
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 105

Allegheny River at Barkers Landing, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°06'05", long. 79°40'45", at highway bridge at Parkers Landing, 

Armstrong County, 1.1 miles below mouth of Clarion River. Zero of gage Is 845.14 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 7,671 square miles.

Sage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except noon to 8.15 p.m. Jan. 25, when 

it was determined by a floodmark and comparison with the stage graphs of nearby stations. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.5 feet; hundredths below 

and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 130,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

extended logarithmically to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 149,000 second-feet 6 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 21.20 feet, from floodmark in gage well).

193S-36: Discharge, 128,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 1936; maximum gage height, 

27.85 feet Mar. 5, 1934, affected by ice.

1865-1931: Maximum stage known, 29.0 feet Mar. 17, 1865 (discharge not determined) .

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3,650

3,140

3,850

4,550

5,370

5,080

7,840

11,600

12,500

12,200

Jan.

47,100

39,800

34,200

29,000

24,000

18,800

16,100

25,800

37,700

37,700

Feb.

24,000

20,500

16,100

13,100

12,600

12,200

10,800

10,600

16,500

29,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Mean monthly discharge, in second

Dec.

14,100

18,300

17,800

15,600

13,100

11,200

10,400

9,690

8,480

9,480

Jan.

32,900

27,700

22,200

23,600

78,600

88,400

68,400

65,900

69,300

54,700

Feb.

27,000

20,500

18,300

15,600

15,100

15,100

13,100

11,500

10,800

10,100

Day

21

22

23

PA

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

11,200

12,600

12,600

11,700

10,800

13 ,000

19,100

34,300

41,200

37,000

41,200

14,280 

2.14

Jan.

66,600

101,000

84,800

64,300

131,000

120,000

83,000

60,300

44,100

34,900

28,400

53,560 

8.05

Feb.

10,600

13,300

18,800

17,200

14,600

12,600

10,800

9,280

15,350 

2.08

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

n

M

2

10

1

3

5

2

4

6

8

N

3

5

11

3

6

8

11

2

6

7

10

1

3

5

7

2

3

7

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

5.77 18,300

January 7

5.70

4.94

4.80

4.77

5.54

Jam

6.00

6.07

6.09

6.32

7.00

7.62

7.86

8.42

17,800

IS, 600

13,100

13,100

16,700

lary 8

19,400

20,000

20,000

21,000

25,200

29,000

31,000

34,200

January 9

8.72

8.90

8.96

8.95

8.91

9.00

36,300

37,700

38,400

38,400

37,700

38,400

January 10

8.97

8.78

8.78

8.93

8.95

8.93

Janu

8.73

8.65

8.19

38,400

37,000

37,000

37,700

38,400

37,700

iary 11

36,300

35,600

32,900

H1

9

N

3

7

N

2

4

10

N

2

4

6

8

9

H

2

4

9

11

1

2

4

6

11

2

6

9

11

1

3

5

7

Feet

8.06

7.94

8.20

Janu

7.59

7.23

7.28

Sec. ft.

32,200

31,000

32,900

ary 12

29,000

26,400

27,000

January 13

6.88

6.29

6.20

6.16

6.45

6.50

6.36

6.35

6.20

24,600

21,000

20,500

20,500

21,600

22,200

21,600

21,600

20,500

January 14

6.28

6.28

6.85

5.84

5.92

6.06

6.68

7.13

8.68

21,000

21,000

24,000

18,300

18,800

20,000

23,400

25,800

36,300

January 15

9.97

12.00

13.90

14.90

15.58

16.00

16.23

16.32

45,600

61,100

77,000

85,700

92,000

95,600

97,400

98,300

h

g 

w

9

11

1

5

8

11

2

7

11

2

4

6

11

2

5

2

6

8

11

2

4

6

M

4

6

8

10

N

3

1

Feet

16.35

16.35

Sec. ft.

99,200

99,200

January 16

16. £4

16.07

15.62

15.36

15.13

14.50

14.12

97,400

96,500

92,000

90,200

87,500

82,100

78,700

January 17

13.68

13.52

13.37

12.92

12.45

12.17

75,300

73,600

72,700

68,400

64,300

62,700

January 18

11.80

11.84

11.97

12.50

12.72

12.96

13.17

13.50

Janu

13.51

13.41

13.40

13.33

13.18

59,500

59,500

61,100

65,100

66,800

69,300

71,000

73,600

lary 19

73,600

72,700

72,700

71,800

71,000

January SO

11.78

11.22

59,500

54,700

n

10

M

2

4

11

2

4

3

7

10

1

3

11

6

N

8

2

5

9

3

5

7

10

M

6

9

11

2

4

Feet

10.57

10.48

Sec. ft.

50,100

49,400

January 21

10.45

10.53

12.60

13.40

13.68

Janu

15.65

16.66

17.08

17.22

17.22

16.55

48,600

49,400

65,900

72,700

75,200

ary 22

92,000

102,000

106,000

107,000

107,000

101,000

January 23

15.53

14.70

13.57

Janu

12.77

12.50

12.00

11.60

11.70

12.25

13.80

14.95

Janui

18.20

19.70

20.40

20.85

21.12

91,100

83,900

74,400

ary 24

67,600

65,100

61,100

57,900

58,700

62,700

76,100

86,600

ary 25

117,000

133,000

140,000

145,000

148,000

h

§ 

a

6

8

10

M

2'

10

2

7

M

N

3

M

7

H

M

4

8

N

H

N

M

2

6

8

2

10

Feet

21.20

21.12

20.89

20.75

Sec. ft.

149,000

148,000

146,000

145,000

January 26

20.49

18.81

17.93

17.04

16.19

142,000

123,000

114,000

105,000

97,400

January 27

14.44

13.97

13.07

Janu

12.46

11.91

10.77

81,200

77,800

70,200

lary 28

65,100

60,300

51,600

January 29

10.41

9.93

9.69

9.01

48,600

44,800

43,400

38,400

January 30

8.44

7.94

34,200

31,000

January 31

7.87

7.64

7.47

7.32

7.21

31,000

28,400

28,400

27,000

26,400
106 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Ohio River at Pittsburgh, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°26'30 lf , long. 80°00 l 50 lf , at Point Bridge at confluence of Allegheny 

and Monongahela Rivers, In Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. Zero of gage Is 694.00 feet 

above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 19,110 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Maxima.- January-February 1937s Gage height, 34.5 feet 3 to 5 a.m. Jan. 26.

 1854-1936: Gage height, 46.0 feet Mar. 18, 1936.

1762-1936: Maximum gage height known, that of Mar. 18, 1936.

Remarks.- Record furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, January 1937

Hour

6

N

4

7

M

6

4

9

5

11

4

10

6

K

7

4

N

8

M

4

N

7

11

3

N

7

M

3

8

N

8

M

Peet

January 1

18.5

19.1

19.2

19.2

19.1

January 2

18.9

18.8

19.0

January 3

19.5

19.8

19.9

19.9

January 4

19.7

19.5

19.2

January 5

18.5

17.8

17.0

16.fi

January 6

16.5

16.1

15.5

15.2

January 7

15.0

15.2

15.1

15.3

January 8

15.6

16.3

16.8

17.5

17.8

Hour

10

9

M

5

7

1

5

7

9

11

2

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

6

N

6

M

3

5

7

2

2

10

1

7

11

2

4

6

Peet

January 9

, 18.5

19.0

19.0

January 10

19.0

19.0

19.0

19.2

19.5

19.9

20.5

January 11

21.6

22.9

23.6

24.1

24.4

24.6

24.6

24.4

24.2

January 12

22.6

21.6

20.7

19.8

January 13

19.4

19.1

19.0

18.4

January 14

17.3

17.0

17.0

16.8

16.8

January 15

17.0

17.2

17.6

Hour

10

N

6

10

M

3

5

7

9

11

1

8

3

1

6

9

M

2

4

6

8

10

N

2

6

9

M

3

5

8

10

N

3

8

M

4

6

N

Peet

18.9

19.8

22.0

23.4

23.9

January 16

24.5

24.7

24.8

24.8

24.8

24.7

24.1

January 17

23.6

22.7

22.1

21.8

21.7

January 18

21.7

21.7

21.8

22.0

22.4

22.8

23.2

24.5

25.6

26.6

January 19

27.4

27.7

28.0

28.1

28.0

27.7

27.0

26.2

January 20

25.4

25.0

23.9

Hour

2

3

6

9

M

2

4

6

8

9

N

3

7

9

M

3

7

11

3

7

10

M

1

3

5

8

N

9

M

6

11

3

5

9

10

M

2

7

Peet

23.6

23.4

23.2

23.0

22.9

January 21

22.9

23.0

23.2

23.5

23.6

24.3

25.0

25.9

26.5

27.3

January 22

28.3

29.5

30.6

31.5

32.3

32.7

32.9

January 23

32.9

32.9

32.8

32.5

32.0

31.0

30.6

January 24

29.6

28.6

28.2

28.0

27.9

27.9

28.0

January 25

28.2

29.6

Hour

8

N

4

9

M

3

5

7

10

3

6

9

M

3

8

N

4

9

2

8

N

4

M

6

11

5

11

5

N

a

tf

5

N

4

10

Peet

29.8

31.3

32.5

33.9

34.4

January 26

34.5

34.5

34.3

33.8

32.8

32.0

31.1

30.3

January 27

29.4

28.0

27.0

26.0

25.0

January 28

24.0

23.1

22.5

22.0

21.1

January 29

20.5

20.0

19.5

18.9

January 30

18.6

18.1

17.4

17.2

January 31

17.1

16.9

16.7

16.3
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 107 

Olilo River at Sewiokley, Pa.

Location.- tat. 40°31'50 B , long. 80°11«20", 200 feet above highway bridge at Sewiokley, 

Allegheny County, half a mile above mouth of Narrows Run, and lj miles above 

Dashields Dam. Zero of gage is 690.00 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 19,500 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 5 a.m. Jan. 18 to 

2 p.m. Jan. 19, when it was determined by a floodmark and comparison with stage 

graphs of Ohio River at Point Bridge, Pittsburgh, and at Dashields Dam. Gage heights 

used to half tenths between 4.0 and 6.5 feet} hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 550,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

logarithmic extension to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 317,000 second-feet 5 a.m. Jan. 26 (gage 

height, 22.81 feet).

1933-36: Discharge, 574,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 34.75 

feet, from floodmark in gage house.

1833-1936: Maximum stage and discharge known, that of Mar. 18, 1936.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

7,160

7,340

7,430

9,500

10,900

12,600

32,900

78,500

62,500

45,600

Jan.

84,000

86,200

92,800

90,600

73,000

55,300

46,300

59,100

79,600

86,200

Feb.

53,300

47,300

39,600

34,000

29,600

28,800

25,500

24,000

66,900

108,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

37,600

43,000

49,300

41,400

35,800

31,300

27,900

25,500

24,700

31,600

Jan.

138,000

120,000

81,800

64,400

92,300

155,000

134,000

136,000

207,000

155,000

Feb.

97,200

69,000

51,300

42,400

34,000

35,800

33,100

30,400

27,900

26,300

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

52,300

51,300

43,400

34,900

30,400

29,600

35,900

55,400

77,400

73,000

68,800

 try Qf\n

2.24

Jan.

154,000

250,000

278,000

2,34,000

263,000

299,000

212,000

131,000

97,200

75,200

62,500

7.80

Feb.

27,100

27,900

39,600

42,400

36,700

33,100

27,100

22,400

2.22

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

W

2

N

M

4

N

4

M

N

10

6

3

7

10

M

3

10

N

2

4

6

8

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

5.85

5.92

5.90

45,300

46,300

46,300

January 8

6.06

6.65

6.88

7.13

49,300

60,400

66,700

70,900

January 9

7.55

7.77

Janu

7.76

7.77

7.92

8.15

8,40

81,800

86,200

ary 10

86,200

86,200

88,400

95,000

99,400

January 11

8.94

10.48

10.74

10.92

10.98

10.93

10.81

10.47

110,000

144,000

148,000

152,000

154,000

152,000

150,000

144,000

January 12

9.28

8.30

119,000

97,200

fc 

gw

8

6

4

N

4

9

M

4

N

M

4

7

9

11

1

5

9

M

N

9

M

3

5

7

Feet Sec. ft.

January 13

7.79

7.35

Janu

6.90

6.74

6.73

6.70

6.65

86,200

77,400

ary 14

66,700

62,500

62,500

62,500

60,400

January 15

6.80

7.83

10.34

64,600

86,200

140,000

January 16

11.00

11.28

11.40

11.44

11.43

11.23

10.92

10.73

154,000

159,000

161,000

161,000

161,000

157,000

152,000

148,000

January 17

10.03

9.46

9.30

Janu

9.20

9.18

9.19

134,000

124,000

119,000

ary 18

117,000

117,000

117,000

iM

9

11

3

7

M

4

6

8

10

N

2

4

6

8

M

4

8

N

4

9

11

3

5

8

11

3

5

M

Feet

9.25

9.39

10.02

11.53

13.00

Janu

14.25

14.68

14.85

14.90

14.88

14.80

14.64

14.43

14.18

13.53

Sec. ft.

117,000

121,000

134,000

162,000

187,000

ary 19

205,000

212,000

213,000

215,000

215,000

213,000

210,000

208,000

205,000

194,000

January 20

12.78

11.45

10.70

10.25

9.96

9.90

184,000

161,000

148,000

138,000

134,000

132,000

January 21

9.92

9.97

10.23

10.60

11.23

11.58

13.93

132,000

134,000

138,000

146,000

157,000

164,000

200,000

I4

8

N

4

8

10

M

2

4

7

9

N

1

4

8

11

1

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

6

8

N

5

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

15.34

16.77

18.04

19.12

20.05

20.42

20.67

220,000

239,000

253,000

266,000

278,000

283,000

287,000

January 23

20.83

20.87

20.78

20.58

20.20

288,000

290,000

288,000

286,000

281,000

January 24

18.28

17.74

16.88

16.23

15.93

15.61

15.44

15.34

15.31

15.38

Janu

15.65

16.02

16.55

17.22

18.65

20.50

257,000

249,000

240,000

231,000

228,000

224,000

221,000

220,000

220,000

221,000

ary 25

224,000

229,000

236,000

243,000

260,000

284,000

n

8

M

2

3

5

7

9

11

2

6

M

6

N

4

8

11

1

3

5

7

N

6

M

N

M

N

Feet

21.45

22.40

Sec. ft.

297,000

311,000

January 26

22.68

22.76

22.81

22.73

22.55

22.23

21.57

20.52

18.56

316,000

317,000

317,000

316,000

314,000

308,000

299,000

284,000

260,000

January 27

16.53

14.65

13.58

12.63

11.58

235,000

210 ,000

196,000

181,000

164,000

January 28

11.11

10.77

10.48

10.21

9.72

9.28

8.91

155,000

150,000

144,000

138,000

128,000

119,000

110,000

January 29

8.27

7.74

97,200

84,000

January 30

7.36 77,400
108 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Ohio River at Wheeling, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 40°06'15", long. 80°42'15", at Look No. 12 at Warwood, 3 miles above 

Wheeling, Ohio County. Zero of upper gage is 610.8 feet and zero of lower gage is 

606.8 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 24,800 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Hourly gage readings.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 265,000 secondfeet; extended to peak stage by averaging results obtained from logarithmic 

extension, slope-area determination of flood flow, and study of relation between 

stage, discharge, and product of area and square root of mean depth.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 384,000 second-feet 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 26 

(gage height, 48.7 feet, upper*gage).

1838-1936: Discharge, 466,000 second-feet Mar. 19, 1936 (gage height, 55.2 feet, 

revised, upper gage).

Crest of 1884 flood was 2.0 feet lower than crest of 1936 flood at Customhouse 

in Wheeling and was equivalent to about 53.2 feet on present upper gage at Lock 12.

Remarks.- Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

9,400

10,900

9,400

8,700

10,900

16,100

28,500

63,000

80,600

62,200

Jan.

95,800

107,000

110,000

114,000

103,000

79,000

59,000

56,800

83,800

108,000

Feb.

76,600

65,400

55,200

41,200

37,000

36,200

36,200

33,000

48,900

101,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

37,000

43,000

52,200

47,000

29,000

35,400

29,800

26,700

27,500

33,400

Jan.

131,000

162,000

126,000

92,600

120,000

184,000

196,000

179,000

207 ,000

222,000

Feb.

121,000

101,000

73 , 400

57,500

43,200

39,200

41 , 500

35,400

34,500

31,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

50,800

53,800

48,100

35,400

33,800

34,500

45,900

56,000

75,800

89,400

85,400

40 950

1.90

Jan.

201,000

269,000

345,000

339,000

341,000

376,000

348,000

253,000

169,000

119,000

91,800

8.08

Feb.

32,200

38,400

47,100

51,500

42,200

38,400

34,500

27,500

2.14

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 

(Sage heights refer to upper gage except

to February 1937 

as noted)

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

*11.4

#11.6

*11.4

*11.3

*11.6

*12.3

-

14.5

16.7

14.4

Jan.

18.6

20.0

20.4

20.9

19.5

16.5

14.0

13.7

17.1

20.1

Feb.

16.2

14.8

13.5

-

*15.0

*14.9

*14.9

*14.5

-

19.2

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

_

_

13.1

-

#14.0

*14.8

*14.1

*13.7

*13.8

-

Jan.

23.0

26.6

22.4

18.2

21.6

29.2

30.5

28.6

31. &

33.4

Feb.

21.8

19.3

15.8

13.8

.

*15.3

*15.6

*14.8

*14.7

*14.3

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

12.9

13.3

_

*14.8

*14.6

*14.7

_

13.6

16.1

17.8

17.3

Jan.

31.1

38.4

45.4

44.8

45.0

48.0

45.6

36.8

27.5

21.5

18.1

Feb.

*14.4

*15.2

_

13.0

-

*15.2

*14.7

*13.8

* Lower gage.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937 

(Gage heights refer to upper gage except as noted)

t,

B

2

8

2

8

2

8

2

8

2

8

2

8

2

8

2

8

2

8

2

8

Feet See. ft.

January 6

17.8 89,400

16.8 81,400

16.0 75,000

15.5 71,000

January 7

14.8 65,400

14.2 60,600

13.6 56,000

13.5 55,200

January 8

13.5 55,200

13.5 55,200

13.5 55,200

14.4 62,200

January 9

15.6 71,800

16.9 82,200

17.7 88,600

18.3 93,400

January 10

19.1 99,800

19.8 105,000

20.4 110,000

21.0 115,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 11

21.5 117,000

21.6 120,000

23.3 134,000

25.6 153,000

January 12

26.9 164,000

27.2 167,000

26.7 162,000

25.7 154,000

Jsnuary 13

24.5 144,000

23.1 132,000

21.7 121,000

20.4 110,000

January 14

19.4 102,000

18.2 92,600

17.7 88,600

17.4 86,200

January 15

17.9 90,200

20.3 109,000

23.0 131,000

25.0 148,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 16

26.7 162,000

28.6 179,000

30.2 193,000

31.1 201,000

January 17

31.2 202,000

30.9 199,000

30.2 193,000

29.6 187,000

January 18

28.7 179,000

28.2 175,000

28.4 177,000

28.9 181,000

January 19

29.6 187,000

30.9 199,000

32.7 215,000

33.8 225,000

January 20

34.2 229,000

34.0 227,000

33.1 219,000

32.2 211,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 21

31.1 201,000

30.5 196,000

30.9 199,000

31.8 207,000

January 22

33.7 224,000

37.3 258,000

40.2 288,000

42.2 310,000

January 23

44.0 330,000

45.5 346,000

46.2 354,000

46.1 353,000

January 24

45.8 350,000

45.0 341,000

44.3 333,000

44.0 330,000

January 25

43.9 329,000

44.8 339,000

45.4 345,000

46.0 352,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 26

16.7 360,000

47.8 374,000

48.6 383,000

48.7 384,000

January 27

48.0 376,000

46.6 359,000

45.0 341,000

42.9 318,000

January 28

40.5 292,000

38.1 266,000

35.5 240,000

33.0 218,000

January 29

30.6 196,000

28.3 176,000

26.4 160,000

24.8 146,000

Janus ry 30

23.3 134,000

21.9 122,000

20.8 113,000

19.9 106,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 31

19.0 99,000

18.2 92,600

17.7 88,600

17.5 87,000

February 1

16.9 82,200

16.5 79,000

15.9 74,200

15.6 71,800

February 2

15.1 67,800

15.0 67,000

14.6 63,800

14,4 62,200

February 3

14.0 59,000

13.6 56,000

13.3 53,800

13.1 52,200

February 4

12.7 49,400

12.5 48,000

sa.5.0 37,000

S.4.2 30,500

* Lower gage.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 109 

Ohio River at Pomeroy, Ohio

Location.- Gages, lat. 38°58 45", long. 810 55'40 n , at Lock No. 24, and lat. 38O 54 I 15", 

long. 820 07'50", at Lock No. 25. Measuring section at Pomeroy Bend Bridge, lat. 

39°00'50", long. 82°02'30", 1 mile below Pomeroy, Ohio. Zero of pass sill gage at 

Lock No. 24 is 520.1 feet and of lower gage at Lock No. 24 is 517.49 feet above mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 39,950 square miles.

Gage-he1ght re cord.- Hourly gage readings at both gages.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements for entire range of 

stage. *

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 554,000 second-feet noon Jan. 27 (gage 

height, 67.7 feet, pass sill gage, Lock No. 24).

Maximum stage known, 70.1 feet Mar. 30, 1913, pass sill gage, Lock No. 24 (discharge, 633,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Record furnished by Huntington, W. Va., office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

13,800

16,700

16,400

17,700

15,600

22,800

53,600

75,500

75,300

86,600

Jan.

122,000

135,000

153,000

156,000

149,000

133,000

111,000

98,300

91,600

126, OOC

Mean monthlv discharc

Feb.

209,000

155,000

124,000

98,000

70,400

53,500

57,200

85,200

117,000

136,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

78,200

53,600

61,500

63,000

43,300

37,000

39,300

34,800

31,800

55,300

Jan.

195,000

208,000

203,000

173,000

171,000

224,000

263,000

299,000

327,000

336,000

Feb.

145,000

153,000

137,000

111,000

89,600

71,000

70,200

71,800

57,300

61,300

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

73,000

73,400

68,800

45,600

39,300

41,000

50,700

64,000

65,700

78,000

102,000

1.49

Jan.

343,000

360,000

424,000

482,000

531,000

546,000

550,000

536,000

485,000

401,000

303,000

8.04

Feb.

54,000

63,100

72,800

78,500

79,600

63,400

48,800

46,000

2.40

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937 

(Gage heights refer to pass sill gage at Lock No. 24)

w

4 

N 

8

4 

N 

8

4 

N 

8

4 

N 

8

4

N 

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 9 

20.6 92,500 

20.3 91,100 

20.2 90,500

January 10 

21.2 98,400 

24.8 125,000 

28.7 155,000

January 11 

31.8 181,000 

34.0 200,000 

35.1 207,000

January 12 

35.4 207,000 

35.5 207,000 

35.6 208,000

January 13 

35.6 208,000 

35.3 205,000 

34.5 197,000

Feet Sec. ft.

January 14 

33.3 186,000 

31.8 172,000 

30.3 161,000

January 15 

29.6 155,000 

30.9 167,000 

33.2 189,000

January 16 

35.4 209,000 

37.3 224,000 

39.0 239,000

January 17 

40.4 251,000 

41.7 264,000 

42.8 274,000

January 18 

44.5 285,000 

46.3 299,000 

47.7 312,000

Feet Sec. ft.

January 19 

48.9 323,000 

49.8 327,000 

50.4 331,000

January 20 

50.8 333,000 

51.1 336,000 

51.6 341,000

January 21 

52.0 341,000 

52.7 343,000 

53.3 345,000

January 22 

53.8 346,000 

54.7 354,000 

56.0 383,000

January 23 

57.3 405,000 

58.5 422,000 

59.7 444,000

Feet Sec. ft.

January 24 

60.8 462,000 

62.2 485,000 

63.3 501,000

January 25 

64.4 518,000 

65.4 534,000 

66.2 544,000

January 26 

66.7 548,000 

67.0 546,000 

67.3 547,000

January 27 

67.6 551,000 

67.7 554,000 

67.6 548,000

January 28 

67.4 546,000 

66.9 536,000 

66.3 529,000

Feet Sec. ft.

January 29 

65.2 505,000 

64.2 489,000 

62.7 461,000

January 30 

61.3 434,000 

59.5 404,000 

57.3 372,000

January 31 

55.2 338,000 

52.8 306,000 

50.1 270,000

February 1 

47.1 234,000 

44.1 209,000 

40.8 190,000

February 2 

37.8 169,000 

34.9 152,000 

32.4 145,000

Feet Sec. ft.

February 3 

29.9 134,000 

27.7 123,000 

25.6 113,000

February 4 

23.8 105,000 

22.3 98,400 

20.9 92,000

February 5 

19.4 82,100 

17.7 72,800 

15.0 57,100

February 6 

13.0 49,300 

13.5 53,300 

14.3 58,100

February 7 

14.2 56,600 

14.3 56,100 

14.7 58,500
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Ohio River at Huntington, W. Va.

Location.- Gages lat. 38°24'48", long. 82°30'02"

long. 820 25 l 03 n , at foot of 24th Street, Huntington, Cabell County

at Lock No. 28 and lat. 38 25'56",

Zero of gages is 

492.00 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 55,200 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graphs at Lock No. 28 and 24th Street in

Huntington.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements for entire range of 

stage.Discharge determined from curve of mean gage height (determined from the two 

gages) plotted against ratio of discharge to square root of fall between the gages. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 654,000 second-feet 4 a.m. Jan. 28; maximum 

gage height, 67.71 feet noon Jan. 27, at Lock No. 28.

1934-36: Discharge, 536,000 second-feet Mar. 22, 1936; maximum gage height, 57.08 

feet Mar. 23, 1936, at Lock No. 28.

Maximum stage known, 64.5 feet Mar. 30, 1913, at Lock No. 28.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

12,300

19,000

16,800

19,700

15,200

30,200

62,700

110,000

127,000

118,000

Jan.

142,000

177,000

225,000

258,000

235,000

204,000

169,000

143,000

131, OOC

143,000

Feb.

394,000

283,000

213,000

166,000

126,000

88,800

73,200

102,000

146,000

199,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

106,000

85,900

76,500

81,200

71,300

46,700

49 , 400

43 ,-700

43,300

62,000

Jan.

213,000

245,000

248,000

232,000

219,000,

258,000

307,000

348,000

400,000

429 ,000

Feb.

235,000

253,000

223,000

174,000

134,000

113,000

101,000

102,000

97,100

93,600

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inche s .............................................

Dec.

90,000

98,900

94,800

79,000

48,400

55,800

57,000

76,600

85,600

96,700

117,000

1.42

Jan.

459,000

500,000

517,000

549,000

590,000

622,000

649,000

652,000

631,000

579,000

498,000

7.39

Feb.

92,900

92,800

106,000

113,000

116,000

106,000

81', 600

73,100

2.76

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937 

(Gage heights refer to Lock No. 28)

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

13.92

13.97

13.96

13.99

13.97

13.94

14.02

17.65

21.97

20.93

Jan.

22.58

26.00

31.39

35.24

34.46

31.06

27.37

24.43

22.22

23.48

Feb.

54.18

46.78

38.35

30.20

23.66

17.70

14.48

17.66

23.93

30.83

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

19.19

16.45

14.36

14.84

14.42

13.59

13.73

13.64

13.86

13.63

Jan.

30.42

34.02

34.33

32.82

32.30

35.80

40.40

45.75

50.31

53.05

Feb.

35.72

35.00

31.73

27.81

23.82

SO. 73

18.88

18.68

18.24

17.39

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

15.78

17.65

17.52

15.63

13.52

13.80

13.22

14.03

15.34

16.71

19.39

Jan.

54.70

57.10

59.75

6£.23

64.74

66.76

67.65

67.06

65.53

63.12

59. 53

Feb.

17.40

17.13

18.74

19.69

19.99

19.04

16.02

14.06

Gage heightj in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937 

(Gage heights refer to Lock No. 28)

tlgas

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

Feet Sec.ft.

January 9

22.76 133,000

22.20 130,000

21.71 127,000

January 10

21.51 128,000

22.96 138,000

25.77 168,000

January 11

28.43 195,000

30.60 217,000

32.29 232,000

January 12

33.50 239,000

34.17 245,000

34.48 249,000

January 13

34.51 250,000

34.39 249,000

34.11 248,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 14

33.60 239,000

32.90 233,000

31.96 223,000

January 15

31.50 219,000

32.21 219,000

33.07 225,000

January 16

34.27 234,000

35.85 254,000

37.55 271,000

January 17

39.09 292,000

40.35 312,000

41.76 318,000

January 18

43.73 327,000

45.92 351,000

47.65 377,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 19

49.11 388,000

50.36 402,000

51.50 413,000

January 20

52.40 420,000

53.13 430,000

53.66 437,000

January 21

54.06 443,000

54.62 459,000

55.39 473,000

January 22

56.18 490,000

57.01 500,000

58.11 503,000

January 23

59.03 508,000

59.79 515,000

60.45 525,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 24

61.10 530,000

62.41 550,000

63.09 568,000

January 25

64.01 573,000

64.77 590,000

65.50 604,000

January 26

66.20 610,000

66.80 621,000

67.31 632,000

January 27

67.62 641,000

67.71 650,000

67.65 653,000

January 28

67.42 654,000

67.11 653,000

66.68 648,000

Feet Sec.ft.

January 29

66.17 642,000

65.57 632,000

64.89 617,000

January 30

64.12 595,000

63.15 580,000

62.12 559,000

January 31

60.95 518,000

59.64 497,000

58.05 475,000

February 1

56.25 439,000

54.30 386,000

52.01 357,000

February 2

49-55 315,000

46.78 285,000

44.05 255,000

Feet Sec.ft.

February 3

41.17 232,000

38.34 214,000

35.49 190,000

February 4

32.75 173,000

30.13 164,000

S7.67 153,000

February 5

S5.61 138,000

23.63 127,000

21.72 113,000

February 6

19.60 99,200

17.48 87,500

15.89 79,000

February 7

14.81 74,300

14.34 68,700

14.24 74,600
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM

Ohio River at Lock and Dam No. 37, near Cincinnati, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°07'17", long. 84°42'13 11 , at Lock and Dam Ho. 37 8 miles above mouth

of Miami River and 13 miles west of Cincinnati, Hamilton County. Measuring section

at Cinclnnati-Covington suspension bridge. Zero of gage is 425.3 feet above mean

sea level.

Drainage area.- 76,780 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings daily for periods Dec.

8-31, Feb. 7 to Mar. 31 and from hourly gage readings for period Jan. 1 to Feb. 6.

Gage heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope. Defined by current-meter

measurements for entire range in stage. Slope determined from fall between gages at

Dams No. 36 and 37. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 894,000 second-feet 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan.

26; maximum gage height 78.8 feet 10 p.m. Jan. 25 to 8 a.m. Jan. 26.

1858-1936: Discharge, about 734,000 second-feet (revised) Feb. 14, 1884 {gage

height, 69.0 feet).

1832-1936: Maximum discharge and gage height, those of Feb. 14, 1884. 

Remarks.- Maximum discharge occurred after maximum gage height due to increase in slope

of river. Gage height records at Dams No. 36 and 37 and results of 25 discharge

measurements at Southern Railway bridge furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

December

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

61,800

84,800

129,000

142,000

134,000

119,000

97,600

86,600

January

154,000

175,000

216,000

261,000

292,000

296,000

280,000

257,000

232,000

253,000

281,000

310,000

331,000

339,000

384,000

February

720,000

646,000

570,000

463,000

362,000

269,000

194,000

148,000

154,000

196,000

248,000

297,000

306,000

288,000

252,000

March

107,000

91,300

77,000

67,200

62,600

63,600

67,500

77,200

94,100

95,600

88,400

82,600

76,300

67,000

61,400

Day

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

83,000

72,600

59,400

50,000

50,000

59,900

74,100

95,400

106,000

101,000

83,300

66,400

64,100

70,800

87,900

128,000

_

_

January

389,000

390,000

463,000

521,000

556,000

616,000

710,000

745,000

770,000

863,000

890,000

886,000

882,000

859,000

828,000

775,000

490,500

7.37

February

214,000

182,000

162,000

157,000

153,000

148,000

147,000

140,000

141,000

147,000

148,000

143,000

129,000

254,400

3.45

March

64,200

71,900

82,400

97,600

104,000

116,000

121,000

125,000

130,000

146,000

158,000

156,000

143,000

129,000

119,000

107,000

98,350

1.48

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Hour

6

N 

6

M

6 

N 

6 

M

6 

N 

6 

M

6 

N 

6 

M

6 

N 

6 

M

6 

N 

6

M

6

N 

6

M

Feet Sec. -ft.

December 30 

18.3 82,000 

18.9 86,800 

19.5 91,700 

20.5 101,000

December 31 

22.0 115,000 

24.0 131,000 

25.7 141,000 

26.7 147,000

January 1 

27.2 151,000 

27.5 154,000 

27.6 157,000 

27.8 161,000

January 2 

28.2 167,000 

28.7 174,000 

29.4 183,000 

30.2 194,000

January 3 

31.1 205,000 

32.2 217,000 

33.0 228,000 

33.9 239,000

January 4 

34.7 250,000 

35.7 262,000 

36.4 270,000 

37.1 279,000

January 5 

3?. 7 287,000 

28.2 293,000 

28. v 297,000 

38.9 300,000

Feet Sec. -ft.

January 6 

39.0 299,000 

39.0 296,000 

38.9 293,000 

38.6 288,000

January 7 

38.3 284,000 

38.1 280,000 

38.1 276,000 

38.2 276,000

January 8 

38.2 265,000 

37.7 256,000 

36.9 249,000 

36.0 242,000

January 9 

35.1 232,000 

34.65 226,000 

35.2 228,000 

36.0 233,000

January 10 

36.6 241,000 

37.4 253,000 

38.1 264,000 

38.8 271,000

January 11 

39.3 275,000 

3y.6 280,000 

39.9 287,000 

40.3 294,000

January 12 

40.7 302,000 

41.1 310,000 

41.5 319,000 

41.85 325,000

Feet Sec. -ft.

January 13 

42.1 330,000 

42.25 331,000 

42.2 331,000 

42.0 327,000

January 14 

42.15 329,000 

43.4 332,000 

45.9 352,000 

48.2 370,000

January 15 

50.3 380,000 

51.55 385,000 

52.2 388,000 

52.4 392,000

January 16 

52.0 392,000 

51.35 389,000 

50.7 384,000 

50.25 382,000

January 17 

49.9 384,000 

49.7 386,000 

49.6 397,000 

50.1 414,000

January 18 

52.0 440,000 

53.85 464,000 

55.1 486,000 

56.1 502,000

January 19 

56.8 514,000 

57.2 522,000 

57.5 530,000 

57.85 538,000

Poet | Sec. -ft.

January 20 

58.15 546,000 

58.6 554,000 

59.3 566,000 

60.0 580,000

January 21 

61.7 600,000 

63.35 619,000 

64.7 628,000 

66.7 657,000

January 22 

68.4 694,000 

69.8 716,000 

70.6 732,000 

71.45 738,000

January 23 

71.9 744,000 

72.1 747,000 

72.3 746,000 

72.55 742,000

January 24 

72.8 745,000 

73.4 772,000 

74.9 789,000 

76.3 812,000

January 25 

77.7 844,000 

78.5 868,000 

78.7 884,000 

78.8 888,000

Janupry 26 

78.8 890,000 

78.6 894,000 

78.5 890,000 

78.5 885,000

Feet |Sec.-ft.

January 27 

78.4 886,000 

78.25 886,000 

78.0 887,000 

77.75 886,000

January 28 

77.5 885,000 

77.25 882,000 

77.0 876,000 

76.8 870,000

January 29 

76.55 862,000 

76.15 859,000 

75.8 856,000 

75.5 853,000

January 30 

75.1 842,000 

74.65 826,000 

74.1 815,000 

73.7 802,000

January 31 

73.1 790,000 

72.6 777,000 

72.0 762,000 

71.4 748,000

February 1 

70.8 730,000 

70.2 719,000 

69.4 709,000 

68.7 688,000

February 2 

68.0 660,000 

67.0 646,000 

66.0 632,000 

64.9 616,000

Feet Sec. -ft.

February 3 

63.8 601,000 

62.7 572,000 

61.5 537,000 

60.1 512,000

February 4 

58.6 489,000 

57.1 465,000 

55.5 435,000 

53.9 410,000

February 5 

52.1 384,000 

50.35 353,000 

48.4 338,000 

46.4 315,000

February 6 

44.3 289,000 

42.15 268,000 

39.9 249,000 

37.9 230,000

February 7 

35.7 212,000 

33.7 194,000 

31.7 174,000 

29,. 9 160,000

February 8 

28.2 151,000 

27.2 145,000 

26.7 143,000 

26.6 142,000

February 9 

26.9 145,000 

27.6 153,000 

28.4 163,000 

29.3 174,000
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Ohio River at Louisville, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 38°16'40B , long. 85°47'39 B , at Lock and Dam No. 41 at Louisville, 23 

miles above Salt River. Zero of lower gage is 371.58 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 91,200 square miles. .

Gage-height Tecord.- Hourly gage readings. Gage height record for period Jan. 23 to 

Feb. 2 computed from graph based on hourly gage readings at upper gage and from relation between readings at upper and lower gages.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope for stages above 15.0 feet. 

Defined by current-meter measurements throughout entire range of stage. Discharges 

below about 45,000 second-feet (gage height, 15.0 feet) determined from records of 

flow through powerhouse and dam.

Maxima.- January-March 1937: Discharge, 1,110.000 second-feet 8 p.m. Jan. 26 to 9 a.m. 

Jan. 27; maximum gage height, 87.38 feet about 9 a.m. Jan. 27, lower gage.

Maximum discharge previously known, about 825,000 second~feet Feb. 16, 1884 (gage 

height, 76.3 feet, lower gage).

Remarks.- Discharge measurements and gage heights furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet,

December 1936 to March 1937 

(Gage heights refer to lower gage)

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

12.07

12.39

13.05

12.72

12.97

12.41

15.30

17.39

18.93

20.55

24.34

25.57

25.20

23.78

21.13

20.13

19.77

18.70

15.98

14.76

16.72

17.72

19.13

21.26

21.88

21.52

19.98

18.50

18.26

19.44

23.62

Second-feet

17,800

20,200

21,300

20,500

25,600

21,300

48,500

74,000

90,000

106,000

134,000

144,000

140,000

127,000

105,000

99,000

97,500

88,000

60,000

46,000

64,000

79,000

93,000

111,000

114,000

111,000

98,000

86,000

83,000

94,000

131,000

January

Feet

29.45

31.57

33.75

37.24

40.05

42.40

43.17

42.68

41.73

43.70

46.31

47.80

48.05

48.80

54.75

58.34

58.85

60.52

63.14

65.53

69.44

75.72

80.05

82.52

85.53

86.98

87.29

86.94

86.28

85.25

83.80

Second-feet

183,000

206,000

226,000

262,000

294,000

323,000

333,000

305,000

294,000

339,000

373,000

392,000

395,000

406,000

485,000

536,000

542,000

565,000

605,000

640,000

706,000

828,000

926,000

986,000

1,060,000

1,100,000

1,110,000

1,070,000

1,040,000

995,000

945,000

February

Feet

82.14

80.08

77.48

74.23

69.75

64.03

56.13

46.73

37.54

33.75

35.57

39.22

42.43

43.36

42.07

39.58

36.06

32.82

30.47

29.35

28.92

28.75

28.51

27.83

27.53

27.59

27.62

26.98

Second-feet

894,000

836,000

770,000

689,000

590,000

484,000

381,000

303,000

236,000

209,000

245,000

284,000

323,000

334,000

298,000

272,000

237,000

207,000

189,000

182,000

174,000

174,000

172,000

164,000

162,000

163,000

163,000

157,000

March

Feet

25.55

23.45

21.37

19.67

18.75

17.85

17.62

18.13

19.46

21.02

21.52

21.04

20.46

19.68

18.31

18.02

18.43

19.54

21.31

22.82

23.69

23.88

24.19

24.50

25.01

26.48

27.73

27.77

26.52

25.19

23.65

Second-feet

142,000

115,000

106,000

94,000

87,000

78,000

78,000

83,000

95,000

107,000

111,000

106,000

102,000

96,000

83,000

81,000

85,000

95,000

109,000

121,000

128,000

128,000

132,000

135,000

138,000

154,000

167,000

165,000

152,000

138,000

127,000

December January February March

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet.. ....... 82,250 595,800 331,900 114,100

Run-off, in inches. ............................ 1.04 7.53 3.79 1.44

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in thousands of second-feet, at indicated time, 1937 

(Gage heights refer to lower gage)

3 

o«

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

B

8

4

N

8

4

Feet

M 

Sec. ft.

January 10

42.2

44.3

320

347

January 11

45.6

46.6

364

377

. January 12

47.5

47.9

388

394

January 13

48.1

48.0

Janu

47.8

48.0

50.2

396

395

ary 14

392

395

424

January 15

52.8

54.8

56.3

459

486

507

January 16

57.6 525

¥H 

§

m

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

Feet

58.5

58.9

M

Sec.ft.

537

543

January 17

59.0

58.8

58.7

545

542

541

January 18

59.4

60.6

61.4

Janu

62.3

63.1

63.9

550

568

578

ary 19

593

605

617

January 20

64.7

65.4

66.3

628

638

653

January 21

67.6

69.2

71.1

673

702

738

S-,

gm

M

4

N

8

2

8

8

8

N

10

8

N

6

4

N

8

Feet

72.4

Januc

73.8

75.7

77.4

Januc

78.76

79.62

80.92

M 

Sec.ft.

762

try 22

790

827

865

iry 23

895

916

946

January 24

81.67

82.16

84.17

966

977

1,030

January 25

85.20

85.48

86.02

1,060

1,070

1,080

January 26

86.72

87.01

87.17

1,100

1,100

1,110

¥H 

«

2

9

4

10

4

10

4

6

N

8

4

N

8

8

2

6

M

Feet

M 

Sec.ft.

January 27

87.28

87.38

87.31

87.20

Jam

87.06

86.99

86.80

1,110

1,110

1,100

1,090

iary 28

1,080

1,070

1,060

January 29

86.61

86.29

85.98

1,050

1,040

1,020

January 30

85.62

85.29

84.90

1,010

995

982

January 31

84.17

83.77

83.34

83.02

956

944

932

925

1

6

N

8

4

N

8

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Feet

M

Sac. ft.

February 1

82.70

82.19

910

895

81.57 878

February 2

80.92 860

80.20 840

79.38 818

February 3

78.6

77.2

797

762

February 4

75.5

73.7

718

675

February 5

71.7

69.0

630

575

February 6

68.2

63.0

521

467
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 113 

Ohio River at Evansville, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 37°58'20", long. 87°34'35", at Riverside Drive and Court Street, Evansville, three-quarters of a mile above Pigeon Creek. Zero of gage is 328.69 feet

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 107,000 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Jan. 26 to Feb. 8,

when there were from 8 to 24 gage readings daily. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope. Defined by current-meter

measurements except for rising stages when discharge is above 700_,000 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 1,410,000 second-feet Jan. 29; maximum gage

Height, 53.75 feet midnight Jan. 31.

Maximum discharge previously known, about 900,000 second-feet Apr. 5, 1913 (gage

height, 48.4 feet). 

Remarks.- Most of discharge measurements made by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Gageheight record furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

9.27

9.25

9.08

9.15

9.50

9.90

9.85

11.55

12.75

14.15

14.43

15.40

17.30

18.10

17.90

16.91

15.70

14.60

14.00

12.13

10.43

11.48

12.78

13.80

14.02

14.87

15.34

15.16

14.60

14.17

15.00

Second-feet

31,000

30,000

26,000

28,000

38,000

50,000

49,000

75,000

85,800

102,000

104,000

117,000

139,000

145,000

142,000

126,000

115,000

103,000

97,900

79 , 400

67,800

74,800

85,400

95,900

99,600

111,000

113,000

110,000

104,000

101,000

112,000

January

Feet

17.70

21.30

24.25

26.24

28.26

30.41

32.50

33.68

34.28

34.92

35.78

36.80

37.60

38.46

39.73

40.89

42.00

42.98

43.67

44.13

45.30

46.95

48.34

49.68

51.12

52.15

52.72

53.12

53.45

53.65

53.74

Second- feet

145,000

195,000

236,000

262,000

294,000

330,000

354,000

364,000

369,000

374,000

391,000

420,000

431,000

445,000

475,000

518,000

555,000

600,000

634,000

661,000

725,000

828,000

926,000

1,030,000

1,170,000

1,280,000

1,350,000

1,390,000

1,410,000

1,400,000

1,390,000

February

Feet

53.67

53.52

53.22

52.78

52.29

51.53

50.60

49.42

47.74

45.60

43.43

41.79

40.80

40.38

40.10

39.61

38.85

37.46

35.63

33.57

31.53

29.80

28.32

27.05

25.85

24.68

23.56

22.90

Second-feet

1,340,000

1,300,000

1,250,000

1,180,000

1,120,000

1,020,000

921,000

825,000

716,000

595,000

477,000

373,000

385,000

407,000

414,000

410,000

396,000

368,000

330,000

300,000

277,000

265,000

249,000

239,000

232,000

216,000

199,000

195,000

December January

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet. ....... 88,950 675,900

Run-off, in inches. ........................... 0.96 7.29

March

Feet

22.40

21.53

20.66

19.50

17.18

15.60

14.64

13.93

13.60

13.87

14.55

15.38

15.70

15.57

15.34

15.00

14.45

14.12

14.32

15.02

15.82

16.80

17.37

17.71

17.88

18.20

18.83

19.70

20.26

20.13

19.45

Second-feet

195,000

184,000

178,000

166,000

128,000

110,000

100,000

94,600

93,600

98,200

107,000

114,000

116,000

113,000

112,000

109,000

104,000

102,000

105,000

116,000

121,000

131,000

136,000

138,000

139,000

143,000

155,000

165,000

172,000

164,000

153,000

February March

571,400 131,000

5.56 1.41

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in thousands of second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

EH 

O

M

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Feet

M

Sec. ft.

January 10

32.58 382

January 11

35.47

36.15

Jam

36.63

37.05

382

405

lary 12

415

422

January 13

37.44

37.81

Jam

38.20

38.87

428

436

lary 14

445

451

January 15

39.50

40.05.

472

486

January 16

40.63

41.28

510

531

EH 

O

6

6

6

6

11

N

6

3

9

3

3

9

3

9

Feet

M 

Sec. ft.

January 17

41.78

42.38

554

570

January 18

42.82

43.17

592

609

January 19

43.57

43.70

43.87

629

637

648

January 20

44.12

44.23

44.23

660

666

666

January 21

44.70

45.12

45.45

45.87

695

715

734

760

EH 

I

6

6

6

6

3

3

9

6

6

2

10

6

6

6

Feet

M

Sec. ft.

January 22

46.53

47.37

800

858

January 23

48.02

48.67

901

950

January 24

49.11

49.87

50.27

984

1,050

1,090

January 25

50.80

51.46

Janu

51.78

52.13

52.35

1,140

1,200

ary 26

1,240

1,280

1,310

January 27

52.61

52.87

1,340

1,370

g

M

6

6

6

6

6

6

9

9

3

N

6

6

6

6

Feet

M

Sec. ft.

January 28

53.02 1,380

53.22 1,400

January 29

53.37

53.52

1,410

1,410

January 30

53.64

53.69

1,400

1,390

January 31

53.73

53.74

1,390

1,380

February 1

53.74 1,370

53.64 1,340

53.60 1,320

Fobruary 2

53.58 1,320

53.44 1,290

February 3

53.32 1,270

I

e

6

6

6

N

6

3

N

5

6

6

M

M

M

Feet

53.12

Pebr

52.95

52.60

pebr

52.45

52.30

52.14

M

Sec. ft.

1,230

uary 4

1,210

1,160

uary 5

1,140

1,180

1,100

February 6

51.86

51.57

51.35

1,060

1,030

l.OOO

February 7

50.87

50.33

955

896

February 8

48.70 776

February 9

46.71 658

February 10

44.54 536
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Ohio River at Metropolis, 111.

Location.- Discharge section, lat. 37g 08'51 n , long. 880 44'27n , at Paducah & Illinois 

Railroad bridge at Metropolis, Massac County, 111., 9^ miles below Tennessee River 

and 37 miles above junction of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Gages are located as 

follows: at Metropolis (same location as discharge section); lat. 37 12'33", long. 

89 02'08", 0.5 mile atiove Dam 53, 3 miles southwest of Grand Chain, Pulaski County, 

111., and 18 miles downstream from Metropolis; and lat. 37°05'25", long. 88°35'38 n , 

at foot of Jefferson St., Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., a quarter of a mile below 

mouth of Tennessee River. Altitude above mean sea level of gage zeros are as shown 

in the following table:

Location of gage

Paducah 

Metropolis 

Dam 53

Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level

*1907 adjustment

286.26 

276.60 

276.60

1929 adjustment

285.88 

276.27 

276.30

* Ohio River Survey datum or Sandy Hook datum, used by Corps 

if Engineers, U. S. Army, in connection with Ohio River navigation works.

Drainage area.- 203,000 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graphs at Paducah, Metropolis, and Dam 53, 

except for a few short periods. Metropolis recorder removed Feb. 8; two gage readings daily obtained thereafter. Paducah recorder located 200 feet upstream from 

usual location for period Jan. 26 to Feb. 13. Dam 53 recorder located 0.5 mile 

downstream from usual location for period Jan. 27 to Feb. 10; record converted to 

that at regular location by allowing for slope of river.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by frequent discharge measurements made throughout 

full range in stage. Effect of changes in slope considered in determination of 

discharge.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 1,780,000 second-feet Feb. 1; maximum gage 

heights, 60.60 feet at Paducah Feb. 2, 66.60 feet at Metropolis, 2 to 7 p.m. Feb. 2, 

and 60.65 feet at Dam 53 Feb. 2, 3.

1934-36: Discharge, 1,100,000 second-feet Apr. 15, 1936 (gage height, 49.15 feet 

at Paducah.

1913-36: Discharge, 1,400,000 second-feet (revised) Apr. 7, 1913. 

1875-37: Maximum stages known, those in February 1937.

Remarks.- Records do not include overbank discharge which leaves Ohio River at mouth 

of valley at Bay Creek in 111., 35 miles upstream from Metropolis, follows the valleys of Bay Creek, Cache River, and Lake Creek, and enters the Mississippi River 

14 to 20 miles above mouth of Ohio River. Overbank discharge measured at New 

Columbia, 111., 10 miles northwest of Metropolis. For record of this discharge see 

page 114. Discharge at Metropolis affected by storage in Norris and Wheeler Reservoirs on Tennessee River. Records collected in cooperation with the District 

Engineer, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Louisville, Ky.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in thousands of second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937. (Gage heights are for Paducah gage).

ay

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

16.04

15.94

16.14

16.13

16.26

16.10

15.81

16.00

14.67

13.57

14.93

16.03

16.37

16.52

16.43

15.95

15.24

14.05

12.88

14.08

12.71

13.68

14.46

14.95

14.52

12.20

12.06

12.53

13.25

14.60

16.24

M Sec. ft.

68.1

57.3

62.4

57.5

66.9

73.5

86.6

110

181

189

212

233

239

243

.239

231

220

199

179

148

174

111

110

122

167

168

163

172

184

208

237

January

Feet

17.54

19.77

23.51

27.50

30.53

32.80

34.84

36.33

37.89

39.18

39.94

40.55

41.05

41.65

42.61

42.97

43.46

45.05

46.46

47.85

50.42

52.93

54.69

56.18

57.68

58.61

58.99

59.33

59.68

60.00

60.33

M Sec. ft.

269

316

402

495

567

621

670

719

759

795

810

820

833

842

859

864

875

950

1,000

1,060

1,170

1,290

1,360

1,440

1,520

1,580

1,650

1,680

1,700

1,720

1,750

Mean monthly discharge in

February

Feet

60.51

60.59

60.52

60.35

60.04

59.57

59.07

58.50

57.80

56.82

55.65

54.39

53.15

51.90

50.67

49.46

48.21

46.98

45.57

43.91

42.05

39.96

37.75

35.66

33.72

32.10

30.65

29.24

M Sec. ft.

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

780

770

750

740

730

690

660

630

600

540

470

400

340

280

210

150

1,090

1,050

952

866

832

December

158.4

0.90

745

670

611

543

504

470

437

March

Feet

27.

26.

25.

23.

22.

20.

19.

18.

17.

17.

17.

17.

18.

18.

19.

18.

18.

18.

17.

17.

18.

18.

18.

19.

19.

18.

18.

18.

19.

19.

19.

January

1,012

5.75

89

59

28

82

26

68

26

12

30

04

31

91

49

89

02

88

52

13

77

83

03

46

94

26

24

98

90

97

11

23

22

M Sec. ft.

4S1

399

377

355

3S4

300

274

256

227

214

217

2S2

228

235

243

236

229

2S3

215

216

232

238

249

259

266

268

273

279

277

274

272

February

1 197

6.14

April

Feet

18.84

18.07

17.03

15.97

15.30

14.79

14.06

13.60

13.23

12.97

13.09

13.45

14.13

14.82

15.37

15.66

15.82

15.82

15.68

15.43

15.84

16.92

17.96

a!9.0

a20.3

a21.4

a22.0

a22.5

a22.9

a23.8

March

267.7

1.52

M Sec. ft.

270

257

236

218

205

198

182

178

170

168

171

176

191

204

215

221

225

226

219

213

216

241

253

262

286

303

317

335

349

370

April

235.8

1.29

a Estimated from graph of 7 a.m. readings at gage of Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. 

Army, 1.5 miles upstream, corrected to Paducah gage on basis of gage-relation curve.
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM 115

Ohio River overflow at New Columbia, 111.

Location.- Lat. 37°18'24", long. 88°45'39", 0.8 mile southeast of New Columbia, Massae

County, and 10 miles northwest of Metropolis. Zero of gage is 338.17 feet above

mean sea level (1907 adjustment or Ohio River Survey datum) and 337.84 feet (1929

general adjustment).

Qage-height record.- Graph constructed from intermittent readings on temporary gage. 

Stage-discharge reTatlon.- Mean daily discharge obtained from hydrograph drawn through

frequent discharge measurements. 

Maxima.- January-Pebruary 1937: Discharge, 72,000 second-feet Feb. 2, 3; maximum gage

Height, 13.01 feet Feb. 3.

Maximum stage previously known, 7.3 feet about Apr. 8, 1913 (discharge, about

14,000 second-feet). 

Remarks.- Records near beginning and end of discharge period based on information obtalned from local residents.

Mean daily gage heights, in feet, and mean 

daily discharge, in second-feet, 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

January

Peet

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

-B

_

_

_

-

-B

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

11.4

12.0

12.5

Second-feet

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

500

2,000

6,000

9,000

16,000

23,000

30,000

38,000

47,000

66,000

65,000

February

Peet

12.8

12. 9

13.0

12.9

12.6

12.2

11.7

11.0

10.2

9.1

8.0

6.9

_

_

-

m

_

-

m

_

-

_

_

_

-

Second-feet

70,000

72,000

72,000

68,000

62,000

55,000

46,000

38,000

30,000

23,000

17,000

11,000

6,000

2,000

500

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
116 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Brokenstraw Creek at Youngsville, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 410 51'05 n , long. 79o19'05 n , at highway bridge at Youngsville, Warren

 County, 1,000 feet above mouth of Mathews Run. Zero of gage la 1,187.92 feet above

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 304 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based on two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights used

 to half tenths between 1.0 and 2.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 8,000 second-feet by current-meter measurementa;

logarithmic extension to crest stage. Affected by ice Dec. 1-5. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 7,180 second-feet 8:45 a.m. Jan.

25 (gage height, 8.50 feet).

1909-36: Discharge, 14,300 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913 (gage height, 13.2 feet,

present datum).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

100

110

125

150

180

229

732

740

615

518

Jan.

1,880

1,440

1,070

790

615

472

506

2,310

2,270

2,150

Feb.

640

477

404

280

380

427

316

616

2,230

1,910

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

845

955

665

472

428

360

320

240

130

225

Jan.

1,280

790

665

3,820

6,530

5,120

3,220

3,520

3,120

2,040

Feb.

1,040

668

612

722

695

558

477

427

427

504

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

280

264

240

300

495

880

1,720

2,450

2,190

1,870

2,410

2.59

Jan.

3,640

3,370

2,440

2,130

6,250

4,740

2,450

1,190

870

695

668

8.81

Feb.

585

1,160

1,060

722

504

477

404

287

2.32

Tionesta Creek at Nebraska, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°28'25", long. '79°23'05", 500 feet below highway bridge at Nebraska,

Forest County, a third of a mile below mouth of Coon Creek. Zero of gage is

1,079.00 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 481 square miles. 

Gage-height "ro'cord.- Graph based upon two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights

used to half tenths between 1.5 and 2.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above

these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 16,000 second-feet by current-meter measurementa;

logarithmic extension to crest stage. Affected by ice Dec. 1-27. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 16,400 second-feet 10 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 9.87 feet, from floodmarks).

1909-11, 1923-36: Discharge, 21,900 second-feet (revised) Mar. 4, 1934 (gage

height, 11.4 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

200

210

240

300

400

560

1,200

1,100

800

700

Jan.

3,160

2,470

2,240

1,920

1,440

1,090

1,120

2,730

2,590

2,350

Feb.

1,440

1,090

905

733

835

702

640

702

1,600

1,840

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,000

1,100

860

560

480

450

410

350

250

400

Jan.

1,920

1,620

1,350

2,550

7,280

4,500

3,090

4,700

4,020

2,830

Feb.

905

940

870

905

940

766

610

640

610

553

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

440

380

360

400

600

880

1,500

3,320

2,590

2,350

3,540

2.16

Jan.

6,600

8,480

5,500

5,270

14,700

8,300

4,140

2,710

2,130

1,720

1,440

3 »7AT

8.97

Feb.

610

1,180

975

835

733

640

640

395

1.87
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 117 

Oil Creek at Rouseville, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°28'55", long. 79°41'40", at highway bridge 400 feet above mouth of

Cherrytree Run, 1 mile above Rouseville, Venango County, and lj miles above former

gaging station. Zero of gage is 1,028.33 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 300 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based upon two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights

used to half tenths between 3.0 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 12,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements.

Affected by ice Dec. 1-5. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 11,300 second-feet 3 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 9.85 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1932-36: Discharge, 10,700 second-feet Mar. 27, 1936 (gage height, 9.6 feet,

from graph based on gage readings).

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

150

160

180

220

300

525

1,040

695

465

385

Jan.

2,010

1,040

1,120

805

558

385

500

2,960

2,370

1,690

Feb.

842

558

495

360

465

385

317

758

2,150

1,260

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

833

880

465

317

360

297

277

277

181

360

Jan.

1,120

805

625

2,920

7,740

3,480

1,590

4,540

3,050

1,490

Feb.

695

590

525

625

660

525

385

410

410

438

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

317

297

297

317

260

584

1,760

2,610

1,300

1,360

2,670

2.50

Jan.

4,810

4,870

2,490

1,980

9,590

4,220

1,590

1,120

920

805

768

2

*QC

9.16

Feb.

495

1,140

730

590

495

385

385

260

fiT Q

2.14

French Creek at Saegerstown, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°42'50 n , long. 80°08'50", at highway bridge at Saegerstown, Crawford

County, half a mile above mouth of Woodcock Creek. Zero of gage is 1,093.74 feet

above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 629 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graphs based on two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights

used to half tenths between 3.0 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 15,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended logarithmically to crest stage. Affected by Ice Dec. 1-7, 21-25, Feb.

4-7, 27, and 28. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 14,300 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 26 (gage

height, 13.24 feet, from floodmarks).

1921-36: Discharge, 20,800 second-feet (revised) Jan. 20, 1929 (gage height,

15.9 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

Maximum discharge known, 26,300 second-feet (estimated) Mar. 26, 1913 (gage

height, about 17.9 feet, from floodmark).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

335

360

350

370

440

600

950

1,850

1,450

1,060

Jan.

3,770

2,450

1,880

1,530

990

744

958

4,470

5,190

4,520

Feb.

1,620

1,140

882

780

730

700

680

1,330

4,030

4,360

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,800

2,250

1,530

1,060

883

711

711

646

522

492

Jan.

2,880

1,790

1,370

5,150

10,400

11,200

6,650

5,750

6,200

4,130

Feb.

2,360

1,410

1,300

1,460

1,790

1,460

1,220

1,070

1,070

1,300

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

480

470

480

500

580

1,370

2,650

4,190

4,260

2,900

3,770

2.36

Jan.

4,780

6,810

5,330

3,600

10,400

13,100

7,280

2,870

1,880

1,460

1,460

8.34

Feb.

1,510

2,110

1,960

1,380

1,070

808

690

600

2.42

77596 O 38 9
118 FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

French Creek at TJtica, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°26'15 n , long. 79°57'20", at highway bridge at TJtica, Venango County,

a third of a mile above Mill Creek. Zero of gage is 1,019.54 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 1,028 square miles. 

Gage-height re'cord.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Dec. 24, 27-29,

Jan. 7, 8, 21-23, when it was determined by comparison with hydrograph of French

Creek at Saegerstown. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.5 and 6.0 feetj

hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 15,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

logarithmic extension to peak stage. Affected by ice Dec. 1-7, 20-24. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 16,800 second-feet 6 to 10 p.m. Jan. 26

(gage height, 10.88 feet).

1932-36: Discharge, 19,200 second-feet (revised) Mar. 27, 1936 (gage height,

11.57 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 15.7 feet during flood of March 1913 (estimated

discharge, 35,600 second-feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

470

500

500

520

650

870

1,500

2,160

2,100

1,830

Jan.

5,610

4,890

3,630

2,800

2,100

1,540

1,770

4,590

6,770

7,170

Feb.

2,870

2,280

1,730

1,590

1,500

1,320

1,240

1,460

4,460

5,610

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,270

2,940

2,660

1,990

1,540

1,320

1,170

1,110

854

760

Jan.

5,800

3,960

2,730

5,060

11,700

14,200

13,000

10,700

9,400

8,420

Feb.

4,740

2,780

2,040

1,990

2,280

2,160

1,830

1,590

1,540

1,730

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

750

740

760

800

943

1,550

3,460

5,610

6,180

5,140

5,100

2.12

Jan.

6,770

8,920

9,900

8,150

14,400

16,400

14,600

9,280

5,040

3,550

2,940

8.17

Feb.

2,040

2,730

3,020

2,400

1,830

1,450

1,250

1,140

2,235

2.26

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

1w

M

6

N

6

M

3

10

N

3

6

9

M

6

N

M

N

11

6

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

3.80 1,540

January 7

3.82

3.92

4.17

4.65

Jam

5.00

6.00

6.20

6.45

6.63

6.77

6.90

1,540

1,640

1,880

2,460

lary 8

2,940

4,540

4,890

5,250

5,610

5,990

6,180

January 9

7.10

7.28

7.50

6,570

6,970

7,380

January 10

7.48

7.21

Jam

7.02

6.78

6.18

7,380

6,770

lary 11

6,370

5,990

4,890

iw

10

6

M

6

N

6

10

1

4

5

6

7

10

11

2

10

2

4

10

6

4

9

1

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

5.70

5.39

5.20

4,030

3,550

3,240

January 13

5.00

4.78

4.65

4.60

Janu

4.60

4.67

4.75

4.87

5.00

5.53

5.77

6.60

8.13

Janu

8.78

8.97

9.15

9.56

2,940

2,660

2,460

2,400

ary 14

2,400

2,460

2,600

2,730

2,940

3,790

4,120

5,610

8,690

ary 15

10,400

10,900

11,500

12,700

January 16

9.92

10.12

10.22

10.21

13,600

14,200

14,500

14,500

iw

3

8

2

10

M

5

9

2

10

11

3

M

6

N

5

M

4

7

10

4

6

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

10.14

9.92

9.63

9.18

9.12

14,200

13,600

12,700

11,500

11,200

January 18

9.05

9.04

8.88

8.76

10,900

10,900

10,700

10,400

January 19

8.43

8.37

8.30

9,400

9,400

9,150

January 20

8.20

8.05

7.84

7.44

8,920

8,460

8,020

7,170

January 21

7.20

7.08

7.03

7.03

7.10

7.22

6,770

6,570

6,370

6,370

6,570

6,770

I

10

M

2

5

N

5

M

4

N

3

6

M

6

N

2

4

5

6

M

2

4

5

9

N

Feet

7.40

7.60

Sec. ft.

7,170

7,590

January 22

7.77

7.97

8.25

8.45

8.62

8,020

8,460

8,920

9,400

9,900

January 23

8.68

8.66

8.58

8.48

8,15

Jam

7.82

7.42

7.30

7.28

7.37

7.53

9.20

Janu

9.50

9.65

9.75

10.10

10.38

10,200

10,200

9,900

9,650

8,920

ary 24

8,020

7,170

6,970

6,970

7,170

7,380

11,500

ary 25

12,400

12,700

13,300

14,200

15,100

§a

3

6

3

1

6

10

M

3

N

3

6

6

4

M

4

9

2

M

N

5

M

Feet

10.53

10.56

Sec. ft.

15,400

15,700

January 26

10.60

10.83

10.88

10.88

10.83

15,700

16,400

16,800

16,800

16,400

January 27

10.61

10.11

10.18

10.09

15,700

14,200

14,500

14,200

January 28

9.03

7.92

7.02

10,900

8,240

6,370

January 29

6.67

6.34

6.10

5.77

Janu

5.40

5.29

5.16

5,800

5,070

4,710

4,120

ary 30

3,550

3,390

3,160
ALLEOHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 119

Mahoning Creek near Dayton, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 400 54'05 B , long. 79°13'35 11 , at Independence Bridge, if miles northeast 

of Dayton, Armstrong County. Zero of gage is 1,095.24 feet above mean sea level.

Dra inage are a.- 321 square miles.

Page-height "record. - Graph, based on two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights used 

to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.0 feet to and including Jan. 25 and between 3.0 and 

4.0 feet thereafter; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 8,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

extended to crest stage on basis of slope-area determination of flood discharge. 

Affected by ice Dec. 1-4.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 8,170 second-feet 5:15 p.m. Jan. 25 

Tgage height, 8.16 feet).

1916-36: Discharge, 22,800 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 14,53 feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

150

155

165

180

223

400

1,950

1,060

780

590

Jan.

1,950

1,950

2,080

1,690

1,390

1,220

1,280

1,390

1,330

1,450

Feb.

1,210

674

547

495

501

457

410

469

1,160

1,020

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

671

1,450

1,220

910

700

625

526

467

440

1,650

Jan.

1,690

1,330

1,280

1,450

2,350

3,060

2,910

3,060

3,060

2,630

Feb.

674

601

601

533

445

388

345

355

377

366

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,450

1,060

820

700

700

820

1,330

2,770

1,690

1,330

1,690

925

3.32

Jan.

4,930

6,490

4,930

3,510

6,490

4,400

2,510

1,630

1,310

1,070

1,110

2 4R9

8.91

Feb.

388

482

753

753

58V

463

495

440

571

1.85

Crooked Creek near Ford City, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°43 I OO n , long. 79°31'50 n , at highway bridge 3i miles south of Ford 

City, Armstrong County, and 5 miles above confluence with Allegheny River. Zero of 

gage is 786.13 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 280 square miles.

Page-height "record.- Graph based upon two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights 

used to half tenths between 2.0 and 3.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 8,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

extended to crest stage on basis of contracted-opening determination of flood discharge. Affected by ice Dec. 1-5.

Majclma.- January-February 1937t Discharge observed, 8,200 second-feet 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22 

Tgage height, 11.15 feet).

1909-36: Discharge, 21,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 17.86 feet, 

from floodmarks).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

50

53

60

70

86

114

1,930

1,220

725

470

Jan.

1,360

1,040

1,160

1,160

925

570

550

775

635

1,100

Feb.

625

420

334

244

286

257

331

860

860

810

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

635

680

680

550

435

365

348

297

250

1,750

Jan.

875

1,100

590

1,110

3,370

2,180

1,280

3,680

2,830

2,020

Feb.

670

520

420

420

368

350

272

205

230

244

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,320

930

590

530

510

550

1,150

2,230

1,390

985

1,410

2.97

Jan.

4,340

7,610

4,570

2,920

6,120

3,060

1,420

860

670

560

500

8.09

Feb.

269

705

520

420

368

226

231

220

417

1.55
120 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Kisklminetas River at Avonmore, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°32'05 n , long. 79°27 I 55", at highway bridge at Avonmore, Westmoreland

County, 1 mile aoove mouth of Long Run. Zero of gage is 805.64 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 1,723 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Graph based on two or more gage readings dally. Gage heights used

to half tenths between 3.5 and 4.5 feet; hundredths below and tentha above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 30,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended to crest stage on basis of slope-area determination of flood discharge.

Affected by ice Dec. 1-4. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 43,800 second-feet 6 p.m. Jan. 22 (gage

height, 21.1 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1907-36; Discharge, 200,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 47.2 feet,

from floodmarks).

Mean daily discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

740

660

780

930

1,100

1,360

10,100

7,620

4,610

3,680

Jan.

7,750

7,030

8,760

7,630

5,760

4,540

5,260

10,200

10,000

12,000

Feb.

6,250

5,260

4,360

3,560

3,560

3,070

3,190

3,400

6,580

8,240

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3,550

7,130

5,880

4,410

3,920

3,200

3,200

3,440

2,960

7,150

Jan.

22,400

12,900

8,620

6,950

9,260

8,670

6,670

16,300

17,200

11,400

Feb.

5,860

4,930

4,360

4,080

3,950

3,560

3,190

2,720

2,830

2,830

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

7,570

5,560

4,160

3,680

3,560

4,280

5,620

9,030

8,850

6,660

6,210

3.06

Jan.

16,700

35,200

30,600

19,800

31,700

22,800

13,500

9,220

7,180

6,170

5,380

8.58

Feb.

2,950

4,650

5,690

4,500

3,950

3,560

3,190

2,950

2.53

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

W

4

8

N

4

8

M

2

4

6

N

M

4

N

6

M

8

2

8

M

4

6

8

Feet Sec.ft.

January 7

6.68

6.74

7.05

7.84

8.85

10.10

Jam

10.66

10.80

10.80

10.70

10.45

4,040

4,040

4,410

5,480

6,980

9,210

lary 8

10 ,200

10,600

10,600

10,400

9,780

January 9

10.42

10.62

10.57

10.45

9,780

10,200

10,200

9,780

January 10 10.25 - ~

11.02

13.00

14.74

9,4UO

11,000

15,400

20,000

January 11

16.60

16.92

16.86

26,200

27,200

27,200

FH 

g

tn

N

4

M

10

4

M

8

4

M

4

10

2

6

H

6

10

2

6

9

H

10

8

Feet

15.82

14.75

13.35

Janu

12.00

11.32

10.64

Sec.ft.

23,400

20,300

16,500

ary 12

13,100

11,600

10,200

January 13

10.07

9 50 gios

Janu

8.86

8.68

8.65

8.72

9.00

9,210

8,140

7,300

tary 14

7,140

6,820

6,660

6,820

7,300

January 15

9.40

9.80

10.40

10.85

11.00

10.94

7,970

8,670

9,780

10,600

11,000

10,800

January 16

10.05

9.28

9,030

7,800

16

10

2

6

10

2

6

N

4

7

10

8

N

4

M

6

N

4

8

M

4

10

Feet Sec.ft.

January 17

8.65

8.52

8.40

8.44

8.65

Jam

9.38

10.60

13.50

15.50

15.84

15.62

6,660

6,510

6,360

6,360

6,660

lary 18

7,970

10,200

16,700

22,500

23,400

22,800

January 19

14.25

13.73

13.20

12.12

18,600

17,200

16,000

13>300

January 20

11.30

10.74

10.64

10.90

11.47

11,600

10,400

10,200

10,800

12,000

January 21

12.20

13.36

13,600

16,500

S o 

tn

l

4

8

M

2

8

10

4

6

8

M

N

M

6

9

N

4

8

2

6

10

2

4

Feet

13.75

14.08

14.48

15.12

Sec.ft.

17,500

18,300

19,400

21,200

January 22

15.65

17.57

18.32

20.92

21.10

20.94

20.16

Janu

17.60

14.90

Janu

13.67

13.42

13.55

13.92

14.45

22,800

29,900

32,600

43 ,000

43,800

43,000

40,200

ary 23

30,000

22,100

ary 24

18 ,800

18,100

18,600

19,400

20,700

January 25

15.46

16.30

17.80

19.90

20.03

23,800

26,100

30,600

39,000

39,400

m

8tn

8

M

4

10

6

M

H

M

H

M

N

H

N

M

8

4

8

M

Feet

18.92

17.80

Sec.ft.

35,000

30,600

January 26

16.70

15.50

14.00

13.05

27,300

23,800

19,600

17,100

January 27

11.35

10.26

13,200

10,800

January 28

9.50

8.85

9,220

7,900

January 29

8.45

8.12

7,180

6,670

January 30

7.80

7.52

6,170

5,690

January 31

7.32

7.28

7.36

7.52

5,380

5,380

5,530

5,690
ALLEGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARIES 121 

Blacklick Creek at Blacklick, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°28'25", long. 790 12'15", at highway bridge at Gratton, a quarter of

a mile northwest of Blacklick, Indiana County. Zero of gage is 945.94 feet above

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 390 square miles. 

Page-height record.- Graph based upon two or more gage readings %aily except for periods Jan. 8-15 and Feb. 18-22, when no record was obtained. Gage heights used to

half tenths between 3.5 and 4.5 feet prior to Jan. 25 and between 4.0 and 5.0 feet

thereafter; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 10,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended to crest stage on the basis of slope-area determination of flood discharge;

Affected by ice Dec. 1-4. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 9,100 second-feet 10 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 8.8 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1904-36: Discharge, 51,700 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 15.88

feet, from flood marks). 

Remarks.- Discharge for period of no record based on flow of Kiskiminetas River at

Avonmore and Loyalhanna Creek at New Alexandria.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

100

110

125 '150

180

320

2,500

1,550

1,060

830

Jan.

1,600

1,820

2,040

1,820

1,300

1,010

1,820

2,530

2,040

4,680

Feb.

1,070

880

632

632

670

594

594

670

1,320

1,210

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,060

1,710

1,250

1,010

830

750

920

750

555

1,820

Jan.

3,050

2,280

1,820

2,040

3,050

2,040

1,750

4,650

3,350

2,040

i

Feb.

925

835

594

594

587

587

594

558

632

670

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,710

1,250

830

875

920

1,150

1,600

2,530

1,820

1,500

1,820

3.20

Jan.

4,580

7,300

4,450

3,680

7,420

4,000

2,260

1,520

1,230

972

1,020

2 747

8.12

Feb.

857

1,120

925

670

670

632

594

632

748

2.00

Loyalhanna Creek at New Alexandria, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°23'40 B , long. 79°25'55'», at highway bridge at New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, 1 3/4 miles below mouth of Crabtree Creek. Zero of gage Is 917.26 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 265 square miles.

Qage-helKht "record.- Graph based upon two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights 

used to half tenths between 3.0 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 3,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; 

extended to crest stage on the basis of slope-area and contracted-opening determinations of flood discharge. Affected by ice Dec. 1-4.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,240 second-feet noon Jan. 25 (gage height, 

9.6 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1913-23, 1925-36: Discharge, 31,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 

20.96 feet, from floodmarks).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

S

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

100

110

125

150

214

623

2,740

1,140

751

606

Jan.

741

1,350

1,320

1,200

810

606

1,400

1,460

1,200

3,030

Feb.

751

663

578

495

495

468

468

802

1,460

1,140

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

663

900

663

550

495

431

495

400

342

1,720

Jan.

2,270

1,600

1,140

1,080

1,460

1,200

1,180

4,110

2,360

1,780

Feb.

870

721

634

606

523

578

416

366

421

468

Day

21

22

23

21

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,200

1,020

606

550

606

870

1,080

1,320

930

810

840

744

3.24

Jan.

3,470

4,880

3,510

3,040

4,920

2,530

1,530

1,080

930

780

840

8.26

Feb.

578

721

578

468

416

320

293

280

2.32
122 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Tygart River near Dailey, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°48'35 n , long. 79°52'55 n , at highway bridge, 1,000 feet above Stalnaker

Run and 1 mile northeast of Dailey, Randolph County. Zero of gage is 1,940.09 feet

above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 187 square miles (revised). 

Page-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between

2.0 and 3.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current--meter measurements to 4,400 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 4,030 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 21 (gage height,

9.37 feet, observed crest.)

1915-36: Discharge, 10,300 second-feet Feb. 4, 1932 (gage height, 17.2 feet, from

floodmarks).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2?

30

31

December

Feet

1.13

1.18

1.78

1.84

1.74

1.94

8.26

4.30

3.02

2.58

2.50

3.70

3.01

2.56

2.28

2.08

2.04

1.94

1.87

4.49

3.74

2.88

2.32

2.22

2.10

2.08

2.09

2.80

2.58

2.34

2.54

Second-feet

50

56

154

166

146

188

3,260

1,010

500

365

335

770

500

350

275

225

213

188

173

1,100

770

465

275

250

225

225

225

430

365

290

350

January

Feet

3.58

4.60

6.10

3.82

2.92

2.47

2.92

4.22

3.69

3.84

3.58

3.17

2.75

2.46

4.12

5.51

3.96

6.34

5.89

5.56

8.04

4.66

5.40

5.20

5.08

4.95

3.56

2.90

2.68

2.40

2.36

Second-feet

1

1

1

2

1

730

,140

,920

810

465

320

465

970

770

810

730

570

412

320

930

,580

890

,020

,800

1,640

3

1

1

1

,060

,180

,530

,430

1,380

1

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ...........

Run-off, in inches. ...............................

,330

730

465

395

305«

290

February

Feet

2.80

2.63

2.38

2.24

2.14

1.90

1.96

3.02

4.47

5.20

3.66

2.93

2.56

2.42

2.24

2. .16

2.17

2.32

2.34

2.40

2.56

3.22

2.82

2.56

2.39

2.09

2.06

1.96

Second-feet

430

380

305

262

238

179

192

500

1,100

1,430

770

482

350

305

262

238

238

275

290

305

350

570

430

350

305

225

213

192

December January February

4.40 T rn o ^QQ :r^fcO J.,UX£ O«7«7

2.77 6.24 2.22
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Tygart River at Belington, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°01'30", long. 79 0 56'10", at highway bridge in Belington, Barbour 

County, a quarter of a mile above Mill Creek. Zero of gage ia 1,679.89 feet above 

mean aea level.

Drainage area.- 408 square milea (revised).

Sage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Determined from graph based on gage readings and compared with record from water-stage recorder at Fetterman for periods Dec. 

6-9, 31, Jan. 1-3, 15-26, Feb. 7-10. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.5 

and 4.5 feet; hundredtha below and tenths above theae limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter meaaurements to 9,500 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,480 aecond-feet noon Jan. 21 (gage height, 

11.15 feet, from graph based on gage readings.)

1907-36i Discharge observed, 24,400 second-feet (revised) Mar. 14, 1917 (gage 

height, 22.6 feet, revised).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.85

2.75

3.25

3.76

3.64

4.19

10.10

8.57

5.55

4.63

4.28

5.52

5.41

4.68

4.24

3.96

3.83

3.72

3.63

6.04

6.81

5.26

4.49

4.15

4.02

3.92

3.95

4.24

4.53

4.24

4.26

Second- feet

124

102

234

430

386

655

5,250

3,780

1,470

875

710

1,400

1,340

930

682

525

476

408

386

1,740

2,320

1,280

820

January

Feet

5.63

6.55

9.37

6.67

5.21

4.51

4.74

6.81

5.68

5.02

6.63

5.89

5.05

4.55

5.23

8.44

6.65

8.03

9.19

7.92

10.73

8.53

9.48

628 8.81

550

500

525

682

820

682

682

8.87

8.45

6.30

5.17

4.70

4.37

4.16

Second- feet

1

2

4

2

1

2

1

1

2

1

1,

1

3,

2

3

4,

3

5

3

4

3

4,

3

1,

1,

Run-off, in inches. ..............................

470

160

530

240

220

820

930

320

540

100

160

670

100

875

220

620

160

280

330

190

910

700

630

960

050

620

950

220

930

738

628

February

Feet

4.30

4.42

4.16

3.96

3.92

3.64

3.80

7.90

9.20

9.00

6.60

5.30

4.67

4.36

4.19

4.08

4.12

4.14

4.30

4.26

4.36

4.70

4.68

4.38

4.20

3.90

3.79

3.70

Second- feet

710

765

628

525

500

386

453

3,190

4,330

4,140

2,160

1,280

930

738

655

602

602

628

710

682

758

930

930

765

655

500

453

408

December January February

1,013 2,364 1,071

2.86 6.68 2.73
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Tygart River at Arden, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 390 12 I 38", long. 79°58'40", at Arden, Bsrbour County. Laurel Creek 

enters 600 feet below the gage. Zero of gage is 1,224.00 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 942 square miles.

gage-height "record. - Water stage-recorder graph. No gage heights given for periods when 

mean .dally discharge was computed from hourly gage heights. No record for period 

Feb. 9-28. Gage heights used to half tenths between 1.7 and 5.1 feet; hundredths 

below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 15,000 secondfeet.

Maxima.- Janusry-Pebruary 1937: Discharge, 13,800 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage 

HeTght, 10.60 feet).

Remarks.- Record furnished by Pittsburgh office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

-

-

-

-

2.75

_

-

-

-

4.74

4.15

-

5.29

4.61

4.05

3.60

3.30

3.12

2.95

-

_

-

4.66

4.06

3.72

3.47

3.33

3.50

3.95

3.80

3.83

Second-feet

200

242

333

784

930

991

8,680

9,460

4,340

2,520

1,940

2,600

3,150

2,370

1,840

1,480

1,260

1,140

1,050

3,230

6,180

3,760

2,420

1,840

1,555

1,370

1,300

1,400

1,760

1,630

1,670

January

Feet

_

-

-

-

-

4.57

4.38

6.01

5.62

5.42

7.00

6.55

5.47

4.70

-

8.19

7.10

-

8.91

-

9.51

9.00

10.35

9.64

9.40

_

-

5.50

4.79

4.37

4.00

Second- feet

3,190

4,450

8,780

5,960

3,420

2,320

2,170

4,090

3,530

3,270

5,640

4,990

3,400

2,470

3,340

7,910

5,810

7,660

9,470

7,210

10,950

9,710

13,250

11,200

10,700

9,520

5,520

3,400

2,580

2,120

1,800

February

Feet

3.95

4.00

3.75

3.48

3.37

3.05

3.02

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

Second- feet

1,760

1,800

1,590

1,400

1,300

1,110

1,080

7,410

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ........... 2,369 5,801

Run-off, in Inches. ............................... 2.89 7.10
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Tygart River below Tygart Dam, W. VB.

Location.- Lat. 39°19'05", long. 80°01'50", 4,200 feet below Tygart Dam, 1.7 miles

south of Grafton, Taylor County. Zero of gage is 960.00 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,180 square miles.

Gege-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. No gage heights given for periods 

when mean daily discharge was computed from hourly gage heights. Gage heights used 

to half tenths between 5.9 and 7.6 feetj hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 28,000 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 21,700 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage 

height, 19.03 feet).

1935-36: Discharge, 41,600 second-feet Mar. 24, 1936 (gage heighL, 28.47 feet).

Remarks.- Record furnished by Pittsburgh office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

4.18

4.21

4.60

5.10

-

_

-

-

-

-

6.86

-

7.99

-

6.75

6.28

6.00

5.82

5.69

-

_

-

-

6.77

6.42

6.22

6.12

6.20

6.45

6.45

6.43

Second-feet

154

162

300

590

779

1,040

9,510

11,900

5,580

3,160

2,240

2,760

3,600

January

Feet

_

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

2,840

2,120 I

1,660

1,360

1,190

1,070

3,370

7,230

4,730

2,960

2,120

1,760

1,560

1,460

1,560

1,810

1,810

1,810

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

6.67

Second- feet

2

4

10

7

4

2

2

4

4

5

8

6

4

3

4

8

7

11

12

9

13

12

19

15

15

,630

,980

,400

,340

,220

,740

,610

,010

,340

,830

,740

,200

,210

,020

,040

,910

,320

,600

,200

,270

,200

,800

,600

,800

,900

12,600

7

4

3

.2

,060

,340

,120

.500

2,020

February

Feet

6.54

6.55

6.37

6.13

6.03

5.84

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

7.01

6.72

6.52

6.58

6.66

6.75

6.77

6.74

6.87

6.90

6.67

6.44

6.17

5.91

5.82

Second- feet

1,910

1,910

1,710

1,510

1,410

1,210

1,190

11,700

14,900

14,100

8,260

4,680

3,2^ 3

2,400

2,070

1,860

1,960

2,020

2,120

2,120

2,120

2,240

2,290

2,020

1,810

1,510

1,270

1,190

December January February

2,716 7,534 3,453

2.65 7.36 3.05
126 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°21'00", long. 80°02'30", at highway bridge at Petterman, Taylor County, 

three-quarters of a mile above Otter Creek. Zero of gage is 957.86 feet above mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,304 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 5.5 and 6.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 36,000 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 26,500 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage 

height, 16.67 feet).

1907-36: Discharge, about 74,300 second-feet July 25, 1912 (gage height, 29.1 feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.60

3.63

3.88

4.22

4.50

4.67

10.17

11.62

7.63

5.98

5.48

5.75

6.23

5.78

5.36

5.07

4.88

4.75

4.67

6.21

8.66

6.98

5.87

5.38

5.14

5.02

4.95

5.02

5.18

5.17

5.38

Second- feet

219

237

410

712

1,030

1,250

11,200

14,000

6,290

3,460

2,540

3,020

3,900

3,110

2,330

1,830

1,540

1,360

1,250

3,810

8,260

5,230

3,190

2,360

1,950

1,750

1,640

1,750

2,020

2,000

2,360

January

Feet

6.14

7.41

10.57

8.86

6.67

5.73

5.87

6.82

6.83

8.25

9.98

8.24

6.75

5.93

6.48

9.72

8.85

11.77

11.38

10.13

12.31

12.05

15.57

13.85

13.85

11.96

8.65

6.74

5.97

5.60

5.35

Second-feet

3,730

e ,940

12JOOO

8 .640

4,700

3,020

3 ,190

4,880

4,880

7,360

10,800

7,360

4 ,880

3, -3 70

4,340

10,200

8,450

14,400

13,600

11 ,000

15,500

14,900

23,400

18

18

,800

,800

14,900

8 ,080

4,700

3

2

2

,370

,750

,310

February

Feet

5.27

5.25

5.12

4.97

4.91

4.75

4.72

10.87

13.45

12.72

Second-feet

2,170

2,140

1,910

1,680

1,580

1,360

1,320

13,000

17,900

16,400

9.24 1 9,210

6.95 5,230

5.98 3,460

5.57

5.37

5.25

5.30

5.35

5.42

5.40

5.39

5.48

5.48

5.33

5.18

4.98

4.82

4.75

2,660

2,350

2,140

2,220

2,310

2,440

2,400

2,380

2,540

2,540

2,280

2,020

1,690

1,460

1,360

December January February

3,097 8,847 3,934

2.74 7.82 3.14
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 127

Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 59°57 t 50 11 , long. 79°57 t 55 11 , at highway bridge in Morgantown, Monongalia 

County. Zero of gage is 789.05 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 2,648 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gsge heights used to half tenths between 7.5 and 9.5 feet for period Dec. 1 to Jan. 18, when flashboards were on dam at 

Lock No. 8, and between 7.0 and 8.5 feet for period Jan. 18 to Feb. 28, when there 

were no flashboards on dam at Lock No. 8; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by dam at Lock No. 8. Defined by current-meter 

measurements below 45,000 second-feet; extended to peak stage on basis of velocityarea study.

Maxima.- January-February 1957: Discharge, 52,700 second-feet 2:50 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 18.68 feet).

1928-56: Discharge, 77,100 second-feet Mar. 25, 1936 (gage height, 23.88 feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

December

Feet

6.05

6.18

6.25

6.48

6.68

6.89

9.59

12.10

9.65

8.14

7.61

7.81

8.28

7.99

7.55

7.23

7.03

6.89

6.86

8.11

10.42

9.36

8.24

7.64

7.35

7.19

7.09

7.10

7.14

7.17

7.55

Second-feet

275

550

600

976

1,440

1,960

10,900

20,900

10,600

5,580

5,880

4,480

6,060

5,100

5,740

2,860

2,550

1,960

1,890

5,420

13,700

9,660

5,900

4,030

5,180

2,750

2,480

2,510

2,620

2,700

3,150

January

Feet

8.56

9.07

11.48

10.68

8.85

7.98

7.96

9.06

9.05

11.25

14.51

10.94

9.08

8.14

8.29

10.85

10.48

14.23

14.66

11.42

12.87

13.61

17.38

16.10

17.31

14.13

10.70

8.65

7.78

7.33

7.07

Second-feet

e

£

1£

,870

,580

,500

14,900

7,890

5,100

4,940

£

£

,580

,580

17,800

30,800

15,800

£

1 ,760

,580

6,060

15,400

1^1,100

30,700

54,200

20,400

26,500

29,400

46,600

4C ,600

46,100

51,500

17,700

1C ,000

7,220

5,720

4,760

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet. ..........

February

Feet

7.04

6.96

6.79

6.60

6.48

6.56

6.30

10.03

15.85

14.70

10.88

8.58

7.64

7.17

6.95

6.92

7.00

7.11

7.11

7.08

7.00

6.93

6.93

6.84

6.69

6.53

6.39

6.29

Second-feet

4,760

4,480

5,970

5,420

5,080

2,750

2,590

16,100

59,200

54,200

18,400

10,000

6,710

5,070

4,450

4,560

4,600

4,910

4,910

4,910

4,600

4,590

4,590

4,120

5,680

5,220

2,850

2,560

December January February

4,644 17,720 7,595

2.02 7.71 2.99
128 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Monongahela River at Charlerol, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°08 I 30B , long. 79°53'35 11 , 1,100 feet upstream from dam at Look 4, at 

Charleroi, Washington County, and half a mile below mouth of Maple Creek. Zero of 

gage is 735.33 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 5,213 square miles.

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.0 and 6.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 193Y: Discharge, 97,100 second-feet 3 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 15.33 feet).

1886-1905, 1933-36: Discharge (estimated), 156,000 second-feet July 11, 1888 

(gage height, 42.0 feet, on lower gage at old lock dovmstream, and about 26.1 feet 

on present gage).

18Y3-1936: Maximum known discharge and stage, that of July 11, 1888.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

844

1,180

2,020

2,320

2,840

3,460

22,200

40,900

24,800

14,600

Jan.

14,200

19,800

31,500

31,500

20,300

13,600

13,300

20,200

20,900

28,900

Feb.

7,300

7,300

7,050

7,300

7,300

6,750

4,190

10,300

57,900

61,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

10,700

10,200

9,680

9,700

8,300

7,300

6,550

6,050

5,200

13,000

Jan.

59 ,000

37,900

24,000

18,800

21,100

28,000

26,300

49,300

71,500

41,900

Feb.

38,600

22,900

15,300

9,420

8,420

8,900

8,300

9,700

8,550

8,300

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

19,500

19,500

14,000

10,100

5,800

4,920

4,880

6,930

11,500

10,900

11,200

2.29

Jan.

54,900

75,700

89,400

81,600

93,100

72,600

37,200

23,600

18,100

14,200

10,000

8.29

Feb.

7,550

7,970

10,900

9,470

9,100

8,050

6,380

3,820

2.70

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

B

M

3

10

3

8

M

4

N

4

M

6

3

8

10

N

3

8 

11

3

5

7

9

N

4

7

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

5.60 13,600

January 7

5.55

5.05

5.30

6.05

6.32

13,300

10,300

11,800

16,000

18,100

January 8

6.48

6.72

6.77

6.75

Jam

6.74

6.73

19,500

20,900

21,600

21,600

lary 9

20,900

20,900

January 10

6.51

6.65

6.95

7.75

9.30 

10.15

Jami

10.83

11.03

11.15

11.15

11.07

10.90

10.67

19,500

20,200

23,200

29,700

43,900 

52,900

ary 11

59,000

61,200

63,300

63,300

62,300

60,100

57,900

W

6

4

M

8

11

1

3

9

9

5

10

11

M

10

N

4

8

10

5

8

10

N

6

2

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

9.31

8.28

7.68

43,900

34,200

28,800

January 13

7.25

7.13

7.02

6.97

6.73

Jam

6.46

6.29

6.27

6.19

6.29

Jam

6.26

6.41

7.02

7.42

7.51

24,800

24,000

23,200

23,200

20,900

lary 14

19,500

18,100

18,100

17,400

18,100

lary 15

18,100

18,800

23,200

26,400

27,200

January 16

7.59

7.48

7.38

7.40

7.79

28,000

27,200

26,400

26,400

29,700

January 17

7.92

7.90

30,600

30,600

i6

11

3

5

10

2

4

5

6

N

6

M

2

4

6

9

N

3

6

M

8

11

2

10

M

5

N

4

Feet

7.72

7.12

6.94

7.04

7.40

Sec. ft.

28,800

24,000

22,400

23,200

26 ,400

January 18

7.59

7.73

7.85

7.99

9.55

11.30

13.10

Janu

13.38

13.43

13.34

12.97

12.35

11.55

10.92

10.08

28,000

28,800

29,700

31,500

46,900

64,300

80,800

ary 19

83,200

83,200

82,400

80,000

74,700

67,300

60,100

51,900

January 20 

9.18 42,900

8.90

8.74

8.73

8.85

39,900

37,900

37,900

38,900

January 21

9.45

10.67

11.02

44,900

57,900

61,200

f-4

w

6

M

2

6

11

2

5

11

1

3

5

7

9

4*

6

9

11

1

3 

10

N

2

4

6

10

6

11

Feet

11.10

11.12

Sec. ft.

62,300

62,300

January 22

11.22

11.85

12.85

13.13

13.17

12.87

63,300

69,300

78,300

80,800

81,600

79,200

January 23

12.83

12.87

13.00

13.25

13.60

14.67

14.98

15.12

15.12

14.98

78,300

79,200

80,000

81,600

84,800

92,900

95,000

95,700

95,700

95,000

January 24

14.73

14.42 

12.90

12.55

12.37

12.32

12.47

12.95

92,900

90,800 

79,200

76,500

74,700

73,800

75,600

80,000

January 25

14.28

15.08

90,100

95,700

1w

1

3

5

7

10

1

4

7

N

5

8

3

8

6

M

7

2

M

N

M

4

6

8

10

N

Feet

15.25

15.33

15.30

15.20

14.92

Sec. ft.

96,400

97,100

97,100

96,400

94,300

January 26

14.58

14,12

13.53

12.35

10.95

10.41

92,200

88,700

84,000

74,700

61,200

54,900

January 27

9.47

8.92

7.98

7.58

45,900

39,900

31,500

28,000

January 28

7.22

6.86

6.55

24,800

22,400

20,200

January 29 

6.33 18.100

6.10 16,700

January 30

6.05

5.90

5.70

5.50

5.37

16,000

15,400

14,200

13 ,000

12,100
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Buckhannon River at Hall, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39 003'15", long. 80°08'40 11 , a quarter of a mile above highway bridge at 

Hall, Harbour County, and 1 mile above Pecks Run.

Drainage area.- 277 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between 

3.1 and 3.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 7,200 secondfeet; extended to peak stage by use of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- 1937: Discharge observed, 4,950 second-feet 7 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage height, 7.80 

feet).

1907-9; 1915-36: Discharge. 12,200 second-feet Mar. 14, 1918 (gage height, 14.7 

feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.02

2.05

2.24

2.60

2.54

2.58

5.82

5.90

3.72

3.26

3.10

3.44

3.45

3.22

3.02

2.90

2.82

2.78

2.71

4.55

4.55

3.62

3.25

3.08

2.98

2.90

2.83

2.88

2.97

2.94

3.02

Second-feet

62

68

117

239

214

231

3,070

3,150

1,160

750

620

927

927

706

" 551

450

383

352

302

2,030

2,030

1,070

75O

603

517

450

391

433

509

484

551

January

Peet

3.75

4.00

5.28

4.15

3.50

3.15

3.20

3.75

3.55

3.45

4.60

4.18

3.56

3.30

3.84

5.42

4.40

5.32

5.72

4.61

5.72

5.38

7.68

6.68

6.65

6.02

4.08

3.52

3.32

3.15

3.34

Second-feet

1

1

2

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

4

3

3

3

1

,210

,450

,640

,650

972

663

706

,210

,020

927

,030

,650

,020

794

,260

,720

,850

,640

,980

,030

,980

,720

,860

,890

,800

,240

,550

972

794

663

838

February

Feet

3.10

3.05

2.96

2.90

2.79

2.75

2.76

5.92

6.65

6.90

4.38

3.60

3.28

3.12

3.06

3.06

3.20

3.24

3.20

3.14

3.08

3.10

3.02

2.95

2.90

2.82

2.80

2.76

Second-feet

620

577

500

450

359

330

338

3,150

3,800

4,080

1,850

1,070

794

620

586

586

706

750

706

663

£03

620

551

492

450

383

366

338

December January February

777 1,862 941

3.24 7.75 3.54
130 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

West Pork River at Butcherville, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 390 04'50 lt , long. 80°28'05 1', at trolley bridge, a quarter of a mile above

Butchervllle, Lewis County. 

Drainage area.- 181 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily, lege heights determined from graph eonstrueted from gage readings for periods Dec. 6, 19, 20, Jan. 11, 18, 20-24, Pet. 8,

9. Gage heights used to half tenths between 11.5 and 13.0 feet; hundredths below

and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 6,000 secondreet; extended to peak stage on basis of velocity-area study. 

Maxima^- January-February 1937: Discharge, 7,740 second-feet 3 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage

height, 22.5 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1915-36: Discharge observed, 9,800 second-feet Mar. 13, 1918, Jan. 2, 1919 (gage

height, 24.0 feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 12,600 second-feet in 1888 (gage height, about 27

feet).

Mean dally gage height, in feet, and mean dally discharge, In second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

10.75

10.80

10.92

11.37

11.31

12.20

17.05

13.72

12.40

12.12

12.28

12.92

12.74

12.27

11.94

11.59

11.55

11.52

11.90

16.00

14.32

13.97

12.81

12.03

11.64

11.54

11.47

11.43

11.40

11.43

11.89

Second- feet

8.9

12

23

80

71

360

2,690

805

310

225

280

480

428

265

189

119

110

101

178

2,020

1,080

940

445

212

128

110

96

90

85

90

I 178

January

Feet

13.25

14.50

15.21

13.12

12.15

12.04

13.09

13.43

12.54

14.71

15.3

13.44

12.65

12.05

14.82

15.32

12.94

17.3

15.24

15.9

15.9

16.2

20.1

18.8

17.97

15.12

13.64

12.45

12.52

12.44

12.39

Second-feet

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

2

5

4

3

1

600

180

550

560

238

212

560

680

358

280

600

680

392

212

330

600

500

930

550

960

960

140

420

190

490

500

760

325

340

325

310

February

Feet

12.49

12.25

12.10

11.95

11.82

11.82

11.74

19.4

19.2

16.65

15.04

12.30

12.12

12.13

12.27

12.49

12.56

12.75

12.59

12.34

12.18

12.21

12.04

11.99

11.94

11.85

11.81

11.69

Second- feet

340

265

225

189

156

156

146

4,750

4,560

2,400

1,440

280

225

238

265

340

358

428

375

295

250

250

212

200

189

167

156

137

December January February

394 1,314 678

2.51 8.37 3.90
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 131 

West Pork River at Clarksburg, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°16'05", long. 80°S1'S5", at dam at Clarksburg waterworks, threequarters of a mile south of Clarksburg, Harrlson County.

Drainage area.- 384 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.2 and 4.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 9,000 secondfeet; extended to peak stage on basis of determination of flood flow over dam.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 12,800 second-feet noon Jan. 23 (gage height, 

6.62 feet).

1923-36: Discharge, 16,300 second-feet May 12, 1924 (gage height, 7.76 feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Ds.y

i

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

0.15

.19

.39

.53

.41

.53

3.10

2.35

1.21

.83

.79

1.65

1.48

1.05

.78

.64

.57

.51

.48

2.40

2.60

1.52

1.05

.81

.69

.62

.58

.56

.57

.55

1.08

Second-feet

7.2

21

110

185

120

185

3,620

2,160

683

374

346

1,160

963

542

340

250

208

174

157

2,280

2,550

1,010

542

360

281

237

214

202

208

196

602

January

Feet

2.05

2.15

3.20

1.82

1.08

.81

1.23

1.98

1.44

2.80

3.95

2.15

1.36

1.02

1.90

3.13

1.96

4.20

3.80

2.52

3.50

3.15

6.16

4.73

5.31

3.49

1.87

1.30

1.13

1.10

1.04

Seoond-feet

1,660

1,880

3,800

1,360

566

360

736

1,560

919

2,940

5,570

1,780

833

517

1,540

3,560

1,540

6,200

5,190

2,290

4,320

3,560

11,600

7,330

8,990

4,320

1,420

770

610

583

533

February

Feet

1.10

1.04

.87

.76

.72

.66

.67

4.70

5.33

4.15

2.05

1.31

1.05

1.02

.90

.89

.91

1.23

1.23

1.11

1.00

.98

.92

.87

.84

.77

.72

.68

Second-feet

583

533

403

327

300

262

268

7,890

8,990

6,060

1,720

780

542

439

424

417

432

702

702

592

500

485

439

403

381

333

300

275

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ........... 654 2,866 1,267

Run-off, in inches. ............................... 1.96 8.60 3.44
132 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

West Fork River at Enterprise, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°25 t 20 B , long. 800 16'40", 150 feet below highway bridge at Enterprise,

Harrison County, and three-quarters of a mile above Bingaman Creek. Zero of gage is

869.91 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 759 square miles (revised). 

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredth^ below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 19,000 seeondfeet; extended to peak stage on basis of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 25,500 second-feet noon Jan. 23 (gage height,

19.23 feet).

1907-18, 1932-36: Discharge, 27,500 second-feet (revised) Mar. 12, 1935 (gage

height, 20.00 feet).

Flood of 1888 reached a stage of about 33 feet, referred to present gage datum

(discharge not determined).

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, 

at peaks, Jan. 1L-25, 1937

Day

Jan. 11 

16 

18 

21 

23 

25

Hour

1 a.m. 

7 a.m. 

7 p.m. 

9:30 a.m. 

noon 

12:30 p.m.

Feet

15.14 

9.70 

16.98 

11.02 

19.23 

17.37

Second-feet

16,200 

7,210 

20,100 

8,950 

25,500 

21,000

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, In aecond-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.33

1.47

1.97

2.35

2.26

' 2.35

8.02

7.35

4.35

3.26

3.00

4.59

4.70

3.72

3.11

2.73

2.53

2.40

2.30

6.42

7.72

5.03

3.82

3.23

2.92

2.70

2.60

2.60

8.60

2.52

3.65

Second-feet

29

49

208

368

327

368

5,100

4,410

1,580

840

700

1,780

1,860

1,120

755

555

455

390

345

3,350

4,740

2,100

1,190

840

656

540

490

490

490

450

1,060

January

Feet

6.20

6.18

9.33

6.04

4.10

3.32

4.33

6.13

4.96

9.62

13.16

7.35

5.05

4.10

5.58

8.93

6.35

14.48

12.00

7.77

10.50

10.06

17.74

14.38

16.40

10.86

6.44

4.80

4.27

4.03

3.89

Second-feet

3,150

3,150

6,690

2,950

1,400

870

1,580

3,050

2,060

8,050

12,600

4,410

2,100

1,400

2,590

6,180

3,350

15,400

10,800

4,860

8,250

7,730

21,800

14,900

18,800

8,810

3,350

1,940

1,500

1,360

1,260

February

Feet

4.04

3.86

3.47

3.22

3.14

2.94

2.93

11.95

15.50

12.16

6.87

4.80

4.05

3.73

3.60

3.66

4.34

4.34

4.20

3.90

3.68

3.65

3.52

3.40

3.32

3.14

3.03

2.87

Second-feet

1,360

1,220

960

810

782

667

662

12,500

17,000

10,800

3,860

1,940

1,360

1,160

1,050

1,080

1,580

1,580

1,470

1,260

1,120

1,080

990

930

870

782

728

628

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in aecond-feet. ........... 1,214 6,011 2,508

Run-off, in Inches.. .............................. 1.84 9.13 3.44
MONONGAHELA HIVER BASIN 133 

Buffalo Creek at Barrackville, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°SO'15", long* 80°10'20", at highway bridge at Barrackville, Marion 

County, 1,700 feet above Pinchs Run.

Drainage area.- 115 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily except for periods Dec. 8, 25-27, Jan. 2-6, 

17, Feb. 7, when there was no record. Gage height record for periods Dec. 6-8, 25- 

27, Jan. 2-6, 10, 17-18, Feb. 7 determined from graph constructed on basis of available gage readings and shape of stage graphs for nearby station. Bage heights used 

to half tenths between 2.0 and 3.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 5,750 secondfeet; extended to peak stage on basis of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,070 second-feet 10 a.m. Jan. 18 (gage 

height, 11.2 feet, from graph based on gage readings and shape of graph at nearby 

station).

1907-08, 1915-24, 1932-36: Discharge observed, 9,490 second-feet Jan. 22, 1917 

(gage height, 14.22 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 16 feet in July 1912 (discharge, about 11,600 secondfeet) .

Mean daily gaga height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

go

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

0.92

1.00

1.49

1.67

1.60

2.8

5.7

2.7

1.80

1.64

1.68

2.28

1.95

1.73

1.59

1.50

1.47

1.39

1.33

4.58

2.86

2.11

1.77

1.73

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.83

1.78

1.72

2.61

Second-feet

2.0

4.2

57

87

74

588

1,610

313

110

81

88

213

140

97

72

58

54

43

34

1,030

355

170

105

97

92

92

92

116

106

96

287

January

Feet

2.69

4.5

5.2

3.3

2.2

1.8

2.65

3.25

2.67

8.0

5.22

2.94

2.27

1.95

4.71

4.87

3.3

9.0

4.29

3.35

5.11

6.89

6.83

5.45

6.97

3.83

2.55

2.22

2.05

1.85

1.93

Second-feet

1

1

5

1

1

1

3

1

2

2

1

2

313

,140

,340

495

191

110

300

460

300

,120

,340

385

202

140

,080

,180

495

,950

890

530

,280

,340

,270

,440

,400

680

274

191

160

120

136

February

Feet

2.61

2.19

1.89

1.81

1.71

1.53

1.5

5.30

5.31

3.59

2.41

2.11

1.99

1.98

1.85

2.11

2.45

2.42

2.27

2.23

2.21

2.08

1.93

1.89

1.85

1.69

1.69

1.61

Second-feet

287

191

128

112

94

63

58

1,390

1,390

600

237

170

148

146

120

170

250

237

202

202

191

170

136

128

120

90

90

76

December January February

205 944 257

2.05 9.46 2.32

77696 O 38 10
134 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Cheat River near Parsons, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°07'16", long. 79°40'31", at Moss Bridge, l{ miles north of Parsons, 

Tucker County, and 2t miles below confluence of Black Pork and Shavers Pork.

Drainage area.- 719 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily. Ho gage heights given for periods when 

stage-discharge relation was affected by ice. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.6 and 4.0 feet; hundredths "below arid tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice for periods Dec. 22-26, Feb. 4-5, 28. 

Defined by current-meter measurements below 14,000 second-feet; extended to peak 

stage by use of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 13,000 second-feet 1:30 a.m. Jan. 21 (gage 

height, 9.11 feet, from graph "based on gage readings).

1913-36: Discharge, 51,000 second-feet Feb. 4, 1932 (gage height, 18.03 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings).

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of ice effect determined from flow of Cheat River at 

Lake Lynn hydro-electric plant, observer's notes and study of weather records. 

Record furnished by West Virginia Power A Transmission Co.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.29

2.64

3.09

3.19

3.02

4.16

8.66

5.92

4.68

4.07

4.01

4.92

4.38

3.91

3.69

3.50

3.51

3.49

3.29

3.89

3.89

-

-

-

-

_

3.84

5.24

4.94

4.41

4.68

Second- feet

234

437

778

875

695

2,490

11,800

5,260

2,840

1,900

1,830

3,240

2,370

1,700

1,450

1,210

1,210

1,210

985

1,700

1,700

1,290

935

1,010

1,090

1,160

1,640

3,820

3,290

2,370

2,840

January

Feet

5.22

5.51

6.82

5.64

4.62

4.12

4.93

5.43

4.68

4.74

5.74

4.78

4.29

3.98

4.81

5.74

5.04

6.59

6.08

6.73

8.52

7.24

7.79

6.84

7.12

6.05

5.00

4.31

4.07

3.90

3.76

Second-feet

3,760

4,480

7,120

4,640

2,680

1,960

3,340

4,260

2,840

2,990

4,880

3,020

2,230

1,830

3,280

4,880

3,470

6,640

5,630

7,180

11,300

8,120

9,500

7,230

7,840

5,520

3,380

2,230

1,900

1,700

1,510

February

Feet

4.07

3.73

3.43

_

-

3.17

3.30

6.97

6.90

6.46

5.01

4.37

4.03

3.85

3.63

3.69

3.46

3.41

3.38

3.60

3.80

4.81

4.20

3.84

3.65

3.25

3.24

_

Second- feet

1,900

1,510

1,160

1,010

892

826

985

7,730

7,400

6,440

3,380

2,300

1,900

1,640

1,390

1,450

1,160

1,100

1,100

1,380

1,570

3,020

2,090

1,640

1,390

930

930

848

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet. ........... 2,108 4,559 2,110

Run-off, in inches. ............................... 3.38 7.31 3.05
MOHONGAHELA RIVER BASIN

Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°20'51", long. 790 40'02", 50 feet downstream from Baltimore & Ohio

Railroad bridge at Rowlesburg, Preston County. 

Drainage area.- 972 square miles (including Salt Lick Creek). 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. No gage heights given for periods when

stage-discharge relation was affected by ice. Gage heights used to hundredths below

and to half tenths above 4.2 feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice for periods Dec 22-24, Feb. 4-5. Defined

by current-meter measurements below 43,600 second-feet; extended to peak stage by

use of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 21,600 second-feet 2 p.m. Feb. fc> (gage

height, 8.65 feet).

1923-36: Discharge, 65,200 second-feet Feb. 4, 1932 (gage height, 12.66 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of ice effect determined from flow of Cheat River at

Lake Lynn hydro-electric plant and study of weather records. Record furnished by

West Virginia Power & Transmission Co.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.56

2.49

2.88

3.16

3.18

3.38

7.69

5.90

4.69

4.13

3.85

4.35

4.31

3.96

3.72

3.55

3.45

3.44

3.35

3.70

4.17

_

_

_

3.40

3.51

3.64

4.52

4.86

4.34

4.28

Second- feet

446

395

764

1,080

1,100

1,490

16,100

7,970

4,090

2,770

2,200

3,280

3,140

2,420

1,970

1,660

1,500

1,480

1,340

1,950

2,850

2,040

1,410

1,300

1,420

1,600

1,820

3,700

4,450

3,260

3,140

January

Feet

5.07

5.06

6.45

5.62

4.64

4.10

4.41

5.32

4.69

4.76

5.90

4.94

4.35

4.00

4.26

5.54

4.88

6.40

6.18

5.76

7.62

6.72

7.61

6.76

6.92

6.12

5.02

4.42

4.10

3.90

3.76

Second- feet

5,060

5,180

1C ,100

6,850

3,900

2,700

3,430

5,700

4,080

4,290

7,800

4,730

;

£

,260

,500

3,130

6,550

4,480

9

£

,900

,940

7,440

15,600

11,300

15,600

11,600

12,200

£ ,810

4,920

3,370

£ ,700

2,300

2,040

February

Feet

3.94

3.90

3.60

-

-

3.29

3.22

6.54

6.82

6.52

5.14

4.41

4.04

3.82

3.70

3.58

3.52

3.41

3.42

3.52

3.71

4.28

4.23

3.84

3.66

3.38

3.23

3.23

Second- feet

2,380

2,300

1,750

1,470

1,300

1,260

1,160

12,100

11,800

10,500

5,300

3,370

2,580

2,150

1,930

1,720

1,610

1,440

1,450

1,610

1,950

3,080

3,030

2,190

1,860

1,390

1,170

1,170

December January February

2,714 6,466 3,036

3.22 7.67 3.25
156 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1957 

Cheat River near Pisgah, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 59°56'45", long. 79°47'05", three-quarters of a mile above Scotts Run 

and Z\ miles southeast of Pisgah, Preston County.

Drainage area.- 1,560 square miles.

Gage-height "record. - Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half. tenths between 3.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 25,000 secondfeet; extended logarithmically to peak stage of Mar. 17, 1956; verified by determination of flood flow over dam'at Lake Lynn.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 27,500 second-feet 7:30 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage 

height, 16.53 feet).

1927-56: Discharge, 72,000 second-feet Feb. 4, 1952, and Mar. 17, 1956 (gage 

heights, 25.90 and 23.92 feet respectively).

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet 

at peaks, Jan. 10 to Feb. 8, 1957

Day

Jan. 10

16

18

21

23

25

Feb. 8

Hour

9 p.m.

Noon

2:50 p.m.

6 a.m.

7:50 a.m.

10 a.m.

5; 30 p.m.

Feet

13.60

11.04

14.83

15.78

16.53

15.05

16.06

Second-feet

16,400

8,820

20,500

24,500

87,300

21,200

25,500

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.13

5.36

5.88

4.85

5.06

5.70

14.47

12.01

9.36

7.85

7.19

7.97

8.20

7.28

6.64

6.14

5.84

5.71

5.53

6.93

7.96

7.03

6.16

5.82

5.87

6.22

6.82

9.03

9.60

8.48

8.40

Second- feet

465

550

808

1,380

1,550

2,040

19,900

11,700

6,000

3,900

3,250

4,140

4,380

3,350

2,690

2,280

2,040

1,970

1,630

2,960

4,140

3,050

2,360

2,040

2,120

2,360

2,870

5,440

6,280

4,760

4,630

January

Feet

9.66

10.15

12.60

11.01

9.15

7.81

8.82

10.74

9.46

11.62

12.84

10.57

9.95

7.89

8.28

10.68

9.80

13.72

12.90

11.67

15.18

14.06

15.39

13.83

14.72

12.65

10.30

8.86

7.95

7.32

6.95

Second-feet

6,420

7,480

15,200

8,820

5^580

3,900

5,250

8,180

3,140

11,100

13,900

7,980

6,900

4,020

4,500

8,180

6,580

1 7,000

14^200

10,600

21,900

18,000

2 2,700

17,100

20,100

13,200

7,420

5,300

1,140

3 ",350

5,050

February

Feet

7.29

7.27

6.56

6.06

5.95

5.49

5.42

10.92

13.56

13.11

10.48

8.83

7.78

7.19

6.80

6.46

6.31

5.95

6.02

6.51

6.94

8.12

8.32

7.31

6.76

6.07

5.51

5.30

Second-feet

3,350

3,350

2,690

2,280

2,200

1,830

1,760

10,500

16,400

14,800

7,780

5,160

3,900

3,250

2,870

2,600

2,440

2,200

2,200

2,600

2,960

4,260

4,500

3,350

2,870

2,280

1,830

1,690

December January February

3 782 9 877 4 211

3.20 8.37 3.23
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 137

Blackwater River at Dpvis, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°07'35 n , long. 79°28'09", three-eighths of a mile southwest of Dsvis, 

Tucker County, and half a mile below Beaver Creek.

Drainage area.- 86.2 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. No gage heights given for periods when 

stage-discharge relation was affected by ice. Gage heights used to hundredths below and to half tenths above 2.1 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice for periods Dec. 1-9, 19-24, Feb. 3-8, 

14-18, 25-28. Defined by current-meter measurements below 1,000 second-feet; 

extended to peak stage by use of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 1,330 second-feet 4:30 a.m. Feb. 8 (gage 

height, 5.85 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1921-36: Discharge, 7,170 second-feet Mar. 29, 1924 (gage height, 13.20 feet).

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of ice effect determined from flow of Cheat River at 

Lake Lynn hydroelectric plant, flow of Cheat River near Parsons, observer's notes, 

and study of weather records. Record furnished by West Virginia Power & Transmission Co.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharg 

December 1956 to February 1957

i, in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

2.50

2.60

3.00

2.60

2.28

2.22

2.19

2.21

2.12

_

-

_

_

_

_

2.22

2.60

3.12

3.75

3.18

2.82

3.06

Second-feet

20

44

84

97

75

342

1,050

594

324

195

217

311

217

152

133

133

133

115

69

91

172

129

86

86

113

218

337

533

364

263

324

January

Feet

2.86

2.96

3.64

3.50

2.73

2.51

3.04

3.30

2.82

3.42

3.70

3.19

2.72

2.50

3.11

3.35

3.40

4.44

3.89

4.22

5.18

5.29

5.57

4.91

4.80

3.98

3.25

2.79

2.68

2.65

2.72

Second-feet

275

299

501

461

252

195

323

392

263

437

516

364

240

195

356

406

424

784

585

692

1,070

1,110

1,210

954

916

620

378

263

240

228

240

February

Feet

2.67

2.31

_

-

-

_

-

-

5.01

4.25

3.03

2.7S

2.52

-

-

_

_

_

2.33

2.58

2.90

3.18

2.75

2.28

-

_

-

-

Second-feet

228

152

148

122

107

99

118

1,140

992

712

324

240

195

163

140

146

121

113

162

217

287

364

252

152

127

88

81

74

December January February

Mean monthly discharge , in second-feet. ........... 2.27 490 252

Run-off, in inches. ............................... 3.03 6.55 3.04
138 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°37'13", long. 79°42'21", at highway bridge in Rockville, Preston 

County, 5 miles above junction with Cheat River and 5J- miles below Bruceton Mills.

Drainage area.- 200 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Iftater-stage recorder graph. No gage heights given for periods when 

stage-discharge relation was affected by ice. Gage heights used to hundredths below and to half tenths above 4.5 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice for periods Dec. 1, Feb. 4-5, 27. Defined 

by current-meter measurements below 7,000 second-feet; extended by use of velocityarea study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,300 second-feet 7 p.m. Jan. 10 (gage 

height, 10.84 feet).

1909-18, 1921-36: Discharge, 21,300 second-feet July 24, 1912 (gage height, 

18.00 feet).

Remarks.- Discharge for periods of ice effect determined from flow of Cheat River at 

Lake Lynn hydroelectric plant and study of weather records. Record furnished by 

West Virginia Power & Transmission Co.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

_

.4.44

4.70

4.81

4.94

6.38

9.04

6.98

6.18

5.82

5.93

6.16

5.84

5.62

5.47

5.32

5.29

5.14

5.04

6.41

6.14

5.80

5.41

5.46

5.51

5.63

6.10

7.29

6.69

6.21

6.38

Second-feet

42

86

125

142

171

1,150

3,440

1,200

696

486

557

668

512

396

331

272

272

223

191

809

655

488

315

331

352

418

652

1,460

960

695

792

January

Feet

6.34

7.15

7.64

6.80

6.18

5.79

7.15

7.33

6.64

9.30

8.76

7.23

6.50

6.09

6.71

6.70

6.45

9.66

8.14

7.84

8.97

9.18

9.10

8.51

9.62

7.88

6.83

6.S8

5.98

5.80

5.76

Second-feet

1

1

1

1

1

4

3

1

1

4

2

2

3

3

3

2

4

2

1

778

,450

,800

,050

682

488

,460

,480

930

,030

,060

,390

860

641

,040

977

843

,340

,300

,060

,220

,510

,500

,740

,200

,020

,070

750

588

488

464

February

Feet

5.99

5.77

5.56

_

-

5.23

5.23

6.67

7.78

7.43

6.58

6.11

5.83

5.73

5.57

5.50

5.34

5.26

5.33

5.82

5.85

6.31

5.99

5.76

5.62

5.35

-

5.14

Second- feet

588

464

374

282

248

250

255

1,050

1,920

1,580

90S

641

512

464

374

552

291

255

291

488

512

750 

588

464

396

291

260

231

December January February

609 1,749 538

3.50 10.08 2.80
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN 139 

Youghiogheny River at Connellsville, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°01'05 B , long. 79°35'40 11 , at Crawford Avenue Bridge, at Connellsville,

Payette County. Zero of gage is 860.13 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 1,326 squane miles. 

Gage-height Tecprd.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Dec. 1-3, when it was

based on daily gage readings. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 5.0

feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 40,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements}

logarithmic extension to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 89,500 second-feet 11:40 p.m. Jan. 10 (gage

height, 11.88 feet).

1908-36: Discharge, 98,500 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 80.88

feet).

1888-1936: Discharge, that of Mar. 18, 1936.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

503

529

762

1,150

1,050

8,890

13,500

8,560

4,950

3,570

Jan.

6,390

6,140

7,050

7,060

5,020

3,750

5,380

8,910

8,190

15,600

Feb.

4,320

3,750

3,040

2,630

8,710

2,250

1,970

3,180

9,550

9,150

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3,450

5,740

4,SSO

3,S10

8,710

8,380

2,180

8,110

1,780

3,810

Jan.

81,700

11,000

7,870

5,540

5,540

6,170

4,880

13,000

18,400

8,910

Feb.

6,170

4,780

3,940

3,810

8,960

3,040

8,790

8,400

8,380

2,550

Day

81

88

25

24

85

86

27

28

89

30

31

Dec.-

3,660

8,870

8,040

1,780

8,180

8,400

3,400

6,960

7,880

5,380

5,870

3

CQQ

3.18

Jan.

18,400

28,800

20,700

14,400

20,800

14,300

8,670

6,170

4,820

4,130

3,660

9,745

8.47

Feb.

2,710

3,980

4,320

3,570

3,210

2,630

2,400

1,840

2.84

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

FH 

§

M

M

N

2

3

7

N

4

6

1

5

8

10

N

8

11

2

9

7

M

2

4

6

7

10

N

8.

Feet Sec. ft.

January 5

4.45 4,220

January 6

4.22 3,750

January 7

3.92

3.92

4.07

4.84

5.32

5.56

3,210

3,210

3,480

5,020

5,960

6,610

January 8

6.42

6.68

6.79

6.78

6.72

6.40

6.42

Jam

6.47

6.53

6.13

6.02

Jam

6.03

6.07

6.22

6.34

7.05

7.75

8.85

8,430

9,150

9,400

9,400

9,150

8,430

8,430

lary 9

8,670

8,670

7,730

7,500

lary 10

7,500

7,730

7,960

8,190

9,900

12,100

15,400

I

5

8

10

11

11

1

2

3

5

N

11

5

10

4

9

11

2

9

3

9

1

N

6

M

5

8

N

Feet

10.50

11.35

11.73

11.84

11.87

Sec. ft.

22,400

26,800

28,400

29,000

29,500

January 11

11.84

11.77

11.67

11.39

10.29

8.64

29,000

29,000

28,400

26,800

21,600

14,700

January 12

7.98

7.52

7.04

6.70

6.62

12,700

11,200

9,900

9,150

8,910

January 13

6.42

6.04

5.75

5.52

8,430

7,500

7,050

6,390

January 14

5.38

5.08

4.93

4.80

6,170

5,540

5,220

4,920

January 15

4.78

4.86

5.10

4,920

5,020

5,540

1

3

11

1

3

9

7

M

5

10

3

6

8

11

1

4

7

10

N

2

4

6

8

10

N

5

M

5

10

Feet

5.28

5.45

Sec. ft.

5,960

6,170

January 16

5.56

5.51

5.53

5.19

4.97

6,610

6,390

6,390

5,750

5,220

January 17

4.80

4.68

4.63

4.62

4.65

4.72

4,920

4,720

4,620

4,520

4,620

4,720

January 18

4.88

5.54

6.65

8.10

8.75

9.17

9.44

9.49

9.40

9.23

5,120

6,390

8,910

13,000

15,400

16,900

17,700

18,100

17,700

16,900

January 19

7.79

7.34

6.81

12,100

10,700

9,400

January 20

6.50

6.30

8,670

8,190

1 

M

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

6

8

10

4

7

11

1

6

8

N

7

10

M

2

4

6

8

N

7

9

11

Feet

6.25

6.25

6.35

6.70

7.16

7.35

7.45

Sec. ft.

7,960

7,960

8,430

9,150

10,400

11,000

11,000

January 21

7.51

7.50

7.55

7.70

8.30

8.68

9.17

11,200

11,200

11,500

11,800

13,600

15,000

16,900

January 22

9.50

10.51

10.69

10.71

10.50

10.45

10.45

18,100

22,400

23,400

23,400

22,4'00

22,000

22,000

January 23

10.51

10.61

10.61

10.51

10.23

22,400

22,900

22,900

22,400

21,100

January 24

8.32

8.16

8.04

13,600

13,300

12,700

1

M

1

3

9

M

2

5

7

11

N

2

4

7

M

8

2

6

10

5

2

7

M

6

N

6

3

N

10

M

Feet

8.06

8.35

9.00

9.10

Janu

9.22

9.55

9.83

10.65

10.75

10.82

10.71

10.42

9.80

Sec. ft.

13,000

14,000

16,100

16,500

ary 25

16,900

18,500

19,300

22,900

23,800

23,800

23,400

22,000

19,300

January 26

8.84

8.20

7.80

7.45

15,400

13,300

12,100

11,000

January 27

6.93

6.36

6.08

5.84

Janu

5.60

5.37

5.18

9,650

8,430

7,730

7,050

ary 28

6,610

6,170

5,750

January 29

4.95

4.74

4.55

4.52

5,220

4,820

4,420

4,320
140 FLOODS OF OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Mahoning River near Berlin Center, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 41°01'29", long. 80°59'55", at highway bridge in T. 1 N.. H. 5 W., 

1 3/4 miles west of Berlin Center and about li miles below mouth of Mill Creek. 

Zero of gage is 966.15 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 247 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.8 and 4.9 feet, hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 1,840 seeond-feetj 

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. *

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,200 second-feet 2 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage height, 

10.97 feet).

1931-36: Discharge, 5,320 second-feet Mar. 24, 1936 (Gage height, 9.86 feet).

Remarks.- Flood flow not materially affected by storage.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

56

64

62

58

63

63

77

105

77

54

Jan.

1,280

630

597

328

162

117

135

772

952

1,370

Feb.

370

183

108

84

73

81

78

90

638

564

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

54

64

70

52

44

42

39

37

40

44

Jan.

900

388

258

1,960

5,320

3,120

1,030

2,070

1,960

780

Feb.

202

121

88

124

172

188

156

102

99

136

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

57

52

56

57

63

242

516

935

531

1,010

1,520

onn

0.93

Jan.

2,550

5,250

3,160

2,190

5,790

2,830

772

349

243

202

237

1 CLTQ

7.18

Feb.

261

1,130

511

228

141

84

78

70

0.93

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

I*

tu

2

8

N

M

2

10

N

M

N

6

M

10

2

4

M

8

N

M

10

4

M

6

8

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

2.84

3.91

4.20

3.94

512

1,040

1,220

1,070

December 31

3.93

4.99

5.00

4.66

Janus

4.30

4.13

3.79

1,070

1,700

1,700

1,490

ry 1

1,280

1,190

990

January 2

3.00

2.83

2.81

2.96

583

508

499

565

January 3

3.10

3.11

2.84

Janus

2.38

2.19

1.90

630

630

512

ry 4

332

270

191

January 5

1.82

1.93

1.60

1.65

172

198

124

134

!H 

g

m

4

N

2

M

N

8

M

6

N

M

8

6

M

4

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

1.65

1.50

1.69

1.44

134

107

142

97

January 7

1.46

1.86

2.47

101

181

364

January 8

3.31

3.58

3.40

Janu

3.20

4.25

4.34

730

882

780

ary 9

680

1,250

1,310

January 10

4.38

4.50

4.22

1,340

1,400

1,220

January 11

3.65

3.00

Janu

2.48

2.25

Janu

2.10

2.23

908

583

ary 12

367

288

ary 13

243

282

!H 

O

m

4

8

N

4

M

2

4

8

N

2

4

M

N

M

N

M

10

N

M

N

M

N

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 14

2.58

3.32

5.48

6.38

9.35

404

730

2,030

2,660

4,920

January 15

9.88

9.90

9.68

9.97

10.02

10.17

9.46

Janu

6.83

4.97

5,320

5,320

5,160

5,400

5,400

5,560

5,000

ary 16

2,940

1,700

January 17

3.77

3.38

962

780

January 18

6.07

6.21

5.97

2,450

2,520

2,380

January 19

5.58

4.52

2,100

1,400

January 20

3.27

2.82

2.99

705

504

578

!H

H 

w

4

11

6

M

10

6

M

N

M

N

2

10

M

2

8

2

M

N

M

N

M

6

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 21

3.96

7.27

6.76

8.23

1,070

3,320

2,940

3,990

January 22

10.31

9.87

9.27

5,640

5,320

4,840

January 23

6.94

5.17

3,020

1,840

January 24

4.10

4.06

9.77

9.99

1,160

1,130

5,240

5,400

January 25

10.02

10.41

10.97

9.69

5,400

5,720

6,200

5,160

January 26

6.27

4.47

2,590

1,370

January 27

3.23

2.60

722

450

January 28

2.40

2.19

374

299-

!H

m

N

M

10

10

6

4

M

N

M

N

M

N

4

M

4

8

N

2

6

M

10

4

M

Peet Sec. ft.

January 29

1.98

1.91

234

213

January 30

1.86

1.80

199

183

January 31

1.82

2.07

2.33

188

261

349

February 1

2.47

2.10

399

270

February 2

1.77

1.60

175

131

February 3

1.46

1.50

1.37

102

110

87

February 4

1.15

1.23

1.30

1.62

1.55

1.28

Feb]

1.22

1.36

1.16

58

68

77

136

120

74

raary 5

67

85

59
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 141

Milton Reservoir near Pricefcown, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 41°OV'40 n , long. 80°58'35", on Mahoning River at Milton Dam, Mahoning

County, about 0.8 mile southwest of Pricetown. 

Drainage area.- 276 square miles. 

Remarks.- Bage readings at 8 a.m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Storage capacity

at crest of spillway, 1,270',000,000 cubic feet. Elevation of crest of spillway,

950.00 above mean sea level. Elevations and capacity curve furnished by City of

Youngstown, Division of Water.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Elevation

936.1

936.2

936.2

936.3

-

_

936.4

936.3

936.5

936.2

936.2

936.2

-

936.1

936.0

936.0

935.9

936.8

-

-

935.7

935.6

935.6

935.7

-

935.6

-

937.5

938.5

939.0

939.5

Contents

400

405

405

410

-

_

414

410

405

405

405

405

-

400

396

396

392

432

-

-

383

379

379

383

-

379

-

464

510

535

560

January

Elevation

_

-

939.0

938. e

937.3

936.8

936.7

937.6

937.4

-

938.3

938.0

936.8

937.5

942.7

950.2

-

950.4

950.7

960.4

949.8

951.6

951.3

-

951.8

951.0

950.0

948.7

947.3

946.0

-

Contents

_

_

535

510

454

432

428

468

459

-

501

486

432

464

735

1,290

-

1,310

1,340

1,310

1,250

1,430

1,400

-

1,450

1,370

1,270

1,150

1,030

940

-

February

Elevation

943.2

942.2

940.9

939.3

937.8

936.4

_

935.5

935.8

936.6

936.3

935.5

935.3

_

935.5

935.4

935.5

935.4

935.4

935.4

_

_

937.8

936.3

936.6

935.6

934.6

_

Contents

764

706

635

550

477

414

_

375

388

423

410

375

367

_

375

371

375

371

371

371

_

_

477

41O

423

379

338

_
14S FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Motioning River at Pricetown, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 41°07'50 n , long. 800 58'24", in T. 2 N., R. 5 W., about half a mile southwest of Pricetown and a quarter of a mile south of line between Mahoning and Trumbull 

Counties. Zero of gage is 905.50 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 276 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.8 and 5.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 4,130 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,770 second-feet 7 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 15.01 feet).

1929-36: Discharge, 5,510 second-feet Mar. 15, 1933 (gage height, 12.92 feet).

Remarks.- Flow affected by storage in Milton Reservoir. For record of storage in the 

reservoir see p. 141.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

43

43

42

51

21

21

80

94

67

67

Jan.

1,280

1,130

1,030

958

542

172

83

653

980

980

Feb.

1,180

1,130

1,100

1,060

958

583

242

162

160

468

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

68

68

68

70

70

72

72

73

73

72

Jan.

980

935

419

658

872

1,480

1,570

1,940

2,450

1,630

Feb.

665

334

155

153

153

153

153

153

153

151

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches. ...........................................

Dec.

70

70

64

59

58

56

58

120

232

626

1,160

Jan.

2,470

5,810

4,530

2,550

6,260

4,490

1,880

1,580

1,480

1,330

1,230

Feb.

155

188

478

625

565

525

260

122

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

fc2

W

9

10

N

2

6

10

M

5

a

2

10

N

4

M

N

M

N

M

8

lOa

M

a

10

N

Feet Sec. ft.

December 31

4.56

5.12

5.42

5.50

5.50

5.39

5.16

Janus

5.20

5.41

5.39

Janui

5.07

4.91

4.94

4.90

Janus

4.82

4.75

Janu

4.66

4.56

912

1,180

1,330

1,380

1,380

1,330

1,200

iry i

1,230

1,330

1,330

iry 2

1,160

1,080

1,100

1,080

iry 3

1,030

1,000

iry 4

958

912

January 5

4.51

3.08

3.04

890

348

334

January 6

3.02

1.81

1.81

321

275

275

fc

g 

W

N

M

8

9

N

N

M

B

8

N

M

N

M

8

10

3

4

7

10

2

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

1.81

1.86

275

286

January 8

1.86

4.30

4.70

Jam

4.69

4.68

286

800

980

iary 9

980

980

January 10

4.69

4.70

980

980

January 11

4.69

4.63

Jam

4.60

4.55

Jam

4.52

2.04

2.01

2.17

980

958

lary 12

935

912

lary 13

890

121

115

145

January 14

2.20

4.33

4.53

5.05

151

822

912

1,160

^

o 

W

9

11

N

7

N

4

6

8

M

B

8

M

2

6

N

4

6

N

M

8

9

10

4

5

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 15

5.85

3.61

3.60

Janu

3.81

6.10

7.11

7.31

7.36

7.12

1,530

505

505

iry 16

585

1,680

2,180

2,280

2,340

2,180

January 17

5.80

5.01

4.90

1,530

1,130

1,080

January 18

4.94

5.70

6.80

7.46

1,100

1,480

2,030

2,400

January 19

7.90

7.73

6.63

2,620

2,500

1,930

January 20

5.71

5.62

5.70

5.22

6.70

1,480

1,430

1,480

1,230

1,980

January 21

6.11 1,680

^

2 

o 

W

8

N

10

N

6

M

N

H

2

4

6

N

6

N

4

6

7

10

N

M

10

2

2

B

M

Feet

6.36

7.74

Sec. ft.

1,830

2,500

January 22

13.97

14.14

14.18

13.70

Janus

11.30

8.58

6,170

6,230

6,290

5,990

iry 23

4,550

3,000

January 24

8.19

7.83

7.47

6.70

2,780

2,560

2,400

1,980

January 25

13.70

14.41

14.88

15.00

15.01

14.81

5,990

6,410

6,710

6,770

6,770

6,650

January 26

11.12

7.86

4,430

2,620

January 27

6.28

6.08

Janus

5.98

5.84

5.78

1,780

1,680

iry 28

1,630

1,530

1,530

^ 

g 

W

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

10

N

2

10

2

10

4

N

2

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 29

5.66

5.55

1,480

1,430

January 30

5.43

5.31

1,330

1,280

January 31

5.22

5.15

1,230

1,200

February 1

5.09

5.06

Pebr

4.99

4.92

Febr

5.86

4.99

5.04

Febr

4.78

4.96

1,180

1,160

uary 2

1,130

1,080

uary 3

1,580

1,130

1,160

uary 4

1,030

1,100

February 5

4.68

4.68

980

980

February 6

4.38

2.88

2.82

845

298

275
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 14; 

Mahoning River at Youngstown, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 41°06'41 n , long. 80°40'25", 400 feet above Bridge Street Bridge, at

Youngstown, Mahoning County. Zero of gage is 826.53 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage are a.- 899 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.8 and 5.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 8,830 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 17,600 second-feet 10 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 14.92 feet).

1921-36: Discharge, 16,600 second-feet (revised) Mar. 25, 1936 (gage height,

14.31 feet) .

Maximum stage known, 26.5 feet Mar. 26, 1913. 

Remarks.- Water diverted for municipal water supply above station. Low-water flow

regulated and flood flow slightly affected by storage in Milton Reservoir on

Mahoning River and in Meander Reservoir on Meander Creek. For records of storage

in these reservoirs see pp. 141 and 147.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

123

120

123

123

120

110

130

250

325

308

Jan.

3,180

2,700

2,300

2,080

1,540

742

504

2,050

3,900

4,030

Feb.

1,770

1,530

1,290

1,200

1,130

968

569

356

847

1,620

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

311

252

230

230

213

207

169

154

147

169

Jan.

3,700

2,640

1,980

3,500

12 , 400

11,500

6,510

5,540

6,680

5,360

Feb.

1,380

1,140

628

392

374

350

301

266

252

247

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

158

154

147

144

160

232

510

1,130

1,480

1,420

2,420

0.49

Jan.

6,810

13,700

13,900

12,700

17,100

16,700

12,500

4,900

2,640

2,070

1,820

7.76

Feb.

266

875

1,430

1,290

1,190

949

822

420

QCO

0.99

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1956 to February 1957

I

2

6

10

10

2

10

N

10

4

9

2

N

10

6

6

2

N

N

10

6

5

7

11

Feet Sec. ft.

December 50

3.76

5.85

5.87

5.87

1,330

1,420

1,420

1,420

December 51

4.06

4.89

4.96

5.10

Janu

5.40

5.52

5.52

Janus

4.97

4.75

1,640

2,580

2,640

2,820

iry 1

3,180

5,300

3,300

iry 2

2,640

2,420

January 5

4,65

4.63

2,300

2,300

January 4

4.60

4.45

Janu!

5.95

5.70

Janus

5.55

2.98

5.10

5.08

2,250

2,080

iry 5

1,540

1,260

iry 6

882

555

640

622

o

W

N

5

8

M

4

4

N

4

8

4

8

6

M

10

10

K

M

10

10

7

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

2.85

2.85

2.94

5.25

428

428

499

780

January 8

3.91

4.69

1,480

2,560

January 9

6.22

6.53

6.27

4,160

4,290

4,290

January 10

6.01

6.02

6.14

6.14

3,900

5,900

4,030

4,030

January 11

5.95

5.50

3,760

5,500

January 12

4.90

4.55

Janu

4.57

4.18

Janu

5.95

5.26

9.40

2,580

2,200

iry 15

1,980

1,810

ary 14

1,540

5,000

8,650

EH 

g

w

6

N

6

M

8

6

6

6

M

5

6

10

10

8

4

10

K

10

1

5

9

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 15

11.22

12.20

12.51

12.39

11,400

13,000

13,600

15,400

January 16

11.96

10.87

12,500

10 , 600

January 17

8.96

8.41

6.96

7,580

6,680

4,740

January 18

6.95

7.16

7.59

8.11

4,610

5,000

5,540

6,240

January 19

&. 46

8.58

8.44

6,850

6,980

6,680

January 20

7.50

6.47

5,400

4,100

January 21

6.29

6,29

8.32

9.56

10.95

5,860

5,860

6,550

8,220

10,600

o

M

6

N

6

M

N

8

4

2

5

10

4

10

8

M

8

1

M

N

M

N

6

6

Feet

Janus

12.61

15.02

15.12

15.01

Janus

12.76

12.70

Sec. ft.

iry 22

15,500

14,200

14,400

14,200

iry 25

15,900

15,700

January 24

12.22

11.20

11.56

13.45

Janus

14.62

14.92

14.32

14.22

Janus

14.51

14.65

14.10

12,800

11,100

11,800

14,900

iry 25

17,100

17,600

16,500

16,400

iry 26

16,900

17,100

16,200

January 27

12.01

9.42

12,500

8,220

January 28

6.74

6.12

Janus

5.57

4,550

3,620

iry 29

2,760

g 

W

6

10

10

6

N

M

11

4

N

M

10

8

8

2

10

K

M

N

8

M

Feet

5.05

Sec. ft.

2,420

January 50

4.75

4.54

2,120

1,920

January 51

4.47

4.46

4.47

Febr

4.43

4.42

1,820

1,820

1,820

uary 1

1,820

1,770

February 2

4.17

4.02

1,550

1,580

February 5

5.92

3.88

1,290

1,290

February 4

5.86

5.82

5.77

1,240

1,200

1,170

February 5

5.75

5.65

1,150

1,050

February 6

5.55

5.52

5.47

958

951

885
1 44 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Beaver River at Wampum, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°55'15", long. 80°20 l 05n , at highway bridge at Wampum, Lawrence

County. Zero of gage is 756.24 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area..- 2,255 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based on-two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to naif

tenths between 2.5 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 22,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended to peak stage on basis of determination of flood discharge by contractedopening method. 

Maxima.- January-February 1957: Discharge, 48,000 second-feet 11:30 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 21.44 feet, from floodmarks).

1914, 1932-36: Discharge, 59,600 second-feet (revised) Mar. 25, 1956 (gage

height, 19.22 feet, from floodmarks).

Maximum stage known, about 29.9 feet Mar. 26, 1913, from floo&narks (discharge,

about 87,000 second-feet). 

Remarks.- Regulation from storage in Milton, Meander, and Pymatuning Reservoirs.

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

519

486

590

590

590

590

1,080

1,760

1,640

1,300

Jan.

7,510

5,920

5,540

4,550

3,430

2,320

1,940

6,000

8,570

9,260

Feb.

4,510

5,580

3,730

3,730

3,430

3,280

3,140

2,920

4,930

5,640

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,330

1,940

1,700

1,180

1,020

927

834

747

628

590

Jan.

8,080

5,770

4,750

7,080

25,200

25,300

17,600

14,900

14,900

12,600

Feb.

4,570

5,730

3,430

3,140

3,140

3,140

2,580

2,190

2,060

2,190

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Dec.

666

666

666

666

666

1,550

2,580

5,660

3,730

5,950

7,090

1,475

0.76

Jan.

19,100

36,600

29,800

26,700

45,000

35,500

27,400

12,200

6,820

5,680

5,450

7.33

Feb.

2,520

5,080

3,800

2,860

2,580

2,190

1,820

1,580

3,189

1.49

Gags height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

(H 

g

M

N

6

M

4

2

6

10

6

2

6

6

6

M

4

8

6

M

10

2

6

10

7

N

Peet Sec.ft.

January 7

4.08

4.10

4.56

1,940

1,940

2,520

January 8

4.85

6.72

7.30

7.50

£,ODU

5,850

6,950

7,310

7.80 January 9"""

8.32

8.50

7.88O

8.860

9,260

January 10

8.52

8.50

8.45

9,260

9,260

9,060

January 11

8.57

8.25

7.50

7.15

Janu

6.72

6.50

6.30

6.25

9,060

8,660

7,310

6,750

ary 12

5,850

5,510

5,170

5,000

January 13 6.20 - ~

6.10

5,000

4,830

M

6

M

4

8

10

N

2

4

10

8

10

N

2

6

9

M

4

8

4

8

M

7

10

2

4

6

M

Feet

5.90

5.75

Sec.ft.

4,510

4,550

January 14

5.75

5.90

6.10

6.50

7.05

7.70

10.40

4,350

4,510

4,850

5,510

6,590

7,690

13,400

January 15

14.75

15.30

15.60

15.80

16.00

16.06

16.00

24,900

26,400

27,400

28,000

28,600

28,900

28,600

January 16

15.84

15.50

14.56

13.86

13.50

28,000

27,000

23,700

22,500

21,200

January 17

13.00

12.65

11.65

11.50

11.15

10.80

19,800

18,800

16,200

15,500

15,200

14,300

I 

M

4

10

N

2

5

8

U

4

8

N

8

M

4

8

N

4

6

8

10

M

4

10

4

8

M

8

10

Feet Sec.ft.

January 18

10.65

10.65

10.80

11.00

11.40

11.55

11.50

13,800

15,800

14,500

14,800

15,700

16,200

16,000

January 19

11.25

11.10

11.00

10.95

10.85

15,200

15,000

14,800

14,800

14,300

January 20

10.65

10.30

9.90

9.55

9.50

9.55

9.70

10.00

Janu

10.80

12.10

13.50

14.60

15.80

15,800

15,100

12,200

11,600

11,400

11,600

11,800

12,400-

ary 21

14,300

17,500

21,200

24,300

28,000

January 22

18.20

18.70

36,000

37,800

MI

N

2

8

M

4

7

10

2

4

6

8

4

8

10

2

5

8

6

8

10

2

4

7

10

8

N

4

Feet

19.00

19.15

19.15

18.85

Sec.ft.

58,900

59,600

59,600

58,100

January 25

18.55

17.85

16.90

15.30

14.75

14.50

14.40

56,700

54,600

31,500

26,400

24,900

24,000

25,700

January 24

14.45

14.55

14.70

15.15

15.70

16.70

23,700

24,300

24,600

26,100

27,700

50,900

January 25

20.60

21.20

21.40

21.40

21.30

21.00

20.40

44,900

47,200

48,000

48,000

47,600

46,400

44,100

January 26

18.35

17.80

17.40

56,700

34,600

53,200

£

a

8

M

4

8

8

M

4

8

N

4

8

M

6

6

M

N

8

8

4

M

Feet

17.15

16.95

Sec.ft.

52,600

31,900

January 27

16.80

16.40

14.25

15.40

31,200

29,900

23,200

20,900

January 28

12.50

10.80

8.90

8.20

7.90

7.70

18,000

14,300

10,100

8,660

8,070

7,690

January 29

7.45

7.00

6.85

7,120

6,390

6,030

January 50

6.60

6.50

Janu

6.50

6.50

6.25

5,680

5,510

ary 51

5,510

5,510

5,000
BEAVER RIVER BASIN

West Branch of Mahonlng River near Newton Falls, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 41°10'18", long. B1°01'1B", in T. 3 N., R. 6 W. , 

Newton Palls and about 6 miles above mouth.

miles southwest of

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 980 second-feet

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 8,350 second-feet 11 a.m. Jan. 85 (gage

height, 10.41 feet).

1986-36: Discharge, 3,540 second-feet Dec. 1, 1987 (gage height, 11.1 feet). 

Remarks.- Flood flow not materially affected by artificial storage.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

20

12

12

13

14

16

28

31

25

19

Jan.

257

117

160

94

52

49

67

853

454

478

Feb.

101

57

46

40

34

35

31

38

343

165

Day

11

12

13 

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

21

22

20

17

14

14

14

14

13

16

Jan.

232

130

98

858

1,960

752

197

1,020

705

163

Feb.

72

50

40

56

68

64

45

41

42

66

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

15

15

18

16

18

69

168

363

156

153

376

0.65

Jan.

1,040

1,650

740

362

2,000

685

143

95

75

66

82

5.94

Feb.

88

408

138

80

55

55

40

41

83.5

0.89

ge height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

h

3 

o

W

N

6

8

M

4

6

N

4

8

M

N

6

M

6

N

2

4

M

N

M

N

M

N

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

1.29 35

1.45 56

1.67 88

2.98 316

Janu

5.08

ary 8

729

5.54 822

6.04 946

6.18 998

6.01 946

5.29 775

January 9

3.01 316

3.66 433

4.35 573

January 10

3.89 478

3.80 460

3.91 478

4.00 496

3.37 379

January 11

2.42

2.09

212

156

January 12

1.92

1.80

128

109

January 13

1.70 93

1.67 88

fc 

3 

O

W

M

6

N

6

8

10

M

2

6

10

N

M

N

M

6

N

M

2

6

N

10

2

N

4

8

M

Feet

1.75

Sec. ft.

101

January 14

2.80

6.10

7.19

7.64

8.41

9.14

880

972

1,880

1,400

1,650

1,880

January 15

9.62

9.86

9.71

9.58

8.01

2,060

2,160

2,100

2,060

1,520

January 16

4.76

2.62

660

844

January 17

2.41

2.22

2.54

811

178

835

January 18

3.08

5.12

6.69

7.70

Jam

7.42

4.52

3.22

2.65

2.43

334

729

1,140

1,430

aary 19

1,340

594

352

253

214

^ 

2 

o

W

6

N

M

2

8

N

4

8

M

6

N

2

6

M

2

6

N

M

6

N

4

8

M

2

4

6

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 80

8.88

8.08

8.01

178

155

143

January 81

8.08

5.74

6.98

7.58

8.38

8.46

155

871

1,880

1,370

1,650

1,680

January 22

8.48

8.56

8.6S

8.51

7.88

Jan

7.48

6.63

4.58

8.98

1,650

1,780

1,780

1,680

1,460

uary 83

1,370

1,110

594

898

January 84

8.58

8.35

8.39

3.85

7.31

886

197

807

460

1,310

January 85

7.87

8.93

9.83

10.21

1,490

1,880

8,130

2,880

^

§

W

10

11

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

2

4

10

N

4

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

10.37

10.41

10.38

10.83

9.93

9.53

9.03

8.53

8.10

Sec.ft.

8,350

8,350

8,350

8,880

8,160

8,080

1,850

1,680

1,550

January 86

7.63

7.15

5.19

4.88

8.93

8.58

8.33

1,400

1,880

758

553

307

844

197

January 87

8.16

1.98

1.85

1.87

168

138

117

180

January 88

1.79

1.64

1.63

107

84

88

January 89

1.57

1.53

74

68

January 30

1.53

1.51

68

64

fc 

g

W

N

6

M

6

N

M

6

N

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

6

10

N

6

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 31

1.61

1.70

1.84

80

93

115

February 1

1.86

1.78

1.58

119

106

75

February 2

1.58

1.48

1.38

66

58

46

February 3

1.44

1.36

1.35

1.33

55

44

42

40

February 4

1.38

1.31

1.31

1.31

Feb

1.86

1.88

Feb

1.84

1.41

1.84

1.32

1.89

39

37

37

37

r-usry 5

31

34

raary 6

89

50

89

39

35
146 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Mosquito Creek at Nlles, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 41°11'02", long. 80°45'39", at dam in Nlles, Trumbull County. Zero of 

gage Is 857.26 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 139 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.9 and 4.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above tnese limits.

Stage-dlscharf.e relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 1,520 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage on basis of determination of flood flow over dam.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 2,900 second-feet 2 to 3 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 5.11 feet).

1929-36: Discharge, 2,970 second-feet Mar. 25, 1936 (gage height, 5.15 feet).

Remarks.- Flood-flow not materially affected by storage.

Mean dally discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

11

13

13

14

16

20

39

74

81

85

Jan.

424

464

504

424

262

114

119

352

572

740

Feb.

108

74

64

54

42

28

24

33

142

238

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

89

78

67

78

64

36

26

16

16

16

Jan.

770

555

408

514

1,780

2,060

1,360

1,020

1,050

770

Feb.

244

238

165

93

78

78

61

58

48

51

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

14

14

13

13

17

Jan.

1,070

1/940

1,760

1,020

2,560

46 i 2,480

105

169

212

277

370

0.56

1,250

716

424

209

112

897

7.44

Feb.

68

120

153

153

117

69

48

28

95.6

0.72

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

?H 

g

w

N

M

N

10

N

2

M

N

M

2

N

M

K

2

2

N

M

2

N

M

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 4

2.92

2.83

432

363

January 5

2.68

Jam

2.38

2.36

2.39

2.36

257

iary 6

100

93

104

93

January 7

2.35

2.73

89

291

January 8

2.75

2.79

2.96

Jam

3.13

3.14

305

333

464

lary 9

607

616

January 10

3.12

3.28

3.38

Jam

3.38

3.30

3.18

598

750

850

lary 11

850

770

652

January 12

3.07 555

iw

M

N

4

2

8

10

N

4

8

4

10

2

8

M

8

N

6

M

N

6

10

M

6

8

N

4

Feet

2.98

Sec. ft.

480

January 13

2.88

2.85

401

378

January 14

2.80

2.85

3.00

3.07

3.05

3.15

Jam

3.85

4.23

4.40

4.49

4.51

340

378

496

555

538

625

lary 15

1,360

1,820

2,000

2,120

2,120

January 16

4.51

4.49

4.40

4.25

2,120

2,120

2,000

1,820

January 17

3.84

3.66

3.57

3.55

1,340

1,150

1,050

1,020

January 18

3.53

3.55

3.52

3.52

1,000

1,020

992

992

FH 

g

w

M

4

6

N

M

6

H

M

2

4

6

8

10

2

4

M

4

6

N

8

M

4

N

8

M

6

Feet

3.66

Sec. ft.

1,150

January 19

3.67

3.65

3.57

3.59

Jam

3.33

3.30

3.24

1,160

1,140

1,050

860

lary 20

800

770

710

January 21

3.25

3.30

3.50

3.59

3.59

3.55

3.58

4.10

720

770

970

1,070

1,070

1,020

1,060

1,640

January 22

4.28

4.31

4.33

4.47

4.49

1,880

1,880

1,940

2,060

2,120

January 23

4.43

4.22

3.91

3.74

2,060

1,760

1,410

1,230

January 24

3

-ZQ oy 860

fn 

g

w

8

N

4

8

10

M

2

6

10

2

3

M

8

10

N

2

6

M

6

10

11

N

2

4

M

8

2

4

Feet

3.34

3.38

3.49

3.84

3.97

4.05

Jam.

4.20

4.67

4.99

5.11

5.11

5.03

Sec. ft.

810

850

960

1,340

1,460

1,580

ary 25

1,760

2,300

2,760

2,900

2,900

2,830

January 26

5.00

4.91

4.77

4.71

4.63

4.32

2,760

2,620

2,420

2,360

2,300

1,880

January 27

3.80

3.62

3.61

3.64

3.72

3.74

3.54

Jam

3.24

3.25

1,300

1,100

1,090

1,120

1,210

1,230

1,010

lary 28

710

720

January 29

3.01 504

FH 

g

a

N

N

8

M

8

N

M

N

M

4

8

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

2.90

Sec.ft.

416

January 30

2.59

2.49

2.44

Jan

2.41

2.40

2.39

201

148

126

ua>ry 31

112

108

104

February 1

2.40

2.39

Feb

2.36

2.30

2.28

2.31

2.29

108

104

ruary 2

93

70

64

74

67

February 3

2.24

2.30

51

70

February 4

2.23

2.24

Feb

2.20

2.18

48

51

ruary 5

39

33

February 6

2.15

2.15

26

26
BEAVER RIVER BASIN

Meander Reservoir at Mineral Ridge, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 41°09'10", long. 80°46'50", on Meander Creek at Meander Dam, Trumbull 

County, about 0.8 mile northwest of Mineral Ridge.

Drainage area.- 84.9 square miles.

Remarks.- Daily gage readings in morning. Gross storage capacity, 1,420,000,000 cubic 

feet at spillway crest (elevation, 905.00 feet above mean sea level). Gage heights 

and capacity curve furnished by Maiioning Valley Sanitary District.

Elevation, in feet and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

 - 

1

December

Elevation

902.6

2 902.7

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

902.6

January

Contents j Elevation

1,220

1,230

1,220

902.6 ! 1,220

902.7

_

902.6

902.6

902.6

902.6

902.6

902.6

-

902.6

902.5

902.5

902.5

1,230

_

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

-

1,220

1,220

1,220

' 1,220

902.5 1,220

i>02.5 ; 1,220

-

902.5

902.5

902.5

902.5

-

902.5

_

902.9

903.0

903.3

903.7

-

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

-

1,220

_

1,240

1,250

1,270

1,310

904.1

_

904.4

904.4

904.4

904.4

904.7

904.9

-

905.4

905.3

905.2

905.4

907.0

906.2

_

905.8

905.8

905.5

906.0

907.0

906.3

905.8

907.4

906.2

905.6

905.4

905.3

905.2

-

Contents

_

1,340

_

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,390

1,410

-

1,460

1,450

1,440

1,460

1,600

1,530

_

1,490

1,490

1,460

1,510

1,600

1,540

1,490

1,640

1,530

1,470

1,460

1,450

1,440

-

February

Elevation

905.2

905.1

905.1

905.0

 -

905.0

_

905.1

905.1

905.3

905.2

905.2

905.1

_

905.1

_

_

905.0

905.0

905.0

_

905.1

905.2

905.1

905.1

905.1

_

_

Contents

1,440

1,430

1,430

1,420

-

1,420

_

1,430

1,430

1,450

1,440

1,440

1,430

_

1,430

_

_

1,420

1,420

1,420

_

1,430

1,440

1,430

1,430

1,430

_

_
FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Meander Creek at Mineral Ridge, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 41°09'26", long. 80°46'31", in T. 3 N., R. 3 W., Trumbull County, threeeighths of a mile above highway bridge, three quarters of a mile below Meander Dam, 

and 1 mile northwest of Mineral Ridge. Zero of gage is 854.81 feet above mean sea 

level.

Drainage area.- 84.9 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 5.6 and 6.7 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 310 second-feet; 

extended to peak stage on basis of determination of flood flow over Meander Dam 

(head, 2.42 feet; C, 3.47)

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 3,420 seoond-feet 7 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

Height, 9.18 feet).

1925-36: Discharge, 2,790 second-feet (revised) Mar. 24, 1936 (gage height, 8.51 

feet).

Remarks.- Run-off affected by storage in Meander Reservoir (capacity, 1,420,000,000 

cubic feet). For record of storage in this reservoir see p. 147.

Mean daily discharge, in seoond-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

0.5

.7

.5

 5

1.4

1.3

1.0

.7

1.5

1.2

Jan.

1.3

1.2

5.3

7.5

2.7

1.3

1.3

6.7

7.6

137

Feb.

63

45

30

23

18

14

10

19

110

129

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.3

1.1

.7

.6

.6

.7

 6

.6

.7

.6

Jan.

180

135

104

499

2,170

1,060

447

731

600

298

Feb.

108

84

35

48

27

8.4

11

11

11

13

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

.9

.7

.6

.8

.7

.7

.8

.9

.8

1.4

1.9

0.87

Jan.

1,020

2,230

1,210

804

2,700

1,100

409

197

123

81

86

Feb.

54

98

47

52

47

16

7.6

2.6

40.8

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1957

ft

W

N

4

9

M

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

5

3

4

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 9

3.16

3.12

3.48

3.85

4.7

4.0

13

37

January 10

4.20

4.37

4.52

98

147

193

January 11

4.49

4.44

Janu

4.30

4.25

Janu

4.18

4.18

183

168

ary 12

126

112

ary 13

93

93

January 14

4.32

4.53

4.52

132

197

193

f<

§

33

N

5

10

2

6

9

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

N

10

4

10

2

6

M

Feet

4.82

5.33

6.24

Sec. ft.

323

621

1,250

January 15

7.42

8.15

8.30

8.15

7.52

6.88

1,950

2,540

2,620

2,540

2,020

1,640

January 16

6.36

5.90

5.58

5.35

Jam

5.02

4.85

1,310

1,020

796

635

lary 17

432

338

January 18

5.00

5.49

5.71

5.80

5.66

420

733

880

950

845

h

o

«

N

M

N

10

3

7

11

3

6

9

1

4

8

11

3

8

M

6

N

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 19

5.28

4.97

588

404

January 20

4.73

4.65

280

244

January 21

4.73

5.35

6.12

6.53

6.60

6.60

280

635

1,160

1,430

1,460

1,460

January 22

7.03

7.58

8.17

8.34

8.17

7.67

7.25

Jam

6.62

6.16

5.77

1,700

2,090

2,540

2,620

2,540

2,160

1,820

ar-y 23

1,460

1,190

915

fH

3 0

W

M

6

1

6

9

M

4

7

10

2

7

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

N

Feet

5.52

Sec.ft.

754

January 24

5.29

5.14

5.50

6.53

7.86

Janu

8.98

9.18

8.99

8.45

7.75

7.08

594

504

740

1,430

2,300

ary 25

3,240

3,420

3,240

2,700

2,230

1,760

January 26

6.47

5.93

5.57

5.32

1,370

1,060

789

614

January 27

4.94

4.70

387

266

January 28

4.52 193

f<

3

0 

S3

M

N

M

N

5

N

6

9

N

N

N

N

N

Feet

4.39

Sec. ft.

153

January 29

4.28

4.20

120

98

January 30

4.12

Janu

4.07

4.28

4.18

4.06

79

ary 31

68

120

93

66

February 1

4.07

Febr

3.95

68

uary 2

48

February 3

3.78 30

February 4

3.66 22

February 5

3.59 18
BEAVER RIVER BASIH 149

Pymatuning Reservoir at Pymatunlng Dam, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°30'0011 , long. 80°27'35 11 , at Pymatuning Dam, Crawford County, if

miles northwest of Jamestown. Zero of gage is at mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 158 square miles. 

gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Elevations shown in table are for midnight7 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Water-surface elevation, 1,009.13 feet 4:30 and 6:30

p.m. Jan. 26 (contents, 8,915,800,000 cubic feet).

1933-36: Water-surface elevation, 1,008.93 feet Mar. 31, 1936, (contents,

9,786,000,000 cubic feet). 

Remarks.- Reservoir used to regulate flow in Shenango River. Elevation of spillway is

1,008.0 feet. Total usable capacity of reservoir below spillway is 8,640,000,000

cubic feet. Total usable capacity of reservoir with flashboards on spillway is

9,488,000,000 cubic feet.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1,005.43

1,005.45

1,005.45

1,005.47

1,005.46

1,005.50

1,005.54

1,005.56

1,005.57

1,005.61

1,005.66

1,005.67

1,005.68

1,005.69

1,005.72

1,005.71

1,005.72

1,005.74

1,005.75

1,005.77

1,005.79

1,005.79

1,005.80

1,005.81

1,005.83

1,005.88

1,006.00

1,006.06

1,006.10

1,006.06

1,006.34

Millions of 

cubic feet

6,627.6

6,639.4

6,639.4

6,651.1

6,645.2

6,668.6

6,692.1

6,703.8

6,709.7

6,733.2

6,762.6

6,768.5

6,774.4

6,780.3

6,778.0

6,792.1

6,798.0

6,809.8

6,815.8

6,827.6

6,839.4

6,839.4

6,845.3

6,851.2

6,863.1

6,892.7

6,963.9

6,999.7

7,023.5

6,999.7

7,167.3

January

Feet

1,006.42

1,006.41

1,006.49

1,006.44

1,006.57

1,006.44

1,006.65

1,006.76

1,006.97

1,007.02

1,006.99

1,006.94

1,006.88

1,007.48

1,007.77

1,007.75

1,007.81

1,008.06

1,007.93

1,007.74

1,008.17

1,008.35

1,008.26

1,008.71

1,009.06

1,009.09

1,009.00

1,008.87

1,008.75

1,008.56

1,008.48

Millions of 

cubic feet

7,215.5

7,209.4

7,257.8

7,227.6

7,306.2

7,227.6

7,354.6

7,421.5

7,549.8

7,580.5

7,562.1

7,531.4

7,494.7

7,864.9

8,046.2

8,033.7

8,071.3

8,229.0

8,146.8

8,027.4

8,298.7

8,413.2

8,355.9

8,644.0

8,870.3

8,889.8

8,831.3

8,747.2

8,669.8

8,547.6

8,496.3

February

Feet

1,008.41

1,008.23

1,008.06

1,007.90

1,007.75

1,007.60

1,007.44

1,007.38

1,007.34

1,007.20

1,007.03

1,006.89

1,006.71

1,006.64

1,006.57

1,006.48

1,006.40

1,006.33

1,006.28

1,006.27

1,006.32

1,006.47

1,006.46

1,006.50

1,006.61

1,006.58

1,006.60

1,006.60

Millions of 

cubic feet

8,451.5

8,336.8

8,229.0

8,127.9

8,003.6

7,939.7

7,840.0

7,802.7

7,777.9

7,691.3

7,586.6

7,500.8

7,391.1

7, 348". 6

7,306.2

7,251.7

7,203.4

7,161.3

7,131.3

7,125.3

7,155.3

7,245.7

7,239.6

7,263.8

7,330.4

7,312.2

7,324.3

7,324.3

Supplemental record. Nov. 30, elevation, 1,005.41 ft.j contents, 6,616.0 million

JU. ft. 

7T596O 38 11
150 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Shenango River at Fymatuning Dam, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 41°29'55 B , long. 80°27'30", 500 feet below mouth of Sugar Run, 550 feet

below Pymatuning Dam, Crawford County, and li miles northwest of Jamestown. Zero

of gage is 970.00 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 167 square miles; 158 square miles affected by storage, 

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 6.0 and 6.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 800 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

logarithmic extension to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 1,450 second-feet 5 p.m. Jan. 24 (gage 

TieTght, 8.47 «eet).

1934-36: Discharge, 788 second-feet Apr. 1, 1936 (Gage height, 6.80 feet). 

Remarks.- Monthly discharge only adjusted for storage in Pymatuning Reservoir. For

daily changes in storage above station see record for Pymatuning Reservoir at

Pymatunlng Dem, Pa. (p. 149).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

3.3

2.9

3.7

4.4

5.0

9.1

 30

11

5.2

8.2

26

11

5.2

4.0

3.7

3.5

3.7

3.1

2.4

2.8

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.1

8.3

34

27

36

12

27

85

January

21

21

23

10

40

62

86

161

112

92

373

672

658

670

189

113

470

732

1,140

1,190

1,190

347

973

1,100

225

191

1,090

1,240

1,190

1,190

1,190

December

Mean monthly discharge, 

in second-feet (observed) ........... 12.6

Mean monthly discharge,

Run-off, in inches (corrected) ......... 1.54

February

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,140

1,190

1,190

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

705

610

610

610

624

256

25

40

11

8.0

5.4

4.8

4.4

3.8

January February

541 710

1,036 226

7.15 1.41
BEAVER RIVER BASIN 151

Connoquenessing Creek at Hazen, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°49'00 11 , long. 80°14'35", at highway bridge at Hazen, Beaver County,

half a mile above mouth of Brush Creek. Zero of gage is 852.31 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 356 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph based on two or more gage readings dally. Gage heights used

to half tenths between 2.5 and 3.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-dlscharge relation.- Defined to 4,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements}

extended to crest stage on basis of slope-area determination of flood discharge.

Affected by ice Dec. 1-4, 19-26. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 14,900 second-feet 11:30 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 14.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1915-36: Discharge, 20,300 second-feet June 29, 1924 (gage height, 16.66

feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

74 1

75

80

90

120

299

816

630

570

427

Jan.

1,300

1,430

1,560

1,100

816

661

591

974

880

1,100

Feb.

816

540

427

402

402

371

316

401

942

785

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

357

723

454

282

290

278

226

181

175

170

Jan.

1,300

1,040

880

1,080

5,040

2,890

1,690

3,730

2,710

1,880

Feb.

570

482

540

511

482

402

312

286

308

303

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

170

175

180

200

400

800

1,230

1,630

1,760

1,040

1,630

1.63

Jan.

7,410

12,600

6,800

4,040

11,900

4,400

1,830

1,230

974

754

785

2,754

8.92

Feb.

316

540

427

376

343

270

226

196

A'ZQ

1.28

Slippery Rock Creek at Wurtemburg, Pa.

Location.- Lat. 40°51'40", long. 80°14'35", at highway bridge at Wurtemburg, Lawrence

County, 1 mile upstream from mouth. Zero of gage is 812.48 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 406 square miles. 

GaRe-helght "record.- Graph based on two or more gage readings daily. Gage heights used

to hair tenths between 3.5 and 4.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 8,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

logarithmic extension to crest stage. Affected by ice Dec. 1-6, 20-26. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 28,000 second-feet 1 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 12.05 feet, from floodmark).

1912-36: Discharge, 26,600 second-feet Dec. 14, 1927 (gage height, 11.8

feet, estimated).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

130

132

133

137

145

165

675

1,120

575

421

Jan.

2,120

1,600

1,510

1,240

850

608

575

1,330

1,510

1,700

Feb.

1,200

815

575

490

490

471

433

528

1,330

1,240

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

710

710

640

478

433

327

293

322

270

260

Jan.

1,510

1,160

885

1,250

6,240

3,250

2,330

3,890

3,380

2,110

Feb.

710

542

471

484

575

575

445

364

381

381

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

255

255

260

280

300

680

1,330

1,420

1,120

1,330

2,300

1.61

Jan.

5,860

12,000

7,460

4,580

21,100

8,470

2,600

1,600

1,160

1,000

1,040

9.70

Feb.

427

960

780

510

439

317

293

279

KQQ

1.51
152 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Little Beaver Creek near East Liverpool, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°40'32", long. 80°32'23", at Grimma Bridge, 4 milea above mouth of 

creek and 4 milea northeaat of Beat Liverpool, Columbiana County. Zero of gage ia 

702.77 feet above mean aea level.

Drainage area.- 505 aquare milea.

Gage-height record.- Water-atage recorder graph. Gage heighta uaed to half tenths between 4.4 and 6.8 feet; hundredtha below and tentha above these limita.

Stage-dlaeharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 9,350 aecond-feet; 

extended to crest atage with aid of velocity-area atudy.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Diacharge, 26,100 aecond-feet 5 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 15.69 feet).

1915-36: Diacharge, 20,000 second-feet Mar. 15, 1933 (gage height, 15.01 feet). 

Maximum atage known, about 20 feet.

Remarks.- Flood flow not materially affected by storage.

Mean daily diacharge, in second-feet-, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

138

177

168

168

173

188

476

355

366

296

Jan.

2,300

1,780

1,700

1,090

766

577

631

1,010

1,090

1,700

Feb.

1,270

791

582

535

518

483

479

569

1,330

1,020

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

277

292

271

309

248

248

206

177

190

305

Jan.

1,510

1,150

924

2,150

12,000

6,020

2,750

4,720

4,090

2,500

Feb.

549

487

487

591

636

641

479

446

442

462

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

268

215

224

311

280

566

1,060

1,270

896

1,210

2,520

1.02

Jan.

8,400

15.800

8,410

6,930

18,900

6,900

2,640

1,620

1,300

1,150

1,270

3

QQ«

9.12

Feb.

496

1,040

791

631

513

370

388

339

1.28

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet, at indicated time, 1937

f<

o

K

4

N

4

M

4

N

4

8

N

4

10

M

4

N

4

M

4

N

N

N

M

8

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

4.33

4.44

4.62

5.12

531

582

666

924

January 8

5.23

5.32

5.35

978

1,040

1,060

January 9

5.15

5.16

5.45

6.04

6.07

951

951

1,120

1,480

1,510

January 10

6.04

6.43

6.49

6.34

1,480

1,780

1,820

1,700

January 11

6.31

6.04

1,700

1,480

January 12

5.49 1,120

January 13

5.09

5.03

896

868

January 14

5.03

5.13

868

924

|

K

N

4

6

8

M

2

4

6

8

4

8

M

N

M

N

2

M

4

10

N

2

8

6

8

N

N

Feet

5.39

7.42

8.09

8.46

10.09

Sec. ft.

1,060

2,650

3,430

3,990

6,750

January 15

11.59

12.47

12.69

12.77

11.91

11.74

11.39

10,800

13,100

13,600

13,900

11,500

11,000

10,200

January 16

9.32

8.01

5,610

3,570

January 17

7.07

7.03

7.23

2,550

2,450

2,650

January 18

7.64

9.24

9.54

9.59

9.07

Janu

8.89

8.80

8.30

3,070

5.430

5,970

6,150

5,250

ary 19

4,910

4,750

3,990

January 20

6.74 2,220

l>

g

K

2

4

6

M

8

10

N

6

10

M

6

8

10

N

4

8

M

6

N

6

M

10

N

2

10

M

4

Feet

6.69

6.69

6.82

7.71

Sec. ft.

2,170

2,170

2,260

3,190

January 21

10.84

11.49

11.57

10.97

11.23

11.75

8,790

10,500

10,800

9,270

9,750

11,200

January 22

14.09

14.43

14.47

14.29

13.53

13.19

12.69

17,400

18,300

18,500

18,000

15,800

14,900

13,600

January 23

11.48

10.34

9.50

8.89

10,500

7,610

5,970

4,910

January 24

8.02

7.98

8.20

13.83

14.67

3,570

3,570

3,850

16,600

19,100

January 25

15.67 22,100

l>

I

5

6

8

10

N

M

N

M

N

4

M

N

4

M

N

M

N

6

M

8

N

6

10

Feet

15.69

15.65

15.41

15.54

15.53

12.21

Janu

9.64

8.19

Sec. ft.

22,100

21,800

21,200

21 , 500

21,500

12,300

3ry 26

6,150

3,850

January 27

7.02

6.79

6.53

2,450

2,260

2,040

January 28

6.01

5.87

5.79

1,580

1,48Q

1,440

January 29

5.60

5.52

Janu

5.30

5.23

5.22

1,300

1,240

ary 30

1,120

1,090

1,060

January 31

5.23

5.41

6.00

6.01

1,090

1,180

1,530

1,580

iK

N

M

N

8

4

10

N

8

10

2

8

2

8

M

4

N

4

8

M

6

N

2

4

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

February 1

5.58

5.11

Febrv

4.63

4.45

1,300

1,010

lary 2

766

666

February 3

4.39

4.21

4.17

4.33

4.23

636

549

531

606

558

February 4

4.25

4.09

4.09

4.26

4.23

568

496

496

572

558

February 5

4.28

4.09

4.07

4.11

4.04

Febn

4.08

3.99

3.98

4.06

4.19

4.09

4.10

582

496

487

504

475

lary 6

492

454

450

483

540

496

500
MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK BASIN

Middle Island Creek at Little, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 39°28'30", long. 80°59'50 n , at highway bridge at Little, Tyler County.

Zero of gage is 631.32 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 458 square miles. 

Page-height "record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights determined from graph constructed from gage readings for periods Dec. 6-8, 20, 21, Jan. 10-12, 15-26. Gage

heights used to half tenths between 3.6 and 4.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths

above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 18,200 secondfeet. 

Maxima.- January-Pebruary 1937: Discharge, 12,700 second-feet 1 a.m. Jan. 19 (gage

height, 17.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1915-22, 1928-36: Discharge observed, 18,200 second-feet Jan. 22, 1917 (gage

height, 22.22 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 33.5 feet in August 1875.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Peet

2.18

2.29

3.08

3.70

3.36

3.35

8.00

5.50

3.85

3.48

3.35

3.87

4.04

3.59

3.35

3.18

3.11

3.03

2.99

7.80

6.50

4.33

3.82

3.54

3.24

3.31

3.27

3.41

3.49

3.45

4.82

Second- feet

18

24

163

480

290

285

3,850

1,760

575

350

285

575

715

410

285

202

174

145

131

3,660

2,540

925

540

380

230

265

245

315

355

335

1,240

January

Feet

6.38

5.32

7.84

4.69

3.90

3.55

4.31

6.60

4.50

10.90

13.20

5.80

4.36

3.96

9.00

7.80

4.90

12.20

12.00

6.30

9.55

12.10

13.20

10.60

15.10

8.60

4.81

4.12

3.90

3.76

3.80

Second- feet

2,460

1,620

Z ,660

1,170

610

390

890

2,620

1,030

fi,600

£ ,900

1,990

925

645

4,800

3,660

1,320

7 ,900

7,700

2,380

5,370

7,800

8,900

6,320

10,800

4,420

1

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ..........

,240

750

610

510

540

February

Peet

4.46

4.13

3.73

3.57

3.48

3.44

3.36

8.26

12.59

8.46

4.85

4.11

3.83

3.72

3.72

3.78

4.72

4.43

4.2'6

4.06

3.88

4.04

4.08

4.04

3.95

3.72

3.60

3.46

Second- feet

995

785

510

400

350

330

2*0

4,140

8,300

4,320

1,240

750

575

480

480

540

1,170

995

855

715

610

715

750

715

645

480

420

340

December January February

702 3,501 1,175

1.76 8.81 2,68
154 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Dover Reservoir near Dover, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°33'20 11 , long. 81°24'55", on Tuscarawas River at Dover Dam, Tuscarawas 

County, about 4 miles northeast of Dover and 2 milea below the mouth of Conotton 

Creek.

Drainage area.- 1,397 square miles.

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 8,843,000,000 cubic feet. Closing section of dam not in 

place; channel obstructed by a cofferdam which was overtopped. Elevations furnished 

by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished by 

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

Dec. 22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan. 1

2

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

6

7

7

8

8

8

9

9

10

10

10

11

11

12

12

13

13

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

18

18

19

19

20

20

Hour

8 a..m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

2 a.m.

Noon

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

10 p.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

4 a.m.

Noon

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

2 a.m.

Noon

4 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

Elevation

865.1

865.0

865.1

865.1

866.1

866.6

868.7

869.9

868. «

872.3

874.4

873.5

873.0

872.5

872.0

871.4

870.6

869.9

869.3

868.8

868.1

868.0

868.0

868.0

867.9

868.5

869.5

870.6

871.5

872.5

873.5

874.2

874.4

874.5

874.4

873.9

872.5

871.2

870.7

870.4

872.8

876.2

878.9

880.0

882.2

883.8

884.8

885.1

885.2

885.1

884.7

884.4

883.9

883.0

882.5

882.0

881.8

881.3

880.1

879.3

Contents

0

0

0

0

2

3

8

13

9

26

52

40

35

28

22

19

15

13

10

9

7

7

7

7

7

8

11

15

20

28

40

48

52

54

52

43

28

18

16

15

32

91

192

240

383

506

593

621

632

621

584

558

514

436

403

370

357

324

246

209

Day

Jan. 21

21

21

22

22

22

22

23

23

24

24

24

25

25

25

26

26

26

26

27

27

27

27

28

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

2

3

4

5

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

15

17

18

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

28

Hour

4 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

Midnight

Noon

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

Noon

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

Elevation

S79.1

880.0

881.4

883.1

884.4

885.4

886.2

886.6

886.1

885.5

884.5

885.2

886.3

887.3

887.8

887.8

887.2

886.2

885.3

884.4

883.4

882.5

881.8

880.8

879.8

887.8

876.4

875.3

874.0

873.0

872.8

873.1

873.4

873.4

872.8

872.1

871.4

870.5

869.9

869.5

869.2

869.5

869.1

869.0

871.8

872.9

870.5

869.2

869.0

870.0

869.6

868.6

869.2

869.3

872.1

872.3

870.4

869.7

868.8

868.1

Contents

200

240

331

445

558

654

741

784

730

664

566

632

752

861

915

915

850

741

643

558

471

403

357

292

187

143

96

72

44

35

32

36

39

39

32

23

19

15

13

11

10

11

9

9

21

34

15

10

9

13

11

8

10

10

23

26

15

12

9

7

* Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
MOSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 1! 

Tuscarawas River near Dover, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°31'49", long. 81°25'51", in T. 9 H., R. 2 W., at highway bridge

2£ miles northeast of Dover and 3 miles above mouth of Sugar Creek. Zero of gage

is 861.51 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 1,398 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths

between 2.2 and 3.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 24,700 secondfeet; extended to crest staee with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937; Discharge, 26,400 second-feet 4 a.m. Jan. 26 (gage

Height, 15,51 feet).

1923-36: Discharge, 22,300 second-feet Aug. 8, 1935 (gage height, 15.26 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 62,000 second-feet March 1913, determined by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army (gage height, about 23.5 feet). 

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage in 4 partially-completed reservoirs. For

records of storage in these reservoirs see pp. 154, 161, 163, and 164. Small

amount of water diverted into Cuyahoga River Basin by Ohio Canal at Portage Lakes.

Record obtained in cooperation with Wuskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

448

476

462

462

462

476

532

616

553

483

Jan.

3,910

3,160

2,760

2,320

1,660

1,330

1,190

1,800

2,600

3,530

Feb.

3,400

2,600

1,960

1,810

1,660

1,530

1,530

1,530

2,660

3,040

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

469

504

476

441

414

402

396

390

390

455

Jan.

3,780

3,050

2,330

3,030

9,860

17,400

14,800

12,400

11,900

9,860

Feb.

1,960

1,570

1,480

1,620

1,810

1,760

1,660

1,430

1,480

1,570

Day

r 21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off . in inches . ...........................................

Dec.

441

408

534

427

414

525

850

1,470

1,740

1,690

2,860

0.55

Jan.

9,780

16,300

21 , 600

18,300

22,400

24,900

17,800

11,800

6,690

3,980

3,280

7.17

Feb.

1,660

2,440

2,600

1,960

1,710

1,380

1,280

1,160

1.38

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

fc 

3 

O

W

2

8

6

8

4

M

4

10

N

H

8

8

8

N

M

10

10

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

2.55

2.56

2.86

Decej

3.47

4.19

4.55

Janu

4.70

4.78

4.79

1,530

1,530

1,810

nber 31

2,440

3,280

3,780

iry 1

3,910

4,040

4,040

January 2

4.06

3.82

3,160

2,820

January 3

3.75

3.72

Janu

3.37

2.95

2,760

2,710

ary 4

2,330

1,910

January 5

2.72

2.49

1,660

1,480

fc

g

K

8

8

2

N

M

N

10

6

6

6

6

6

6

4

4

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

2.39

2.24

1,380

1,240

January 7

2.19

2.19

2.32

1,180

1,180

1,280

January 8

2.77

3.32

1,710

2,280

January 9

3.49

3.66

2,490

2,660

January 10

4.19

4.58

3,280

3,780

January 11

4.66

4.50

3,910

3,650

January 12

4.25

3.87

3,280

2,930

January 13

3.34

3.17

2,330

2,110

fc

2 

O

K

8

2

4

10

8

6

N

10

8

8

10

8

8

8

N

M

8

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 14

3.15

3.62

2,110

2,600

January 15

6.96

7.84

10.00

7,300

8,610

12,800

January 16

12.15

12.33

11.94

Janus

11.25

10.40

Janus

9.78

9.67

17,800

18,000

17,000

irj 17

15,400

13,600

ry 18

12,400

12,200

January 19

9.68

9.28

Janus

8.45

7.93

12,200

11,400

iry 20

9,670

8,780

January 21

8.10

8.97

9,130

1O,800

fc

§ 

K

10

10

8

N

M

10

N

4

8

8

4

N

4

4

6

6

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

11.27

13.16

Janu

13.86

13.88

13.16

15,600

20,300

ary 23

22,100

22,100

20,300

January 24

12.25

12.07

11.96

Janu

13.47

15.02

Janu

15.51

15.18

17,800

17,600

17,300

ary 25

21,100

25,000

iry 26

26,400

25,600

January 27

13.18

11.69

Janu

10.21

8.82

20,300

16.600

ary 28

13,200

10,400

January 29

6.55

5.41

6,660

4,860

!H 

1

N

M

8

8

6

6

H

Hi

10

10

6

6

8

8

10

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

4.70

4.29

3,910

3,400

January 31

4.18

4.28

3,280

3,400

February 1

4.42

4.21

3,520

3,280

February 2

3.61

3.23

Febi

3.00

2.90

Febr

2.84

2.79

2,600

2,220

 uary 3

1,960

1,860

 uary 4

1,810

1,760

February 5

2.70

2.65

Febr

2.57

2.52

2.52

1,660

1,620

 uary 6

1,530

1,480

1,480
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Tuscarawas River at Newcomerstovm, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°16'21", long. 810 35'32", in T. 5 N., R. 3 «., at highway bridge 

three-quarters of a mile east of Mewoomeratovm. Zero of gage is 780.03 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 2,432 square miles.

Gag.e-helght record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.fe> and 4.7 fee.t; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 44,200 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937s Discharge observed, 46,800 second-feet 9 p.m. Jan. 26 

(gage Height, 20.65 feet).

1921-36: Discharge observed, 41,700 second-feet Aug. 9, 1935 (gage height, 21.25 

feet) .

Maximum discharge known, 83,000 second-feet March 1913, determined by Zanesville 

office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army (gage height, about 26.5 feet).

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage in 8 reservoirs of partially-completed floodcontrol system. For records of storage in these reservoirs see pp. 154, 161, 163- 

165, 167, 169, and 170. Small amount of water is diverted into Cuyahoga River 

Basin by the Ohio Canal at Portage Lakes. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau. Some discharge measurements furnished by Muskingum 

Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day Dec.

1 ' 654

2 756

3 ' 723

4

5

686

723

6 794

7

8

9

10

9£3

1,33O

1,330

1,240

Jan.

7,430

6,750

5,760

4,990

3,820

3,020

2,540

3,150

4,540

6,240

Feb.

8,480

6,870

5,100

4,500

3,940

3,390

3,200

3,130

4,220

6,220

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,070

1,150

1,150

983

905

905

830

794

758

758

Jan.

7,260

6,410

5,290

4,840

13,400

20,300

27,300

23,900

20,900

19,700

Feb.

4,650

3,520

3,260

3,390

3,660

3,520

3,390

3,000

2,870

2,870

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

830

794

794

794

830

905

1,330

2,180

3,280

3,020

4,840

0.58

Jan.

18,500

22,900

32,300

38,100

37 , 400

45,000

40,200

27,700

19,400

12,100

8,860

7.64

Feb.

3,130

3,520

4,650

3,800

3,260

2,740

2,440

2,220

1.67

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indieat 

December 1936 to February 1937

o

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

9

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

6.78

6.84

3,020

3,020

December 31

7.68

8.56

4,240

5,600

January 1

9.63

9.84

7,260

7,610

January 2

9.44

9.18

6,920

6,580

January 3

8.67

8.65

5,760

5,600

January 4

6.35

8.15

5,290

4,990

January 5

7.53

7.25

3,960

3,540

January 6 .

6.82

6.69

3,020

2,900

1w

8

5

8

5

8

5

9

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

N

5

Peet Sec. ft.

January 7

6.41

6.43

2,540

2,540

January 8

6.79

7.07

3,020

3,410

January 9

7.83

8.04

4,390

4,690

January 10

8.77

9.23

5,920

6,580

January 11

9.59

9.65

7,260

7,260

January 12

9.27

9.00

6,750

6,240

January 13

8.48

8.25

5,440

4,990

January 14

7.87

7.83

8.34

4,540

4,390

5,140

g

W

8

5

8

5

8

N

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

Peet

Janui

12.24

13.14

Janui

14.85

16.01

Sec. ft.

iry 15

12,300

14,400

sry 16

18,500

22,200

January 17

17.40

17.45

17.43

Janus

16.68

16.29

27,300

27,300

27,300

try 18

24,600

23,200

January 19

15.61

15.49

Janut

15.33

15.13

20,900

20,600

iry 20

20,000

19 , 400

January 21

14.74

14.79

18,300

18,500

January 22

15.88 21,900

FH 

g

w

5

10

8

5

8

10

5

8

5

8

5

9

8

5

8

5

8

5

Feet

16.53

17.04

Sec. ft.

23,900

25,700

January 23

18.06

18.87

30,400

34,500

January 24

19.48

19.50

19.45

38,100

36,100

37,400

January 25

19.34

19.55

36,800

38,800

January 26

20.16

20.60

20.65

Jam.

20.18

19.47

43,400

46,800

46,800

ary 27

43,400

38,100

January 28

17.95

17.10

29,900

26,100

January 29

15.64

14.60

20,900

18,000

o

W

8

5

9

9

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

Feet Sec. ft.'

January 30

12.75

11.36

10.90

Janu

10.64

10.62

Febr

10.45

10.33

Febr

9.69

9.24

13,600

10,500

9,460

ary 31

8,860

8,860

 uary 1

8,480

8,290

 uary 2

7,210

6,380

February 3

8.53

8.22

Febr

8.02

7.89

5,260

4,800

 uary 4

4,500

4,360

February 5

7.65

7.54

3,940

3,800

February 6

7.29

7.18

3,520

3,390
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 157

Musklngum River near Coshocton, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°14'55", long. 81°52«22", in T. 5 N., R. 6 W., at highway bridge 2 

miles south of Coshocton. Zero of gage is 730.00 feet above mean sea level.

Dra inage are a.- 4,847 square miles.

Gpge-helght record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gsge heights used to half tenths 

between 1.9 and 4.6 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Delined by current-meter measurements to 74,900 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 78,700 second-feet 11 p.m. to midnight 

Jan. 26 (gage height, 21.98 feet).

1936: Discharge, 7,260 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 5.26 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 202,000 second-feet March 1913, determined by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army (gage height, 30.0 feet, from 

flood profile.

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage in 12 reservoirs of partially-completed 

flooci-control system. For records of storage In these reservoirs see pp. 154, 

161, 163-165, 167, 169-171, 175, 177, and 179. Record obtained In cooperation 

with Musklngum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1 H

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1,200

1,250

1,280

1,270

1,290

1,350

1,480

1,700

1,810

1,810

Jan.

12,600

11,000

8,920

7,920

6,240

4,800

4,300

5,560

8,670

11,000

Feb.

17,000

14,200

11,200

9,420

8,420

7,430

6,710

6,470

8,420

11,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,700

1,640

1,640

1,540

1,420

1,360

1,340

1,300

1,280

1,340

Jan.

12,600

11,000

8,920

10,400

30,800

43,400

45,300

44,800

45,300

40,700

Feb.

8,920

6,710

6,240

6,470

6,950

6,950

6,710

6,010

5,780

6,240

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , In Inche s ............................................

Dec.

1,290

1,340

1,230

1,180

1,330

1,370

1,640

2,530

4,110

4,400

7,430

0.44

Jan.

38,100

49,600

60,800

64,000

74,100

77,900

74,800

57,100

40,200

27,100

19,300

7.34

Feb.

7,430

9,170

9,940

7,920

6,710

5,780

5,020

4,700

1.72

Spge height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1957

gK

4

8

N

M

6

6

6

2

V

N

M

6

6

6

6

6

N

6

2

8

6

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 1

7.28

7.45

7.46

7.30

Jsn

7.08

6.50

12,300

12,600

12,800

12,300

uary 2

11,800

10,200

January 3

6.13

5.92

5.87

9,170

8,670

8,670

January 4

5.69

5.33

8,170

7,190

January 5

5.10

4.69

Jan

4.37

4.10

6,710

5,780

uary 6

5,020

4,500

January 7

3.95

3.90

3.96

4,200

4,110

4,200

January 8

4.23

4.35

4.82

5.32

4,800

5,020

6,010

7,190

I

4

N

8

4

N

6

M

10

2

M

6

6

6

6

8

N

4

8

M

6

10

6

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 9

5.55

5.87

6.26

7,920

8,670

9,680

January 10

6.43

6.85

7.17

7.34

9,940

11,000

12,000

12,300

January 11

7.52

7.50

7.23

12,800

12,800

12,000

January 12

7.00

6.55

11,500

10,500

January 13

6.17

5.83

Janu

5.58

5.82

6.59

8.15

9.90

9,420

8,420

ary 14

7,920

8,420

10,500

14,800

19,600.

January 15

12.30

13.22

14.24

15.08

27,400

30,900

34,700

38,500

g

6

N

4

M

4

10

6

M

4

4

M

6

N

6

6

H

6

M

4

8

N

10

M

2

Feet

Janu

15.85

16.42

16.63

16.80

Janu

16.73

16.55

16.50

16.47

Sec.ft.

iry 16

41,600

44,300

45,300

46,200

ary 17

45,700

45,300

44,800

44,800

January 18

16.45

16.59

16.60

44,300

45,300

45,300

January 19

16.66

16.74

16.67

45,700

45,700

45,700

Janus ry 20

15.97

15.53

15.17

14.87

42,500

40,200

38,900

37,700

January 21

14.72

14.72

14.86

15.43

15.62

36,800

36,800

37,700

39,800

40,700

January 22

15.93 42,000

1

6

N

4

M

6

N

6

M

N

4

8

4

8

2

6

6

H

11

M

4

10

2

M

4

N

M

Feet

16.63

17.77

18.26

18.90

Sec.ft.

45,300

51,100

53,800

57,100

Janus ry 23

19.24

19.52

19.75

19.92

59,000

60,800

62,700

63,400

January 24

20.08

20.10

20.29

64,700

64,700

66,100

January 25

21.50

21.62

21.42

21.40

74,800

75,600

74,100

74,100

January 26

21.80

21.90

21.98

21.98

77 , 200

77,900

78,700

78,700

January 27

21.95

21.77

21.52

20.45

78,700

77,200

74,800

66,800

January 28

19.91

18.86

17.21

63,400

57,100

48,100

I

6

6

6

6

6

N

M

N

4

8

M

6

6

6

4

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 29

16.33

14.61

43,900

36,400

January 30

12. 9*

11.35

30,100

24,300

January 31

10.08

9.69

9.26

Febr

9.04

8.97

8.87

8.71

20,200

19,000

17,900

 uary 1

17,000

17,000

16,700

16,200

February 2

8.38

7.69

Febr

7.05

6.68

6,51

15,300

13,400

 uary 3

11,500

10,700

10,200

February 4

6.25

6.03

9,420

8,920

February 5

5.81

5.61

Febi

5.41

5.25

8,420

7,920

*uary 6

7,430

6,950
158 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Muskingum River at Dresden, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°07'14", long. 82°02'00", at highway bridge half a mile east of 

Dresden, Muskingum County, and half a mile below Wakatomika Creek. Zero of gage 

is 695.15 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 5,982 square miles.

Page-height "record.- "Water-stage recorder graph except for period 10 a.m. Jan. 25 to 

6 p.mT Jan. 26, when hourly gage readings were obtained. Sage heights used to 

half tenths between 4.7 and 6.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 92,600 secondfeet'; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 95,300 second-feet 1 a.m. Jan. 26 (gage 

height, 30.86 feet).

1921-36: Discharge, 100,000 second-feet Aug. 9, 1935 (gage height, 31.6 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 228,000 second-feet March 1913, determined by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army (gage height, 46.0 feet).

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage in 14 reservoirs of partially-completed 

flood-control system. For records of storage in reservoirs see pp. 154, 161, 

163-165, 167, 169-171, 175, 177, 179, 183, and 184. Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet,' December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1,600

1,600

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,720

1,960

2,440

3,150

2,960

Jan.

14,700

14,700

12,300

11,300

9,490

7,270

6,040

7,270

10,300

13,500

Feb.

26,000

21,200

15,400

12,600

11,100

9,870

8,920

8,730

9,870

13,200

Day

11

12

13

U

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,630

2,500

2,560

2,500

2,200

2,020

1,960

1,840

1,840

1,900

Jan.

16,000

14,700

13,000

13,000

32,200

46,100

51,100

52,400

54,000

51,500

Feb.

12,100

9,870

8,980

8,730

9,110

9,110

8,920

8,350

7,810

7,990

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

1,900

2,020

1,900

1,760

1,900

1,960

2,140

3,150

5,050

6,380

8,700

0.49

Jan.

48,800

56,700

70,200

75,700

89,400

94,500

92,400

80,900

61,000

44,600

32,600

7.45

Feb.

8,920

10,100

11,500

10,300

8,920

7,810

6,910

6,380

1.85

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

h

0

w

4

8

4

M

6

10

2

M

8

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

Feet Sec.ft.

December 31

8.32

8.60

10.10

11.24

Janus

12.13

12.50

12.64

12.60

6,550

7,090

9,870

12,100

ry 1

14,200

15,200

15,400

15,400

January 2

12.45

12.30

11.78

14,900

14,700

13,500

January 3

11.30

10.99

JanuE

10.81

10.44

JanuE

9.88

9.23

JanuE

8.70

8.27

Janus

6.00

8.13

12,300

11,700

ry 4

11,300

10,500

ry 5

9,490

8,170

ry 6

7,270

6,550

ry 7

6,040

6,210

January 8

8.42 6,730

h 

I

N

6

M

10

2

2

N

6

M

10

4

M

6

2

10

N

M

10

2

6

M

8

4

Feet

8.65

8.90

9.32

Sec.ft.

7,090

7,630

8,350

January 9

10.20

10.44

10,100

10,500

January 10

11.31

11.78

12.18

12.50

12,300

13,500

14,400

15,200

January 11

12.84

12.94

12.88

16,000

16,200

16,200

January 12

12.50

12.20

12.09

15,200

14,400

14,200

January 13

11.63

11.29

Janut

11.05

11.21

11.75

13.72

13,000

12,300

iry 14

11,700

12,100

13,500

18,400

January 15

17.30

19.36

29,200

36,400

h 

g

m

10

M

4

N

M

2

8

N

4

M

4

4

M

4

8

2

8

M

4

N

M

4

N

4

M

Feet

20.59

20.89

Sec.ft.

40,800

41,900

January 16

21.35

22.08

22.89

Janus

23.00

23.28

23.36

23.35

23.35

43,800

46,500

49,500

ry 17

49,900

51,100

51 , 500

51,500

51,500

January 18

23.40

23.73

23.95

51,500

52,800

54,000

January 19

23.99

24.02

23.99

23.94

23.89

54,000

54,000

54,000

53,600

53,600

January 20

23.78

23.45

22.89

53,200

51,500

49,500

January 21

22.74

22.55

22.60

23.00

48,800

48,400

48,400

49,900

h

§w

N

IK

6

10

N

10

6

M

8

N

6

M

1

N

M

N

4

M

4

N

6

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 22

24.56

26.35

56,700

65,700

January 23

27.00

27.24

27.33

69,000

70,200

70,800

January 24

27.95

28.30

28.75

75,000

77,000

80,300

January 25

29.86

30.28

30.75

30.84

88,000

90,900

94,500

94,500

January 26

30.86

30.70

30.70

Janu

30.52

30.40

30.06

Janu

29.80

28.92

28.22

27.39

95,300

93,800

93,800

ary 27

92,400

91,600

89,400

ary 28

87,300

80,900

76,300

71 , 400

January 29

25.45

23.60

60,500

52,400

8w

N

M

N

6

M

N

M

N

2

4

8

M

4

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 30

21.61

19.88

44,600

38,200

January 31

18.25

17.65

17.14

32,200

30,200

28,600

February 1

16.30

15.59

Febr

14.80

14.66

14.40

13.80

13.37

26,000

23,900

 uary 2

21 , 500

21,200

20,300

18,600

17,500

February 3

13.00

12.52

11.92

Febr

11.45

11.04

Febr

10.70

10.40

Febr

10.07

9.84

16,500

15,200

13,700

 uary 4

12,600

11,700

 uary 5

11,100

10,500

 uary 6

9,870

9,300
MUSKINGTJM RIVER BASIN 159 

Muskingum River at McConnelsville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°38'40", long. 81°51'00", in SEi sec. 11, T- 10 N. , R. 12 «K. , above 

Dam 7, at McConnelsville. Zero of gage is at 'elevation of crest of dam, 650.31 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 7,411 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Hater-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 1.6 and 3.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 125,000 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 126,000 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 26 {gage 

height, 21.14 feet).

1921-36: Discharge, 104,UOO second-feet Aug. 9, 1935 (gage height, 17.0 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 270,000 second-feet Mar. 27, 1913, determined by 

Zsnesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army (gage height, 33.5 feet).

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage in 14 reservoirs of partially-completed floodcontrol system. For records of storage in these reservoirs see pp. 154, 161, 163- 

165, 167, 169-171, 175, 177, 179, 183, and 184. Record obtained in cooperation 

with Muskingum Watersned Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

i_ Dec.

2,240

2,160

2,190

2,290

2,290

2,450

3,100

3,020

3,540

3,680

Jan.

20,000

20,000

17,600

14,400

12,300

9,620

8,280

10,100

12,800

20,600

Feb.

31,700

25,600

18,800

14,900

13,300

11,600

10,600

10,300

12,800

15,400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3,680

3,540

3,320

3,240

3,000

2,780

2,650

2,550

2,520

2,7SO

Jan.

23,000

20,000

17,100

18,000

47,600

64,700

60,700

65,500

72,300

66,300

Feb.

14,900

12,300

10,600

10,300

10,600

10,800

10,600

9,850

9,400

9,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2,780

2,730

2,680

2,550

2,500

2,650

2,750

4,120

5,920

7,820

12,600

0.53

Jan.

68,700

89,000

103,000

97,700

116,000

124,000

110,000

99,200

82,400

57,500

41, 006

7.98

Feb.

10,300

12,600

13,800

12,800

10,800

9,400

8,280

7,380

1.80

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

§w

N

8

M

6

N

4

8

N

M

N

4

M

6

N

6

M

4

8

4

8

M

6

2

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 3

4.75

4.57

4.43

18,200

17,100

16,000

January 4

4.25

4.13

4.03

4.00

14,900

14,400

13,800

13,800

January 5

3.70

3.42

12,300

10,800

January 6

3.13

3.05

2.89

Janu

2.82

2.79

2.84

2.89

9,620

9,180

8,500

ary 7

8,050

8,050

8,280

8,500

January 8

2.93

3.03

3.42

3.55

3.60

8,720

9,180

10,800

11,600

11,800

January 9

3.62

3.73

3.90

4.32

11,800

12,600

13,300

15,400

f,

g 

M

6

2

6

M

6

N

M

8

4

M

N

M

N

2

4

8

10

M

4

6

8

N

6

M

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 10

4.77

5.53

5.67

5.72

Jam

5.69

5.60

5.38

18,200

22,400

23,600

23,600

lary 11

23,600

23,000

21,800

January 12

5.23

5,00

4.82

20,600

19,400

18,200

January 13

4.59

4.36

Jam

4.22

4.40

4.83

5.55

5.91

6.47

Jam

7.80

8.28

8.61

9.02

9.58

10.30

Jam

10.92

17,100

16,000

iary 14

14,900

16,000

18,200

23,000

25,000

28,900

iary 15

38,600

42,700

45,400

49,000

54,300

59,900

aary 16

64,700

g 

w

10

4

M

8

N

4

M

6

N

6

M

N

4

8

M

N

2

M

6

2

6

10

M

2

4

Feet

11.12

11.16

10.84

Sec. ft.

66,300

67,100

63,900

January 17

10.44

10.28

10.24

10.24

Janut

10.36

10.98

11.58

11.74

60,700

59,900

59,100

59,100

ry 18

60,700

65,500

70,200

70,900

January 19

12.01

12.01

11.93

11.75

73,000

73,000

72,300

71,600

January 20

10.88

10.82

10.84

64,700

63,900

63,900

January 21

10.97

11.53

11.73

11.95

12.23

65,500

69,500

70,900

73,000

74,400

January 22

13.05

13.73

80,000

84,200

W

10

N

6

M

6

10

2

8

8

10

N

4

8

M

6

6

M

4

8

N

6

2

N

M

N

M

Feet

14.77

15.03

15.65

16.37

Sec. ft.

90,800

92,000

95,600

100,000

January 23

16.91

17.06

17.06

16.76

103,000

105,000

105,000

103,000

January 24

15.58

15.48

15.63

15.70

16.20

17.26

95,600

'95,000

95,600

96,200

99,200

106,000

January 25

18.39

20.00

20.79

112,000

120,000

124,000

January 26

21.03

21.14

20.98

20.31

125,000

126,000

125,000

122,000

January 27

19.20

18.00

17.08

116,000

110,000

105,000

January 28

16.24

14.98

99,200

92,000

ft

ga

N

2

M

N

M

H

M

N

M

N

10

N

M

N

M

N

M.

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 29

13.44

13.14

11.62

82 , 400

80,600

70,200

January 30

10.14

9.00

58,300

49,000

January 31

8.02

7.33

40,200

34,700

February 1

6.88

6.42

Febi

6.01

5.56

31,700

28,200

 uary 2

25,600

23,000

February 3

4.80

4.49

Febi

4.23

4.04

18,200

16,600

 uary 4

14,900

13,800

February 5

3.86

3.70

13,300

12,300

February 6

3.53

3.45

11,600

- 11,000
160 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Sandy Creek at Sandyville, Ohio

Location.- Let. 40°38'04", long. 81°22'28", in sec. 8, T. 10 N., R. 1 W., 100 feet

below highway bridge half a mile south of Ssndyville. Zero of gage is 913.25 feet

above mean sea- level. 

Drainage area.- 481 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths

between 3.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 10,300 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 14,200 second-feet 1 to 2 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 14.08 feet)

1923-36: Discharge, 12,600 second-feet Aug. 7, 1935 (gage height, 13.84 feet). 

Maximum stage known, about 14.8 feet March 1913. 

Remarks.- Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

157

168

172

182

193

185

258

240

203

184

Jan.

1,500

1,050

1,060

742

532

439

462

790

866

1,380

Feb.

1,220

834

702

653

628

606

602

690

1,450

962

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dee.

196

208

170

168

162

159

156

160

155

174

Jan.

1,100

' 864

751

1,890

8,370

6,080

3,880

3,870

3,540

2,100

Feb.

622

572

574

700

706

756

583

543

560

612

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

166

166

156

170

172

290

479

842

622

834

1,710

QQQ

0.72

Jan.

4,580

9,660

7,760

'4,900

12,200

7,340

3,490

1,820

1,350

1,170

1,260

7.48

Feb.

632

1,330

880

746

642

500

499

434

1.56

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

o

W

N

4

8

M

N

6

8

10

M

2

N

6

8

4

10

2

4

10

N

2

6

6

N

2

4

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 4

3.26

3.17

3.03

3.03

730

682

636

636

January 5

2.78

2.78

2.75

2.75

2.79

516

516

503

503

520

January 6

2.78

2.52

2.58

2.55

516

412

434

423

January 7

2.57

2.53

2.66

2.73

431

415

466

495

January 8

3.44

3.47

3.56

3.58

826

826

875

900

January 9.

3.28

3.22

3.55

3.62

4.28

754

706

875

900

1,280

o

W

2

6

10

2

8

N

M

N

M

10

2

M

4

8

10

2

M

N

2

6

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 10

4.37

4.39

4.54

4.51

4.52

1,310

1,340

1,440

1,410

1,410

January 11

3.97

3.70

1,080

950

January 12

3.56

3.43

875

826

January 13

3.30

3.28

3.23

Jam

3.24

3.37

3.64

5.59

8.56

Jam.

12.02

12.19

12.01

11.39

754

754

730

lary 14

730

778

925

2,180

4,850

lary 15

9,800

10,200

9,800

8,680

January 16

9.51

8.05

5,820

4,250

o

N

4

10

M

N

6

8

10

2

N

M

10

3

4

8

M

6

6

8

4

N

4

6

2

N

SI

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

6.42

6.02

5.74

5.84

2,820

2,500

2,260

2,340

January 18

7.69

8.53

8.65

8.64

Janu

8.41

7.10

6.02

Janu

5.36

5.23

5.24

5.41

5.64

3,970

4,750

4,850

4,850

ary 19

4,650

3,430

2,500

ary 20

2,030

1,890

1,890

2,030

2,180

January 21

6.84

9.54

9.99

3,160

5,820

6,490

January 22

10.84

12.35

12.69

12.67

7,680

10,600

11,200

11,200

January 23

12.18

10.67

9.34

10,200

7,520

5,580

1 tc

N

2

4

M

8

10

N

1

2

4

N

M

N

M

N

6

8

10

N

6

8

M

N

4

M

Feet See. ft.

January 24

7.97

7.90

8.04

10.39

4,250

4,150

4,250

7,070

January 25

13.56

13.87

14.03

14.08

14.08

13.99

Janvi

10.39

8.69

Janvi

7.05

5.75

13,100

13,800

14,000

14,200

14,200

14,000

ary 26

7,070

4,950

ary 27

3,340

2,340

January 28

5.07

4.80

4.78

4.71

1,820

1,610

1,610

1,540

January 29

4.44

4.38

4.33

4.32

Janu

4.16

4.11

4.10

1,380

1,340

1,310

1,280

ary 30

1,190

1,160

1,160

1

W

8

N

10

M

2

N

M

N

6

M

6

N

M

N

8

10

8

N

4

10

10

4

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 31

4.13

4.28

4.63

4.64

1,190

1,280

1,510

1,510

February 1

4.62

4.26

3.81

1,480

1,250

1,000

February 2

3.49

3.38

3.34

850

802

778

February 3

3.23

3.21

3:20

Febi

3.11

3.11

3.08

730

706

706

niary 4

658

658

658

February 5

3.07

3.07

3.00

3.06

636

636

613

636

February 6

S.93

2.94

3.07

3.04

582

586

636

636
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 161 

Bolivar Reservoir at Bolivar, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°39'05", long. 81°25'09", on Sandy Creek at Bolivar Dam, Tuscarawaa 

County, about 1 mile east of Bolivar and about 1 mile above mouth.

Drainage area.- 502 square miles.

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 6,517,000,000 cubic feet. Practically no storage as closing 

section of dam was not In plate. Elevations furnished by Zaneaville office of Corps 

of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Elevation, In feet, at Indicated time, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

Dec. 19

21

23

25

26

27

28

28

29

30

30

31

31

Jan. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

12

12

13

13

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

16

16

17

17

17

18

18

18

19

19

19

20

20

20

21

21

21

Hour

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

Z p.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

Midnight

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

10 p.m.

9 a.m.

4 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

Elevation

894.8

894.9

894.9

895.1

895.2

895.8

896.1

896.2

896.3

896.5

896.9

897.8

897.9

897.9

897.6

897.2

897.1

897.1

896.9

896.7

896.6

896.5

896.5

896.2

896.1

895.9

895.9

896.1

896.5

896.5

896.6

897.3

897.7

897.6

897.4

897.3

897.5

897.0

896.7

896.5

896.3

896.6

898.6

900.9

903.4

904.5

904.6

904.3

903.8

902.7

9Q1.6

9<50..8

900.7

900.8

901.3

901.5

901.5

901.1

900.6

899.3

898.8

899.0

900.0

901.0

903.0

Day

Jan. 22

22

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

27

27

27

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

8

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

12

13

14

14

15

16

16

17

17

18

19

20

21

22

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Hour

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

4 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 a.m.

3 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

9 a.m.

8 a.m.

9 a.m.

Elevation

904.3

905.9

904.7

904.4

903.6

903.0

902.3

901.9

902.8

904.7

905.3

905.9

905.4

904.7

904.0

903.6

902.2

901.0

900.1

899.0

898.3

897.9

897.6

897.5

897.3

897.3

897.3

897.1

897.2

897.2

897.2

897.2

896.9

896.9

896.9

896.3

896.4

897.8

898-. 2

897.2

896.8

896.3

896.1

896.1

896.0

896.1

896.2

896.5

896.4

896.5

896.6

896.1

895.8

896.0

896.0

896.2

896.2

897.3

897.1

896.4

896.1

896.1

895.9

895.9

895.8
162 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Nimlshlllen Creek at North Industry, Ohio

Location.- lat. 40°44'01n , long. 81°21'08n , In SWi sec. 35, T. 10 N., R 8 W., Just below railroad bridge and 1 mile southeast of North Industry. Zero of gage Is 970.77

feet.

Drainage area.- 175 square milea. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 3.9 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 1,240 second-feet;

extended to crest stage on basis of slope-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 3,610 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage

height, 9.23 feet).

1921-36! Discharge, about 4,000 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 9.9

feet}. 

Remarks.- Record obtained In cooperation with Muaklngum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean dally discharge, In seoond-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Bee.

52

50

52

55

58

60

82

74

67

58

Jan.

320

241

263

153

114

97

129

284

345

509

Feb.

346

231

208

201

192

186

180

286

566

290

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

62

66

55

54

54

53

57

56

56

66

Jan.

298

209

176

1,020.

2,520

874

452

1,310

728

395

Feb.

189

177

180

250

225

244

181

174

184

206

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

.Dec.

53

59

56

64

72

125

179

314

178

378

614

106

0.70

Jan.

1,600

2,520

1,080

1,060

2,850

969

485

381

340

319

418

724

4.77

Feb.

250

426

230

194

161

131

132

118

QQ C

1.34

Qage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

1

2

1

M

N

10

N

M

10

2

M

N

M

10

N

2

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 4

1.64

1.43

1.50

Jam,

1.27

1.48

Janu

1.22

1.37

Jam.

1.30

1.52

1.67

Jam

2.06

1.90

Jam.

1.80

2.22

2.12

2.67

186

130

147

ary 5

94

142

ary 6

85

115

lary 7

100

152

195

lary 8

329

270

lary 9

236

390

352

553

fn 

W

6

8

N

6

N

M

6

6

8

8

4

8

N

2

10

8

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 10

2.55

2.69

2.51

2.52

515

572

496

496

January 11

1.96

1.80

292

236

January 12

1.75

1.69

220

201

January 13

1.61

1.61

Janus

1.72

1.92

4.15

3.90

6.50

177

177

iry 14

210

277

1,190

1,060

2,250

January 15

8.26

5.90

3,150

1,960

fn 

g

w

6

6

6

N

6

10

6

4

8

6

8

2

4

8

M

6

3

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 16

3.95

2.89

1,100

652

January 17

2.42

2.27

2.29

2.44

466

409

416

473

January 18

3.91

5.35

1,060

1,730

January 19

3.26

2.57

Janu

2.13

2.11

2.20

2.52

2.55

792

515

ary 20

355

348

382

496

515

January 21

4.30

6.16

5.76

1,230

2,100

1,920

fn 

O

M

5

10

4

M

N

6

M

N

M

6

4

8

4

2

1

M

Feet

6.15

Sec. ft.

2,100

January 22

7.32

7.88

7.20

5.55

2,650

2,950

2,600

1,820

January 23

3.62

3.50

3.18

Janu

2.80

7.62

936

894

772

ary 24

612

2,800

January 25

9.22

7.13

3,610

2,550

January 26

3.90

3.22

1,060

772

January 27

2.76

2.37

2.32

592

447

428

fn 

1

N

M

N

1

7

10

8

8

8

9

8

8

8

N

6

8

M

Feet- Sec. ft.

January 28

2.18

2.12

377

357

January 29

2.07

2.06

1.98

2.05

340

336

309

333

January ,30

1.98

2.01

309

319

January 31

2.15

2.29

2.50

Febn

2.16

1.92

367

416

496

nary 1

370

290

February 2

1.69

1.70

1.75

1.69

217

2.20

236

217
ITOSKINGOM RIVER BASIN 163

Leesville Reservoir near Leesville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°28'10", lonp;. 81°ll'47n , on McGuire Creek at Leesville Dam, Carroll 

County, about li miles northeast of Leesville and about 1 mile above mouth.

Drainage area.- 48 square miles.

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 1,629,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished by 

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents? in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

at indicated time,

Day

Dec. 17

18

19

21

22

23

24

28

29

30

31

Jan. 4

5

5

6

6

7

7

8

8

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

12

13

13

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

17

17

17

18

18

18

19

19

Hour

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

2 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

2 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

Elevation

929.5

929.5

929.5

929.5

929.5

929.4

929.4

930.7

930.8

931.3

932.0

932.7

932.6

932.3

932.0

931.8

931.6

931.5

931.6

931.8

931.8

931.8

932.0

932.4

932.8

932.8

932.8

932.7

932.6

932.5

932.3

932.3

932.4

932.8

934.7

937.2

938.0

938.4

938.6

938.5

938.4

938.5

938.4

938.0

937.4

937.1

937.8

937.9

937.8

937.5

Contents

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

36

37

42

48

54

53

51

48

46

44

44

44

46

46

46

48

52

55

55

55

54

53

52

51

51

52

55

71

103

113

120

124

122

120

122

120

113

105

101

110

112

110

106

Day

Jan. 20

20

21

21

22

22

22

23

23

23

24

24

24

25

25

25

25

26

26

27

27

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

9

10

11

12

15

17

20

23

25

27

Hour

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

6 a.m.

4 p.m.

4 a.m.

2 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

10 p.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

Elevation

936.8

936.5

937.2

938.4

940.8

942.3

942.8

942.8

942.7

942.4

941.8

941.7

941.9

944.5

946.4

946.6

946.4

945.4

944.2

943.1

941.6

940.7

939.5

938.3

937.3

936.6

936.0

935.4

934.9

934.5

934.0

933.7

933.2

932.9

932.6

932.4

932.1

931.9

931.8

931.4

931.4

931.1

930.8

930.7

930.6

930.4

931.1

930.9

930.5

Contents

97

92

103

120

170

201

210

210

208

203

192

189

194

246

291

297

291

266

239

215

187

167

142

118

104

93

83

78

73

70

65

63

59

56

53

52

49

47

46

43

43

40

37

36

35

34

40

38

34

* Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
164 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Atwood Reservoir near New Cumberland, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°31'35 n , long. 810 17'10 B , on Indian pork of Conotton Creek at Atwood 

Dam, Tuscarawas County, about 1^ miles southeast of New Cumberland, and about fiveeighths of a mile above mouth.

Drainage area.- 70 square miles.

Remarks.- No records for periods Dec. 25-27, Jan. 1-3. Storage capacity, 2,165,000,000 

cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. 

Army. Capacity curve furnished by Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents* in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 1937

Day

Dec. 23

24

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Jan. 4

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

7

8

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

12

13

13

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

Hour

4 p.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

10 a.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p,.m.

10 p.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

890.8

890.8

893.1

893.1

892.4

892.4

892.9

893.6

894.4

894.4

893.5

893.5

893.2

892.9

892.7

892.4

892.4

892.4

892.9

893.0

893.0

893.0

893.0

893.0

893.0

893.1

893.5

893.7

893.7

893.6

893.5

893.4

893.2

893.1

893.0

894.2

895.6

898.2

901.8

903.7

906.0

906.4

906.5

906.3

905.9

904.9

902,6

900.9

899.6

898.1

897.9

898.0

898.3

898.8

900.2

Contents

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

I

2

7

18

42

66

105

110

112

109

103

85

52

34

24

18

17

17

18

21

28

Day

Jan. 19

19

19

19

19

20

20

20

20

20

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

22

23

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

25

25

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

26

27

27

27

27

28

28

28

28

28

29

29

29

29

30

30

30

31

31

Hour

8 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

9 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

Noon

Midnight

Elevation

900.9

900.9

900.8

900.3

899.1

897.4

896.4

896.3

896.4

897.0

899.2

900.4

902.0

903.1

904.7

906.6

908.3

908.8

909.1

909.0

908.9

908.7

908.0

906.8

906.3

906.2

906.8

909.0

911.2

912.0

912.4

912.5

912.4

912.0

911.6

911.0

910.1

909.0

908.5

907.4

906.2

905.4

904.6

903.7

902.0

899.0

895.7

895.2

894.7

894.0

893.5

893.2

893.0

893.0

893.0

Contents

34

34

33

29

22

15

11

10

11

13

23

30

44

58

82

113

151

162

169

166

164

159

144

115

109

108

115

166

223

244

258

262

258

244

234

218

195

166

155

128

108

94

80

66

44

22

8

5

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

* Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which is made iip of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
MUSKINOUM RIVER BASIN 165

Beach City Reservoir near Beach City, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 400 38'10", long. 81°33'30 11 , on Sugar Creek at Beach City Dam, Tuscarawas

County, about ij miles southeast of Beach City and about an eighth of a mile below

junction with South Pork of Sugar Creek. 

Dr a 1nage area.- 300 square miles. 

Remarks.- Ho records for periods Dec. 25-27, Jan. 1-3. Storage capacity, 3,123,000,000

cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville Office of Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Army. Capacity curve furnished by Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents* in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 1937

Day

Dec. 23

24

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Jan. 4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

7

8

8

8

9

9

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

12

13

13

13

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

Hour

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Elevation

932.9

932.9

936.1

936.1

936.2

935.9

935.9

935.9

936.9

937.6

935.1

935.0

935.0

935.0

934.4

934.4

934.4

934.6

934.9

935.1

935.1

935.3

935.4

935.5

935.5

935.6

936.1

936.6

936.6

936.1

935.3

935.3

935.4

935.4

935.4

935.7

937.6

938.6

941.4

945.2

947.8

950.3

951.5

951.9

952.2

951.3

949.9

Contents

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

' 11

1

1

2

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

3

4

9

33

75

135

172

184

194

166

123

Day

Jan. 16

16

16

17

17

18

18

18

19

19

20

20

20

21

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

22

22

22

23

23

23

23

23

24

24

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

27

27

Hour

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

2 a.m.

4 a.m.

5 a-jn.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Elevation

947.6

945.6

941.8

937.5

936.7

937.. 4

939.7

941.0

941.7

940.7

938.4

937.5

937.8

939.8

940.2

941.0

944.0

946.5

947.0

947.4

949.3

951.2

951.3

851.1

949.5

948.6

947.8

944.4

943.0

942.1

944.0

947.1

951.1

953.3

953.6

953.6

953.2

952.3

951.0

950.1

950.8

949.5

947.8

945.0

941.3

939.5

939.0

Contents

71

38

10

2

2

2

5

7

10

6

3

2

3

5

5

7

22

52

61

68

108

163

166

160

113

91

75

25

16

12

22

63

160

234

245

245

230

197

157

129

151

113

75

30

8

4

4

* Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam. 

77596 O 38 12
166 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Sugar Creek at Strasburg, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°35'12 11 , long. 81°31'2811 , In !N»i sec. 1, T. 9 N., R. 3 W., at highway 

bridge three-quarters of a .mile southeast of Strasburg, Tusoarawas County. Zero of 

gage is 898.24 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 310 square miles.

Base-height 'record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings daily. Gage heights used 

to half tenths between 2.1 and 3.2 feet prior to and Including Jan. 14 and between 

3.6 and 4.2 feet thereafter; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 7,160 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage on basis of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 9,100 second-feet 8 to 9 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 10.20 feet).

1931-33, 1934-36: Discharge, about 19,700 second-feet Aug. 7, 1935 (gage height, 

12.70 feet).

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage In Beach City Reservoir, for record of storage 

In this reservoir see p. 165. Record obtained In cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

52

51

47

52

58

52

52

52

52

52

Jan.

1,250

521

504

300

220

185

204

488

473

977

Feb.

723

400

299

266

255

204

204

430

1,130

528

Day

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

54

43

31

31

36

40

47

52

52

52

Jan.

792

505

379

989

5,560

5,700

1,970

2,190

2,800

1,580

Feb.

204

230

255

382

310

370

255

282

310

400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

58

54

52

52

58

104

104

407

266

439

1,160

0.45

Jan.

2,370

5,920

5,650

2,800

6,600

6,740

1,960

1,020

750

690

689

7.53

Feb.

370

865

430

370

282

144

158

154

1.22

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

SH

§

SCI

8

4

8

4

M

8

N

4

M

8

N

4

li

8

N

M

8

N

M

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

2.20

2.20

185

185

January 7

2.15

2.22

2.94

Janu

3.50

3.57

3.52

3.26

Janu

3.10

3.10

3.22

3.98

Janu

4.86

4.94

4. -60

172

185

365

ary 8

537

572

537

471

ary 9

407

407

439

715

ary 10

1,070

1,070

950

January 11

4.40

4.22

3.68

870

790

607

January 12

3.45 504

1

4

8

4

8

N

6

M

8

N

6

M

8

N

6

M

8

4

2

8 

4

Feet

3.31

Sec. ft.

471

January 13

3.00

2.95

Janu

3.00

3.65

6.00

7.40

Janu

8.80

9.30

9.70

9.65

379

365

ary 14

379

572

1,610

2,550

ary 15

4,620

6,040

7,250

6,940

January 16

9.50

9.34

8.82

7.80

6,630

6,040

4,820

3,220

January 17

6.40

6.00

1,960

1,710

. January 18

5.85

6.20 

6.96

1,590

1,830 

2,410

t,

§ 

W

M

3

8

4

M

8

5

M

8

4

M

8

N

6

M

7

6

M

8

Feet Sec. ft.

7.74 3,100

January 19

7.90

7.70

7.23

6.60

3,340

3,100

2,590

2,100

January 20

5.90

5.40

1,650

1,370

5.73 1,530

January 21

6.60

7.20

2,100

2,590

8.03 3,460

January 22

9.10

9.44

9.60

9.53

5,510

6,320

6,940

6,630

January 23

9.40

8.90

8.26

6,320

5,040

3,900

January 24

7.30 2,680

1

N

4

M

8

N

5

8

9

M

8

N

6

M

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

Feet

7.10

7.03

7.67

Sec. ft.

2,500

2,410

3,100

January 25

9.10

9.65

10.10

10.20

10.20

10.06

Janut

9.60

9.35

8.90

8.03

5,510

6,940

8,700

9,100

9,100

8,700

iry 26

6,940

6,320

5,040

3,460

January 27

6.50

5.86

2,030

1,650

January 28

4.90

4.43

1,130

865

January 29

4.25

4.10

750

690

January 30 

4.10 690

4.10 690

1

W

8

4

M

6

N

6

M

8

4

M

8

N

4

M

8

4

8

4

8

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 31

4.05

4.06

4.33

658

658

810

February 1

4.45

4.20

3.96

3.81

865

750

592

495

February 2.

3.70

3.60

3.48

430

370

299

February 3

3.35

3.40

3.58

3.58

230

255

358

358

February 4

3.45

3.40

282

255

February 5

3.40

3.40

255

255

February 6 

3.30 204

3.30 204
MUSKINOTM RIVER BASIN 16 

Piedmont Reservoir at Piedmont, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 400 ll'20 n , long. 81°12'50", on Stillwater Creek at Piedmont Dam,

Harrison County, about half a mile west of Piedmont and about half a mile above

mouth of Boggs Pork. 

Drainage area.- 84 square miles. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 2,831,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished by

Wuskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents* in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

at indicated time,

Day

Dec. 5

6

7

8

9

10

Hour

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

12 ; 9 a. in.

13

14

16

19

21

23

24

26

28

29

30

31

Jan. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

*

5

5

6

6

Y

Y

8

8

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

12 I 8 p.m.

13 ! 6 a.m.

13

14

14

15

15

16

16

16

17

17

17

18

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

10 a.m.

18 | 4 p.m.

Elevation

882.7

883.6

884.8

885.7

885.1

884.9

884.8

884.6

884.4

884.2

884.0

884.2

884.0

884.1

884.5

884.9

885.0

885.2

885.4

885.7

885.8

885.9

886.1

886.2

886.4

886.5

886.3

886.1

885.8

885.6

. 885.5

885.4

885.7

885.9

886.0

886.1

886.2

886.4

886.6

886.8

887.1

887.4

887.4

887.6

887.1

886.9

887.3

887.5

888.1

890.4

890.8

890.8

890.8

890.4

890.2

890.1

890.1

Contents

16

20

25

29

26

26

25

24

24

23

22

23

22

22

24

26

26

27

28

29

29

30

31

33

36

37

34

31

29

28

28

28

29

30

30

31

33

36

38

41

46

51

51

54

46

43

49

52

63

115

126

126

126

115

110

108

108

Day

Jan. 19

19

20

20

20

21

21

21

22

22

22

23

23

23

24

24

24

25

25

25

26

26

27

27

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

15

17

19

21

23

25

27

28

Hour

6 a.m.

4 p.m.

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

8 p.m.

4 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

Elevation

890.4

890.7

890.7

890.6

890.6

890.6

890.7

891.4

892.5

894.7

896.4

897.2

897.3

897.3

896.9

896.7

897.1

898.0

898.9

899.5

899.1

898.6

897.8

896.9

896.1

895.0

894.1

893.1

892.2

891.1

890.5

889.7

889.4

888.6

888.2

887.7

887.3

886.7

886.2

886.0

885.7

885.2

885.2

885.2

885.7

886.5

886.6

886.1

885.7

885.5

885.4

885.1

885.0

885.3

885.1

884.9

884.8

Contents

115

123

123

121

121

121

123

141

170

242

314

349

353

353

336

327

344

383

423

453

432

409

374

336

300

253

222

187

162

134

118

98

92

74

65

56

49

40

33

30

29

27

27

27

29

37

38

31

29

28

'28

26

26

27

26

22

25

 » Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
168 FLOODS OF OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Stillwater Creek at Uhrichsville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°23'11", long. 81°20'48", at dam of Dennison Water Supply Co. in

Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, and 1.7 miles below former gage. Zero of both gages 

is 839.37 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 367 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily prior to and including Dec. 19; water-stage 

recorder graph thereafter. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.3 and 4.4 feet; 

hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 7,060 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 7,460 second-feet 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 12.60 feet).

1922-36: Discharge, 7,650 second-feet Aug. 8-9, 1935 (gage height, 14.2 feet at 

former site 1.7 miles upstream).

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage in Piedmont, Clendening, and Tappan Reservoirs. 

For record of storage in these reservoirs see pp. 165, 167, and 168. Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

56

70

70

89

89

110

319

577

472

383

Jan.

1,500

1,400

1,350

1,250

980

732

621

880

1,010

1,280

Feb.

1,550

1,120

860

72S

586

439

431

455

732

1,150

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

326

399

420

227

221

204

204

192

169

180

Jan.

1,500

1,550

1,400

1,360

2,530

3,420

3,640

3,390

3,340

3,100

Feb.

783

751

704

761

639

612

532

439

415

391

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

198

204

170

210

221

279

368

586

713

781

1,220

0.99

Jan.

3,240

4,630

6,400

6,520

7,190

7,190

6,120

4,620

3,440

2,740

2,110

9.17

Feb.

375

431

47S

455

399

319

29S

25S

1.73

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

f-l gM

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 7

2.56

2.56

594

594

2.68 704

Janu

2.87

2.95

ary 8

890

970

January 9

2.98 1,000

3.06

Janu

3.25

3.41

Janu

1,0_90

ary 10

1,300

1,450

ary 11

3.46 1,500

3.48 1,550

January 12

3.48 1,550

3.43 1,500

January 13

3.34 1,400

3.22 1,260

January 14

3.15 1,180

I

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

4

N

M

4

N

6

M

6

N

M

Feet

3.42

3.83

Sec.ft.

1,450

1,850

January 15

4.40

4.93

5.62

6.18

2,240

2,500

2,820

3,060

January 16

6.67

7.04

7.33

7.50

3,290

3,440

3,590

3,690

January 17

7.53

7.43

7.07

Janu

6.95

6.90

6.85

6.85

3,690

3,640

3,490

ary 18

3,440

3,390

3,340

3,340

January 19

6.85

6.80

6.56

3,340

3,340

3,240

I

N

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

4

8

M

6

Peet Sec.ft.

January 20

6.26

6.15

Janu

6.34

6.60

6.84

7.42

3,100

3,060

ary 21

3,100

3,240

3,340

3,640

January 22

8.17

8.89

9.80

10.60

Janu

11.13

11.48

11.67

11.67

4,110

4,550

5,180

5,800

ary 23

6,200

6,520

6,680

6,680

January 24

11.52

11.30

11.28

11.37

11.70

6,520

6,360

6,360

6,440

6,680

January 25

12.10 7,010

3

0

N

2

5

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

Feet

12.57

12.60

12.60

12.59

12.56

Sec.ft.

7,460

7,460

7,460

7,460

7,460

January 26

12.52

12.38

12.18

11.88

7,370

7,280

7,100

6,840

January 27

11.50

11.02

10.53

10.07

6,520

6,120

5,720

5,400

January 28

9.52

9". 07

8.54

8.04

Janu

7.50

7.02

6.58

6.15

4,970

4,690

4,290

3,990

ary 29

3,690

3,440

3,240

3,060

o

6

N

6

M

N

M

9

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 30

5.7-i

5.4C

2,900

2,740

5.Q8 2,600

4.7C 2,400

January 31

4.2C

3.82

2,110

1,850

February 1

3.6C 1,640

3.47 1,500

3.2£ 1,300

February 2

3. 1C

2.9E

1,130

> 970

February 3

2.8S 850

2.77 791

February 4

2.71

2.6£

Febi

2.5E

732

648

'uary 5

586

2.47 515
MUSKINGDM RIVER BASIN 169

Clendening Reservoir at Tippecanoe, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°16'15", long. 81°16'40", on Brushy Fork of Stillwater Creek at 

Clendening Dam, Harrison County, about half a mile east of Tippecanoe.

Drainage area.- 70 square miles.

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 2,352,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished by Muskingum 

Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents* in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

Dec. 1

3

4

5

7

9

10

11

12

14

15

16

17

18

19

21

22

23

24

28

29

30

31

Jan. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

12

12

13

13

13

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

Hour

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Elevation

864.3

864.2

864.3

864.3

866.2

865.9

865.6

865.2

865.3

865.2

864.9

864.6

864.4

864.3

864.2

864.3

864.2

864.1

864.0

866.0

866.3

866.8

867.3

868.3

868.4

868.2

868.2

868.1

868.0

867.9

867.8

867.7

867.5

866.9

866.6

866.3

866.3

866.4

867.1

867.2

867.5

867.9

868.1

868.2

868.3

8 a.m. | 868.4

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

Midnight

868.4

868.5

868.2

868.0

867.9

867.6

867.4

867.4

868.0

869.5

871.3

873.2

874.2

874.5

Contents

14

13

14

14

18

17

16

15

16

15

15

14

14

14

13

14

13

13

13

17

18

21

24

32

32

31

31

30

30

29

28

28

26

22

20

18

18

19

23

24

26

29

30

31

32

32

32

32

31

30

29

27

25

25

30

40

56

82

102

104

Day

Jan. 16

16

17

17

17

17

18

18

19

19

19

20

20

21

21

21

22

22

23

23

23

24

24

24

25

25

26

26

27

27

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Hour

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

6 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

Elevation

874.8

874.7

874.4

874.2

872.8

872.2

871.9

872.3

873.1

873.1

872.5

872.6

872.6

872.5

872.6

873.1

878.4

880.7

882.8

882.8

882.7

880.6

880.5

880.9

882.6

883.7

883.1

882.4

881.5

880.7

879.1

878.2

876.4

875.7

875.8

876.0

876.1

876.4

877.0

877.4

877.5

877.5

877.5

877.5

877.4

877.3

877.2

 877.0

877.1

876.8

876.6

876.2

874.2

873.6

873.2

872.3

869.2

868.8

867.0

866.1

Contents

107

106

104

102

75

68

64

69

80

80

72

73

73

72

73

80

183

246

311

311

307

244

242

251

304

339

321

297

268

246

200

178

139

124

127

131

133

139

152

161

163

163

163

163

161

159

156

152

154

148

144

135

102

91

82

69

37

34

22

18

» Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Tappan Reservoir at Tappan, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°2l'35", long. 81 0 13'35 n , on Little Stillwater Creek at Tappan Dam,

Harrison County, about 1 mile west of Tappan. 

DraInage are a.- 71 square miles. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 2,683,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished by

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

Dec. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

8

8

9

9

10

10

1011

11

12

12

12

13

13

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

18

18

18

Hour

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.'

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

10 p.m.

4 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Elevation

871.5

871.5

871.5

871.6

871.7

871.8

871.9

871.9

871.9

872.0

872.2

872.4

872.6

873.0

873.4

873.8

873.9

874.1

874.2

874.5

874.8

875.1

875.1

874.9

874.7

874.4

874.2

873.9

873.8

873.8

873.8

873.9

874.0

874.1

874.2

874.4

874.6

874.8

874.8

874.9

874.8

874.7

874.6

874.4

874.3

874.3

874.8

875.9

878.3

878.8

879.1

879.3

879.1

879.1

878.9

878.6

878.6

878.7

878.7

878.9

Contents

8

8

8

9

10

11

12

12

12

13

15

17

18

22

29

36

37

41

43

48

53

59

59

55

52

46

43

37

36

36

36

37

39

41

43

46

50

53

53

55

53

52

50

46

44

44

53

76

134

147

156

164

156

156

149

142

142

144

144

149

Day

Jan. 19

19

20

20

21

21

22

22

22

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

27

27

27

28

28

28

29

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Hour

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

4 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a. ai.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

Elevation

879.0

879.0

879.0

879.2

879.2

879.6

880.6

882.0

883.6

884.4

884.5

884.7

884.7

884.2

884.5

885.6

886.5

886.6

886.8

887.0

886.8

886.6

886.4

886.1

886.0

885.6

884.7

884.3

883.9

883.4

883.1

882.9

882.2

881.5

880.5

879.9

879.2

878.6

877.7

876.8

875.8

875.0

874.8

874.6

874.4

874.3

874.2

874.0

873.8

873.4

873.1

873.2

873.0

872.8

87S.7

872.5

872.5

872.4

872.4

87S.4

Contents

152

152

152

160

160

176

213

266

351

393

398

410

410

381

398

458

510

516

528

540

528

516

503

485

479

458

410-

387

365

341

327

316

277

246

210

188

160

142

118

96

74

57

53

50

46

44

43

39

36

29

24

25

22

20

19

18

18

17

17

17

* Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage fco the elevation given, 

which is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
MUSKINGTJM RIVER BASIS 171

Charles Mill Reservoir at Charles Mill, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 400 44 I 20", long. 82°21'40 n , on Black Pork of Mohican River at Charles 

Mill Dam, Ashland County, about half a mile north of Charles Mill.

Drainage area.- 216 square miles.

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 3,833,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished: by MuskIngum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents* in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

at indicated time,

Day

Dec. 15

17

19

21

23

24

28

29

30

30

31

31

Jan. 4

4

4

5

5

5

6

6

7

7

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

. 11

11

12

12

12

13

13

13

14

14

15

15

16

16

16

17

17

17

18

18

19

19

eo

20

Hour

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Moon

Midnight

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

Moon

Midnight

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

Elevation

987.9

987.8

987.8

987.9

987.8

987.8

988.3

988.5

988.6

988.6

989.3

989.8

991.1

991.1

991.1

991.0

991.0

990.8

990.7

990.5

990.3

990.2

990.2

990.3

990.4

990.7

991.0

991.1

991.4

991.7

992.2

992.6

992.8

993.0

993.1

993.1

993.0

992.9

992.9

993.2

994.0

996.4

998.7

1000.5

1002.0

1002.3

1002.7

1002.9

1003.1

1003.2

1003.3

1003.4

1003.4

1003.4

1003.3

Contents

34

32

32

34

32

32

38

40

40

40

50

61

89

89

89

87

87

83

80

76

72

69

69

72

74

80

87

89

96

102

116

130

137

144

147

147

144

140

140

150

174

287

420

567

688

717

755

774

794

804

814

- 824

824

824

814

Day

Jan. 21

21

21

22

22

23

23

23

24

24

24

25

25

26

26

26

27

27

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

20

23

24

25

26

27

Hour

8 a.m.

Moon

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

Moon

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

Elevation

1003.4

1003.4

1003.4

1003.8

1004.1

1004.5

1004.6

1004.6

1004.5

1004.5

1004.7

1005.2

1005.7

1006.2

1006.4

1006.5

1006.4

1006.1

1005.8

1005.4

1004.9

1004.4

1003.7

1003.3

1002.8

1002.1

1001.5

1001.1

1000.5

1000.1

999.6

999.1

998.7

998.3

998.0

997.6

997.3

997.0

996.8

996.5

996.6

996.8

997.0

997.5

997.4

997.1

997.0

996.9

996.8

996.5

997.4

997.5

997.4

997.1

996.8

Contents

824

824

824

864

896

942

954

954

942

942

965

1,020

1,080

1,140

1,160

1,180

1,160

1,120

1,090

1,040

988

930

854

814

765

698

649

618

566

532

488

445

420

399

383

361

344

327

314

294

301

314

327

355

349

333

327

320

314

294

349

355

349

333

314

* Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage to the elevation given,

which is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
172 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Black Fork at Loudonville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°38'08", long. 82°14'19", in HW-J- sec. 1, T. 19 N., R. 16 W., at highway bridge at Loudonville, ij- miles below mouth of Big Run. Zero of gage is 928.46 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 342 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings dally. Gage heights used 

to half tenths between 3.1 and 3.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 4,040 second-feet;

' extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 5,260 second-feet noon Jan. 25 (gage height,

 IT783 feet).

1931-36: Discharge observed, 5,860 second-feet Aug. 7, 1935 (gage height, 12.29 

feet).

Maximum discharge known, 11,700 second-feet March 1913, at Charles Mills dam site, 

about 16 miles above gage, computed by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army (gage height, about 20.5 feet, present site and datum).

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage in Charles Mill Reservoir. For record of

storage in this reservoir see p. 171. Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum 

Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

65

69

72

Jan.

362

335

390

72 | 335

73

72

84

72

72

70

322

281

268

506

447

668

Feb.

2,140

1,820

1,520

1,210

966

811

634

569

849

537

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

73

73

75

69

67

69

67

67

69

77

Jan.

601

569

601

2,000

3,400

1,780

1,720

2,920

2,830

2,260

Feb.

506

537

537

601

537

537

506

476

506

569

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

73

70

67

69

72

73

80

145

126

138

668

QW r\

0.33

Jan.

3,140

3,670

2,920

2,740

4,510

3,200

2,850

2,780

2,640

2,440

2,320

6.06

Feb.

634

774

569

569

537

506

476

418

2.27

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time,

in

8

6

8

4

M

8

6

8

6

8

6

M

8

6

8

6

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

3.65

3.57

294

268

January 7

3.54

3.60

4.07

268

281

418

January 8

4.70

4.30

601

476

January 9

4.06

4.34

418

476

January 10

4.76

5.17

5.07

634

774

738

January 11

4.66

4.61

601

569

January 12

4.64

4.64

569

569

January 13

4.65 569

FH 

1

6

M

6

8

N

6

M

6

10

N

6

M

8

N

6

M

8

6

M

6

Feet

4.66

5.30

Sec. ft.

601

811

January 14

7.35

7.96

8.37

8.67

9.21

1,720

2,020

2,260

2,440

2,780

January 15

9.90

10.10

10.10

9.85

9.05

3,320

3,490

3,490

3,240

2,640

January 16

7.61

7.20

7.00

7.04

Janu

7.25

7.48

7.93

Janu

8.70

1,820

1,620

1,520

1,520

ary 17

1,620

1,770

1,970

ary 18

2,440

FH 

O

N

6

10

4

N

6

M

8

6

M

8

N

6

M

8

N

6

M

8

N

Feet

9.51

10.03

10.20

Sec. ft.

3,000

3,400

3,580

January 19

9.95

9.07

8.75

8.50

Janu

8.34

8.40

8.56

3,400

2,710

2,500

2,320

ary 20

2,200

2,260

2,380

January 21

9.37

9.80

10.13

10.23

2,920

3,240

3,490

3,580

January 22

10.40

10.44

10.39

10.14

Janu

9.55

9.33

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,490

ary 23

3,080

2,850

FH

8M

6

M

8

N

6

M

6

8

10

N

4

6

M

8

N

6

M

8

6

8

6

Feet

9.14

8.97

Sec. ft.

2,710

2,640

January 24

8.86

8.97

9.30

9.90

2,570

2,640

2,850

3,320

January 25

10.86

11.40

11.79

11.83

11.60

11.42

10.73

Janu

9.86

9.59

9.44

9.33

4,260

4,800

5,260

5,260

5,020

4,800

4,060

ary 26

3,320

3,080

2,920

2,850

January 27

9.24

9.33

Janu

9.23

9.14

2,780

2,850

ary 28

2,780

2,710

iSJ

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 29

9.02

8.90

2,640

2,570

January 30

8.78

8.66

2,500

2,440

January 31

8.53

8.49

2,320

2,320

February 1

8.30

8.00

2,200

2,020

February 2

7.53

7.56

1,770

1,820

February 3

7.05

6.95

1,520

1,520

Februp ry 4

6.43

6.10

Febr

5.78

5.56

1,260

1,130

uary 5

1,010

927
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 173 

Mohican River at Greer, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°30'5511 , long. 82°11'48", in NWi sec. 10, T. 8 N., R. 10 W., 3000

feet below highway bridge at Greer, Knox County. Zero of gage is 872.91 feet above

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 942 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 4.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 12,400 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 16,100 second-feet noon Jan. 25 (gage,height,

12.30 feet).

1921-36: Discharge, 17,700 second-feet Aug. 7, 1935 (gage height, 13.63 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, about 55,000 second-feet in March 1913 (gage height,

27.0 feet). 

Remarks.- Flood flow affected by storage in Charles Mill, Pleasant Hill, and Mohicanville Reservoirs. For record of storage in these reservoirs see pp. 171, 177 and

179. Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

141

178

167

163

163

175

182

156

165

167

Jan.

1,710

1,110

923

839

692

598

560

1,670

1,900

2,360

Feb.

3,530

2,490

2,160

1,780

1,520

1,350

1,190

1,120

2,260

1,780

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

159

163

152

156

148

145

148

148

148

' 159

Jan.

1,970

1,360

1,190

4,520

13,000

9,120

6,700

9,340

8,740

6,100

Feb.

1,120

1,050

1,050

1,230

1,180

1,230

1,110

1,060

1,090

1,440

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

152

152

136

156

156

167

200

418

503

400

1,190

22

0.03

Jan.

9,270

13,000

9,700

8,130

14,900

10,700

7,780

6,400

4,900

3,740

3,600

6.57

Feb.

1,900

2,690

1,710

1,380

1,200

1,020

960

851

1.68

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fc3 o

at

6

N

6

6

6

6

2

10

4

8

N

8

4

8

2

8

M

4

N

10

6

N

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 5

2.33

2.29

2.24

736

692

640

January 6

2.21

2.17

Jani

2.14

2.13

2.22

Jam

2.43

2.86

3.23

3.50

Jani

3.48

3.38

3.15

3.08

3.28

Jam

3.53

3.58

3.84

608

570

lary 7

541

532

619

aary 8

851

1,400

1,840

2,230

aary 9

2,230

2,100

1,780

1,710

1,970

aary 10

2,300

2,360

2,690

January 11

3.57

3.30

3.09

2.95

2,300

1,970

1,710

1,520

f-i

g

W

6

6

6

6

2

8

N

4

8

M

4

8

N

4

8

M

6

N

6

4

N

8

M

4

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

2.88

2.79

1,420

1,310

January 13

2.73

2.68

1,230

1,160

January 14

2.66

2.88

4.92

5.88

7.83

9.43

1,140

1,420

4,160

5,650

8,580

11,200

January 15

10.35

10.77

10.88

10.96

10.41

9.74

12,900

13,600

13,700

13,900

12,900

11,700

January 16

8.93

7.99

7.33

10,900

8,900

7,780

January 17

6.80

6.52

6.34

6.38

7,000

6,550

6,250

6,400

January 18

6.75

8.35

7,000

9,540

^ 

§

W

2

6

8

M

2

6

N

6

M

6

N

4

10

2

6

H

4

8

M

4

8

N

4

6

10

2

M

6

Feet

9.12

9.38

9.40

8.82

Sec. ft.

10,700

11,200

11,200

10,200

 January 19

8.65

8.49

8.05

7.40

6.89

9,860

9,700

8,900

7,940

7,150

January 20

6.46

6.18

6.06

5.94

6,550

6,100

5,950

5,650

January 21

6.06

6.68

8.77

9.34

9.68

9.49

5,950

6,850

10,200

11,000

11,700

11,400

January 22

10.04

10.83

11.10

11.00

10.80

10.02

12,200

13,600

14,100

13,900

13,600

12,200

January 23

9.41

8.45

7.92

11,200

9,540

8,740

b

§

W

6

N

4

8

M

4

N

4

10

4

N

6

M

2

6

N

4

8

6

H

6

M

6

H

6

M

Feet Sec. ft

January 24

7.14

6.96

7.02

8.17

10.00

7,460

7,300

7,300

9,220

12,200

January 25

11.40

12.30

11.83

11.04

Janu

10.20

8.89

8.26

7.84

14,600

16,100

15,300

13,900

ary 26

12,500

10,300

9,380

8,580

January 27

7.70

7.30

7.00

7.40

7.10

8,420

7,780

7,300

7,940

7,460

January 28

6.61

6.37

6.15

5.94

6,700

6,400

6,100

5,650

January 29

5.71

5.42

5.09

4.90

5,350

4,900

4,450

4,160

3

o

W

H

6

M

6

H

4

M

4

8

6

M

6

N

2

8

N

N

M

2

M

H

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

4.56

4.44

4.41

3,740

3,530

3,460

January 31

4.39

4.49

4.64

4.68

3,460

3,600

3,740

3,880

February 1

4.66

4.59

4.20

3.99

Febr

3.80

3.60

3,880

3,740

3,180

2,900

 uary 2

2,620

2,360

Februa ry 3

3.53

3.62

3.41

2,300

2,360

2,100

February 4

3.15

3.05

1,780

1,640

February 5

2.93

2.88

1,490

1,420

February 6

2.80

2.79

1,320

1,310
174 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Walhonding River at Pomerene, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°21'20", long. 82°06'19", at highway bridge at Pomerene, Coshocton 

County, a third of a mile above Honey Run and within Vohawk Reservoir. Zero of gage 

is 805.53 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,488 square miles.

Bags-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Nov. 4-10, Dec. 31, 

Jan. 1-8, 8-12, 14-31, Feb. 1-5, 9-10, 20-23, when hourly gage readings above outlet 

gates of Mohawk Dam were used. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.7 and 4.4 

feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- None at recording gage when there is considerable storage in 

reservoir; daily discharge during such periods determined from discharge through outlet gates, corrected for rate of gain or loss in storage. Outflow rating at Mohawk 

Dam defined by current-meter measurements to 17,000 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 43,800 second-feet about 1 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height at recording gage not applicable in determining discharge).

1921-36: Discharge, 27,800 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929; maximum gage height, 15.97 

feet Aug. 7, 1935.

Maximum discharge known, 80,000 second-feet in March 1913 (gage height, 21.6 feet, 

from floodmark).

Reirarks.- Peak discharge represents, as closely as can be approximated with data available, natural inflow, since rate of storage was reduced by a factor which allowed 

for natural valley storage. Rates of storage used in computing daily discharges were 

not reduced to allow for natural valley storage. Record obtained in cooperation with 

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. Flood flow into Mohawk Reservoir affected 

by storage in Charles Mill, Pleasant Hill, and Mohicanville Reservoirs. For records 

of storage in these reservoirs see pp. 171, 177, and 179.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

344

356

319

299

312

299

535

369

405

309

288

293

293

341

309

299

256

247

260

265

366

372

333

432

293

288

325

614

947

822

5,000

January

4,300

2,800

2,080

1,850

1,410

1,060

1,000

2,500

3,000

4,000

3,400

2,200

2,140

7,700

27 , 400

14,000

8,600

15,900

13,900

8,600

17,000

29,700

15,200

10,600

34,200

14,700

8,800

8,100

6,600

5,600

5,700

February

5,200

4,000

3,200

3,000

2,600

2,080

1,900

1,800

3,500

3,300

2,020

1,740

1,680

1,960

2,080

2,140

1,960

1,850

1,850

3,000

3,700

4,500

3,400

2,620

2,140

1,740

1,630

1,410

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet.. 451 9,163 2,571

Run-off, in inches. ..................... 0.35 7.10 1.80
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 175

Mohawk Reservoir near Mohawk Station, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°21'05", long. 82o 05 I 15 n , on Walhonding River at Mohawk Dam, Coshocton

County, about ij miles northwest of Mohawk Station. 

Drainage area.- 1,501 square miles. 

Remarks.- No records for periods Dec. 24-27, Jan. 1-3. Storage capacity, 12,415,000,000

cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville office of Corps of Engineers, TJ. S.

Army. Capacity curve furnished by Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents* in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 1957

Day

Dec. 23

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

31

Jan. 4

4

4

5

5

5

6

6

6

7

7

7

8

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

10

1111

11

12

12

12

13

13

13

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

19

19

19

19

19

20

20

20

Hour

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

8 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

4 a.m.

6 a.m.

2 pijp.

Midnight

4 a.m.

Noon

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Elevation

801.7

801.9

802.0

802.2

803.6

803.2

803.2

804.2

806.2

809.0

805.9

805.6

805.2

804.7

804.3

804.2

804.0

804.0

803.9

803.7

803.9

804.4

805.7

807.8

808.0

808.1

808.4

810.0

810.4

810.3

810.2

809.8

808.6

807.9

807.0

806.4

806.1

805.5

805.6

807.0

811.0

815.5

821.8

823.6

826.9

829.2

833.2

835.2

835.1

835.6

835.5

834.0

832.7

830.3

827.8

824.4

822.8

819.0

818.6

818.7

822.2

827.9

828.9

828.1

827.8

827.0

826.2

823.0

821.8

819.4

Contents

8

8

9

10

15

14

14

18

27

39

26

24

23

20

18

18

17

17

17

16

17

19

25

34

35

35

37

44

49

48

47

43

37

34

30

28

26

24

24

30

57

130

314

380

535

345

932

1,110

1,100

1,140

1,140

1,000

889

723

575

410

354

227

215

218

330

580

627

589

575

540

498

362

314

237

Day

Jan. 20

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

22

22

22

23

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

24

25

25

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

26

26

27

27

27

28

28

29

29

29

30

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

1

1

2

2

2

3

3

3

4

4

4

5

5

5

5

6

6

6

7

7

8

8

8

Hour

Midnight

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

7 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

818.3

818.2

819.6

821.9

828.2

830.8

833.0

834.8

837.2

838.2

839.0

839.2

838.2

837.0

834.6

832.8

828.8

826.6

825.2

824.4

825.4

828.5

830.2

833.7

838.8

840.7

840.7

840.7

840.2

838.7

836.4

833.6

829.6

825.7

823.4

820.2

818.0

815.4

814.1

813.5

813.2

813.1

813.1

813.1

813.0

813.0

812.6

811.9

811.1

810.4

809.9

809.4

b08.7

808.6

808.5

808.3

808.0

808.0

807.4

807.2

807.2

807.1

806.8

806.7

806.6

806.4

806.2

806.1

806.6

807.4

Contents

205

202

243

318

594

767

915

1,070

1,280

1,370

1,440

1,460

1,370

1,260

1,050

898

622

519

446

410

457

608

714

974

1,420

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,540

1,410

1,210

966

671

472

374

259

196

129

102

92

86

85

85.

85

83

83

76

64

58

49

44

41

38

37

37

36

35

35

32

31

31

30

29

29

28

28

27

26

28

32

* Term "contents" as used in thia report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Clear Pork at Newville, Ohio.

Location.- La

Drainage area.- 175 square miles.

t. 40°37'48", long. 82°23'02", in SEi sec. 3, T. 21 N., R. 17 W., at highat Newville. Zero of gage is 1,018.32 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 175 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings daily. Gage heights used 

to half tenths between 2.3 and 3.4 feet prior to and including Jan. 15 and between 

2.lands.4 feet thereafter; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

ige-dlscharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 5,400 second-]

ftTctfinrlftrl f-.n n-pfla-h nlrocrnStag . _ _ _ . ____ feet;

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,340 second-feet 2 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage 

height, 9.80 feet) .

1934-1936: Discharge, 11,700 second-feet July 4, 1935 (gage height, 12.90 feet). 

Flood of March 1913 reached a stage of 15.7 feet. 

Remarks.- Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

23

34

37

38

32

36

41

25

30

33

Jan.

352

199

252

150

103

83

135

416

352

540

Feb.

336

214

177

177

166

155

145

166

540

279

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

33

32

29

25.

25

29

27

33

32

30

Jan.

336

225

213

3,800

4,700

1,290

627

2,960

1,250

554

Feb.

166

145

145

214

177

201

166

177

189

352

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

31

32

26

25

28

32

30

94

85

78

706

cry Q

0.38

Jan.

3,380

3,960

1,260

806

4,510

1,300

503

383

307

293

416

7.57

Feb.

432

432

266

214

177

145

135

116

222

1.52

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

3ta

2

N

M

4

2

M

8

6

2

8

8

6

6

M

8

6

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

1.98

1.96

1.97

85

81

83

January 7

1.98

2.29

2.89

85

148

307

January 8

3.31

3.17

432

383

January 9

2.97

2.89

3.30

Janu

3.49

3.77

3.60

Janu

3.13

2.81

Janu

2.65

322

307

432

ary 10

503

620

540

ary 11

383

279

ary 12

238

|

8

8

4

10

2

8

4

2

8

4

2

8

6

2

8

4

6

M

Feet

2.49

Sec. ft.

199

January 13

2.45

2.45

2.97

JanuE

4.81

7.37

8.66

186

186

322

iry 14

1,120

3,340

4,850

January 15

9.80

9.59

7.79

6,340

6,060

3,780

January 16

6.18

5.33

4.37

JanuE

3.76

3.43

3.39

3.44

6.24

2,180

1,450

900

ry 17

620

467

467

467

2,180

g

rr|

8

N

8

2

8

6

2

8

2

8

2

8

2

6

M

8

6

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 18

7.93

7.61

6.09

3,890

3,560

2,090

January 19

5.70

5.43

4.42

1,760

1,520

900

January 20

3.80

3.39

3.30

3.66

620

467

432

579

January 21

6.53

7.99

7.53

7.25

8.10

Jam

9.03

6.88

Jam

5.82

2,450

4,000

3,450

3,140

4,120

lary 22

5,240

2,840

lary 23

1,840

g 

K

N

M

8

4

10

2

8

4

M

8

6

2

8

6

8

6

8

Peet

4.91

4.30

Sec. ft.

1,180

850

January 24

3.77

3.98

5.31

620

706

1,450

January 25

8.05

9.39

8.50

6.71

4,000

5,780

4,600

2,640

January 26

5.39

4.32

1,520

850

January 27

3.79

3.57

3.43

JanuE

3.17

3.07

JanuE

2.88

620

540

467

ry 28

383

352

ry 29

307

o

M

6

8

6

8

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

2.94

Sec. ft.

322

January 30

2.87

2.86

293

293

January 31

3.14

3.34

383

450

February 1

2.99

2.77

336

266

February 2

2.59

2.50

226

201

February 3

2.43

2.41

189

177

February 4

2.41

2.38

177

177

February 5

2.35

2.30

166

155
MTJSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 177 

Pleasant Hill Reservoir near Perrysville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40O 37'20", long. 82°19 I 30", on Clear Fork of Mohican River at Pleasant

Hill Dam, Ashland County, about 2y miles south of Perrysville. 

Drainage area.- 199 square miles. 

Remarks.- Practically no storage as final section of dam was not in place. Storage

capacity, 3,820,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesville office of

Corps of Engineers, TJ. 3. Army.

Elevation, in feet, at indicated time, 1937

Day

Jan. 4

4

4

5

5

6

6

. V

7

8

8

9

9

10

10

10

11

11

11

12

12

13

13

13

13

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

18

19

19

19

19

Hour

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

11 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

8 p.m.

11 p.m.

4 a.m.

6 a.m.

9 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

972.8

972.7

972.5

972.4

972.3

972.1

972.2

972.2

972.9

973.5

973.5

973.3

973.3

973.9

974.1

973.9

973.5

973.3

973.2

973.0

972.9

972.9

972.7

972.6

973.1

974.0

978.4

979.6

979.7

980.5

981.1

980.3

982.1

981.7

982.1

981.0

979.0

977.6

976.3

975.7

975.2

974.8

974.3

973.5

973.5

974.9

978.5

979.2

979.6

978.5

976.9

976.4

976.4

975.7

975.1

974.7

Day

Jan. 20

20

20

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

22

23

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

24

24

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

26

27

27

27

28

28

29

29

29 -

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

3

3

Hour

Noon

8 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

8 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

.6 p.m.

9 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

11 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

1 p.m.

4 p.m.

9 p.m.

4 a.m.

7 a.m.

8 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

EleVation

974.3

973.5

973.4

977.3

979.0

979.4

980.3

980.2

977.7

977.4

978.7

980.4

980.8

979.5

977.9

976.2

975.9

975.5

975.3

975.1

974.4

974.1

974.7

974.3

975.4

979.4

982.1

983.1

982.7

981.4

979.5

979.5

978.6

976.5

975.8

975.6

974.6

973.1

973.0

973.7

973,8

973.5

973.5

973.1

972.5

972.7

973.2

973.3

973.4

973.8

973.5

973.2

973.1

973.0

972.9

972.8
178 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Jerome Fork at Jeromeville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°48'07 11 , long. 82°12'01 n , in SW^ sec. 5, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., at highway bridge at Jeromeville, 1 mile above mouth of Oldtown Run. Zero of gage is 949.14

feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 120 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings daily. Gage heights used

to half tenths between 2.1 and 2.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above theae

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 2,600 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 3,160 second-feet 4 a.m. Jan. 15 and noon

Jan. 25 (gage height, 11.40 feet).

1925-36: Discharge observed, 3,130 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 11.3

feet).

Maximum stage known, 15.1 feet in March 1913. 

Remarks.- Flood flow not materially affected by artificial storage. Record obtained in

cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

SJean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Deo.

18

20

22

26

24

25

30

23

20

21

Jan.

310

188

228

102

81

60

98

696

620

584

Feb.

214

120

77

74

65

61

61

83

562

156

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

26

23

20

18

18

20

21

20

21

24

Jan.

389

174

169

2,060

3,000

1,630

350

1,830

1,180

320

Feb.

79

70

76

144

94

147

89

94

120

228

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

22

22

19

21

29

44

58

169

74

120

985

0.62

Jan.

1,930

2,400

1,110

648

2,660

1,270

268

188

169

166

350

7.82

Feb.

255

391

154

118

81

67

67

55

1.18

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

^ 

ta

8

4

8

4

8

4

M

8

4

M

6

4

8

4

8

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 5

1.70

1.70

81

81

January 6

1.56

1.59

57

61

January 7

1.58

1.66

2.74

60

74

350

January 8

4.50

4.02

3.64

861

710

591

January 9

3.48

3.95

562

710

January 10

3.70

3.52

Janu

2.40

2.24

620

562

ary 11

255

214

FH 

g

ta

8

4

8

6

M

8

N

6

M

4

8

6

8

N

6

8

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

2.12

2.06

174

164

January 13

2.00

1.92

3.00

149

130

419

January 14

7.60

8.75

10.10

11.10

1,840

2,250

2,700

3,060

January 15

11.40

11.28

10.60

3,160

3,130

2,880

January 16

9.15

7.60

3.98

2,390

1,840

710

January 17

2.68

2.54

3.40

322

282

533

FH 

g

ta

8

N

6

8

N

6

H

8

6

M

8

N

6

M

N

6

M

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 18

8.15

8.55

8.24

Janu

7.30

5.64

3.38

2.92

2,050

2,180

2,050

ary 19

1,750

1,200

533

391

January 20

2.50

2.22

4.10

282

201

740

January 21

8.24

8.40

8.56

8.84

2,050

2,120

2,180

2,250

January 22

9.92

9.00

7.80

2,630

2,320

1,910

January 23

6.20 1,390

fH 

g

ta

6

e

N

6

M

6

N

6

6

6

8

4

8

4

8

6

Feet

3.82

Sec. ft.

650

January 24

2.65

3.30

4.35

6.70

322

504

830

1,550

January 25

9.70

11.40

10.40

2,560

3,160

2,800

January 26

7.40

4.00

Janu

2.50

2.48

Janu

2.22

2.20

1,780

710

ary 27

282

268

ary 28

201

188

January 29

2.14

2.14

169

169

ta

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

4

8

4

8

6

8

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

2.14

2.12

Iby

164

January 31

2.46

3.00

255

419

February 1

2.36

2.20

Febr

1.96

1.96

228

188

uary 2

120

120

February 3

1.76

1.80

74

81

February 4

1.74

1.76

70

74

February 5

1.70

1.72

63

67
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN

Molilcanvllle Reservoir near Mohicanvllle, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°43'25", long. 82°09'15", on Lake Pork of Mohican River at Mohicanville Dam, Ashland County, about 2 miles east of Mohicanvllle.

Drainage area.- 269 square miles.

Remarks.- No records for period Dec. 25, 1936, to Jan. 7, 1937. Storage capacity, 

4,443,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanesvllle office of Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished by Musklngum Watershed Conservancy 

District.

Elevation, In feet, and contents* In millions of cubic feet, at Indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

Dec. 16

18

20

S2

24

Jan. 8

9

11

11

12

12

13

13

13

13

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

18

18

19

19

19

20

20

20

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

Hour

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

S p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

4 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a»m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

933.4

933.4

933.4

933.4

933.4

939.4

936.8

935.9

935.3

934.9

934.6

934.4

934.5

936.2

938.1

941.0

942.1

943.6

944.8

945.5

946.2

946.9

947.5

947.6

947.8

947.8

947.5

947.2

946.8

946.4

945.9

945.4

944.4

944.9

945.2

944.9

944.1

943.0

942.0

941.6

941.8

942.4

943.2

944.1

945.3

946.1

946.2

946.2

946.4

946.2

945.7

944.3

943.6

944.0

Contents

15

15

15

15

15

41

29

26

23

22

20

19

20

27

35

87

134

200

252

304

374

466

544

558

584

584

544

505

453

400

339

296

235

257

278

257

222

174

130

113

121

148

183

222

287

361

374

374

400

374

322

231

200

218

Day

Jan. 25

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

26

27

27

27

27

28

28

28

28

29

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

8

9

ipiiis

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

23

24

25

26

27

28

Hour

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

10 a.m.

8 p.m.

10 a.m.

Midnight

10 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

11 a.m.

11 a.m.

Noon

2 p.m.

10 a.m.

11 a.m.

10 a.m.

11 a.m.

10 a.m.

10 a.m.

10 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

10 a.m.

10 a.m.

Elevation

945.0

945.9

946.6

947.1

947.4

947.4

947.2

946.8

946.5

946.1

945.6

945.0

944.3

943.7

942.9

942.0

941.0

940.0

939.0

937.7

936.8

936.3

936.9

937.1

936.6

936.0

935.1

935.1

934.6

934.6

934.6

934.6

934.3

934.3

934.4

934.6

934.5

939.1

935.6

934.7

934.7

934.8

934.9

935.9

934.8

935.0

935.1

936.1

936.1

935.5

934.7

934.5

934.6

934.0

Contents

261

339

427

492

531

531

505

453

414

361

313

261

231

205

170

130

87

44

39

34

29

27

30

30

28

26

22

22

20

20

20

20

18

18

19

20

20

40

24

20

20

21

22

26

21

22

22

26

26

24

20

29

20

17

* Term "contents" as used In this report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which Is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
180 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Kokosing River near Millwood, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°22'40n , long. 82°14'30 n , in sec. 3, T. 6 N., R. 10 W., at highway 

bridge zk miles southeast of Millwood. Zero of gage is 841.06 feet above mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 472 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Dec. 22-31, Jan. 

1-31, Feb. 1-3, 5-7, 24-28, when there was no record. Gage heights used to half 

tenths between 5.3 and 7.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 11,800 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage by use of slope-area determination of flood flow.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 25,300 second-feet about noon Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 17.46 feet, from floodmarks).

1921-36: Discharge, 27,100 second-feet July 4, 1935 (gage height, 17.95 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 40,000 second-feet in March 1913, from slope-area 

determination (gage height, 22.0 feet, from floodmarks).

Remarks.- Flood flow not materially affected by artificial storage. Discharge for 

period when no gage height record was obtained computed from records of Walhonding 

and Mohican Rivers. Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

96

106

106

111

111

113

140

120

113

108

113

113

102

97

97

93

95

93

95

113

106

180

170

220

150

140

160

300

430

290

1,100

January

1,300

580

450

390

350

330

310

740

1,000

1,400

1,000

720

660

2,700

8,000

4,500

3,500

5,700

4,500

2,600

5,000

8,500

6,000

4,600

16,000

4,000

1,700

1,400

1,200

1,100

1,200

December

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet. . 174

Run-off, in inches... ................... 0.43

February

1,000

700

600

554

550

540

540

536

1,170

774

517

469

458

598

592

682

580

573

611

970

1,160

1,570

935

800

700

620

580

500

January February

2,949 710

7.21 1.56
MUSKINGTJM RIVER BASIN 181 

Killbuek Creek at Killbuck, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°29'43 n , long. 810 59'10", in SWi sec. 6, T. 8 H., R. 7 W., at highway

bridge at Killbuek, Holmes County. Black Creek enters from right an eighth of a mile

above gage. Zero of gage is 788.05 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage Area.- 466 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings daily. Gage heights used

to half tenths between 2.4 and 3.4 feet, hundredths below and tenths above these

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 6,100 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 7,300 second-feet 11 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

 height, 17.20 feet).

1930-1936: Discharge, about 21,900 second-feet Aug. 7, 1935 (gage height, 21.77

feet). 

Remarks.- Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

85

85

94

94

94

99

94

90

90

94

Jan.

1,020

595

465

345

246

193

232

646

850

1,020

Peb.

1,070

731

545

481

450

405

405

390

1,090

799

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

94

94

80

76

76

80

80

80

80

99

Jan.

986

629

465

1,610

4,620

3,890

3,610

3,990

3,990

3,350

Feb.

435

390

375

481

450

481

390

405

435

497

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

90

85

76

90

94

104

119

302

274

246

1,040

0.34

Jan.

3,890

5,400

4,860

4,290

6,360

4,740

3,990

3,350

2,550

1,500

1,210

2,416

5.97

Feb.

578

952

697

513

390

345

345

288

1.19

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

EH 

I

8

6

N

6

8

6

2

N

M

N

6

8

6

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

3.87

3.74

206

181

January 7

4.00

4.18

219

246

January 8

6.75

7.32

646

731

January 9

7.38

7.99

8.70

Janu

9.15

9.01

Janu

9.26

8.42

748

850

969

ary 10

1,050

1,020

ary 11

1,070

918

January 12

6.65 612

fn 

g

w

6

8

6

M

8

N

4

M

8

N

6

8

2

M

8

6

Feet

6.24

Sec. ft.

545

January 13

5.82

5.42

5.60

481

420

450

January 14

6.45

11.42

12.90

14.50

Janu

15.78

15.75

15.70

578

1,460

2,320

3,610

ary 15

4,980

4,980

4,860

January 16

14.90

14.68

14.60

3,990

3,790

3,700

January 17

14.50

14.54

3,610

3,610

f-,

a

K

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

2

M

8

6

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 18

14.82

15.12

3,890

4,190

January 19

15.00

14.70

4,090

3,790

January 20

14.22

14.05

3,350

3,190

January 21

14.53

15.29

3,610

4,400

January 22

16.19

16.29

16.12

Janu

15.81

15.43

5,540

5,700

5,400

ary 23

4,980

4,510

January 24

15.00 4,090

fn 

g

w

4

8

11

N

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

Feet

15.00

Sec. ft.

4,090

January 25

17.10

17.20

17.19

16.78

7,100

7,300

7,300

6,540

January 26

15.70

15.29

4,860

4,400

January 27

14.92

14.82

3,990

3,890

January 28

14.39

14.06

3,520

3,270

January 29

13.50

13.00

Janu

11.87

10.98

2,790

2,390

ary 30

1,680

1,360

fn 

I

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

8

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 31

10.21 1,220

10.16 1,220

February 1

9.8C 1,160

9.09 1,040

February 2

7.6E 799

6.97 680

February 3

6.3C

6. IE

561

529

February 4

5.9C

5.9C

497

497

February 5

5.7£

5.6C

Febi

465

450

*uary 6

5.46 435

5.40 420

77596 O 38 13
182 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Wills Creek at Birds Run, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°10'09", long. 81°39'06", in SWi sec. 19, T. 4 N., R. 4 W, 200 feet

 below mouth of Birds Run at Birds Run, Guernsey County. Zero of gage is 740.98 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 730 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 3.0 and 5.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 8,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study and by comparison with 

rating curve for flood of August 1935, which was defined by current-meter measurements to 12,000 second-feet but was affected by vegetation on banks of river.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 15,900 second-feet 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 25 

(gage height, 27.62 feet).

1928-36: Discharge, 13,500 second-feet Aug. 8, 1935 (gage height, 27.90 feet). 

Maximum stage known, 28.8 feet March 1913 (discharge at Wills Creek dam site 

8 miles below gage, 22,300 second-feet, determined by Zanesville office of Corps 

of Engineers, TJ. S. Army).

Remarks.- Flow affected by storage in Senecavllle Reservoir. For record of storage

 InTJhis reservoir see p. 184. Record obtained in cooperation with Musklngum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

156

135

128

136

168

200

526

1,250

806

478

Jan.

2,630

2,420

2,230

2,110

1,380

912

803

1,350

1,600

2,040

Feb.

3,430

2,320

1,580

1,350

1,320

1,280

1,280

1,300

1,870

2,490

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

468

657

667

445

385

331

314

297

273

297

Jan.

3,050

3,350

2,860

2,220

4,740

5,670

6,020

6,250

6,170

6,020

Feb.

2,320

1,760

1,450

1,420

1,480

1,380

1,320

1,160

1,080

1,020

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

403

403

358

367

340

376

478

823

1,250

1,220

1,940

0.82

Jan.

6,410

8,520

10,900

12,100

15,500

15,500

13,400

10,600

8,310

6,480

4,860

5,690

8.98

Feb.

978

1,050

1,180

1,100

1,000

868

761

698

1,438

2.05

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

I

2

8

6

N

M

N

6

8

8

6

2

N

10

4

N

M

10

8

10

10

Feet See. ft.

December 30

8.36

8.27

8.69

Decen

11.42

12.68

Janu<

13.60

13.75

13.75

1,200

1,180

1,280

iber 31

1,990

2,380

iry 1

2,700

2,770

2,770

January 2

13.10

12.22

2,520

2,230

January 3

11.85

12.21

12.49

2,110

2,230

2,320

January 4

12.40

11.91

10.55

S,290

2,140

1,750

January 5

9.24

8.20

1,400

1,150

January 6

7.20

6.70

912

803

1

6

8

8

6

6

2

N

6

M

4

4

4

4

M

10

4

M

6

6

6

9

Feet See. ft.

January 7

6.50

6.50

6.90

Janus

8.10

9.90

Janus

10.24

9.98

9.88

10.00

761

761

846

ry 8

1,120

1,580

ry 9

1,650

1,600

1,580

1,600

January 10

10.25

12.22

1,650

2,230

January 11

14.01

15.00

15.30

Janus

15.50

15.50

15.26

2,840

3,190

3,310

ry 12

3,390

3,390

3,310

January 13

14.87

13.30

Janus

11.20

10.76

3,160

2,600

ry 14

1,930

1,810

g 

W

4

10

10

6

10

8

10

4

8

2

8

4

6

8

6

6

2

M

4

2

M

Feet

12.10

14.30

Sec. ft.

2,200

2,940

January 15

18.78

19.23

4,860

5,100

January 16

20.05

20.40

Janui

20.60

20.61

20.60

5,600

5,880

iry 17

6,020

6,020

6,020

January 18

20.61

20.85

21.10

21.10

6,020

6,170

6,410

6,410

January 19

20.87

20.75

6,250

6,170

January 20

20.60

20.50

20.64

6,020

5,950

6,020

January 21

20.70

21.16

21.67

6,090

6,490

6,930

g 

W

10

6

6

2

10

M

11

10

10

8

10

8

6

8

8

N

10

N

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

23.13

23.70

8,430

9,190

January 23

24.69

25.00

25.20

25.20

10,600

11,100

11,400

11,400

January 24

25.20

26.60

11,400

13,900

January 25

27.42

27.62

27.62

15,500

15,900

15,900

January 26

27.50

27.20

15,700

15,100

January 27

26.50

25.80

Janu

24.70

24.00

13,700

12,400

ary 28

10,600

9,600

January 29

23.00

22.30

8,310

7,510

o

W

8

6

10

10

10

10

N

M

10

10

6

4

8

6

4

8

2

4

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

21.51

20.64

6,750

6,020

January 31

19.00

17.56

4,980

4,270

February 1

15.80

14.30

3,510

2,940

February 2

12.50

11.04

2,320

1,870

February 3

10.00

9.20

1,600

1,400

February 4

9.00

8.90

8.90

1,350

1,320

1,320

February 5

8.98

8.86

1,350

1,320

February 6

8.69

8.65

8.65

8.70

1,280

1,250

1,250

1,280
1TOSKINGOM RIVER BASIN 183

Wills Creek Reservoir near Wills Creek, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°09'25", long. 81°50'55", on Wills Creek at Wills Creek Dam, Coshoeton

County, about ij miles south of Wills Creek. 

Drainage area.- 844 square miles. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 8,538,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zanes

ville office of Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished by

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents* in millions of cubic feetj 

December 1936 to February 1937

at indicated time,

Day

Dec. 18

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan. 1

1

2

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

8

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

11

11

11

12

12

12

13

13

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

16

16

17

17

18

18

18

19

19

19

Hour

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p-m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

735.7

735.7

736.0

736.0

735.9

735.8

735.9

736.1

736.9

737.9

738.8

739.4

740.1

740.6

740.9

741.1

741.7

742.1

742.0

741.9

741.2

741.2

740.4

739.5

739.0

738.3

738.3

738.3

738.4

738.5

738.8

739.1

739.4

739.8

740.5

741.1

742.0

743.4

744.1

744.4

744.8

745.0

745.2

745.4

745.4

745.6

745.8

746.3

747.8

748.3

748.7

749.0

749.0

749.1

749.6

750.0

750.3

750.2

750.4

750.0

Contents

105

105

109

109

108

106

108

110

121

149

170

192

222

244

257

265

292

309

305

301

270

270

235

196

174

159

159

159

161

163

170

178

192

209

240

265

305

366

396

410

427

436

445

453

453

462

470

492

593

636

671

697

697

706

749

784

810

801

819

784

Day

Jan. 20

20

20

21

21

21

22

22

23

S3

24

24

24

25

25

25

26

26

27

27

27

28

28

28

29

29

30

30

30

31

31

31

Feb. 1

1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

8

o

10

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

20

23

26

27

Hour

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

8 a.m.

Elevation

749.9

749.8

749.9

750.0

750.4

751.0

752.0

753.0

753.6

754.6

755.1

755.3

757.3

758.6

759.4

760.2

760.6

760.6

760.6

760.2

759.8

759.5

759.0

758.0

757.3

756.6

754.8

754.4

753.7

751.2

750.0

749.2

748.0

748.0

746.3

745.5

745.4

744.7

744.0

743.0

742.6

742.3

741.9

741.7

741.5

741.4

741.2

741.6

743.2

744.5

744.3

743.6

742.2

742.0

741.8

741.5

740.8

740.6

740.3

739.7

Contents

775

767

775

784

819

871

958

1,090

1,170

1,320

1,400

1,430

1,710

1,930

2,080

2,250

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,250

2,160

2,100

2,000

1,830

1,710

1,600

1,360

1,290

1,180

888

784

714

610

610

492

458

453

423

392

348

331

318

301

292

283

279

270

287

357

414

405

374

314

305

296

283

252

244

231

205

* Term "contents" as used in this 

which is made up of natural channel

report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
184 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Senecaville Reservoir near Senecaville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°S5'25 11 , long. 81°26'0511 , on Seneca Pork of Wills Creek at Senecaville

Dam, Guernsey County, about lj miles east of Senecaville and about 1 mile below mouth

of Crooked Creek. 

Drainage area.- 121 square miles. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 3,855,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations furnished by Zaneaville office of Corps of Engineers, II. S. Army. Capacity curve furnished by Muskingum

Watershed Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents^" In millions of cubic feet, at Indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

Dec. 25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan. 2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

6

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

12

IS

13

14

14

15

15

16

16

17

17

18

18

18

19

19

20

20

21

21

21

Hour

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

2 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

2 p.m.

Midnight

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

6 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

2 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

10 p.m.

6 a.m.

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

814.1

814.1

814.1

814.6

814.7

814.8

815.0

815.6

815.7

815.9

816.2

816.3

816.3

816.2

816.1

816.1

816.0

816.0

816.3

816.4

816.5

816.6

816.6

816.9

817.3

817.8

818.5

818.8

819.0

819.1

819.2

819.2

819.2

819.3

820.2

821.2

821.7

821.5

821.4

821.5

821.9

821.9

822.4

822.8

822.8

822.6

822.6

823.0

823.4

824.3

Contents

178

178

178

200

205

209

218

244

248

257

270

274

274

270

265

265

261

261

274

279

283

287

287

301

324

357

403

423

436

444

452

452

452

459

531

618

662

644

636

644

679

679

723

758

758

740

740

775

810

891

Day

Jan. 22

22

23

23

24

24

25

25

26

26

27

27

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

8

9

10

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

19

20

22

23

24

25

26

27

Hour

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

4 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

4 a.m.

4 p.m.

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

10 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 p.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a. ai.

9 a.m.

10 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 a.m.

Elevation

825.4

826.8

827.4

827.6

827.6

828.4

829.6

830.2

830.2

830.0

829.8

829.6

829.3

829.2

828.9

828.6

828.4

828.2

827.9

827.8

827.9

827.8

827.5

827.2

827.0

826.8

826.5

826.2

826.0

825.8

825.3

824.5

824.4

824.6

824.0

823.4

822.9

822.0

821.7

821.4

821.0

820.6

820.2

819.7

819.5

819.3

819.0

818.8

818.6

Contents

995

1,110

1,180

1,210

1,210

1,330

1,520

1,600

1,600

1,570

1,540

1,520

1,480

1,470

1,420

1,370

1,330

1,300

1,250

1,230

1,250

1,230

1,200

1,160

1,130

1,110

1,090

1,070

1,050

1,030

986

910

900

920

862

810

766

688

662

636

601

566

531

491

475

459

436

423

410

* Term "contents" as used in this report means gross storage to the elevation given, 

which Is made up of natural channel storage plus artificial storage due to dam.
MTJSKINGUM RIVER BASIN 185 

Wakatomika Creek near Frazeysburg, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°07'57", long. 820 08 l 53 n , in W$ sec. 13, T. 3 N., R. 9 W., 2 miles

northeast of Frazeysburg, Coshocton County. 

Drainage area.- 140 square miles. 

Page-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.7 and 4.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 5,000 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 8,700 second-feet 5 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage height,

11.27 feet). 

Remarks.- Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-fe.et, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

67

31

33

38

34

44

72

58

114

38

Jan.

520

326

302

200

156

128

177

396

372

671

Feb.

328

216

169

167

153

142

138

177

474

254

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

43

41

48

80

39

52

32

31

33

56

Jan.

450

316

240

1,150

4,870

1,220

629

2,000

1,100

756

Feb.

175

169

161

207

181

210

161

169

184

204

Dsy

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

55

63

96

73

41

41

52

176

145

218

952

0.77

Jan.

2,900

5,220

1,970

2,040

5,860

1,490

747

488

380

305

398

1

OT Q

10.04

Feb.

248

378

274

229

186

142

135

113

205

1.52

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

£-,

g

M

2

6

2

1

N

3

10

10

10

9

9

2

N

N

10

4

N

N

6

3

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

2.16

2.28

2.40

170

200

234

December 31

2.42

4.38

4.62

3.76

240

1,430

1,570

935

January 1

3.11

2.75

526

353

January 2

2.63

2.75

307

353

January 3

2.77

2.61

361

300

January 4

2.27

2.17

198

173

January 5

2.15

2.10

168

156

January 6

1.96

1.93

126

120

January 7

1.93 ISO

fn 

I

N

6

M

2

5

N

9

4

1

5

N

6

N

M

N

M

N

6

4

8

N

10

Feet

2.07

2.34

2.77

Janu

2.95

3.04

2.85

Sec. ft.

149

217

361

iary 8

442

487

396

January 9

2.58

2.80

290

373

January 10

3.35

3.40

3.36

3.38

665

695

671

683

January 11

2.94

2.78

437

365

January 12

2.66

2.52

318

271

January 13

2.42

2.40

240

234

January 14

2.38

2.40

3.42

7.45

228

234

708

3,070

fn§M

4

10

6

4

4

N

10

6

2

6

10

10

10

10

2

5

9

10

4

7

If

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 15

9.42 5,630

9.97 6,530

8.20 3,960

January 16

1.84 1,700

3.75 935

January 17

3.19 570

3.36 671

January 18

4.70 1,630

6.53 2,380

6.96 2,700

6.07 2,200

January 19

3.93 1,080

3.42 708

January 20

3.14 542

3.26 611

3.73 935

4.01 1,110

January 21

6.80 2,560

7.99 3,720

8.31 4,090

8.02 3,720

January 22

9.01 5,050

fn 

I

1

8

U

M

8

11

2

3

5

10

6

6

6

8

6

10

10

N

M

N

Feet

10.00

9.02

Sec. ft.

6,530

5,050

January 23

5.17

4.29

1,900

1,350

January 24

3.93

3.87

4.42

1,080

1,000

1,430

January 25

10.92

11.27

10.82

7.80

7,990

8,700

7,820

3,500

January 26

4.97

4.08

1,800

1,190

January 27

3.57

3.28

809

617

January 28

3.07

2.97

Janu

2.85

2.78

488

435

ary 29

375

341

January 30

2.68 297

fn 

g

M

M

6

9

4

9

N

M

N

M

10

2

7

10

N

M

N

4

2

10

4

8

M

Feet

2.65

Sec.ft.

286

January 31

2.67

2.82

3.05

3.08

Feb

2.70

2.58

293

360

478

494

puary 1

305

259

February 2

2.44

2.37

213

192

February 3

2.26

2.25

2.26

2.34

161

158

161

184

February 4

2.27

2.27

164

164

February 5

2.24

2.21

Feb

2.20

2.15

2.15

2.27

2.23

156

148

ruary 6

145

132

132

164

153
186 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Licking River at Toboso, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°03'26", long. 82°13'12", at highway bridge at Toboso, Licking

County, 3 miles below mouth of Rooky Fork. 2ero of gage is 744.84 feet above mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 672 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 2.4 and 4.7 feet; hundredths below and tenths above.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 24,300 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 25,000 second-feet 10 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height,'18.21 feet}.

1921-36: Discharge observed, 23,600 second-feet (revised) Feb. 26, 1929 (gage 

height, 17.9 feet).

Maximum discharge known, 35,000 second-feet March 1913, determined by 

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (gage height, 20.0 feet).

Remarks.- Flow slightly regulated at Buckeye Lake, on South Fork of Licking River. 

Record obtained in cooperation with Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

145

154

161

164

161

177

265

227

206

190

Jan.

3,750

2,040

1,700

865

590

470

744

3,100

1,890

4,640

Feb.

2,300

1,350

1,0?>0

915

815

765

715

840

2,110

1, 530-

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

196

196

173

164

161

154

154

148

158

200

Jan.

2,680

1,560

1,020

4,150

16,100

7,450

2,990

8,150

6,940

3,310

Feb.

990

865

740

890

940

1,070

940

840

990

1,180

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inches ............................................

Dec.

180

177

158

154

148

154

183

811

683

890

4,660

0.65

Jan'.

10,300

20,000

11,500

6,620

21,700

9,920

3,840

2,600

2,190

1,740

2,000

9.22

Feb.

1,400

2,180

1,380

1,040

865

715

665

525

1.69

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1957 16

N

M

6

10

2

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

2

4

M

6a

8a

10 a

M

10

Feet

 1 

Sec. ft.

January 2

5.05

4.96

5.15

1,970

1,970

2,110

January 3

5.20

4.97

4.35

3.69

Janua

3.03

2.65

2,110

1,970

1,530

1,180

ry 4

852

660

January 5

2.51

2.31

590

507

January 6

2.22

2.13

470

434

January 7

2.15

2.45

2.64

5.49

442

568

660

2,350

January 8

6.87

7.01

6.98

5.18

3,560

3,660

3,660

2,110

January 9

4.37

.

1,530

I

N

2

6

M

6

8

N

8

M

N

M

N

4

10

M

N

M

8

10

8

M

10

N

4

M

Feet

4.35

4.38

4.83

6.73

Sec. ft.

1,530

1,560

1,830

3,380

January 10

8.14

8.26

8.27

7.98

7.64

4,770

4,990

4,990

4,660

4,260

January 11

5.75

4.88

Janu

4.43

4.30

3.79

3.68

2,590

1,900

iry 12

1,590

1,500

1,230

1,180

January 13

3.38

3.22

1,020

926

January 14

3.25

3.66

11.84

13.60

950

1,150

9,020

11,500

January 15

16.45

16.59

16.54

15.32

18,000

18,600

17,800

14,200

3 

o 

W

N

M

N

10

M

N

6

8

M

4

N

M

10

N

2

10

M

N

6

M

6

2

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 16

10.90

8.14

Janu

6.70

6.59

6.82

Janu

12.85

13.93

14.05

14.00

6,670

3,900

sry 17

2,810

2,740

2,880

iry 18

9,200

11,100

11,300

11,300

January 19

13.55

10.48

8.16

Janu!

6.33

6.20

6.24

9.05

9.55

Janu

13.71

14.90

15.55

10,600

6,220

3,980

iry 20

2,530

2,460

2,460

4,690

5,270

iry 21

10,700

13,300

15,000

January 22

16.61

17.68

17.44

16.85

18,200

22,600

21,300

19,000

8

W

N

6

M

N

2

M

6

10

2

M

N

6

M

N

4

6

M

N

6

8

M

4

8

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 23

13.77

11.89

10.71

10,900

7,910

6,440

January 24

8.75

8.87

15.02

4,510

4,600

13,500

January 25

17.84

18.21

18.06

16.38

Janus

12.81

10.88

9.72

Janus

7.88

7.35

7.19

6.85

Janus

6.32

6.11

6.21

6.56

Janus

6.59

6.05

5.67

5.35

23,100

25,000

24,500

17,500

ry 26

9,200

6,670

5,370

iry 27

3,740

3,340

3,180

2,880

iry 28

2,530

2,390

2,460

2,740

ry 29

2,740

2,320

2,120

1,930

o

W

N

M

6

10

6

M

2

4

10

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

N

4

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30 5.05 " "

4.91

1,680

1,620

January 31

4.90

5.10

5.90

6.78

1,620

1,740

2,260

2,880

February 1

6.90

6.86

5.95

5.73

5.04

Febr

4.39

4; 05

Febr

3.83

3.71

2,950

2,950

2,320

2,120

1,680

nary 2

1,320

1,130

uary 3

1,020

940

February 4

3.65

3.57

915

865

February 5

3.37 765

February 6

3.30

3.29

3.37

3.34

740

740

765

765
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 187 

Little Kanawha River at Glenville, W. Vs.

Location.- Lat. 38°56'00", long. 80°50'20", at highway bridge at Glenville, Gilmer County.Zero of gage is 697.79 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 386 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.5 and 5.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by backwater from Leading Creek for period Feb. 8-9.-

Defined by current-meter measurements below 8,500 second-feet; extended to peak

stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 11,000 second-feet 10 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage

height, 25.10 feet).

1915-22, 1928-36: Discharge observed, about 15,000 second-feet Mar. 13, 1918 (gage

height, 31.7 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for period of backwater effect computed on basis of two discharge

measurements and recorder graph.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in 

second-feet, at peaks, Jan. 11-25, 1937

Day

Jan. 11

15

18

21

23

24

25

Hour

2 a.m.

9 p.m.

6 p.m.

1 a.m.

10 a.m.

8 p.m.

4 p.m.

Feet

17.12

14.68

17.33

15.97

25.10

SI. 75

20.00

Second- feet

6,400

5,190

6,500

5,840

11,000

8,980

7,990

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Dfly

i2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

28

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December January February

Feet

1.88

1.98

2.38

2.51

2.57

3.01

12.07

7.56

4.45

3.68

4.19

6.18

4.68

3.93

3.51

3.27

3.10

2.95

3.00

10.57

7.24

4.99

3.98

3.56

3.30

3.13

3.03

3.05

3.18

3.11

4.94

Second- feet

27

36

92

115

126

250

3,900

1,900

652

415

592

1,320

740

490

356

292

247

210

225

3,230

1,720

845

505

370

300

255

230

234

268

250

828

Feet

6.04

10.10

11.19

5.81

4.32

3.70

6.71

6.35

4.85

9.30

12. 88

6.42

4.92

4.18

9.55

10.20

7.12

15.76

11.33

10.63

13.46

12.49

23.02

18.86

19.32

11.88

6.22

4.78

4.80

4.60

4.35

Second-feet

1

3

3

1

240

090

510

160

600

415

1,550

1

2,

4,

1,

2j

3,

1,

5,

3,

3»

4,

4,

9,

7,

7,

3,

1,

400

792

750

340

400

810

565

840

040

700

710

580

270

580

150

710

380

600

850

320

775

775

705

618

Feet

4.52

4.07

3.70

3.52

3.47

3.26

3.30

17.13

17.35

14.40

6.86

Second-feet

670

520

415

356

348

289

300

5,430

6,560

5,080

1,600

4.98 ! 845

4.26 582

4.03 520

3.87 460

4.30

5.06

5.29

5.15

4.69

4.43

4.49

4.14

4.03

3.87

3.60

3.42

3.34

600

862

960

900

740

652

670

550

520

460

385

334

311

December January February

678 2,749 1,140

2.03 8.21 3.07
188 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Little Kanawha River at Grantsville, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°55'20 n , long. 81°05'50", at Grantsville, Calhoun County.

Drainage area.- 913 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Dec. 1 to noon

Dec. 5, 11 p.m. Dec. 5 to noon Dec. 18, 8 p.m. Jan. 23 to 2 p.m. Jan. 26, 2 p.-

Jan.

23-

hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 17,000 secondfeetj extended to peak stage on basis of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 23,300 second-feet 4 p.m. Jan. 23 (gage

height, 33.40 feet).

1928-36: Discharge observed, 26,000 second-feet (revised) Jan. 30, 1932 (gage

height, 35.82 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge- record for periods Dec. 1-4, 6-17 computed on basis of discharge

record for station at Glenville.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

60

85

200

250

262

400

9,500

4,500

1,600

850

Jan.

3,690

4,730

9,900

3,530

1,500

935

2,070

4,490

2,140

4,740

Feb.

1,560

1,320

1,020

835

760

648

625

11,800

16,700

14,100

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,100

3,500

1,800

1,100

800

600

500

376

388

5,620

Jan.

12,400

4,650

2,140

1,350

3,980

8,290

3,690

12,300

12,100

7,390

Feb.

5,140

2,210

1,500

1,240

1,210

1,320

2,700

2,560

2,420

2,070

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Exin-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

5,770

2,280

1,290

860

670

548

504

532

625

625

1,300

1.97

Jan.

11,900

9,600

21,400

17,400

17,400

11,600

3,930

2,000

1,630

1,660

1,350

8.38

Feb.

1,660

1,630

1,470

1,380

1,290

1,070

885

760

2 QO4.

3.33

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

_

-

-

-

7.64

-

-

-

-

-

Jan.

13.33

14.60

20.32

13.10

10.27

9.27

11.08

14.27

11.25

14.34

Feb.

10.35

9.95

9.40

9.05

8.91

8.67

8.62

21.91

27.12

24.52

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

7.99

8.02

15.44

Jan.

22.75

14.52

11.20

10.02

13.42

18.63

13.30

22.65

22.46

17.59

Feb.

15.11

11.33

10.26

9.81

9.76

9.93

11.97

11.77

11.61

11.06

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

15.80

11.41

9.89

9.10

8.68

8.42

8.31

8.38

8.60

8.58

9.79

Jan.

22.34

20.01

31.58

27.8

27.8

22.0

13.57

11.00

10.45

10.54

10.00

Feb.

10.48

10.44

10.22

10.05

9.90

9.50

9.13

8.89

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to January 1937

w

4

N

8

3

8

N

6

M

7

10

2

6

10

3

6

9

5

M

6

6

N

N

4

10

3

Feet Sec. ft.

December 31

8.44

9.00

11.77

Jam

13.65

14.17

13.84

12.90

12.02

Jam

11.42

11.94

14.40

17.70

20.20

556

810

2,560

lary 1

3,930

4,410

4,090

3,370

2,700

lary 2

2,280

2,630

4,570

7,480

9,800

January 3

21.94

22.15

21.79

19.27

16.40

11,500

11,800

11,400

8,920

6,310

January 4

14.31

11.77

4,490

2,560

January 5

10.22

Jam

9.25

1,470

lary 6

935

January 7

8.95

9.57

11.72

785

1,100

2,490

fH

o

3!

8

M

4

8

2

10

N

5

9

1

4

6

9

M

5

9

N

4

8

M

4

N

M

N

N

Feet

13.83

15.09

Sec. ft.

4,090

5,140

January 8

15.52

15.23

14.12

12.60

5,500

5,230

4,330

3,130

January 9

11.18 2,140

January 10

10.41

11.07

13.40

16.17

18.15

20.55

22.33

Jam

24.12

24.52

24.18

22.90

20.95

18.77

Jam

16.75

14.05

12.16

1,600

2,070

3,770

6,130

7,930

10,200

11,900

lary 11

13,700

14,100

13,800

12,500

10,600

8,470

jary 12

6,670

4,250

2,840

January 13

11.13 2,070

January 14

10.00 1,350

g

W

2

7

N

4

8

M

2

4

7

N

5

M

8

4

8

11

2

6

10

2

7

10

2

6

N

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 15

9.66

10.17

12.60

15.30

17.90

19.88

1,150

1,440

3,130

5,320

7,660

9,500

January 16

20.35

20.54

20.36

19.16

17.40

15.00

Janu

13.07

12.36

12.75

14.60

10,000

10,100

10,000

8,830

7,210

5,050

ary 17

3,530

2,980

3,290

4,730

January 18

17.10

19.87

22.15

24.54

26.20

26.48

6,940

9,500

11,800

14,100

15,800

16,100

January 19

26.17

25.20

22.72

19.88

15,800

14,800

12,300

9,500

1

3!

2

10

1

4

8

M

3

6

9

4

3

9

2

4

7

10

M

3

6

10

1

4

7

M

3

6

9

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 20 <

16.83

15.36

16.18

18.10

20.50

22.35

6,670

5,410

6,130

7,840

10,100

12,000

January 21

23.14

23.40

23.23

22.06

12,700

13,000

12,800

11,700

January 22

19.63

18.60

18.13

18.45

20.50

23.70

25.95

9,200

8,290

7,840

8,110

10,100

13,300

15,600

January 23

28.52

30.50

32.40

33.20

33.40

33.06

32.02

18,100

20,200

22,200

23,100

23,300

23,000

21,800

January 24

30.0

27.2

23.7

25.2

19,600

16,800

13,300

14,800

fH

3!

3

8

M

3

6

10

4

8

M

6

N

4

8

M

6

3

M

N

M

8

6

4

N

M

N

Feet

27.2

29.3

29.8

Sec. ft.

16,800

18,9OO

19.400

January 25

29.0

27.9

26.8

27.6

28.2

27.2

Jam.

25.0

22.0

20.00

18.15

16.60

18,600

17,500

16,400

17,200

17,800

16,800

ary 26

14,600

11,600

9,600

7,930

6.490

January 27

14.63

12.80

11.77

4,730

3,290

2.560

January 28

10.94

10.45

1,930

1.630

January 29

10.35

10.53

1,560

1.660

January 30

10.72

10.60

10.20

1,790

1,720

1.470

January 31

9.95 1^320
HOCKING RIVER BASIN 189

Hocking River at Enterprise, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°33'54", long. 82°28'30", in NW^ sec. 5, T. 14 N., R. 17 W., at 

highway bridge at Enterprise, Hocking County. Buck Run enters on right 4 miles 

above gage. Zero of gage is 723.60 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 460 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 2.5 and 4.6 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 16,400 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge 16,600 second-feet noon Jan. 22 (gage 

height, 17.64 feet).

1931-36: Discharge observed, 9,730 second-feet Mar. 15, 1933 (gage height, 

15.22 feet).

flean daily discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

73

92

102

107

114

125

276

192

150

150

Jan.

1,440

850

1,060

651

459

378

506

920

762

2,480

Feb.

1,070

770

610

590

550

498

498

690

1,490

920

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

212

341

207

173

163

150

148

138

132

222

Jan.

2,400

1,270

818

1,530

6,120

6,330

2,630

4,120

4,740

2,860

Feb.

590

550

550

690

630

742

710

690

750

710

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

204

176

142

150

150

150

171

530

444

555

1,660

0.61

Jan.

5,240

14,000

10,800

7,090

15,400

8,900

3,240

1,430

1,190

1,030

1,110

9.04

Feb.

810

1,060

770

690

610

494

478

434

1.59

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

o

6

6

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

N

6

M

4

8

6

2

8

N

4

6

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 3

4.91

4.53

1,160

1,020

January 4

3.64

3.31

2.97

738

626

519

January 5

2.76

2.59

459

414

January 6

2.48

2.40

378

354

January 7

2.43

2.64

3.29

4.11

363

429

626

885

January 8

4.47

4.42

3.84

1,020

990

802

January 9

3.49

3.33

3.29

3.43

3.66

Janu

6.73

690

642

626

674

738

ary 10

1,930

gw

N

6

M

6

2

6

6

N

6

6

6

8

10

N

8

M

10

N

2

4

10

4

M

Feet

8.13

8.58

8.19

Sec. ft.

2,680

2,960

2,730

January 11

7.72

7.61

7.40

2,460

2,400

2,290

January 12

5.70

4.94

4.53

Janus

4.03

3.75

1,480

1,160

1,020

iry 13

868

770

January 14

3.62

3.68

4.08

8.60

10.14

722

754

885

2,960

3,970

January 15

12.62

12.98

13.14

6,310

6,770

6,890

January 16

13.19

12.97

12.44

11.01

7,010

6,770

6,090

4,740

o

4

N

8

10

2

6

10

4

6

8

4

8

6

N

2

4

10

2

4

6

N

4

M

6

10

N

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

10.02

7.29

6.24

6.25

3,900

2,240

1,700

1,700

January 18

6.88

8.66

10.09

11.71

11.89

2,030

3,020

3,970

5,370

5,570

January 19

11.00

10.99

10.72

4,740

4,740

4,470

January 20

8.74

7.11

7.00

7.47

9.14

3,020

2,130

2,080

2,340

3,260

January 21

9.48

9.59

9.89

11.26

12.46

14.04

3,530

3,600

3,820

5,010

6,200

8,040

January 22

16.22

17.46

17.64

17.43

12,200

16,200

16,600

15,900

g

W

M

4

N

6

6

10

2

6

M

6

N

4

M

N

M

8

N

6

M

6

N

6

6

6

Feet

16.89

Sec. ft.

14,200

January 23

16.65

15.61

14.56

13,300

10,800

8,940

January 24

12.87

12.42

12.55

13.32

15.68

Janus

17.50

17.48

17.46

16.74

Janut

14.29

11.94

6,650

6,090

6,310

7,130

11,000

iry 25

16,200

16,200

16,200

13,600

iry 26

8,460

5,570

January 27

9.76

8.54

7.32

6.48

3,740

2,900

2,240

1,840

January 28

5.92

5.57

5.34

Janus

5.10

4.85

1,560

1,430

1,310

iry 29

1,230

1,110

i,

o 

M

6

6

6

10

4

M

4

N

6

6

6

6

N

6

M

4

N

M

N

M

N

2

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 30

4.68

4.50

1,070

990

January 31

4.44

4.55

5.01

5.22

970

1,010

1,190

1,270

February 1

5.14

4.65

4.39

1,230

1,030

950

February 2

4.07

3.79

810

710

February 3

3.62

3.49

3.48

3.51

730

590

590

590

February 4

3.55

3.52

3,48

610

590

590

February 5

3.40

3.32

550

510

February 6

3.27

3.22

3.31

498

478

510
190 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Hocking River at Athens, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°19'45", long. 820 05 l 17 n , at Mill Street Bridge, three-quarters of

a mile east of business section of Athens, Athens County. Zero of gage is 615.59

feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 944 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage Recorder graph except for periods 6 a.m. Jan. 11 to

3 p.mT Jan. 25 and 7 a.m. Jan. 26 to noon Feb. 4, wheri gage heights were determined

from a graph constructed from two gage readings dally and known crest stages. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 24,700 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 33,200 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage

height, 22.65 feet).

1915-36: Discharge observed, 28,700 second-feet (revised) Apr. 16, 1922 (gage

height, 21.8 feet).

Maximum discharge known, 50,000 second-feet January 1907, determined by

Huntington office of Corps of Engineers, 0. S. Army (gage height, 26.7 feet, from

highwater marks. 

Remarks.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean daily discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

142

149

171

177

180

213

980

768

435

382

Jan.

4,230

2,570

2,680

1,840

1,120

898

1,200

1,780

1,550

5,510

Feb.

2,420

1,710

1,350

1,190

1,090

1,060

962

1,410

3,530

2,870

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

377

624

605

403

367

328

305

282

265

431

Jan.

7,780

4,500

2,140

2,700

10,300

14,100

9,010

7,730

9,610

7,580

Feb.

1,450

1,190

1,090

1,150

1,260

1,460

1,900

1,550

1,520

1,410

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

560

458

362

362

328

314

323

600

1,060

930

3,330

0.64

Jan.

8,860

19,800

30,900

21,200

24,000

26,600

12,100

5,320

3,400

1,970

1,710

10.03

Feb.

1,520

2,260

1,900

1,520

1,350

1,120

995

930

1.70

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1957

I

2

4

2

8

M

N

6

M

4

N

8

N

8

2

6

N

4

2

8

N

4

8

I'

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 3

7.38

7.34

7.02

6.89

6.69

Janu

5.75

5.33

5.04

Janu

4.89

4.68

4.54

2,880

2,820

2,620

2,560

2,420

ary 4

1,840

1,550

1,350

ary 5

1,260

1,120

1,030

January 6

4.33

4.24

898

832

January 7

4.23

4.37

5.09

5.20

Janui

5.26

5.65

5.81

5.87

5.82

5.69

832

898

1,380

1,450

iry 8

1,480

1,710

1,840

1,900

1,840

1,780

January 9

5.20 1,450

I

4

6

10

M

6

N

8

M

2

8

4

6

8

M

4

8

4

8

M

4

8

N

M

4

8

N

8

Feet

5.13

5.15

5.43

5.89

Sec. ft.

1,410

1,410

1,610

1,900

January 10

8.50

11.92

14.61

14.85

3,600

5,800

7,760

7,960

January 11

14.87

14.80

14.67

14.61

14.39

12.98

8,060

7,960

7,660

7,760

7,580

6,520

January 12

10.85

10.00

9.35

8.92

8.20

5,090

4,570

4,180

3,860

3,400

January 13

7.05

6.25

5.98

5.54

2,620

2,100

1,970

1,670

January 14

5.44

5.45

5.98

9.70

1,610

1,610

1,970

4,380

o

4

8

4

4

B

4

6

4

N

M

6

8

6

6

4

8

4

8

2

M

4

N

4

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 15

15.05

16.27

17.35

8,160

9,610

11,700

January 16

18.60

18.77

18.46

18,22

Janu

16.62

15.64

14.28

14,600

15,200

14,000

13,500

iry 17

10,300

8,850

7,490

January 18

13.46

13.55

15.16

6,870

6,940

8,380

January 19

16.10

16.54

16.24

9,520

10,100

9,660

January 20

14.60

14.36

14.20

14.45

7,760

7,580

7,400

7,580

January 21

14.69

15.35

15.81

16.08

17.20

7,860

8,610

9,110

9,520

11,300

I

N

8

M

4

8

4

8

4

8

6

4

2

N

M

N

M

8

N

M

N

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

20.01

21.36

21.93

19,700

26 ,-600

29,300

January 23

22.42

22.65

22.24

32,000

33,200

30,900

January 24

20.39

19.92

19.90

21,600

19,300

19,300

January 25

20.35

21.12

21,600

25,000

January 26

21.98

21.57

20.30

29,800

27,700

21,100

January 27

17.45

13.64

Janu

11.75

11.02

9.41

11,700

6,940

iry 28

5,740

5,220

4,180

January 29

8.21

7.43

7.04

3,400

2,880

2,620

I

6

N

6

M

6

N

M

4

8

N

M

6

N

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

4

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

6.45

5.93

5.58

5.31

Janua

5.17

5.36

6.62

2,230

1,900

1,710

1,520

ry 31

1,410

1,550

2,360

February 1

6.90

7.00

6.91

6.21

2,560

2,620

2,560

2,100

February 2

5.85

5.60

1,840

1,710

February 3

5.00

4.88

4.83

1,320

1,260

1,220

February 4

4.78

4.74

1,190

1,150

February 5

4.66

4.56

Febru

4.46

4.44

4.45

1,090

1,030

ary 6

962

962

962
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN IS 

New River at Allisonia, Va.

Location.- Lat. 36°56', long. 80°45', a quarter of a mile below Big Reed Island Creek

and half a mile above Allisonia, Pulaski County. 

Drainage are a.- 2,202 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 30,000 secondfeet; extended to peak stage of Oct. 2, 1929, with aid of velocity-area study near

control section. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 19,900 second-feet 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 (gage

height, 5.72 feet).

1929-36: Discharge, 59,800 second-feet Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 11.14 feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

1,540

1,400

1,500

1,540

1,350

1,640

2,780

3,100

2,650

2,260

2,340

2,480

2,640

2,620

2,560

2,020

2,930

2,820

2,650

3,450

2,750

2,490

2,510

2,440

2,280

2,610

2,650

3,850

4,240

4,160

4,950

January

8,480

10,200

16,700

12,400

7,950

6,330

5,640

5,160

4,680

4,260

3,940

3,570

4,480

5,210

5,210

5,800

5,760

8,930

11,900

19,300

15,900

10,600

8,310

6,470

6,210

5,820

5,400

4,900

6,720

7,330

6,740

Decembe]

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet 2,619

Run-off, in inches. ................... 1.37

February

7,460

6,790

5,820

5,190

4,750

4,090

4,400

4,740

5,380

7,510

7,260

5,620

5,450

4,410

4,580

4,300

3,950

3,830

3,700

3,460

3,980

5,300

5,000

4,400

4,210

3,710

3,300

3,670

- January February

7,752 4,866

4.06 2.30
192 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

New River near Hinton, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 37°37'35", long. 80°53'50", 2 miles above Gre.enbrier River and 3i miles 

south of Hinton, Summers County. Zero of gage is 1,368.045 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 4,600 square miles.-

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 5.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 52,500 secondfeet; extended to peak stage by study of relation between stage, discharge, and product of area and square root of mean depth.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 54,800 second-feet 5:30 p.m. Jan. 20 (gage

1923-36: Discharge observed, 93,600 second-feet Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 17.2 

feet).

Floods of Apr. 21 and May 23, 1901, reached a stage of about 24.2 feet on present 

gage. Flood of 1878 probably reached a higher stage. '

Wean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.69

2.66

2.94

2.89

3.13

3.28

5.24

5.06

4.68

4.24

3.95

3.77

4.16

3.99

4.05

3.85

3.86

4.34

4.28

4.29

4.77

4.28

4.11

4.03

3.93

4.06

4.08

5.07

5.36

5.39

5.30

Second-feet

1,730

1,690

2,150

2,060

2,540

2,830

7,950

7,350

6,300

5,020

4,270

3,800

4,760

4,390

4,520

4,040

4,040

5,280

5,150

5,150

6,450

5,150

4,640

4,520

4,270

4,520

4,640

7,350

8,280

8,450

8,100

January

Feet

5.89

8.39

9.70

9.44

7.90

6.65

6.11

5.78

5.53

5.25

4.97

4.74

5.05

5.70

6.14

6.75

7.57

8.97

8.81

11.33

11.83

9.57

8.25

7.83

7.74

7.75

6.63

6.20

6.22

6.85

6.91

Second-feet

10

21

30

28

19

13

11

9

8

7

7

6

7

9

11

14

17

25

24

41

45

29

20

18

18

18

13

11

11

14

14

Run-off, in inches. ...............................

,200

,800

,000

,000

,100

,000

,000

,850

,800

,950

,050

,450

,350

,500

,000

,000

,600

,400

,200

,600

,300

,200

700

600

,100

,600

000

400

400

000

400

February

Feet

7.09

7.14

6.57

6.10

5.83

5.62

5.33

5.51

6.86

7.56

7.44

6.81

6.20

5.97

5.63

5.49

5.34

5.01

4.96

4.92

4.93

5.31

5.75

5.63

5.44

5.14

4.91

4.64

Second- feet

15,300

15,300

13,000

11,000

9,850

9,150

8,280

8,800

14,400

17,600

16,600

14,000

11,400

10,600

9,150

8,800

8,280

7,200

7,050

6,900

7,050

8,100

9, .850

9,150

8,620

7,650

6,900

6,150

December January February

4,884 17,370 10,220

1.22 4.36 2.31
KANAWHA RIVER BASIH 19 

New River at Caperton, IN. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°01'20 n , long. 81°01'45", at suspension footbridge at Caperton, 

Payette County. Zero of gage is 938.00 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 6,826 square miles.

Qage-height T-eeord.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 60,000 secondfeet; extended to peak stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 102,000 aeoond-feet 10 a.m. Jan. 21 (gage 

height, 18.80 feet).

1928-36: Discharge, 142,000 second-feet Jan. 23, 1935 (gage height, 23.60 feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.70

2.60

2.65

2.86

2.92

3.27

6.20

9.43

7.20

5,9V

5.17

4.82

4.97

4.12

4.91

4.71

4.56

4.81

5.00

5.05

5.96

6.15

5.47

5.07

4.83

4.82

5.00

6.13

6.97

7.31

7.07

Second-feet

2,070

1,930

2,000

2,300

2,380

3,040

12,400

29,100

15,600

10,500

8,060

6,950

7,360

5,080

7,220

6,680

6,280

6,950

7,500

7,500

7,360

11,200

8,900

7,780

11,080

6,950

7,500

10,800

14,600

16,100

15,100

January

Feet

8.05

10.42

13.75

12.40

10.00

8.24

7.34

7.07

7.30

6.78

6.31

5.89

5.83

6.26

6.95

8.20

8.88

11.65

11.78

14.19

18.19

13.75

10.70

9.82

10.03

10.47

9.25

8.01

7.50

7.65

7.90

Second- feet

20,000

36,100

61,900

51,000

33,200

21,200

16,100

15,100

16,100

13,700

11,600

10,200

9,800

11,600

14,600

21,200

25,700

44,900

46,400

65,100

97,300

61,900

38,200

31,800

33,200

36,800

27,700

20,000

17,200

17,800

19,400

February

Feet

7.89

8.20

7.60

7.06

6.56

6.27

5.54

6.08

8.43

11.34

10.06

8.62

7.56

6.95

6.61

6.31

6.11

6.13

6.02

6.04

6.12

6.35

7.37

7.28

6.79

6.25

5.93

5.46

Second-feet

19,400

21,200

17,800

15,100

12,800

11,600

8,900

10,800

23,800

42,600

33,900

23,800

17,800

14,600

12,800

11,600

10,800

10,800

10,500

10,500

10,800

12,00b

16,600

16,100

13,700

11,200

10,200

8,900

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet.. ......... 8,525 30,540 15,740

Run-off, in inches............... ................ 1.44 5.15 2.40
194 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°08'20 n , long. 81°12'45", three-quarters of a mile below Kanawha Falls,

Fayette County, and 2 miles below Gauley Bridge. Zero of gage is 622.78 feet above

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 8,367 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 0 and 3.6 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements for the entire range in stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 118,000 second-feet 11:30 a.m. Jan. 21

(gage height, 17.23 feet).

1877-1936: Discharge, about 270,000 second-feet Sept. 14, 1878 (gage height, 37.8

feet, former site and present datum). 

Remarks.- Some regulation from operation of power plant at Hawks Nest on Kanawha River.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2,690

2,520

2,350

3,190

3,640

4,390

27,600

41,600

23,700

15,600

Jan.

26,100

41,000

71,400

60,600

40,100

26,800

21,200

21,200

21,800

18,900

Feb.

23,700

25,500

22,400

18,900

16,200

13,200

13,600

14,100

31,900

63,300

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

11,400

10,800

11,200

11,000

9,670

8,740

8,030

8,200

8,920

9,480

Jan.

16,700

15,600

13,600

15,100

18,900

31,200

31,200

54,700

60,600

67,400

Feb.

46,000

30,600

23,000

18,900

16,700

15,100

14,600

15,600

14,600

15,600

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

14,600

15,600

11,800

9,860

9,110

8,920

9,110

14,100

20,000

21,200

19,500

12 210

1.68

Jan.

113,000

75,900

49,000

41,600

46,800

50,600

37,300

27,400

23,000

22,400

24,300

5.27

Pab.

16,200

18,300

22,400

21,800

18,300

15,100

12,700

11,200

OT n^n

2.62

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December- 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

0.66

.57

.47

.89

1.09

1.39

6.11

8.46

5.82

4.37

Jan.

6.17

8.30

12.07

10.93

8.30

6.29

5.35

5.45

S-.48

4.97

Feb.

5.78

6.10

5.62

5.03

4.48

3.87

4.05

4.10

6.96

11.15

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.49

3.37

3.43

3.39

3.06

2.82

2.58

2.65

2.85

3.02

Jan.

4.63

4.38

4.04

4.27

5.00

7.02

7.03

10.23

10.86

11.60

Feb.

9.06

6.91

5.71

5.02

4.65

4.26

4.23

4.35

4.24

4.43

Day

81

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4.23

4.41

3.64

3.12

2.89

2.83

2.90

4.09

5.25

5.45

5.12

Jan.

16.71

12.62

9.53

8.48

9.23

9.67

7.92

6.38

5.71

5.62

5.89

Feb.

4.52

4.87

5.64

5.49

4.91

4.29

3.82

3.44

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to January 1937

ft

3 

O 

W

N

4

M

6

N

3

5

8

1

5

9

2

5

10

5

10

1

4

S

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

Feet Sec.ft.

December 31

5.20

5.13

5.15

20,000

19,500

20,000

January 1

5.60

6.30

6.78

6.83

6.78

22,400

26,800

30,000

30,000

30.000

January 2

6.60

6.88

6.97

7.80

9.70

11.17

Janus

11.58

12.29

12.43

12.46

12.37

J2.17

28,600

30,600

31,200

36,600

50,600

63,300

*ry 3

66,900

73,200

74,100

75,000

74,100

72,300

January 4

11.53

10.90

10.35

9.65

66,000

60,600

56,400

49 ,800

January 5

8.94

8.25

44,600

39,400

ft

§

a

6

M

6

N

6

M

N

8

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

6

M

6

N

M

Feet

7.64

7.06

Sec.ft.

35,200

31,900

January 6

6.67

6.28

5.88

5.66

29,300

26,800

24,300

23,000

January 7

5.28

5.17

5.38

Jam

5.48

5.42

Jam

5.58

5.30

Jam

4.93

4.74

20,600

20,000

21,200

iary 8

21,800

21,200

Aary 9

22,400

20,600

iary 10

18,300

17,200

January 11

4.62

4.60

16,700

16,700

January 12

4.33

4.34

4.17

15,10O

15,100

14,600

January 13

3.97

4.12

4.13

13,600'

14,100

14,100

IH 

3 

o 

W

6

N

4

2

8

N

6

M

6

10

2

6

M

N

5

9

M

4

N

6

M

4

8

N

6

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 14

3.99

4.34

4.55

13,600

15,100

16.700

January 15

4.27

4.43

4.96

5.60

6.18

15,100

15,600

18,900

22,400

26,100

January 16

7.04

7.27

7.32

7.18

6.93

31,200

33,200

33,200

32,600

30,600

January 17

6.77

6.84

7.57

8.63

30,000

30,000

35,200

42,300

January 18

9.63

10.29

10.70

11.18

49,800

55,600

59,000

63,300

January 19

11.32

11.27

11.03

10.48

10.02

64,200

64,200

61,500

57,200

53,000

h

g

W

7

N

3

5

7

9

M

4

8

*

2

3

6

9

M

4

8

11

N

1

6

M

8

4

M

N

8

Feet Sec.ft.

January 20

9.66

10.00

11.04

12.75

14.43

15.69

16.48

50,600

53,000

61,500

77,700

92,100

104,000

111,000

January 21

16.96

17.18

17.23

17.06

16.77

16.47

16.11

15.52

Jant

14.47

13.31

12.50

11.27

12.32

11.32

10.48

Jam;

9.78

9.18

8.82

116,000

118,000

118,000

117,000

114,000

111,000

107,000

102,000

ary 22

93,000

82,200

75,000

64,200

73,200

64,200

57,200

ary 23

51,400

46,800

43,800

January 24

8.49

8.23

41,600

39,400

ft 

W

2

5

8

N

5

9

11

1

8

4

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 25

8.04

8.18

9.00

9.51

9.93

10.20

10.23

38,000

39,400

45,300

49,000

52,200

54,700

54,700

January 26

10.21

9.83

9.48

9.10

54,700

51,400

49,000

46.000

January 27

8.52

7.77

7.42

6.96

41,600

36,600

33,800

31,200

January 28

6.33

5.95

26,800

24,900

January 29

5.68

5.50

23,000

21,800

January 30

5.60

5.87

22,400

24,300

January 31

5.95

5.68

24,900

23,000

* 11:30 a.m.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 195 

Bluestone River at Lilly, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 37°35'05", long. 80°57'55*, 1,200 feet below Little Bluestone River at

Lilly, Summers County. 

Drainage area.- 438 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between

2.0 and 3.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 4,500 second-feet;

extended to peak stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 8,200 aecond-feet 3 p.m. Jan. 20

Tgage height, 7.90 feet).

1908-16, 1929-36: Discharge, about 14,400 second-feet Mar. 25, 1935 (gage height,

11.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet. 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.15

1.26

1.24

1.29

1.29

1.33

5.70

5.19

3.89

2.48

2.33

2.39

2.28

2.15

2.09

2.02

2.05

2.06

2.08

2.17

2.23

2.37

3.08

2.53

2.18

2.49

2.80

4.50

4.05

3.35

3.35

Second-feet

32

44

41

47

47

52

3,980

3,110

1,400

390

324

345

304

248

231

199

215

215

231

248

285

324

740

415

266

390

545

2,080

1,500

930

930

January

Feet

3.67

7.05

6.10

4.39

3.40

2.99

3.04

2.99

2.92

2.77

2.62

2.53

2.91

3.59

4.30

5.13

5.95

6.58

5.77

7.45

6.34

5.16

4.50

5.05

5.73

5.85

4.36

3.61

3.52

3.35

3.39

Second-feet

1

6

4

1

1

1

2

4

5

4

7

5

3

2

2

3

4

2

1

1

1

,220

,400

,700

,950

970

670

705

670

605

518

440

415

605

,130

,830

,950

,520

,640

,160

,200

,070

,170

,170

,870

,990

,160

,040

,190

,100

980

i020

February

Feet

3.76

3.52

3.15

2.96

2.83

2.68

2.71

3.02

6.00

5.97

4.16

3.45

3.24

3.09

2.69

2.85

2.90

2.92

2.97

2.99

3.11

3.21

3.12

3.00

2.95

2.65

2.55

2.61

Second-feet

1,380

1,100

835

695

630

540

540

730

4,520

4,520

1,800

1,060

905

800

660

630

660

660

695

730

800

870

800

730

695

515

465

490

December January February

649 2,421 1,052

1.71 6.38 2.50
196 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Greenbrier River at Buckeye, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°ll'15n , long. 80°07'50", at county highway bridge at Buckeye, 

Pocahontas County, 300 feet above Swago Creek.

Drainage area.- 540 square miles (Including Swago Creek).

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Determined from graph constructed from 

gage readings for period Jan. 17-21. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 

and 3.5 feet for periods Dec. 1 to Jan. 20 and between 2.5 and 4.5 for period Jan. 

21 to Feb. 28; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 13,500 secondfeet; extended to peak stage by averaging discharges obtained froir logarithmic 

extension, velocity-area study, and study of relation between stage, discharge, and 

product of area and square root of mean depth.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 20,200 second-feet 8 p.m. Jan. 20 (gage 

height, 12.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1929-36: Discharge observed, about 45,000 second-feet (revised) Feb. 5, 1932 (gage 

height, 17.5 feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.13

2.04

2.53

2.83

2.73

4.00

8.76

6.47

4.71

4.09

3.79

4.39

4.17

3.93

3.71

3.51

3.63

3.63

3.54

5.58

4.83

4.23

3.86

3.63

3.65

3.71

3.84

5.67

5.69

5.21

6.11

Second-feet

187

158

348

492

440

1,340

9,260

4,390

1,970

1,420

1,180

1,690

1,510

1,260

1,100

940

1,020

1,020

940

3,040

2,070

1,510

1,260

1,020

1,020

1,100

1,180

3,180

3,180

2,510

3,770

January

Feet

5.97

6.98

7.49

6.13

4.99

4.29

4.91

5.75

5.04

4.50

4.09

3.92

3.74

3.52

3.75

4.78

5.13

7.31

6.69

9.00

8.75

6.75

5.57

5.19

6.21

6.04

5.11

4.47

4.21

3.89

3.77

Second-feet

3,620

5,250

6,200

3,770

2,280

1,600

2,170

3,320

2,2BO

1,780

February

Feet

4.13

4.01

3.73

3.70

3.59

3.28

3.33

3.61

6.13

6.47

1,420 5.25

1,260

1,100

940

1,180

2,070

2,390

5,820

4,720

10,200

9,400

4,890

3,040

2,510

3,920

3,620

2,390

1,630

1,360

1,060

942

4.54

4.07

3.86

3.63

3.52

3.37

3.31

3.31

3.38

3.67

6.12

5.15

4.55

4.15

3.66

3.48

3.B8

Second-feet

1,300

1,150

942

905

835

650

680

835

3,770

4,390

2,510

1,680

1,200

1,020

870

770

680

650

650

710

870

3,770

2,510

1,600

1,300

870

770

1,060

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ........... 1,790 3,166 1,398

Run-off, in inches. ............................... 3.82 6.76 2.70
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 197

Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 370 43'50 11 , long. 80°38'3011 , at Alderson, Monroe County, and half a mile 

above Muddy Creek. Zero of gage is 1,528.97 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,357 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.0 and 5.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 21,500 secondfeet; extended to peak stage with aid of study of relation between stage, discharge, 

and product of area and square root of mean depth.

Maxima.- January-Pebruary 1937: Discharge, 39,000 second-feet 5 a.m. Jan. 21 (gage 

height, 14.14 feet).

1895-1936: Discharge, 77,500 second-feet Mar. 14, 1918 (gage height, 22.0 feet, 

from floodmarks).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.23

2.22

2.31

2.37

2.65

2.76

7.82

7.23

4.96

4.12

3.74

3.66

3.95

3.81

3.64

3.47

3.44

3.54

3.53

4.20

5.25

4.49

3.98

3.72

3.58

3.56

3.62

4.22

5.47

5.23

5.36

Second-feet

251

245

296

336

568

688

14,600

11,700

4,980

3,010

2,260

2,100

2,680

2,400

2,070

1,760

1,700

1,880

1,860

3,230

5,720

3,910

2,750

2,220

1,950

1,920

2,030

3,230

6,220

5,720

6,040

January

Feet

6.89

7.41

9.81

7.10

5.47

4.59

4.28

5.10

5.13

4.55

4.21

3.98

3.82

3.73

3.89

4.77

5.25

7.54

7.35

7.98

12.49

7.90

6.13

5.50

5.66

6.75

5.65

4.82

4.50

4.31

4.16

Second-feet

10 ,400

12,500

20,900

11

e

,200

,220

4,140

3,450

E ,350

5,480

4,020

3,230

2,750

2

2

,420

,240

2,560

4,500

E ,740

12,700

12,200

16,600

32,000

14 ,000

7,860

6,350

6

9

,770

,960

6,820

4,620

3 ,910

3,450

3,120

February

Feet

4.44

4.53

4.21

3.93

3.80

3.59

3.48

3.72

5.96

8.25

6.16

5.02

4.43

4.13

3.92

3.76

3.81

3.75

3.74

3.73

3.82

4.94

5.53

4.80

4.34

3.97

3.66

3.55

Second- feet

3,800

4,020

3,230

2,640

2,380

1,970

1,770

2,220

8,120

15,200

8,130

5,100

3,800

3,120

2,620

2,300

2,400

2,280

2,260

2,240

2,420

5,010

6,350

4,620

3,560

2,730

2,100

1,900

December January February

3,236 7,983 3,868

2.74 6.78 2.97

77596 O 38 14
198 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Greenbrier River at Hilldale, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 370 38'25", long. 80°48'20", at highway bridge at Hilldale, Summers 

County. Howard Run enters just below gage.

Drainage area.- 1,625 square miles (includes Howard Run).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 58,000 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 41,900 second-feet 9:30 a.m. Jan. 21 (gage 

height, 17.30 feet).

1935-36: Discharge, 60.,800 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 21.85 feet).

Remarks.- Record furnished by Huntington office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.13

1.08

1.07

1.19

1.32

1.69

7.70

9.65

5.94

4.35

3.56

3.24

3.60

3.52

3.22

2.93

2.77

2.90

2.99

3.55

5.81

4.88

4.02

3.40

3.10

3.08

3.15 '

3.86

6.02

6.07

5.76

Second-feet

346

313

306

385

471

751

12,100

15,500

6,620

3,800

2,660

2,300

2,730

2,600

2,240

1,950

1,730

1,890

2,000

2,720

6,310

4,680

3,240

2,480

2,120

2,120

2,180

3,100

6,700

6,900

6,210

January

Feet

8.40

9.23

12.90

9.35

6.72

5.25

4.56

5.29

5.88

5.01

4.34

3.86

3.63

3.49

3.74

5.28

6.46

9.41

9.62

10.42

16.28

10.60

7.81

6.84

6.91

8.40

6.99

5.61

5.05

4.70

4.41

Second-feet

12,000

14.,300

25,400

1 4,500

3,120

5,190

1,200

5,380

3,500

4,840

3,800

3,050

3,790

2,600

2,930

5,370

7,670

14,600

1 5,100

17,900

37,900

18,100

1 3,600

3,330

3,540

12,000

J3,750

5,920

4,840

4,360

3,880

Run-off, in inches. ...............................

February

Feet

4.74

4.98

4.48

3.94

3.59

3.26

3.01

3.52

7.06

10.89

7.99

6.02

4.96

4.32

3.91

3.57

3.55

3.53

3.51

3.48

3.59

4.51

6.55

5.48

4.61

3.95

3.41

3.08

Second- feet

4,360

4,840

4,040

3,180

2,730

2,300

2,000

2,600

9,470

18,900

11,100

6,700

4,840

3,720

3,110

2,660

2,660

2,660

2,600

2,600

2,730

4,110

7,910

5,720

4,200

3,180

2,480

2,120

December January February

3,530 9,660 4,630

2.49 6.82 2.96
KANAYIflA RIVER BASIN

Gauley River at Camden on Gauley, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°21'55 B , long. 80°36'05 B , at Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station at Camden-onfGauley, Webster County. Zero of gage is 2,003.28 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 236 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-sbage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 15,000 seeondfeet; extended to peak stage on basis of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,400 second-feet 8 p.m. Jan. 20 (gage 

SeTght, 10.80 feet).

1908-16, 1929-36: Discharge, about 42,500 second-feet July 4, 1932 (gage height, 

27.38 feet, from floodmarks).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, In second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

December

Feet

2.04

2.29

2.84

2.97

2.86

5.82

9.90

5.98

4.55

3.89

5.84

4.65

4.07

3.67

5.59

5.19

5.15

5.06

5.05

5.22

4.40

3.83

3.46

3.56

5.27

5.25

3.37

4.73

4.47

4.09

4.65

Second-feet

87

156

294

537

300

876

5,330

1,940

1,080

735

710

1,130

815

625

496

415

400

368

364

1,450

995

705

52V

483

446

431

487

1,190

1,020

840

1,150

January

Feet

4.76

5.55

6.58

5.21

4.50

3.78

4.62

5.00

4.31

3.97

4.35

4.11

3.85

3.59

5.15

6.14

5.47

7.52

6.56

7.57

8.08

6.10

5.88

5.75

6.92

6.18

4.90

4.18

5.90

3.65

3.54

Second-feet

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

2

1

2

2

3

3

2

1

1

2

2

1

,190

,570

,360

,450

940

680

,100

,330

940

775

966

840

715

586

,500

,010

,630

,850

,360

,090

,490

,010

,870

,810

,570

,080

,270

890

740

615

563

February

Feet

3.91

3.68

3.59

3.30

3.20

5.20

5.05

4.02

6.20

6.44

4.95

4.21

3.78

3.55

3.53

3.30

3.25

5.34

3.27

3.43

3.67

5.32

4.25

5.80

5.52

3.90

5.65

5.24

Second-feet

745

650

496

458

419

419

564

790

2,080

2,220

1,500

890

680

568

471

458

453

475

446

614

625

1,510

915

690

554

740

615

435

December January February

843 1,509 748

4.12 7.37' 3. SO
200 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Gauley River near Summersville, W. Vs.

Location.- Lat. 380 16>15", long. 80°49'10 n , at Brocks Bridge, 500 feet below Muddlety

Creek and 2^ miles east of Summersville, Nicholas County. 

Drainage area.- 680 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Determined from graph constructed from

gage readings for periods Dec. 7, Jan. 15, 20, 21. Gage heights used to half tenths

between 2.5 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by currant-meter measurements below 22,300 secondfeet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 15,000 second-feet 11 p.m. Jan. 20 (gage

height, 12.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1908-16, 1928-36: Discharge, about 92,000 second-feet July 4, 1932 (gage height,

28.75 feet, from floodmarks).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

__________________December 1936 to February 1957__________________

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.67

2.62

3.31

4.06

3.86

3.98

11.10

8.46

6.60

5.60

5.44

6.44

5.79

5.22

4.75

4.39

4.29

4.13

4.19

6.28

6.23

5.53

4.85

4.57

4.46

4.45

4.44

6.72

6.55

5.96

5.88

Second-feet

256

242

465

890

740

830

13,100

5,950

3,190

2,100

1,910

2,950

2,300

1,730

1,400

1,100

1,030

890

960

2,830

2,720

2,000

1,400

1,240

1,170

1,100

1,100

3,310

3,190

2,500

2,400

January

Feet

6.91

7.02

9.13

7.67

6.30

5.65

6.09

7.11

6.11

5.80

6.08

6.17

5.31

5.32

6.55

8.71

7.60

9.56

9.14

9.43

10.60

8.65

8.14

8.11

9.63

8.98

7.37

6.31

5.85

5.39

5.34

Second- feet

3,550

3,670

7,040

4,640

2,830

2,100

2,610

3,800

2,610

2,300

2,610

2,720

1,820

1,820

3,340

6,300

4,490

8,090

7,040

8,250

10,600

6,120

5,280

5,280

8,090

6,850

4,200

2,830

2,300

1,910

1,820

February

Feet

5.65

5.47

4.92

4.74

4.53

3.93

4.06

5.74

8.26

9.34

7.54

6,37

5.32

5.12

4.82

4.32

4.45

4.84

5.04

5.36

5.56

7.47

6.21

5.69

5.20

4.53

4.49

4.27

Second-feet

2,100

2,000

1,480

1,320

1,170

800

890

2,200

5,610

7,440

4,340

2,950

1,820

1,640

1,400

1,030

1,100

1,400

1,560

1,910

2,100

4,340

2,720

2,200

1,730

1,170

1,170

1,030

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ........... 2,161 4J416 2,165

Run-off, in inches......... ....................... 3.67 7.48 3.31
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 20 

Gauley River above Belva, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°14'00", long. 810 10'45", half a mile above Belva, Nicholas County, 

and 1 mile above mouth of Twentymile Creek. Zero of gage is 669.0 feet above mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,315 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Wster-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.2 and 5.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 36,000 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 24,500 second-feet 3:30 a.m. Jan. 21 fgage 

EeTght, 11.72 feet).

1928-36: Discharge, about 105,000 second-feet July 4, 1932 (gage height, 28.60 

feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge; 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.00

1.85

1.92

2.45

2.71

2.80

9.58

7.97

5.90

4.79

4.22

4.64

4.66

4.16

3.77

3.45

3.25

3.16

3.02

3.48

5.06

4.34

3.87

3.56

3.44

3.41

3.46

4.66

5.52

4.93

4.69

Second- feet

470

384

424

798

1,030

1,120

18,000

12,400

6,640

4,140

3,040

3,840

3,840

2,960

2,340

1,920

1,660

1,540

1,360

2,030

4,660

3,300

2,500

2,060

1,920

1,850

1,920

3,840

5,660

4,440

3,940

January

Feet

5.73

5.83

7.94

7.07

5.71

4.75

4.47

5.49

5.06

4.57

4.71

4.79

4.48

4.17

4.77

7.36

6.41

7.96

8.35

8.05

10.51

8.18

7.20

7.02

8.52

8.50

6.54

5.45

4.92

4.58

4.32

Second- feet

6,260

6,390

12,100

c),830

6,140

4,040

| 5,470

5,660

4,660

3,660

3,940

I1,140

3,560

2,960

4,040

10,700

7,940

1J2,400

13,600

12,400

20,400

13,000

10,100

<),550

14,000

14,000

8,200

| 3,540

4,340

| 5.750

3^210

February

Feet

4.42

4.49

4.17

3.87

3.70

3.33

3.33

4.19

7.13

9.02

7.00

5.71

4.84

4.35

4.05

3.83

4.02

4.15

4.30

4.62

4.87

5.49

5.43

4.78

4.37

3.93

3.55

3.47

Second-feet

3,380

3,560

2,960

2,500

2,270

1,780

1,780

3,040

10,200

15,500

9,550

6,140

4,240

3,300

2,800

2,500

2,720

2,960

3,210

3,750

4,240

5,660

5,540

4,140

3,300

2,640

2,060

1,920

December January February

3,420 7,870 4,201

3.00 6.89 3.32
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KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 203 

Cherry River at Fenwick, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°13'4511 , long. 80°35'00 11 , at highway bridge at Fenwick, Nicholas

County, 1,000 feet below mouth of Laurel Creek. Zero of gage is 2,088.94 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 150 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily except for period Dec. 20-22 when there was 

no record and gage heights were determined from graph based on shape of stage graph 

for station on Gauley River at Camden on Gauley. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 4.5 and 6.0 feet; hundredths below and tenth's above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 4,300 secondfeet; extended to peak stage on basis of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 4,100 second-feet 5 p.m. Jan. 20 

^Tgage height, 8.74 feet).

1929-36: Discharge observed, about 12,800 second-feet July 4, 1932 (gage height, 

14.58 feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in aeoond-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.82

3.87

4.59

4.51

4.37

6.04

9.43

6.21

5.53

4.79

5.08

5.47

5.28

4.95

4.89

4.57

4.59

4.17

4.04

6.3

5.5

4.9

4.45

4.18

4.12

4.24

4.73

6.05

5.63

5.24

6.13

Second-feet

107

119

369

326

275

1,260

5,010

1,420

915

465

625

845

745

542

515

348

369

205

165

1,510

880

515

306

209

189

229

440

1,260

988

715

1,340

January

Feet

5.77

6.30

6.98

6.71

5.78

5.46

5.42

5.51

5.23

5.42

5.21

5.02

4.89

4.80

6.80

6.66

6.05

7.24

6.78

7.50

7.92

6.64

6.10

6.00

7.57

6.51

5.73

5.56

5.27

4.98

4.92

Second-feet

1,060

1 ,510

2,150

1

1

,860

,100

845

810

880

715

810

685

570

515

465

1,950

1

1

,860

,260

2,350

1 ,950

2,670

3,120

1

1

,770

,340

1,260

2,780

1 ,680

1,060

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ...........

Run-off, in inches. . ..............................

915

715

570

515

February

Feet

5.23

4.98

4.78

4.61

4.78

4.52

4.39

4.80

6.64

6.62

5.90

5.39

5.09

4.84

4.67

4.95

4.76

4.72

4.71

4.78

4.94

4.80

4.66

5.06

4.88

4.73

4.75

4.65

Second-feet

715

570

465

369

465

326

282

465

1,770

1,770

1,180

810

625

490

392

542

440

415

415

465

542

465

392

598

515

440

440

392

December January February

749 1,346 598

-5.75 10.34 4.16
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Meadow River at Nallen, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°06'45 n , long. 800 52'35n , at highway bridge at Nallen, Payette County. 

Drainage area.- 287 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily. Gnge heights used to half tenths between 

4.0 and 5.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

(gage height, 10.96 feet).

1908-16, 1928-36: Discharge observed, 10,100 second-feet (revised) Mar. 5, 1934 

(gage height, 15.64 feet).

Mean dally gage height, In feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.70

3.78

3.90

4.24

4.37

4.71

9.99

9.03

7.68

6.65

6.00

5.84

5.66

5.45

4.99

5.04

4.88

4.76

4.69

4.90

5.08

5.47

6.16

6.06

5.86

5.74

5.55

7.21

7.33

7.03

6.89

Second-feet

79

89

104

164

184

267

3,310

2,490

1,580

1,010

740

650

610

492

354

370

384

280

266

324

386

530

830

785

695

610

570

1,300

1,350

1,200

1,150

January

Feet

7.30

7.36

9.74

9.16

7.83

6. 42

6.36

6.31

6.24

6.06

5.89

5.57

5.38

5.33

5.51

7.33

7.44

9.16

9.77

10.33

10.88

9.95

8.32

9.60

9.53

8.87

7.75

7.03

6.48

6.03

5.86

Second-feet

1,350

1,400

3,050

. 2,650

1,640

920

920

875

830

785

695

570

492

474

530

1,350

1,400

2,650

3,130

3,580

4,150

3,310

1,980

2,970

2,890

2,410

1,640

1,200

965

740

695

February

Feet

6.06

6.06

5.87

5.65

5.56

5.46

5.34

5.95

8.36

8.78

5.61

5.21

5.32

5.79

5.37

5.54

5.63

5.71

5.78

5.96

6.34

6.92

6.84

6.43

5.89

5.51

5.46

5.22

Second-feet

785

785

695

570

570

530

474

740

2,050

2,330

570

420

456

650

474

530

570

610

650

740

875

1,150

1,100

920

695

530

530

420

December January February

Mean monthly disr>K>T'T« - In snnnnrl-fnftf.- ........... 74S 1.68S 765

Run-off, in inch 53. ............................... 3.0C) 6.77 2.78
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 205 

Elk River at Centralla, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°37'00 n , long. 80°33'50", at Centralia, Braxton County, 200 feet above 

Houston Run and 1 mile above Laurel Creek. Zero of gage is 931.72 feet above mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 281 square miles (includes Houston Run).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.5 and 7.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 15,500 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,590 second-feet 10 p.m. Jan. 20 (gage 

height, 9.14 feet).

1934-36: Discharge, 14,500 second-feet (revised) Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 13.04 

feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.11

3.12

3.48

3.90

3.90

3.98

8.48

6.40

5.34

4.78

4.59

5.17

4.83

4.57

4.30

4.12

4.01

3.96

3.93

5.55

5.43

4.88

4.47

4.27

4.15

4.12

4.12

4.89

4.94

4.65

4.75

Second-feet

124

127

220

370

370

413

5,550

2,280

1,300

900

760

1,140

935

730

580

476

420

397

384

1,540

1,380

970

682

562

492

476

476

970

1,000

795

877

January

Feet

5.40

5.67

6.60

5.73

5.10

4.66

5.00

5.69

5.21

4.90

5.33

5.10

4.78

4.50

5.47

6.57

5.80

6.92

6.72

6.89

' 7.60

6.42

6.38

6.28

6.77

6.43

5.56

4.99

4.70

4.45

4.33

Second-feet

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

2

2

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

Run-off. In Inches. ...............................

,340

,630

,550

,620

,110

795

,080

,580

,180

970

,300

,110

900

700

,570.

,460

,670

,970

,700

,110

,940

,280

,280

,170

,800

,350

,460

,040

830

670

598

February

Feet

4.57

4.52

4.31

4.18

4.10

3.90

3.87

4.29

6.07

6.74

5.69

5.08

4.67

4.44

4.27

4.18

4.18

4.19

4.21

4.27

4.40

5.16

5.00

4.67

4.43

4.15

4.00

3.81

Second-feet

730

700

586

509

465

370

358

592

2,060

2,720

1,580

1,110

795

664

562

509

509

514

586

562

640

1,140

1,040

795

658

492

415

334

December January February

893 1,702 783

3.67 6.99 2.90
206 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Elk River at Queen Shoals, HI. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°28 t 20 n , long. 81°17'10'', at highway bridge at Queen Shoals, Kanawha

County. Queen Sh'oals Creek enters on left just below bridge and above the control. 

Drainage area.- 1,145 square miles, including Queen Shoals Creek. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 6.0 and 8.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 29,000 secondfeet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 14,900 second-feet 5 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage

EeTght, 11.96 feet).

1928-36: Discharge, about 91,300 second-feet July 5, 1932 (gage height, 29.2

feet).

1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

219

225

235

255

300

616

3,910

9,280

4,160

2,420

Jan.

3,060

5,870

8,480

6,080

3,780

2,490

2,260

3,500

3,870

3,320

Feb.

2,490

2,260

2,040

1,760

1,560

1,310

1,170

1,630

8,960

13,700

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,760

2,190

.2,730

2,190

1,630

1,250

1,020

894

821

1,760

Jan.

5,870

5,250

3,780

2,730

5,070

9,280

6,980

7,960

11,000

9,560

Feb.

7,700

4,450

3,150

2,420

2,040

2,120

2,490

2,900

3,500

3,500

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4,850

3,680

2,340

1,700

1,310

1,120

1,030

1,000

1,250

1,560

1,760

1 QT P

1.94

Jan.

12,500

10,400

13,100

10,700

12,500

11,600

6,740

4,160

3,410

3,060

2,570

6.52

Feb.

3,240

3,150

3,240

2,730

2,260

1,900

1,500

1,310

3

Q*T

2*94

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

4.19

4.21

4.24

4.30

4.43

5.21

7.60

10.08

7.87

6.84

Jan.

7.25

8.73

9.84

8.81

7.63

6.90

6.76

7.51

7.70

7.38

Feb.

6.88

6.77

6.61

6.40

6.24

6.05

5.93

6.29

9.75

11.60

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

6.38

6.71

7.03

6.68

6.28

6.00

5.78

5.63

5.53

6.38

Jan.

8.67

8.39

7.66

7.05

8.21

10.06

9.17

9.56

10.70

10.20

Feb.

9.52

8.05

7.30

6.84

6.59

6.63

6.91

7.16

7.51

7.51

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

.28

29

30

31

Dec.

8.22

7.61

6.82

6.35

6.07

5.89

5.79

5.76

6.02

6.27

6.41

Jan.

11.22

10.53

11.40

10.63

11.21

10.93

9.08

7.87

7.45

7.25

6.95

Feb.

7.36

7.29

7.35

7.07

6.76

6.48

6.19

6.04

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

8w

9

5

M

5

10

3

7

11

2

6

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

W

6

N

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 1

7.21

7.24

7.67

2,980

3,060

3,780

January 2

7.72

8.23

8.94

9.80

10.13

Jam

10.08

9.90

9.75

9.86

9.60

3,870

4,850

6,290

8,480

9,280

lary 3

9,280

8,740

8,480

8,740

7,960

January 4

8.78

8.10

6,080

4,650

January 5

7.61

7.20

3,680

2,980

January 6

6.90

6.67

Jam

6.62

6.68

6.85

7.17

2,490

2,120

lary 7

2,040

2,190

2,420

2,900

|

6

N

6

M

N

M

N

6

M

3

6

10

2

8

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 8

7.31

7.36

7.73

7.96

3,150

3,240

3,960

4,350

January 9

7.73

7.45

Jam

7.18

7.42

7.77

Jam

8.31

8.78

8.93

8.85

8.67

8.62

3,960

3,410

lary 10

2,980

3,320

3,960

lary 11

5,050

6,080

6,290

6,080

5,870

5,660

January 12

8.57

8.43

8.23

8.03

5,660

5,250

4,850

4,450

January 13

7.65

7.32

3,780

3,150

January 14

7.05

6.82

2,730

2,340

I

4

8

N

4

8

11

3

9

1

5

10

6

N

8

6

N

6

M

4

N

4

10

4

9

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 15

6.80

7.20

7.93

8.80

9.97

10.23

2,340

2,980

4,350

6,080

9,000

9,560

January 16

10.08

9.85

10.08

10.24

10.08

9,280

8,480

9,280

9,560

9,280

January 17

9.44

9.04

8.86

Jan

9.06

9.40

10.00

10.67

7,460

6,500

6,290

nary 18

6,740

7,460

9,000

11,000

January 19

10.81

10.78

10.75

10.50

11,300

11,300

11,300

10,400

January 20

10.06

9.77

9.94

9,280

8,480

8,740

ga

6

10

2

5

9

2

7

10

2

8

2

7

11

3

6

9

N

3

6

M

6

N

5

10

2

8

Feet

10.32

10.88

Sec. ft.

9,840

11,600

January 21

11.02

10.97

10.88

11.20

11.68

11.58

11,900

11,900

11,600

12,500

14,000

13,700

January 22

11.24

10.67

10.25

10.09

10.31

12,500

11,000

9,560

9,280

9,840

January 23

10.63

11.12

11.55

11.77

11.82

11.77

11.39

Jam;

10.95

10.60

10.34

10.08

Janu

10.23

10.73

10,700

12,200

13,700

14,300

14,300

14,300

13,100

ary 24

11,900

10,700

9,840

9,280

ary 25

9,560

11,000

tn 

I

N

3

5

8

M

4

10

2

7

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

V

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

11.48

11.89

11.96

11.85

11.55

Sec. ft.

13,400

14,600

14,900

14,300

13,700

January 26

11.32

11.15

10.94

10.50

10.00

12,800

12,500

11,600

10,400

9,000

January 27

9.47

9.03

8. .67

8.36

7,700

6,500

5,870

5,250

January 28

8.08

7.84

7.66

7.52

4,650

4,160

3,780

3,500

January 29

7.43

7.40

3,410

3,320

January 30

7.24

7.07

3,060

2.730

January 31

6.94

6.90

2,570

2,490
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN 207 

Coal River at Ashford, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°10'45", long. 810 42'40 lt , at highway bridge at Ashford, Boone County.

Drainage area.- 393 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between

3.0 and 4.0 feet; imndredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 8,900 secondfeet. 

Maxima.- January-February 193V: Discharge observed, 8,470 second-feet 4:30 p.m. Jan. 25

Tgage height, 10.80 feet).

1908-16, 1930-36: Discharge, about 40,700 second-feet Aug. 9, 1916 (gage height,

36.3 feet, former site and datum, and about 35 feet, present site).

Yean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.70

1.74

1.74

1.73

1.72

2.00

4.61

3.79

3.14

2.77

2.50

2.81

2.88

2.83

2.67

2.59

2.58

2.46

2.40

2.75

3.01

2.91

2.81

2.73

2.67

2.63

2.64

2.76

3.00

2.91

2.96

Second- feet

14

17

17

16

15

49

1,850

1,030

510

306

189

325

360

335

260

225

221

175

153

296

423

375

325

287

260

242

247

301

423

375

402

January

Feet

3.38

4.56

6.02

4.14

3.38

3.15

3.14

3.19

3.13

3.10

3.88

3.28

3.16

3.05

4.52

5.42

4.32

6.45

6.90

5.99

7.85

5.38

5.59

5.42

9.03

6.36

4.50

3.79

3.58

3.41

3.35

Second-feet

1

3

1

1

1

2

1

3

4

680

,850

310

330

680

510

510

540

510

480

130

610

510

452

,750

690

540

730

250

3,310

5

2

2

2

6

3

1

1

Mean monthly discharge , in second- feet. ...........

180

690

890

690

450

730

750

030

840

680

645

February

Feet

3.36

3.33

3.23

3.17

3.08

2.96

2.96

3.18

6.62

7.34

4.74

3,91

3.55

3.35

3.23

3.30

3.32

5.54

3.80

3.93

3.94

4.23

4.01

3.70

3.49

3.29

3.15

3.09

Second-feet

645

645

575

510

480

402

402

540

3,930

4,660

1,960

1,130

800

645

575

610

610

800

1,030

1,180

1,180

1-,440

1,230

930

760

610

510

480

December January Febjruary

323 1,902 1,045

0.95 5.58 2.77
208 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Little Coal River at Madison, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°04'0511 , long. 81°49'20 11 , at lower highway bridge at Madison, Boone 

County.

Drainage area.- 267 square miles.

gage-height record.- Two gage readings dally except for periods Dec. 25-27, Jan. 24, 31, 

Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, when gage was not read. Dally gage heights for periods of missing record determined from graph based on stage graphs for nearby station. Qage 

heights used to half tenths between 4.6 and 5.7 feet; hundredths below and tenths 

above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 9,900 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 8,600 second-feet 12:30 p.m. Jan. 25 

(gage height, 10.46 feet).

1930-36: Discharge observed, about 20,300 second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 

17.80 feet).

Mean daily gage height, In feet, and mean daily discharge, In second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.62

2.66

2.68

2.66

2.64

2.68

5.54

4.38

3.94

3.82

3.56

3.82

3.74

3.68

3.60

3.48

3.42

3.22

3.32

3.48

3.94

3.88

3.72

3.64

3.59

3.56

3.59

3.66

3.62

3.84

3.88

Second-feet

7.0

9.0

10

9.0

8.0

10

1,420

354

175

146

100

146

130

119

106

89

82

58

69

89

175

159

126

112

105

100

105

116

109

150

159

January

Feet

3.56

5.76

5.22

4.82

4.3S

4.14

4.20

4.68

4.14

4.08

4.46

4.44

4.34

4.26

6.14

6.43

6.24

6.98

6.29

6.06

6.31

5.76

6.16

6.00

8.60

6.02

5.06

4.73

4.55

4.40

4.38

Second-feet

100

1,720

1,040

660

354

239

262

580

239

217

404

391

331

290

2,080

2,470

2,210

3,270

2,340

2,080

2,340

1,720

2,210

1,960

5,600

1,960

890

620

465

365

354

February

Feet

4.37

4.32

4.28

4.24

4.18

4.05

4.05

4.13

7.06

6.83

5.27

4.81

4.57

4.45

4.33

4.37

4.41

4.85

5.00

5.14

5.15

5.19

5.02

4.76

4.55

4.39

4.22

4.20

Second-feet

34S

320

300

281

254

207

207

235

3,410

2,990

1,100

660

479

398

326

348

372

705

840

990

990

1,040

840

620

465

359

271

262

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet.. .......... 147 1,283 701

Run-off, in inches.. .............................. 0.64 5.54 2.74
GTJYANDOT RIVER BASIN 209 

Guyandot River at Man, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 37°44'30", long. 81°52'45 n , at highway bridge at Man, Logan County, 500 

feet above Buffalo Creek.

Drainage area.- 762 square miles (including Buffalo Creek).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between5.0 and 7.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 19,300 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharges, 18,400 second-feet 11:30 p.m. Jan. 20 (gage 

height, 13.52 feet); 18,700 second-feet 10 p.m. Feb. 9 (gage height, 13.60 feet).

1928-36: Discharge observed, about 40,000 second-feet Mar. 3, 1934 (gage height, 

19.11 feet).

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, 

at peaks, Jan. 16 to Feb. 9, 1937

Day

Jan. 16 

18 

20 

25 

Feb. 9

Hour

5 a.m. 

7 p.m. 

11:30 p.m. 

9 p.m. 

10 p.m.

Feet

9.23 

11.23 

13.52 

11.62 

13.60

Second-feet

6,730 

11,200 

18,400 

12,300 

18,700

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.88

2.92

2.90

2.89

2.92

3.29

8.29

7.02

5.43

4.74

4.56

5.07

5.12

4.79

4.50

4.31

4.16

4.02

3.94

4.44

4.98

4.79

4.64

4.50

4.45

4.40

4.44

4.97

5.59

5.18

5.21

Second-feet

66

73

69

67

73

181

5,320

3,250

1,460

878

752

1,120

1,160

913

710

586

489

406

365

671

1,060

913

808

710

678

645

671

1,060

1,610

1,240

1,240

January

Feet

6.06

8.23

9.89

7.11

5.95

5.32

5.06

4.92

4.81

4.78

4.75

4.74

4.82

5.02

6.65

8.70

7.90

10.50

10.05

10.02

10.97

8.11

7.40

7.23

10.33

9.64

7.38

6.30

5.84

5.49

5.33

Second- feet

2,100

5,480

8,280

3,380

1,980

1,330

1,120

1,020

928

906

885

878

936

1,080

2,810

5,840

4,520

9,440

8,300

9,140

11,000

4,840

3,790

3,580

9,310

7,720

3,790

2,390

1,880

1,510

1,380

February

Feet

5.48

5.59

5.46

5.27

5.11

4.82

4.67

4.82

8.43

11.02

7.84

6.47

5.84

5.48

5.20

4.92

4.92

5.17

5.50

5.76

5.91

6.04

6.03

5.90

5.67

5.40

5.14

4.91

Second-feet

1,510

1,610

1,460

1,280

1,160

936

829

936

6,750

11,100

4,370

2,570

1,880

1,510

1,240

1,020

1,020

1,200

1,510

1,760

1,930

2,100

2,100

1,930

1,660

1,420

1,200

1,010

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ........... 943 3,921 2,107

Run-off , in inches. ............................... 1.43 5.94 2.88
210 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Guyandot River at Branchland, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 38°13'1511 , long. 82°12'1011 , at highway bridge at Branchland, Lincoln 

County, 20 feet below Fouraile Greek. Zero of gage is 574.91 feet above mean sea 

level.

Drainage area.- 1,226 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 5.1 and 6.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by backwater from Ohio River for period Jan. 22 to 

Feb. 1.Defined by current-meter measurements below 25,000 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 19,300 second-feet 7 p.m. Jan. 21 (gage 

height, 25.77 feet).

1915-22, 1928-36: Discharge observed, about 36,900 second-feet Jan. 29, 1918 

(gage height, 39.24 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 44 feet, probably in 1907.

Remarks.- Discharge for period in which stage-discharge relation was affected by backwater from Ohio River computed on basis of two discharge measurements and records 

for station on Guyandot River at Man and other nearby stations.

Mean daily discharge, in s'econd-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

82

84

82

78

80

159

2,620

6,920

2,890

1,430

Jan.

1,900

5,000

11,300

8,280

3,980

2,440

2,100

1,640

1,430

1,750

Feb.

2,500

2,560

2,300

2,050

1,850

1,530

1,430

1,530

4,680

15,700

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,020

1,030

1,330

1,180

938

768

642

554

587

826

Jan.

2,100

1,700

1,430

1,330

3,460

8,600

7,720

10,400

16,100

13,100

Feb.

11,300

5,800

3,760

2,820

2,440

2,220

2,220

2,440

2,750

3,170

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,180

1,280

1,040

922

810

754

768

890

1,580

1,800

1,640

1.09

Jan.

16,900

13,500

10,000

7,800

10,800

16,500

9,000

4,800

3,400

2,750

2,400

6,568

6.18

Feb.

3,460

3,680

3,600

3,310

2,890

2,500

2,140

1,850

2.99

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.28

3.29

3.28

3.26

3.27

3.55

6.83

12.45

7.23

5.41

-

Jan.

5.87

9.95

17.71

14.13

8.68

6.51

6.07

5.62

5.39

5.70

Feb.

7.25

6.70

6.30

6.02

5.78

5.50

5.38

5.50

9.63

22.52

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.96

4.97

5.31

5.17

4.86

4.64

4.46

4.33

4.38

4.72

Jan.

6.04

5.64

5.39

5.30

8.03

14.47

13.44

16.67

22.92

19.80

Feb.

17.70

10.95

8.38

7.13

6.49

6.22

6.25

6.54

7.02

7.55

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

5.13

5.27

4.99

4.84

4.70

4.62

4.64

4.80

5.54

5.74

5.60

Jan.

23.61

21.68

18.70

16.60

20.03

24.87

19.72

15.07

12.80

10.49

8.45

Feb.

8.03

8.30

8.16

7.77

7.22

6.62

6.12

5.80

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second- feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

gw

N

H

8

4

M

4

7

11

3

9

M

4

8

N

3

5

8

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 31

5.64

5.57

Janu

5.67

5.98

6.47

1,700

1,580

ary 1

1,700

2,050

2,440

January 2

6.86

8.40

9.88

10.92

12.00

13.46

Janu

15.38

17.26

18.75

19.38

19.50

19.32

18.40

Janu

16.20

13.92

12.00

10.54

Janu

9.47

8.50

7.85

7.24

2,680

3,760

4,920

5,720

6,600

7,800

ary 3

9,340

11,000

12,200

12,800

12,800

12,700

11,900

ary 4

10,000

8,120

6,600

5,400

ary 5

4,600

3,830

3,310

2,890

W

N

M

6

N

M

N

M

N

H

8

2

6

9

3

N

M

N

N

N

M

3

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

6.44

6.00

Janu

6.26

6.12

5.79

2,370

2,050

ary 7

2,300

2,140

1,850

January 8

5.58

5.50

1,640

1,530

January 9

5.39

5.29

1,430

1,330

January 10

5.26

5.58

6.30

6.42

Janui

6.17

6.05

5.83

Janut

5.62

1,280

1,640

2,300

2,370

iry 11

2,180

2,100

1,900

»ry 12

1,640

January 13

5.37 1.380

January 14

5.30

5.30

Janut

5.47

7.05

1,330

1,330

iry 15

1,480

2,750

w

10

2

7

11

3

7

N

4

7

10

2

7

N

5

9

4

8

11

4

8

M

4

8

N

4

10

3

Feet

8.12

7.98

9.33

10.87

Sec. ft.

3,530

3,460

4,440

5,720

January 16

12.60

14.00

15.03

15.49

15.63

15.50

Janut

14.92

13.81

12.88

12.56

13.07

7,080

8,200

9,000

9,420

9,510

9,420

iry 17

8,920

8,040

7,320

7,080

7,480

January 18

13.34

14.80

16.67

18.42

19.58

20.82

7,640

8,840

10,400

11,900

12,900

14,000

January 19

22.00

23.42

23.85

23.60

22.60

15,200

16,600

17,100

16,900

15,800

January 20

21.18 14,400

8 

W

9

N

5

9

1

5

9

N

4

7

10

2

8

2

9

1

6

10

4

H

8

11

6

M

3

6

Feet

19.54

19.69

19.10

18.73

See. ft.

12,800

13,000

12,500

12,100

January Z\

19.48

21.20

23.25

24.60

25.59

25.77

25.46

12,800

14,400

16,400

18,000

19,100

19,300

19.000

January 22

24.50

22.58

20.63

19.75

17,500

14,200

12,500

11,500

January 23

19.46

18.85

18.99

18.65

17.67

11,000

10,200

10,300

9,800

8.800

January 24

16.73

16.83

16.17

15.52

8,000

8,100

7,200

6,600

January 25

16.93

18.14

7,800

8,700

w

10

2

6

10

4

7

10

2

8

2

8

2

10

4

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

18.95

20.60

22.50

23.90

Sec. ft.

9,500

11,000

12,800

15.000

January 26

25.06

25.40

25.54

25.35

24.30

17,000

17,700

18,000

17,700

15.000

January 27

22.67

20.79

19.00

17.07

12,500

9,800

7,900

6.400

January 28

16.00 5.500

14.92

13.87

4,700

3.900

January 29

12.80

11.66

Janu

3,400

3,000

arv 30

10.52 2.750

9.34

Janu

2,500

ary 31

8.40 2.400

7.70 2.400

February 1

7.25

6.97

2,500

2,600
BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN 211 

Levisa Pork at Paintaville, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°48'55 n , long. S2°47'30", at highway bridge at Paintsville, Johnson

County, 700 feet below mouth of Paint Creek. 

Drainage area.- 2,150 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily; additional readings during highwater.

Gage heights determined from graph constructed from gage readings for periods Dec.

6-10, Jan. 1-6, 14-28, Feb. 8-13. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5

and 3.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 34,000 secondfeet; extended to peak stage on basis of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 38,900 second-feet 8 p.m. Jan. 19 (gage

height, 30.4 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1915-20, 1928-36: Discharge', about 69,000 second-feet Jan. 29, 1918 (gage height,

40.7 feet, at Thelma 2 miles downstream, equivalent to about 43.9 feet at present

site).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

146

139

139

136

127

260

2,400

13,000

6,480

2,940

Jan.

4,390

12,600

21,300

16,600

6,860

4,110

2,760

2,760

2,400

1,980

Feb.

3,570

3,570

3,390

2,940

2,670

2,310

1,900

2,060

7,020

31,400

Dsy

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,980

1,900

2,760

2,580

1,980

1,510

1,160

1,100

1,040

1,510

Jan.

2,940

2,220

2,140

2,400

8,710

18,800

16,600

20,400

34,700

33,500

Feb.

23,900

8,600

5,240

4,390

3,840

2,940

3,030

3,210

3,390

3,660

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. . ...........................................

Dec.

2,850

3,750

2,760

2,140

1,660

1,440

1,300

1,440

1,740

1,900

2,400

2 1 Rl

1.15

Jan.

24,300

19,000

21,300

19,800

25,400

35,200

22,000

8,270

5,340

4,300

3,750

7.03

Feb.

3,930

4,200

4,200

3,750

3,570

3,480

3,120

2,850

2.64

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.17

2.14

2.14

2.13

2.09

2.60

6.10

16.00

10.36

6.60

Jan.

8.20

15.70

21.40

18.50

10.80

7.90

6.44

6.42

5.96

5.52

Feb.

7.27

7.30

7.14

6.64

6.32

5.86

5.45

5.64

10.56

26.78

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

5.52

5.41

6.35

6.21

5.53

4.93

4.41

4.31

4.15

4.87

Jan.

6.58

5.83

5.68

5.98

12.58

19. 8S

18.53

20.88

28.35

27.78

Feb.

22.88

12.48

9.08

8.17

7.61

6.56

6.72

6.93

7.07

7.38

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6.46

7.47

6.43

5.66

5.07

4.77

4.56

4.82

5.17

5.44

5.97

Jan.

23.08

19.95

21.43

20.48

23.68

28.58

21.78

12.22

9.20

8.12

7.53

Feb.

7.66

8.05

7.96

7.54

7.31

7.18

6.84

6.46

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

ga

8

4

8

4

8

N

4

8

N

4

9

8

N

4

9

2

8

4

M

8

4

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

5.40 1,900

5.48 1,980

December 31

5.77 2,220

6.18 2,580

January 1

7.26

8.03

9.03

3,570

4,200

5,150

January 2

12.56

16.20

18.80

20.08

8,710

13,300

17,100

19,200

January 3

20.41

21.48

22.03

22.30

Janu

21.90

20.19

16.91

14.20

19,600

21,400

22,300

22,800

ary 4

22,100

19.300

14,300

10,600

January 5

11.60

9.64

7,650

5,720

8

a

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

8.24

7.47

Janu

6.77

6.12

4,390

3,750

ary 7

3,120

2,490

January 8

6.53

6.31

Janu

6.00

5.93

Janui

5.46

5.58

Janu

6.82

6.33

2,850

2,670

ary 9

2,400

2,310

jry 10

1,980

2,060

ary 11

3,120

2,670

January 12

5.89

5.77

Janu

5.73

5.64

Janu

5.59

6.02

7.20

2,310

2,220

ary 13

2,140

2,060

ary 14

2,060

2,400

3,480

g 

a

8

N

4

M

8

N

4

10

2

8

4

M

8

U

4

8

M

4

8

N

4

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 15

10.13

13.18

15.02

17.20

6,200

9,390

11,600

14,700

January 16

18.91

20.24

21.00

21.60

17,200

19,300

20,600

21,600

January 17

21.00

19.05

17.40

17.00

20,600

17,400

15,000

14,400

January 18

18.70

20.90

22.70

24.30

25.20

17,000

20,400

23,600

26,500

28,SOO

January 19

26.00

27.18

28.86

30.11

30.40

30.10

29,800

32,200

35,800

38,300

38,900

38,300

o

be

4

8

4

M

8

4

8

N

4

9

6

N

4

10

8

4

M

8

N

4

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 20

29.20

28.48

27.03

25.40

36,400

35,000

31,800

28,600

January 21

23.86

22.14

25,800

22,500

January 22

21.18

20.00

19.38

19.38

20,900

19,000

18,000

18,000

January 23

20.80

22.00

22.13

21.80

20,300

22,300

22,500

22,000

January 24 .

20.38

20.05

20.70

Janu

22.52

24.00

24.64

26.70

19,600

19,000

20,100

ary 25

23,200

26,000

27,100

31,200

gw

8

N

4

8

M

6

N

6

M

8

4

M

8

4

M

8

4

8

4

8

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 26

28.54 35,000

29.10 36,200

29.23 36,400

29. OC 36,000

27.90 33,700

January 27

25. IE 28,200

21.50 21,400

18. 3C 16,400

15.80 12,700

January 28

12.86 9,040

11.08 7,150

10. OC 6,100

January 29

9.3E

9.04

5,530

5,150

8.60 4^770

January 30

8.23 4,390

8.00 4,200

Janu

7.56

ary 31

3,840

7.48 3,750

February 1

7.36 3,660

7.18 3,480
212 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Tug Pork at Lltwar, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 37°28'50", long. 81°50'20 n , at highway bridge at Lltwar, McDowell

Drainage area.- 500 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 9,200 secondfeet; extended to peak stage on basis of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharges observed, 8,270 second-feet 5:05 p.m. Jan. 

25 (gage height, 10.94 feet); 11,200 second-feet 5:45 p.m. Feb. 9 (gage height, 

12.56 feet).

1930-36: Discharge, 23,000 second-feet Mar. 25, 1935 (gage height, 19.0 feet).

Mean daily gage height, In feet, and mean dally discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.78

1.81

1.85

1.84

1.80

1.91

9.08

5.94

4.14

3.26

3.32

3.40

3.30

3.23

3.02

2.88

2.79

2.70

2.76

3.64

3.96

3.65

3.50

3.38

3.17

3.12

3.12

3.16

3.88

3.57

3.52

Second-feet

46

49

54

53

48

61

5,480

1,960

835

420

440

485

440

420

324

290

259

228

244

598

752

598

530

485

380

360

360

380

725

552

530

January

Feet

4.57

6.54

7.18

6.64

4.26

3.83

3.73

3.57

3.50

3.36

3.36

3.35

3.90

4.32

5.58

5.35

5.73

8.90

8.29

7.70

7.98

7.09

6.05

6.26

9.58

8.06

5.90

4.95

4.71

4.43

4.42

Second- feet

1

2

3

2

1

1

1

5

4

3

4

3

2

2

6

4

1

1

1

1

1

,140

,530

,150

,610

950

698

645

552

530

462

462

462

725

950

,730

,680

,800

,200

,390

,670

,020

,050

,130

,370

,230

,140

,960

,400

,100

,010

,010

February

Feet

4.38

4.25

3.15

3.73

3.92

3.69

3.63

3.62

9.28

8.19

6.06

5.08

4.60

4.39

4.19

3.99

3.96

3.93

4.08

4.20

4.21

4.36

4.32

4.30

4.08

4.03

3.88

3.92

Second-feet

1,010

890

380

645

725

620

598

575

5,780

4,290

2,330

1,580

1,240

1,120

996

876

876

816

936

996

996

1,120

1,060

1,060

936

876

816

816

December January February

593 2,024 1,249

1.37 4.67 2.60
BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN 21; 

Tug Pork near Remit, W. Va.

Location.- Lat. 37°49'05", long. 82°23'20", 2 miles above Wolf Creek, 3 miles above

Kermit, Mingo County, and 3 miles below Pigeon Creek. Zero of gage is 580.36 feet

above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 1,185 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 5.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 20,000 secondfeet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharges, 19,700 second-feet 10 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage

Height, 21.67 feet); 21,200 second-feet 7 a.m. Feb. 10 (gage height, 22.65 feet). 

1934-36: Discharge about 45,300 second-feet Mar. 26, 1935 (gage height, 35.75

feet).

Maximum stage known, about 43.3 feet (revised).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

78

76

78

80

76

102

2,950

5,340

2,090

1,130

Jan.

1,970

4,630

9,640

5,240

2,840

1,800

1,420

1,260

1,160

1,100

Feb.

2,090

2,150

2,090

1,860

1,640

1,470

1,300

1,300

7,620

18,100

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

830

905

1,180

980

780

642

544

462

434

665

Jan.

1,130

1,130

1,180

1,440

4,950

9,280

5,920

12,100

16,800

10,100

Feb.

7,720

4,600

3,200

2,520

2,150

1,910

1,910

2,030

2,450

2,780

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28-

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches. ............................................

Dec.

1,390

1,440

1,100

930

780

710

688

780

1,180

1,200

1,180

994

0.97

Jan.

13,400

9,280

8,590

7,220

14,400

15,600

7,020

4,280

3,120

2,520

2,210

5.73

Feb.

2,840

3,060

2,920

2,640

2,450

2,270

1,910

1,690

3

O«Q

2.84

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

f< 

1

N

M

N

6

4

8

N

2

5

9

M

4

8

11

2

6

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 31

4.18 1,160

4.70 1,420

January 1

5.84 2,030

6.31 2,330

January 2

6.57 2,520

6.95 2,780

8.44 3,800

9.80 4,920

11.64 6,460

12.79 7,620

13.57 8,480

January 3

14.51 9,520

15.27 10,500

15.50 10,800

15.30 10,500

14.45 9,400

12.73 7,520

January 4

11.30 6,190

10.13 5,160

9.14 4,360

8.29 3,720

January 5

7.00 2,780

6.03 2,150

January 6

5.31 1,740

4.88 1,520

t<

g 

W

N

M

N

N

N

N

N

N

M

N

6

M

4

8

10

N

2

4

6

9

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

4.68 1,420

4.50 1,300

January 8

4.40 1,260

January 9

4.21 1,160

January 10

4.11 1,100

January 11

4.14 1,130

January 12

4.13 1,130

January 13

4.20 1,160

4.34 1,230

January 14

4.52 1,300

5.20 1,690

5.44 1,800

January 15

5.71 1,970

6.60 2,520

7.93 3,420

9.48 4,680

11.52 6,370

12.45 7,220

12.81 7,620

13.14 7,930

13.98 8,920

3 

o

6

11

2

6

M

6

10

2

6

M

4

8

N

4

8

M

4

6

10

3

6

9

M

4

8

11

2

6

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 16

14.72 9,760

15.00 10,100

14.78 9,880

13.92 8,810

12.47 7,320

January 17

11.20 6,100

10.61 5,580

10.38 5,420

10.63 5,580

11.51 6,370

January 18

12.85 7,620

14.26 9,280

16.54 12,000

18.41 14,700

19.92 16,800

20.87 18,400

January 19

21.34 19,100

21.32 19,100

20.99 18,600

19.81 16,700

18.76 15,200

17.50 13,400

16.39 11,900

January 20

14.94 10,000

13.92 8,810

13.70 8,590

14.18 9,160

15.14 10,200

16.69 12,300

fc

g

M

1

4

7

10

1

6

M

5

N

6

M

4

9

2

6

M

6

N

6

11

2

4

6

8

10

1

4

7

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 21

17.71 13,700

18.17 14,400

18.34 14,500

18.11 14,200

17.79 13,800

16.87 12 ,£00

15.75 11,100

January 22

14.92 10,000

14.15 9,160

13.65 8,480

13.25 8,040

January 23

13.17 8,040

13.43 8,260

13.98 8,920

14.16 9,160

13.67 8,590

January 24

12.97 7,820

12.35 7,220

11.87 6,730

11.67 6,550

January 25

12.08 6,920

12.97 7,820

14.47 9,520

17.15 13,000

18.53 14,800

20.15 17,300

21.12 13,800

21.58 19,600

21.67 19,700

fc 

g

M

4

8

N

4

8

M

6

N

6

M

8

4

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 26

21.38 19,200

20.77 18,300

19.42 16,100

17.84 13,800

16.29 11,800

14.97 10,100

January 27

13.28 8,150

12.02 6,820

11.08 6,010

10.26 5,330

January 28

9.38 4,600

8.64 3,960

8.13 3,580

January 29

7.48 3,120

7.03 2,780

January 30

6.63 2,520

6.23 2,270

January 31

6.05 2,150

5.94 2,090

February 1

5.94 2,090

6.00 2,150

February 2

6.03 2,150

6.02 2,150

77596 O 38 15
214 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

O'Shaughnessy Reservoir near Dublin, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°09'14 11 , long. 83°07'31 n , on Soioto River at O'Shaughnessy Dam,

Delaware County, about 3f miles north of Dublin. 

Drainage area.- 987 square miles. 

Remarks.- Gage readings daily at 8 a.m. Gross storage capacity at crest of spillway,

682,000,000 cubic feet. Elevation of crest of spillway, 845.00 above mean sea level.

Elevations and capacity curve furnished by City of Columbus, Division of Water.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet. 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Elevation Contents

845.0

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.0

845.0

845.0

845.0

845.0

845.0

845.0

845.0

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.1

845.2

845.3

846.0

682

686

686

686

686

686

682

682

682

682

682

682

682

682

686

686

686

686

686

686

686

686

686

686

686

686

686

686

689

693

717

January

Elevation

845.8

845.6

845.6

845.5

845.3

845.2

845.2

845.6

845.7

846.2

846.0

845.8

845.5

846.6

849.4

847.8

847.3

848.2

847.4

846.8

848.4

849.1

847.6

847.2

848.4

847.6

846.9

846.7

846.2

845.8

845.9

Contents

710

703

703

699

693

689

689

703

706

725

717

710

699

739

856

786

766

802

770

746

811

841

778

V62

811

778

750

743

725

710

713

February

Elevation

846.1

845.9

845.8

845.7

845.5

845.5

845.5

845.4

845.6

846.0

845.9

845.8

845.5

845.4

845.5

845.5

845.5

845.5

845.6

845.8

846.0

846.4

846.0

845.8

845.5

845.4

845.3

8 45.. 3

Contents

721

713

710

706

699

699

699

695

703

717

713

710

699

695

699

699

699

699

703

710

717

731

717

710

699

695

693

693

December January February

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet.. -t-13.0 -1.5 -8.3
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 215 

Soioto River near Dublin, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°08'36", long. 83°07'14", a quarter of a mile north of Delaware County 

line, three-quarters of a mile below O'Shaughnessy Dam, and 3 miles north of Dublin, 

Franklin County. Zero of gage is 775.00 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 988 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Dec. 1 to 11 a.m. 

Dec. 16, 1 a.m. Dec. 27 to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 28, 11 p.m. Jan. 31 to 3 p.m. Jan. 3, 

when there was no record. Gage heights used to half tenths between 5.4 and 7.6 feet; 

hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 23,400 second-feet; 

extended to crest discharge on basis of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 27,000 second-feet 2 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage 

height, 15.45 feet).

1921-36: Discharge, 25,400 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 15.03 feet). 

Maximum discharge known at Griggs Dam, 9 miles below gage, (computed by Professor 

C. E. Sherman, Ohio State University) 74,500 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913 (gage height, 

24.6 feet at present gage site and datum).

Remarks.- Water is stored at O'Shaughnessy Darn for water supply of city of Columbus ? 

For record of storage in this reservoir see p. 214. Discharge during period of 

missing gage-height record computed from record for stations at Columbus and 

Chillicothe.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

S

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

50

40

43

47

41

35

44

40

36

34

Jan.

1,800

1,450

1,180

852

508

315

404

1,070

1,670

3,260

Feb.

2,830

2,230

1,490

999

724

585

571

571

1,780

2,620

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

43

50

48

49

52

54

52

48

58

48

Jan.

2,760

1,660

990

10,900

21,200

11,100

8,730

12,800

9,170

6,090

Feb.

2,100

1,440

918

812

884

1,020

963

884

1,130

1,970

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches (corrected) .................................

Dec.

49

56

51

54

58

58

68

78

114

214

2,510

0.17

Jan.

15,000

18,900

11,100

10,000

15,200

10,700

7,140

5,250

2,900

1,900

2,300

6

-ZQT7

7.46

Feb.

2,760

3,640

2,560

1,600

900

578

536

445

1 412

1.48

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

gsc

2

N

10

6

4

2

N

8

2

6

N

6

10

4

10

6

10

4

8

2

8

4

8

2

Feet Sec.ft.

January 4

5.09

4.80

4.58

1,070

820

645

January 5

4.47

4.36

564

487

January 6

4.17

4.07

4.07

Jam

3.99

3.99

4.07

4.39

4.79

362

304

304

mry 7

261

261

304

508

812

January 8

5.00

5.06

5.19

5.17

990

1,040

1,170

1,150

January 9

5.20

5.20

5.72

6.17

1,180

1,180

1,720

2,300

January 10

6.48

6.82

7.07

2,760

3,180

3,560

in 

O

sc

10

4

10

8

4

N

10

4

10

8

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

8

2

8

2

8

Feet

7.04

Sec.ft.

3,560

January 11

6.86

6.57

6.15

Jan

5.86

5.67

5.40

3,260

2,830

2,300

aary 12

1,900

1,660

1,380

January 13

5.25

5.10

4.94

4.94

1,230

1,080

936

936

January 14

5.12

5.96

8.97

11.38

12.80

14.55

Jan

15.45

15.17

14.50

13.50

12.08

1,100

2,040

7,350

13,400.

17,600

23,900

nary 15

27,000

26,200

23,500

19,900

15,500

January 16

11.33

10.86

10.30

10.08

13,100

11,900

10,300

9,880

W

4

N

4

9

2

6

8

2

8

2

8

6

M

6

2

4

10

1

4

10

4

10

4

8

2

8

Feet Sec.ft.

January 17

9.78

9.55

9.43

9.27

9,190

8,730

8,270

8,040

January 18

10.30

11.60

11.70

11.48

11.08

10,300

14,000

14,300

13,700

12,500

January 19

10.58

10.20

9.19

8 4 79

Jam.

8.50

8.30

B.30

8.46

11,100

10,100

7,810

6,930

ary 20

6,300

5,880

5,880

6,300

January 21

8.68

11.53

12.42

12.22

13.10

6,720

13,700

16,400

15,800

18,500

January 22

14.30

14.02

13.00

12.00

22,700

21,600

18,200

15,200

in

SC

4

10

6

M

6

N

4

10

2

4

6

N

6

M

4

10

8

4

10

N

4

6

6

2

N

Feet Sec.ft.

January 23

11.09

10.55

10.20

9.92

12,500

11,100

10,100

9,420

January 24

9.60

9.40

9.59

12.02

8,730

8,270

8,730

15,200

January 25

12.28

12.28

12.28

J2.00

11.88

11.70

16,100

16,100

16,100

15,200

14,900

14,300

January 26

11.18

10.40

9.81

12,800

10,600

9,190

January 27

9.31

8.92

8.93

8.81

8,040

7,140

7,140

6,930

January 28

8.26

7.64

5,880

4,520

January 29

7.18

6.60

3,810

2,900

gsc

8

4

N

9

10

8

10

8

8

6

N

3

10

8

2

N

6

2

10

2

6

M

Feet

6.20

Sec.ft.

2,360

January 30

5.96

5.80

5.71

Jan

6.00

6.50

2,040

1,840

1,720

uary 31

2,100

2,760

February 1

6.63

6.40

Feb

6.16

6.00

Feb

5.46

5.52

2,970

2,620

ruary 2

2,300

2,100

ruary 3

1,440

1,490

February 4

5.00

4.92

990

918

February 5

4.80

4.60

4.66

820

660

708

February 6

4.59

4.42

4.50

4.55

4.50

652

529

585

622

585
216 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Griggs Reservoir near Columbus, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°00 t 57 n , long. 83°05'38n , on Scloto River at Griggs Dam, Franklin

County, about 8 miles northwest of Columbus. 

Drainage area.- 1,052 square miles. 

Remarks.- Gage readings dally at 8 a.m. Gross storage capacity at crest of spillway,

171,000,000 cubic feet. Elevation of crest of spillway, 753.38 above mean sea level.

Elevations and capacity curve furnished by City of Columbus, Division of Water.

Elevation, In feet, and contents, In millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Elevation

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.7

753.8

754.8

Contents

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

175

176

191

January

Elevation

755JO

754.4

754.4

754.4

754.2

754.2

754.0

754.4

754.4

755.2

755.2

754.8

754.5

754.9

759.6

757.5

756.7

758.2

757.0

756.1

758.5

759.4

757.5

757.9

758.4

757.5

756.5

755.9

755.3

754.8

754.8

Contents

195

186

186

186

183

183

180

186

186

198

198

191

187

193

267

233

221

245

225

211

249

266

233

239

247

233

217

209

199

191

191

February

Elevation

755.1

754.9

754.8

754.8

754.8

754.8

754.8

754.8

754.4

755.0

754.9

754.7

754.3

754.1

754.2

754.4

754.4

754.3

754.4

754.6

755.0

755.4

755.1

754.7

764.4

754.2

754.2

754.1

Contents

197

193

191

191

191

191

191

191

186

195

193

190

184

162

183

186

186

184

186

169

195

201

197

190

186

183

183

182

December January February

Gain or loss In storage, In equivalent mean second-feet.. +6.0 0 -3.9
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 217

Scloto River at Columbus, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 390 54'34 lt , long. 830 00'33 lt , at sewage-treatment works of city of 

Columbus, Franklin County, 0.4 mile below highway bridge on Frank Road. Zero of 

gage Is 680.40 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1.624 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder except for period 7 a.m. Dec. 13 to 9 a.m. 

Dec. 16, when there was no record. Gage heights used to half tenths between 7.5 

and 9.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 37,700 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 38,800 second-feet noon Jan. 15 (gage 

height, 24.50 feet).

1921-36: Discharge, 39,600 second-feet (revised), Mar. 21, 1927 (gage height, 

24.7 feet).

Maximum discharge known, 138,000 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913, determined by 

Franklin County Conservancy District (gage height, 25.9 feet, not comparable with 

present gage heights because of subsequent channel improvement and levee construction) .

Remarks.- Flow regulated at O'Shaughnessy and Griggs Reservoirs for municipal water 

supply. For record of storage in these reservoirs see pp. 214 and 216. Diversion for water supply made several miles above gage; sewage return flow discharged at gage. Discharge record for period Dec. 13-15 determined from record 

of Scioto River at Chillicothe.

Mean daily discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

135

117

146

150

124

135

150

142

114

110

Jan.

4,640

2,350

2,020

1,840

1,140

754

728

1,730

3,100

5,760

Feb.

4,020

3,420

2,500

1,920

1,520

1,180

1,140

1,180

2,090

4,2'60

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

124

132

128

118

109

104

107

104

121

121

Jan.

5,370

3,200

2,060

8,310

35,100

20,900

13,100

19,600

16,400

9,890

Feb.

3,420

2,400

1,790

1,480

1,480

1,700

1,740

1,590

1,610

2,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet (adjusted for storage)..

Dec.

117

101

101

98

95

92

143

166

169

271

2,910

237

Jan.

21,000

33,000

20,600

14,800

26 , 500

21 , 400

12,000

7,490

4,740

3,200

3,200

10,510

Feb.

3,780

5,180

4,140

2,760

1,760

1,140

950

864

2,253

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

M

1

6

N

4

8

M

3

5

N

10

2

N

M

8

6

6

4

8

2

N

10

9

6

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

6.48

6.31

6.31

6.46

6.49

6.68

305

232

232

297

310

395

December 31

7.34

7.44

10.01

11.78

Jam

12.01

11.42

9.80

768

836

3,200

5,370

lary 1

5,630

4,860

2,980

January 2

9.30

8.97

2,450

2,100

January 3

6.83

8.91

8.88

2,020

2,060

2,060

January 4

8.89

8.66

8.35

2,060

1,840

1,560

January 5

7.90

7.70

1,180

1,020

fc

§

M

8

6

10

6

10

2

8

4

10

8

4

10

8

N

6

10

6

4

8

6

6

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

7.39

7.20

801

677

January 7

7.08

7.49

7.50

Janut

7.72

8.48

8.80

9.00

603

871

878

iry 8

1,020

1,700

1,970

2,150

January 9

9.30

9.97

11.33

Janus

11.72

12.12

12.57

12.61

2,450

3,200

4,740

iry 10

5,240

5,760

6,410

6,410

January 11

12.28

11.53

6,020

4,980

January 12

10.14

9.61

Janue

9.13

8.71

3,310

2,760

iry 13

2,300

1,880

FH 

g

w

6

8

10

N

6

10

4

N

M

10

8

10

8

10

M

2

8

1

10

10

6

6

2

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 14

8.48.

8.50

9.20

10.24

17.88

20.03

1,700

1,700

2,350

3,420

16,100

21,800

January 15

23.23

24.50

22.60

33,300

38,800

30,900

January 16

E0.50

18.52

Jam

16.72

15.84

15.87

16.02

23,300

17,500

lary 17

13,400

11,500

11,700

11,900

January 18

16.70

19.42

20.28

19.73

Jam

18.50

18.20

13,400

20,000

22,700

20,900

ary 19

17,500

16,800

January 20

15.10

14.64

14.75

10,200

9,310

9,650

FH 

1

2

10

2

8

4

10

8

10

8

6

10

2

4

2

6

8

4

6

2

10

8

10

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 21

14.88

20.28

21.20

21.32

9,820

22,700

25,700

26,000

January 22

23.10

23.84

22.60

32,900

35,700

30,900

January 23

20.00

18.20

21,800

16,800

January 24

16.90

16.56

16.50

16.70

Janu

21.04

21.80

21.80

21.41

13,800

13,100

12,900

13,400

iry 25

25,000

27,800

27,800

26,400

January 26

21.07

19.60

25,400

20,600

January 27

15.20

15.10

12,300

10,200

January 28

13.60

12.53

7,770

6,280

fn 

O

W

10

8

N

8

6

10

10

6

N

4

N

M

8

6

10

10

8

8

10

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 29

11.46

10.67

4,980

4,020

January 30

9.94

9.78

3,090

2,980

January 31

9.70

9.86

10.57

2,870

3,090

3,900

February 1

10.75

10.79

10.79

4,140

4,140

4,140

February 2

10.20

9.78

Febr

9.50

9.17

3,420

2,980

uary 3

2,650

2,300

February 4

8.83

8.53

2,020

1,740

February 5

8.42

8.14

Febr

7.89

7.84

1,610

1,390

uary 6

1,180

1,140
218 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Scioto River at Chillicothe, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°20'31", long. 82°58'27", 500 feet below Bridge Street Bridge, at

north end of Chillicothe, Ross County. Zero of gage is 594.02 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 3,847 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.4 and 4.7 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limi-ts. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 94,800 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- December 1936 to February 1937: Discharge, 101,000 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 23

(gage height, 27.68 feet).

1921-36: Discharge, 88,700 second-feet Feb. 28, 1929 (gage height, 26.0 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 260,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913, determined by Franklin

County Conservancy District (gage height, 39.8 feet). 

Remarks.- Flow regulated at 0'Shaughnessy and Griggs Reservoirs. For record of storage

in these reservoirs see pp. 214 and 216.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

December

518

529

524

540

551

529

546

585

602

540

540

551

535

518

470

January

10,600

10,100

5,650

4,930

3,850

2,520

2,000

3,860

6,920

13,500

16,900

13,200

7,080

6,820

24,800

February

10,000

9,400

6,920

5,500

4,650

3,850

3,460

3,460

4,240

7,510

7,820

5,500

4,510

3,980

3,850

March

2,410

2,250

2,100

2,050

2,100

2,200

2,580

2,740

2,580

2,410

2,150

1,950

1,850

1,850

1,750

Day

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ..............................

December

455

450

444

444

439

460

450

424

424

420

410

405

460

818

1,040

2,870

CQC 

UJ7U

0.18

January

67,500

63,200

38,000

43,200

48,700

37,500

68,200

96,500

67,900

61,800

79,900

61,300

30,400

17,600

10,600

8,400

30,110

9.03

February

4,630

5,350

4,790

4,650

4,930

6,740

8,800

9,800

6,740

4,930

3,590

2,860

2,740

5,543

1.50

March

1,700

1,610

1,660

1,750

1,700

1,750

3,190

3,980

3,220

2,980

5,020

5,500

3,980

2,980

2,460

2,200

2,537

0.76

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second- feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

at indicated time,

f(

gm

2

10

8

3

6

8

N

2

8

N

10

M

10

6

10

10

N

10

8

8

N

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

2.62

2.60

2.90

Decei

3.24

3.69

3.80

4.76

5.00

5.42

970

970

1,190

iber 31

1,480

1,900

2,000

3,100

3,340

3,850

January 1

9.83

10.55

10.55

Janus

9.60

8.10

Janus

6.70

6.40

Janus

6.30

6.10

Janus

5.60

4.96

11,400

13,100

13,100

iry 2

11,000

8,000

iry 3

5,650

5,210

iry 4

5,070

4,790

iry 5

4,110

3,340

January 6

4.30 2,520

to

M

N

2

10

6

N

6

M

N

6

8

4

10

N

8

6

6

8

6

11

Feet

3.98

Sec. ft.

2,200

January 7

3.72

3.70

3.91

1,900

1,900

2,100

January 8

4.30

5.11

6.40

7.08

2,520

3,460

5,210

6,260

January 9

7.44

7.59

Jam

10.20

11.70

12.18

Jam

12.37

12.22

Jam]

11.65

9.64

Jami

7.81

7.09

6,740

7,100

ary 10

12,200

15,500

16,600

ary 11

17,100

16,600

ary 12

15,300

11,000

ary 13

7,460

6,260

January 14

6.31 5,070

t* 

a

4

10

6

N

8

N

6

10

8

6

N

2

8

2

8

8

2

N

10

10

6

Feet

6.93

10.15

Jam.

13.75

15.23

16.34

Jam.

24.29

25.60

Jam

22.80

20.02

Sec. ft.

5,950

12,200

ary 15

20,800

25,400

29,800

ary 16

76,900

85,900

lary 17

67,000

49,400

January 18

18.11

17.70

17.70

17.79

Jam;

17.67

17.98

20.39

Janu

20.80

20.12

18.50

38,500

36,500

36,500

37,000

ary 19

36,500

38,000

51,900

ary 20

54,400

50,000

40,700

January 21

17.47

18.05

35,500

38,000

t* 

«

N

10

6

10

N

M

10

8

10

10

5

8

2

M

8

8

8

8

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

23.02

26.60

Jam

27.68

27.39

27.37

25.60

Jam

23.10

21.40

21.40

68,300

92,900

lary 23

101,000

98,600

98,600

85,900

lary 24

68,900

58,100

58,100

January 25

22.14

22.00

62,400

61,800

January 26

24.80

25.42

24.56

80,300

84,500

78,900

January 27

23.00

19.69

68,300

47,600

January 28

16.94

15.00

32,600

24,700

January 29

12.53

10.62

17,400

13,100

!H 

O

a

10

8

N

2

6

10

8

10

10

10

8

10

8

10

8

N

4

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

9.45

8.73

Jan

8.21

8.21

8.31

10,600

9,200

nary 31

8,200

8,200

8,400

February 1

9.00

9.36

9,800

10,600

February 2

9.00

8.26

Feb

7.60

7.11

9,800

8,400

ruary 3

7,100

6,260

February 4

6.58

6.30

5,500

5,070

February 5

6.00

5.77

4,650

4,370

February 6

5.34

5.26

5.24

5.18

3,720

3,720

3,590

3,590
SCIOTO RIVER BASIN 219

Paint Creek near Bourneville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°15'49 11 , long. 83°10'01", at highway bridge 1^ miles southwest of 

Bourneville, Ross County, and 1-j miles above Twin Creek. Zero of gage is 667.01 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 808 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph prior to 7 a.m. Jan. 26; no record 

thereafter. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.8 and 6.6 feet; hundredth^ 

below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 14,700 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, about 30,100 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 25 

Tgage height, 18.92 feet).

1923-36: Discharge, about 29,500 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 18.72 

feet).

Remarks.- Gage house was destroyed by flood Jan. 26.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

94

104

119

148

144

130

228

242

194

194

Jan.

1,820

1,540

1,700

1,050

763

602

743

Feb.

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,230

1,770

7,180

_

_

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

204

237

180

162

176

153

153

153

153

185

Jan.

4,200

2,560

1,860

4,820

20,800

11,600

4,730

11,700

9,510

6,520

Feb.

_

.

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

_

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

180

148

130

148

135

130

153

267

365

430

2,810

0.38

Jan.

14,200

26,000

18,300

12,800

24,900

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

Feb.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to January 1937

I

2

N

8

2

6

10

N

10

2

N

6

M

4

N

8

4

8

10

IN

8

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

December 30

3.96

4.05

4.36

345

390

553

December 31

4.41

5.60

9.15

9.32

6.87

580

1,380

4,840

4,990

2,470

January 1

6.52

6.12

6.00

5.81

2,120

1,780

1,700

1,540

January 2

5.72

5.67

6.04

Janus

6.08

6.30

6.29

6.19

5.69

Janut

5.15

4.90

1,460

1,420

1,740

iry 3

1,780

1,950

1,950

1,860

1,460

iry 4

1,050

880

3

W

6

6

6

6

M

10

2

6

10

2

N

6

M

6

2

4

6

10

2

4

6

Feet Sec.ft.

January 5

4.83

4.63

Jam

4.51

4.39

4.34

848

708

iary 6

636

570

542

January 7

4.36

4.49

4.87

5.56

553

624

848

1,340

January 8

5.64

5.30

5.32

5.52

1,420

1,160

1,160

1,300

January 9

5.70

5. -73

5.80

5.99

7.60

1,460

1,500

1,540

1,700

3,120

January 10

9.31

9.62

9.81

10 10.45

6 11.72

i

4,990

5,440

5,740

6,760

9,510

fn 

O

w

10

M

6

8

6

6

6

6

6

6

N

2

6

8

10

M

10

N

6

M

2

N

Feet

11.36

10.55

Sec.ft.

8,820

7,140

January 11

9.05

8.77

8.00

4,600

4,360

3,500

January 12

7.25

6.71

2,740

2,290

January 13

6.31

6.05

1,950

1,740

January 14

5.91

5.96

6.30

11.00

12.64

13.45

13.75

1,620

1,660

1,950

7,900

11,600

13,600

14,700

January 15

17.28

17.32

15.95

13.55

25,000

25,000

21,000

14,100

January 16

13.20

12.86

13,000

12,300

W

4

M

6

N

4

M

2

6

8

N

4

6

10

4

6

2

6

M

2

N

2

6

10

4

8

Feet

12.50

10.84

Sec.ft.

11,400

7,520

January 17

9.46

8.70

8.5?

8.62

5,290

4,240

4,000

4,120

January 18

8.84

10.65

12.06

13.61

14.30

14.34

13.76

4,360

7,140

10,400

14,100

16,000

16,000

14,700

January 19

11.88

11.70

11.68

11.56

10.85

9,970

9,510

9,510

9,280

7,520

January 20

10.31

8.88

8.90

10.52

12.19

6,570

4,480

4,480

6,950

10,700

January 21

11.84

12.50

9,740

11,400

g

W

2

4

6

M

6

N

2

4

6

N

6

M

8

9

10

4

6

M

6

8

10

8

10

2

6

Feet

14.38

14.71

14.82

15.66

Sec.ft.

16,300

17,100

17,400

20,100

Janufiry 22

17.02

18.54

18.76

18.70

24,100

28,800

29,800

29,400

Janua ry 23

16.42

15.06

13.70

12.60

Janu

11.56

11.50

11.60

13.44

13.95

16.80

22,200

18,200

14,400

11,600

iry 24

9,280

9,050

9,280

13,600

15,200

23,500

January 25

18.82

18.92

18.82

15.20

14.66

29,800

30,100

29,800

18,500

17,100

January 26

14.41

14.26

16,300

16,000
220 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

East Fork of Little Miami River at Perintown, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°08'13", long. 840 14'17 11 , on highway bridge at Perintown, Clermont

County, 5 miles above junction with Little Miami River. Zero of gage is 507.27 feet

above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 477 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings daily. Gage heights used

to half tenths between 1.7 and 2.6 feet prior to peak Jan. 22 and between 2.1 and 3.4

feet thereafter; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 12,900 second-feet;

extended to crest stage on basis of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, about 29,400 aecond-feet about 6 a.m. Jan.

22 (gage height, 21.62 feet).

1915-20: Discharge observed, about 24,800 second-feet Apr. 20, 1920 (gage height,

19.77 feet).

1925-36: Discharge, about 32,400 second-feet Mar. 19, 1933 (gage height, 22.68

feet, from floodmarks). 

Remarks.- Flood flow not materially affected by storage.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

December

36

41

68

83

89

94

590

420

174

138

140

138

117

107

94

January

1,710

1,060

1,860

740

471

264

1,610

1,500

3,200

10,100

3,210

948

620

9,630

18,100

February

1,120

525

328

275

210

183

183

545

2,010

780

328

225

196

830

730

March

158

141

139

134

170

183

183

158

134

108

100

97

106

139

158

Day

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

83

74

73

73

115

120

126

117

100

98

' 100

136

1,760

720

2,420

8,280

C-2Q 

OO»7

1.30

January

2,970

1,820

15,400

4,230

4,700

20,000

24,200

8,530

12,400

20,000

4,040

1,370

830

565

465

958

5,726

13.83

February

1,180

1,000

1,300

2,010

1,300

1,000

1,180

525

365

345

240

196

183

689

1.50

March

183

225

2,330

2,250

780

505

328

225

210

292

292

183

144

120

106

97

335

0.81

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

it

gw

2

4

8

N

M

8

N

6

M

N

6

8

N

6

M

8

N

6

N

6

N

6

M

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 1

6.10

5.70

5.23

4.92

4.02

2,500

2,200

1,840

1,620

1,080

January 2

3.32

3.48

4.42

4.8E

720

815

1,310

1,620

January 3

5.48

5.44

2,050

1,980

January 4

3.38

3.04

3.78

3.88

765

590

970

1,020

January 5

3.30

2.90

2.10

720

550

270

January 6

1.98

2.00

240

240

January 7

5.30

5.88

5.75

1,900

2,350

2,280

January 8

4.62 1,430

it

g

W

M

4

8

6

8

2

8

N

2

M

8

N

4

6

H

H

8

M

6

8

2

4

6

10

M

Feet

3.70

Sec. ft.

915

January 9

3.50

3.70

9.40

10.05

815

915

5,780

6,550

January 10

11.22

12.96

13.75

13.70

10.65

8,140

10,900

12,200

12,100

7,330

January 11

7.40

6.20

'5.35

3,610

2,580

1,980

January 12

4.02

3.68

1,080

915

January 13

3.00

2.88

3.00

Janu

3.58

3.92

10.40

15.00

19.18

19.90

19.84

590

550

590

ary 14

865

1,020

7,070

14,500

23,400

25,100

24,800

ti

g

M

N

6

M

8

4

2

6

8

4

8

M

2

4

4

M

8

6

M

4

8

N

M

4

6

Feet

 

Sec. ft.

January 15

17.05

15.02

12.10

18,500

14,500

9,420

January 16

6.64

4.75

Janu

3.70

3.52

3.58

4.55

5.98

13.55

2,910

1,560

ary 17

915

815

865

1,430

2,420

11,900

January 18

17.60

17.96

14.12

13.78

19,800

20,600

12,800

12,200

January 19

8.62

4.68

3.36

4,850

1,500

765

January SO

3.20

3.62

5.60

16.30

675

865

2,120

17,000

January 21

18.28

18.36

21,300

21,600

ti

§

W

4

8

4

6

6

6

10

2

6

M

2

6

N

4

8

10

N

6

M

2

8

4

M

N

M

Feet

16.95

17.40

Janu

21.50

21.62

17.96

Sec. ft.

18,500

19,300

iry 22

29,200

29,400

20,600

January 23

14.60

12.70

9.18

7.24

5.90

13,800

10,400

5,540

3,400

2,250

January 24

5.68

5.80

9.50

18.60

20.88

21.00

2,090

2,170

5,900

22,000

27,600

27,800

January 25

18.36

16.95

14.50

21,600

18,500

13,600

January 26

13.20

7.30

5.72

5.32

11,200

3,500

2,090

1,720

January 27

4.60

4.20

1,300

1,060

ti3K

N

M

N

M

H

M

6

N

4

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 28

3.822 830

3.48 680

January 29

3.20 545

3. Of3 505

January 30

3.0!

2.9'

2 465

I 445

January 31

2.95 445

3.7,5 830

4.84 1,440

5.1,

Febi

4.2(

5 1,650

ruary 1

5 1,120

3.60 730

February 2

3.05 485

2.84 405

February 3

2.6,5 328

2.54 292

Feb]

2.4(

*uary 4

3 275

2.40 240

February 5

2.3() 210

2.18 183
LICKING RIVER BASIN 221 

Licking River at Farmers, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 38°08»25", long. 83°33'30 11 , at highway bridge on line between Rowan and

Bath Counties, 200 feet above Chesapeake & Ohio Railway bridge, three-quarters of a

mile west of Farmers, and 1 mile above Triplett Creek. Zero of gage is 646.48 feet

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 831 square miles (revised). 

Page-height "record.- One gage reading daily at 8 a.m. Gage heights for period Jan. 1-

31 determined from graph constructed from one gage reading daily and floodmarks.

Qage heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 14,000 second-feet;

extended on basis of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 17,200 second-feet about 1 a.m. Jan. 25

(gage height, 26.22 feet, from floodmarks).

1915-20, 1928-31: Discharge observed, 16,100 second-feet (revised) June 30, 1928

gage height, 25.6 feet).

Maximum stage known, 31.1 feet Feb. 9, 1918 (ice gorge). 

Remarks.- Daily gage readings furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

91

58

58

58

58

109

1,490

2,040

1,890

915

Jan.

3,320

3,710

7,150

6,330

4,950

3,200

2,240

3,200

2,420

3,550

Feb.

1,590

1,540

1,340

1,240

1,240

1,140

825

1,140

3,830

5,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

780

480

690

645

600

520

480

375

340

445

Jan.

7,630

5,170

2,990

2,380

4,640

7,710

7,150

11,100

12,800

11,800

Feb.

3,690

3,500

1,890

1,590

1,340

1,240

1,190

1,240

1,190

2,140

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

445

825

780

600

600

560

520

520

520

1,190

2,040

0.93

Jan.

11,800

13,200

14,800

16,100

16,300

13,400

10,100

6,730

3,740

1,940

1,640

7 200

9.98

Feb.

2,090

1,990

1,640

1,840

1,740

1,240

1,050

870

2.26

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

2.0

5.5

6.6

6.3

4.3

Jan.

10.05

11.15

17.95

16.83

14.22

9.55

6.97

9.55

7.40

10.59

Feb.

5.7

5.6

5.2

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.1

4.8

11.6

14.7

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.0

3.3

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.0

2.9

3^2

Jan.

18.63

14.51

8.92

7.26

13.36

18.72

18.00

22.10

23.38

22.62

Feb.

11.2

10.6

6.3

5.7

5.2

5.0

4.9

5.0

4.9

6.8

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.2

4.1

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

4.9

6.6

Jan.

22.65

23.73

24.85

25.60

25.70

23.80

21.21

17.41

11.18

6.35

5.80

Feb.

6.7

6.5

5.8

6.2

6.0

5.0

4.6

4.2

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fc

gw

2

8

2

6

6

8

10

2

8

8

N

4

10

8

2

8

8

10

1

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

7.20

6.38

6.30

7.00

2,330

1,940

1,840

2,240

January 8

10.12

10.30

10.22

9.80

8.85

3,350

3,410

3,380

3,260

2,960

January 9

7.36

7.10

7.05

7.30

Jam

8.80

10.40

12.77

2,420

2,280

2,240

2,380

lary 10

2,960

3,440

4,290

January 11

19.29

19.80

20.00

8,220

8,670

8,850

b 

g

w

2

8

8

2

8

8

2

8

6

8

10

8

8

8

6

8

10

8

Feet

19.90

19.10

Sec. ft.

8,760

8,040

January 12

15.63

13.67

12.10

Jan

9.41

8.45

7.50

5,650

4,700

4,010

nary 13

3,140

2,820

2,460

January 14

6.48

6.40

6.40

8.30

1,990

1,940

1,940

2,780

January 15

11.98

16.10

3,970

5,910

January 16

19.00

19.30

19.30

18.57

7,950

8,220

8,220

7,630

f-<

g

W

8

10

2

6

8

2

8

8

2

8

8

2

8

8

2

8

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

17.42

17.38

17.55

18.18

6,730

6,730

6,870

7,310

January 18

21.75

22.80

23.30

Jam

23.50

23.38

23.18

10,800

12,000

12,700

lary 19

13,000

12,800

12,500

January 20

22.70

22.50

22.45

11,900

11,600

11,500

January 21

22.55

22.65

22.88

Jam

23.36

11,800

11,800

12,100

lary 22

12,800

b 

g

a

2

8

8

2

8

8

2

8.

M

1

2

8

8

8

2

8

8

2

Feet

23.70

24.14

Sec.ft.

13,200

13,800

January 23

24.81

24.98

25.10

Janu

25.31

25.50

25.90

26.20

14,800

15,200

15,300

ary 24

15,600

16,000

16,600

J.7,200

January 25

26.22

26. 20

25.95

25.27

Janu

24.22

23.60

23.00

17,200

17,200

16,800

15,600

ary 26

14,000

13,100

12,300

January 27

21.78

21.03

10,800

9,870

& 

o 

W

8

8

2

8

8

2

8

4

6

8

10

2

8

8

2

8

8

8

Feet

20.20

Jan

18.35

17.07

15.70

Sec.ft.

9,050

uary 28

7,470

6,520

5,700

January 29

12.31

10.60

8.86

Jan

6.80

6.50

6.30

6.22

6.10

5.95

Jan

5.79

5.80

5.75

4,090

3,500

2,990

uary 30

2,140

1,990

1,890

1,840

1,790

1,740

nary 31

1,640

1,640

1,640

February 1

5.70

5.65

1,590

1,540
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Licking River at Catawba, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 38°42"55", long. 84°18'35", three-quarters of a mile east of Catawba, 

Pendleton County, and 1 mile above Klncaid Creek. Zero of gage is 498.37 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 3,320 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 5 p.m. Jan. 21 to 8 

a.m. Feb. 4, Feb. 8-12,,when graph was constructed from floodmarks and daily gage 

readings at Falmouth, 4 miles upstream.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 40,000 second-feet; 

extended on basis of velocity-area study. Affected by backwater for period Jan. 23 

to Feb. 1; discharge determined with aid of study of relation between stage alFalmouth and stage at mouth of Licking River.

Maxima.- January-March 1937: Discharge, 86,200 sacond-feet 1 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage height, 

45.98 feet, from floodmarks in recorder house).

1916-20, 1928-36: Discharge observed, 61,300 second-feet (revised) Apr. 21, 1920 

(gage height, 36.9 feet, at former site half a mile below).

Maximum stage previously known, about 45.7 .feet in 1854 (converted from floodmarks at Falmouth).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean dally discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

4.89

4.90

4.90

4.89

4.89

5.09

9.18

9.48

10.31

8.74

7.81

7.69

7.44

7.37

7.07

6.80

6.55

6.34

6.31

8.22

8.89

9.02

8.36

7.82

7.37

7.07

7.06

8.99

8.26

9.88

18.29

Second-feet

144

147

147

144

144

251

4,470

4,810

6,060

3,820

2,630

2,510

2,210

2,090

1,760

1,500

1,280

1,100

1,060

3,140

4,010

4,140

3,300

2,630

2,090

1,760

1,800

4,130

3,170

5,400

22,900

January

Feet

15.75

16.43

18.38

17.10

14.93

13.38

16.05

14.16

15.25

26.82

33.23

28.78

20.20

18.00

24.50

21.56

19.90

27.90

29.60

27.40

31.70

44.20

44.50

42.54

45.70

43.60

37.13

30.92

26.25

21.80

16.22

Second-feet

15,100

16,200

19,900

17,500

13,500

11,000

15,500

12,300

14,100

37,200

51,900

41,400

23,300

19,100

32,000

26,100

22,700

39,300

43,200

38,200

48,400

81,100

81,600

75,500

83,600

77,100

59,500

44,300

34,300

25,300

15,300

February

Feet

13.08

11.35

10.08

9.22

8.70

8.35

8.03

16.23

16.80

18.35

16.00

13.40

11.65

10.70

10.00

9.25

9.01

9.00

9.92

10.49

10.88

11.19

10.77

10.21

9.67

9.15

8.55

8.08

Second-feet

10,300

7,680

5,680

4,400

3,750

3,300

2,930

16,100

16,900

19,900

15,500

11,000

8,000

6,580

5,530

4,400

4,140

4,140

5,380

6,280

6,880

7,360

6,730

5,830

5,100

4,400

3,620

2,990

December January

Run-off . in Inches. ....... .................... 1.06 12.72

March

Feet

8.78

7.56

7.43

7.27

7.27

7.44

7.45

7.45

7.28

7.T.O

6.98

6.83

6.72

6.70

6.76

7.38

8.54

10.52

11.08

9.60

8.96

8.22

7.78

7.52

7.46

7.61

8.01

7.59

7.17

6.94

6.80

Second-feet

3,880

2,330

2,210

1,980

1,980

2,210

2,210

2,210

2,030

1,810

1,700

1,550

1,410

1,410

1,460

2,150

3,560

6,280

7,200

4,960

4,140

3,110

2,630

2,270

2,210

2,390

2,870

2,390

1,860

1,650

1,500

February March

7,314 2,631

2.29 0.91

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fc

g

w

K

M

3

2

M

8

3

10

4

8

6

4

4

4

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

13.38

12.72

11,000

9,790

January 7

13.67

17.85

15.44

Jam

14.06

13.78

13.81

11,500

18,700

14,400

iary 8

12,200

11,700

11,700

January 9

13.83

13.81

16.44

Jam.

21.10

30.16

11,700

11,700

16,200

mry 10

25,100

44,600

January 11

32.98

33.57

8 33.25

51,400

52,900

51,900

f,

§

a

6

6

6

6

10

N

4

8

4

8

4

6

6

8

3

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 12

31.25

26.45

47,000

36,000

January 13

21.67

18.56

26,300

20,200

January 14

16.02

16.00

18.66

20.06

15,500

15,500

20,400

23,100

January 15

25.25

26.13

24.10

Jan

22.08

21.08

33,400

35,300

31,100

nary 16

27,100

25,100

January 17

19.49

19.55

20.51

22,000

22,100

23,900

b

ga

6

3

10

11

11

10

K

8

1

N

10

6

2

10

1

4

Feet Sec.ft.

January 18

26.88

29.59

29.45

Jam.

29.81

29.19

Jam:

27.28

27.31

26.63

37,100

43,200

42,700

ary 19

43,600

42,300

lary 20

38,000

38,000

36,400

January 21

26.25

31.15

37.90

Jam.

43.20

45.15

45.90

35,500

47,000

63,900

ary 22

78,300

83,900

85,900

January 23

45.98

45.90

86,200

85,900

iM

N

8

6

11

2

10

6

10

4

10

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

Feet

44.56

43.12

Sec. ft.

82,200

77,400

January 24

41.75

41.50

42.00

44.42

Jam

45.68

45.95

45.88

45.55

Jam

45.02

43.85

42.00

73,600

72,700

73,800

79,900

lary 25

83,600

84,200

83,900

83,000

iary 26

81,300

77,400

72,200

January' 27

39.62

37.05

34.66

65,800

59,300

53,400

January 28

32.60 48,400

£

N

8

4

N

8

2

7

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

6

6

Feat Sec. ft.

30.85 44,100

29.26 40,600

January 29

27.70

26.20

37,300

34,300

24.80 31,300

January 30

23.85

22.96

29,500

27.700

21.90 25^500

20.00 21,800

January 31

17.90

16.06

18,000

15.100

14.75 13,000

Febr

13.77

13.00

12.37

uary 1

11,500

10,300

9,280

February 2

11.70

11.00

8,160

7,040
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 221 

Miami River at Sidney, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°17'141', long. 84°08'57 It , at North Street Bridge, at Sidney, Shelby

County. Zero of gage ia 9S4.70 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 545 square miles. 

gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.0 and 5.0 feetj hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-dlscharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 8,490 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 12,400 second-feet 1 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage

height, IS.38 feet).

1914-36: Discharge, about 20,700 second-feet Mar. 20, 1927 (gage height, 14.4

feet).

Maximum discharge known, 44,000 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913, computed by Miami

Conservancy District (gage height, 19.6 feet). 

Remarks.- Flood flow slightly affected by storage in Indian Lake. Gage height record

collected in cooperation with 0. S. Weather Bureau. Discharge measurements and

recorder inspections furnished by Miami Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-fee't, Decemtar 1936 to Feb

m_ .Ton. TPftVl - Do-w Dftn. - -Ton _ TpftK - rio-w n<»

iruary 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

94

54

60

62

61

58

66

65

62

54

Jan.

790

490

406

296

200

171

206

729

1,430

1,970

Feb.

1,880

1,880

880

680

581

544

526

798

2,390

1,840

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

58

63

59

56

53

47

51

48

52

51

Jan.

1,460

812

585

6,630

9,950

6,050

4,260

5,840

4,480

3,330

Feb.

1,160

835

745

930

905

858

858

660

880

1,060

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

60

53

54

49

51

57

65

109

128

57

700

OQ c

0.17

Jan.

8,840

8,320

5,660

4,980

7,660

5,410

3,830

2,840

2,010

1,680

2,040

7.06

Feb.

1,190

1,250

905

660

526

490

456

406

Q« C

1.79

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

a1

1

N

4

M

9

4

6

N

4

8

M

6

N

7

5

8

11

4

M

4

8

N

6

M

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 5

1.36

1.30

1.19

1.27

Jan

1.13

1.18

219

203

176

196

uary 6

162

173

January 7

0.98

1.15

1.25

1.70

2.24

Jan

2.52

2.87

3.21

Jan

3.23

3.67

4.40

4.72

4.67

130

166

190

313

490

uary 8

581

7SS

880

uary 9

905

1,110

1,570

1,790

1,750

January 10

4.74

5.07

5.10

4.94

4.77

1,830

2,120

2, ISO

1,990

1,830

January 11

4.53 1,680

o

a

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

10

8

11

2

4

6

8

10

N

4

8

10

M

1

6

10

3

6

9

M

6

Feet Sec. ft.

4.24 1,460

3.93 1,280

3.63 1,110

January 12

3.32

3.03

930

812

2 . 80 700

2.61 6 SO

January 13

2.38 544

2.32 508

3.40 980

January 14

4.53

5.30

6.80

8.54

9.44

9.90

10.40

10.86

11.70

1,680

2,300

3,730

5,660

6,890

7,660

8,490

9,380

10,900

12.30 12,200

January 15

12.38

12.07

11.50

10.90

10.57

10.26

9.9S

IS, 400

11,800

10,500

9,380

8,840

8,3SO

7,660

January 16

9.26 6,740

o

M

N

6

M

N

11

2

4

6

9

3

M

8

4

M

N

9

11

M

2

4

7

10

2

7

5

Feet

8.73

8.30

7.94

Sec. ft.

5,920

5,410

4,930

January 17

7.24

6.8S

4,150

3,730

January 18

7.65

8.48

9.03

9.20

8.70

8.34

Jan

7.77

7.24

6.82

Jan

6.24

6.06

6.86

7.77

4,590

5,660

6,320

6,600

5,920

5,410

uary 19

4,810

4,150

3,730

uary 20

3,130

3,030

3,830

4,810

January SI

9.30

10.90

11.50

11.24

10.72

10.44

6,740

9,380

10,500

9,950

9,020

8,490

January 22

10.92 9,380

W

N

M

N

M

7

2

5

9

M

4

N

6

M

8

4

M

8

4

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

10.30

9.37

Sec. ft.

8,320

6,890

January 23

8.47

7.82

5,660

4,810

January 24

7.46

7.24

7.8S

9.14

9.85

4,480

4,150

4,810

6,460

7,500

January 25

10.11

9.93

9.87

9.42

7, -980

7,660

7,660

6,890

January 26

8.62

7.98

7.48

5,790

5,050

4,480

January 27

6.92

6.74

6.42

3,830

3,630

3,330

January 28

5.83

5.34

2,750

2,300

January 29

4.95

4.69

1,990

1,790

o 

M

8

3

9

3

N

M

N

M

N

4

M

9

N

4

M

N

M

10

2

M

8

11

3

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

4.54

4.45

4.66

Janu

4.74

5.20

5.05

1,680

1,600

1,750

ary 31

1,830

2,210

2,030

February 1

4.86

4.41

1,910

1,570

February 2

3.92

3.86

3.51

1,250

1,2SO

1,030

February 3

3.16

3.43

3.13

2.97

858

1,000

858

768

February 4

2.86

2.68

7SS

660

February 5

2.48

2.56

2.38

581

600

544

February 6

2.S7

S.53

2.43

2.37

490

600

56S

526
224 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Taylorsville retarding basin at Taylorsville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°52'30", long. 84°09'48", on Miami at Taylorsville Dam three-quarters

of a mile north of Taylorsville, Montgomery County. 

Drainage area.- 1,155 square miles. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 8,102,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations and capacity curve

furnished "by Miami Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 1937*

Day

Jan. 14

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

18

19

19

19

19

20

20

20

Hour

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

10 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

3 p.m.

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

8 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

772.3

776.0

780.0

782.9

783.2

784.8

786.3

786.8

786.9

786.8

785.8

784.5

783.1

781.6

780.0

778.4

777.1

775.8

774.6

775.1

776.7

778.2

779.2

779.5

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Hour

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 p.m.

Elevation

776.0

780.6

784.2

785.4

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786.1

786.4

786.2

785.6

784.8

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782.7

781.5

780.4

779.3

778.2

777.0

775.6

774.0

773.8

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778.3

780.9

781.4

781.4

781.2

780.7

779.3

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* Records available only for days shown.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 2 

Miami River at Taylorsville, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 390 52'22 n , long. 840 09 I 51", at outlet works of Tsylorsville Dam, 

three-quarters of a mile north of Taylorsville, Montgomery County. Zero of gage 

is 700.08 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,155 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 62.9 and 65.5 feet; hundredths below and tentns above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 24,200 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 25,500 second-feet noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 15 

Tgafie height, 73.32 feet).

1922-36: Discharge, 25,500 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 73.26 feet). 

Maximum discharge known-, 127,000 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913, determined by 

Miami Conservancy District at Tadmor, l|r miles above present gage (gage height, 

789.1 feet above mean sea level).

Remarks.- Flood flow automatically regulated at retarding basin at Taylorsville on 

Miami River just above station and at retarding basin at Lockington on Loramie 

Creek. For record of storage in these retarding basins see pp. 224 and 228.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 tc February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

204

217

217

212

204

208

212

199

199

199

Jen.

2,350

1,700

1,340

915

670

508

583

1,550

3,160

5,910

Feb.

4,750

3,260

2,200

1,790

1,460

1,260

1,180

1,190

4,820

4,380

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

204

190

174

178

178

186

178

166

178

174

Jan.

4,610

2,800

1,800

8,960

24,400

19,600

12,700

12,600

12,500

7,380

Feb.

2,800

2,100

1,630

1,840

1,920

1,890

1,830

1,630

1,790

2,380

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

166

158

170

161

156

162

170

235

335

378

1,530

0.24

Jan.

15,600

23,200

17,000

10,600

15,300

14,600

8,550

5,650

4,160

3,610

4,450

8.01

Feb.

2,700

2,780

2,060

1,560

1,190

1,000

950

840

1.91

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

FH 

g

m

N

8

M

4

N

M

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

10

2

4

6

M

6

8

2

4

M

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 2

63.90

63.74

63.69

1,660

1,540

1,500

January 3

63.66

63.51

63.25

Janu

62.93

62.82

62.80

1,460

1,340

1,140

ary 4

915

824

810

January 5

62.60

62.44

Janu

62.32

62.30

670

564

ary 6

497

486

January 7

62.27

62.51

62.60

62.60

62.93

470

607

670

670

915

January 8

63.08

63.19

64.22

64.34

64.34

1,020

1,100

1,920

2,060

2,060

January 9

64.48 2,200

1

m

10

2

M

4

10

N

8

M

N

M

N

M

N

8

M

2

4

6

8

2

8

M

4

10

N

2

Feet

64.89

65.16

67.07

Janus

67.27

67.07

67.09

67.39

67.32

Sec. ft.

2,620

2,910

5,650

ry 10

5,960

5,650

5,650

6,120

5,960

January 11

66.33

65.65

4,450

3,480

January 12

65.02

64.46

Janua

64.02

63.86

63.86

Janus

64.30

64.55

65.27

67.27

69.06

71.60

72.46

2,730

2,150

ry 13

1,740

1,620

1,620

ry 14

2,010

2,250

3,030

5,960

9,430

17,000

21,100

January 15

72.90

73.27

73.32

73.32

23,100

25,500

25,500

25,500

as

4

M

N

M

N

M

8

6

10

2

8

N

6

M

N

8

10

M

2

8

2

6

10

6

10

Feet

73. SO

73.00

Sec. ft.

25,500

23,700

January 16

72.23

71.34

19,600

15,800

January 17

70.39

69.59

12,700

10,600

January 18

69.65

71.04

71.18

10,600

14,600

15,400

January 19

71.09

70.70

70.35

69.67

68.98

15,000

13,600

12,700

10,800

9,210

January 20

68.00

67.57

67.57

67.74

7,110

6,440

6,440

6,600

January 21

68.47

69.85

71.98

72.60

72.86

8,110

11,100

18,600

21,600

23,100

January 22

72.95

73.02

23,700

23,700

1

tq

2

M

N

M

N

4

M

4

10

2

6

M

6

6

6

6

M

6

6

N

M

N

Feet

72.99

72.48

Sec. ft.

23,700

21,100

January 23

71.58

70.56

17,000

13,300

January 24

69.27

69.03

69.58

Janu:

70.17

71.25

71.58

71.5-5

71.69

JanuE

71.45

70.58

9,890

9,210

10,600

iry 25

IS, 100

15,400

17,000

17,800

17,400

ry 26

16,200

13,300

January 27

69.30

68.11

67.63

9,890

7,300

6,440

January 28

67.39

66.79

6,120

5,200

January 29

66.12

65.81

4,160

3,740

January 30

65.72 3,610

m1

M

2

8

2

M

6

N

8

N

6

M

8

N

2

4

8

2

N

M

2

M

2

N

M

Feet

65.57

Sec. ft.

3,480

January 31

65.61

66.11

66.41

66.93

3,480

4,160

4,600

5,350

February 1

66.69

66.45

66.27

5,050

4,600

4,450

February 2

65.39

65.11

64.94

3,220

2,850

2,680

February 3

64.68

64.40

64.29

64.23

64.21

2,400

2,100

2,010

1,960

1,920

February 4

64.25

64.02

63.85

1,960

1,740

1,620

February 5

63.55

63.51

Febn

63.51

63.40

63.33

1,380

1,340

nary 6

1,340

1,260

1,220
226 FLOODS OP OHIO AMD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Miami River at Dayton, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 390 45'55B , long. 84°ll'51 n , 1000 feet below Main Street Bridge, at 

Dayton, Montgomery County. Zero of gage is 700.00 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 2,513 square miles.

OaRe-helght "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 22.5 and 25.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 46,600 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 48,400 second-feet 2 a.m. Jan. 22 (gage 

height, 34.25 feet).

1913-36: Discharge at Millers Ford, 3^ miles below gage, 59,800 second-feet 

Apr. 21, 1920, determined by Miami Conservancy District (gage height at Main 

Street Bridge, 739.7 feet above mean sea level).

Maximum discharge known, 250,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913, determined by Miami 

Conservancy District (gage height at Main Street Bridge, 752.7 feet above mean sea 

level).

Remarks.- Flood flow automatically regulated by four retarding basins above station. 

For record of storage in these retarding basins see pp. 224, 228, 231, and 235.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

649

670

694

621

663

656

663

670

614

628

Jan.

6,060

3,740

3,180

2,290

1,790

1,440

1,930

3,570

6,230

11,100

Feb.

10,400

6,880

4,580

3,840

3,270

2,930

2,780

2,860

8,550

8,830

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

635

607

586

530

586

565

572

544

579

579

Jan.

9,300

5,340

3,640

16,400

41,700

36,800

24,800

27,700

27,900

18,700

Feb.

5,140

3,940

3,270

3,740

3,940

3,940

3,840

3,460

3,840

5,020

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

494

558

530

524

494

518

558

694

1,020

1,230

4,280

749

0.34

Jan.

33,800

46,600

35,700

26,100

34,600

33,000

20,200

15,100

12,200

9,120

8,800

1 "7 ftfsQ

7.83

Feb.

5,740

5,740

4,140

3,180

2,630

2,fi90

2,220

2,100

1.82

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fn 

g

w

6

6

2

N

6

M

6

N

4

8

8

N

10

6

8

N

4

M

6

N

6

M

K

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 5

22.80

22.64

1,910

1,730

January 6

22.44

22.40

22.38

22.33

1,480

1,440

1,420

1,360

January 7

22.24

22.60

23.30

23.31

1,260

1,670

2,560

2,560

January 8

23.73

23.80

24.35

Janus

24.44

24.58

25.07

25.27

26.24

3,270

3,360

4,470

iry 9

4,690

5,020

6,110

6,630

9,440

January 10

26.74

26.73

26.79

26.83

Janus

26.15

25.44

11,100

11,100

11,500

11,500

ry 11

9,440

7,180

fngw

4

B

M

N

6

M

6

8

10

N

2

4

8

M

4

10

2

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

25.10

24.68

24.23

Jam

23.90

23.83

23.83

6,240

5,260

4,250

iary 13

3,550

3,460

3,460

January 14

24.89

27.00

28.29

28.61

28.62

28.88

30.14

31.72

5,740

12,200

17,200

18,400

18,400

19,800

25,600

34,000

January 15

32.21

33.17

33.53

33.73

33.59

Jam

33.09

32.25

31.34

30.77

36,800

42,400

44,200

45,400

44,800

lary 16

41,800

36,800

31,800

29,100

January 17

30.29

29.80

26,600

24,100

fngw

8

10

M

4

10

B

10

2

4

8

4

M

10

2

10

M

2

4

8

10

N

4

10

2

6

N

4

8

Feet

29.53

29.56

29.88

Sec. ft.

22,600

23,100

24,600

January 18

30.74

30.11

30.10

31.19

28,600

25,600

25,600

31,300

January 19

31.46

31.45

31.22

30.09

29.19

33,000

32,400

31,300

25,600

21,200

January 20-

28.61

28.44

28.42

28.92

18,400

17,600

17,600

19,800

January 21

30.91

31.07

30.55

30.53

30.80

31.88

33.97

29,600

30,800

28,100

27,600

29,100

35,200

47,200

January 22

34.25

34.02

33.88

33.88

33.74

48,400

47,200

46,600

46,600

45,400

fn 

g

w

2

N

M

6

10

N

2

4

8

10

2

4

N

6

10

8

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 23

33.31

32.06

30.50

Janu

30.00

29.74

29.69

29.73

30.02

30.89

30.96

43,000

36,200

27,600

ary 24

25,100

23,600

23,600

23,600

25,100

29,600

30,200

January 25

30.76

30.78

31.90

32.68

32.70

Janu

32.06

31.57

29.99

29,100

29,100

35,200

39,600

39,600

ary 26

36,200

33,500

25,100

January 27

28.98

28.28

20,200

17,200

January 28

27.85

27.43

Janu

27.02

26.63

15,100

13,600

ary 29

12,200

10,800

g

8

B

6

M

4

N

M

4

8

N

M

8

N

M

N

6

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 30

26.31

26.11

25.85

25.53

9,760

9,120

8,200

7,320

January 31

25.56

26.00

26.55

FebP

26.63

26.60

26.50

26.08

7,600

8,800

10,800

nary 1

10,800

10,800

10,400

9,120

February 2

25.59

25.21

24.73

7,600

6,500

5,380

February 3

24.40

24.21

4,580

4,140

February 4

24.15

24.06

23.91

Febn

23.75

23.62

4,040

3,840

3,550

nary 5

3,270

3,010

February 6

23.56

23.48

2,930

2,850
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 22 

Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 390 23'28 n , long. 840 34'20 n , in NEi sec. 6, T. 1 N., R. 3 E., 1000 feet

below Columbia Bridge, at Hamilton. Zero of gage is 499.98 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 3,639 square miles. 

Gage-height 'record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 58.4 and 61.2 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 73,900 second-feet 7 a.m. Jan. 22 (gage

EeTght, 76.33 feet).

1927-36: Discharge, 70,300 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 76.5 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 352,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913, determined by Miami

Conservancy District (gage height at site four-fifths of a mile above present gage,

599.2 feet above mean sea level). 

Remarks.- Flood flow automatically regulated by 5 retarding basins above station.

For record of storage in these retarding basins see pp. 224, 228, 231, 235, and

238.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

December

1,140

1,180

1,210

1,220

1,140

1,180

1,310

1,230

1,200

1,120

1,180

1,140

1,040

1,050

990

January

9,440

7,330

6,380

4,430

3,270

2,650

7,240

10,600

14,700

21,000

15,800

10,300

6,970

33 , 700

60,400

February

14,300

11,900

8,380

6,860

6,030

5,350

4,890

4,770

9,360

12,800

9,340

6,880

5,890

6,180

6,460

March

3,410

3,230

3,130

3,060

3,210

3,440

3,490

3,370

3,250

3,090

2,920

2,740

2,680

2,680

2,580

Day

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

.23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches.. .............................

December

1,060

1,030

1,010

950

1,000

1,000

932

890

923

886

884

932

1,400

1,630

2,260

9,370

1,402

0.44

January

56,800

45,100

56,100

43,800

31,400

63,400

71,500

60,600

50,700

60,700

52,400

38,800

21,800

17,400

15,200

13,400

29,462

9.34

February

6,550

6,710

6,220

6,920

8, 220

8,900

8,920

7,550

5,790

4,790

4,190

3,850

3,660

7,202

2.06

March

2,500

2,440

2,470

2,640

2,580

2,640

3,270

3,270

2,890

3,030

3,790

3,630

2,980

2,590

2,420

2,260

2,957

0.94

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

1

4

8

10

4

8

6

8

N

4

8

10

2

6

N

6

2

8

10

N

6

10

4

N

6

6

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

60.47

60.31

60.36

60.24

60.11

2,830

2,640

2,700

2,580

2,410

January 7

60.05

60.10

60.78

64.32

66.06

66.28

2,360

2,410

3,270

10 , 300

15,500

16,100

January 8

66.03

65.29

64.09

63.43

15,200

13,100

9,800

8,110

January 9

63.17

63.37

63.95

65.27

68.07

68.55

7,670

8,110

9,550

13,100

22,600

24,600

January 10

68.01

67.70

67.56

22,200

21,000

20,600

January 11

66.61

66.27

65.23

17,100

16,100

12,800

in

g

K

2

N

M

N

8

M

2

6

8

N

2

6

8

10

2

4

8

N

6

10

6

N

4

M

N

10

Feet

JanuE

65.08

64.30

63.38

Sec. ft.

ry 12

12,500

10,300

8,110

January 13

62.83

62.60

62.58

JanuE

62.70

64.37

65.90

71.55

72.69

73.58

73.89

74.65

JanuE

75.67

75.64

74.97

74.49

73.78

73.73

Janus

74.11

74.30

74.27

73.78

6,830

6,410

6,410

ry 14

6,620

10,600

14,900

40,100

47,000

53,200

55,300

60,500

iry 15

69,100

68,300

63,500

59,800

54,600

53,900

iry 16

56,800

58,200

58,200

54,600

January 17

72.32

71.20

44,400

37,700

iK

M

8

10

2

M

4

8

4

6

10

N

4

6

M

2

6

N

8

10

4

6

7

4

M

4

N

Feet

71.40

JanuE

74.83

75.02

74.82

72.73

Sec. ft.

38,900

ry 18

62,000

63,500

62,000

47,000

January 19

72.09

72.02

72.29

72.30

72.07

JanuE

69.51

69.34

69.53

69.73

43,200

42,500

44,400

44,400

43,200

ry 20

28,600

27,800

28,600

29,600

January 21

71.72

74.85

76.06

75.28

75.28

Janus

76.08

76.30

73.33

76.06

75.30

Janus

75.01

74.67

40,700

62,000

71,500

65,900

65,900

ry 22

72,300

73,900

73,900

72,300

65,900

ry 23

63,500

61,200

o

W

6

M

6

N

2

10

2

6

10

6

M

6

10

2

8

M

N

6

6

6

6

6

10

4

Feet

74.29

73.71

Janu

72.92

72.15

72.14

75.05

Janu

75.75

75.74

75.05

73.59

73.54

Sec. ft.

58,200

53,900

ary 24

48,400

43,800

43,200

63,500

ary 25

69,900

69,100

63,500

53,200

52,500

January 26

73.73

73.75

73.65

73.18

72.65

53,900

54,600

53,200

50,400

46,400

January 27

70.32

69.46

32,600

28,600

January 28

68.31

67.50

23,400

20,200

January 29

66.93

66.50

66.56

18,200

16,800

17,100

January 30

66.32 16,100

g

W

N

M

6

6

M

6

N

4

M

6

N

6

M

6

6

M

6

6

6

6

6

N

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

66.08 15,500

65.52

Janu

65.32

13,700

ary 31

13,100

65.52 13,700

65.66 14,300

February 1

65. 7C 14,300

65.79 14,600

65.79 14,600

65.54 13,700

February 2

65.24 12,800

64.93 11,900

64.53

64.05

10,800

9,550

February 3

63.71 8,810

63.28 7,890

63.10 7,460

February 4

62.92 7,040

62.73 6,620

February 5

62. 5£ 6,410

62.32 5,780

February 6

62.18 5,580

62. 1C 5,380

62.01 5,180

61.97 5,180
228 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Looklngton retarding basin at Lockington, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°12'48n , long. 84°14'43n , on Loramle Creek at Locklngton Dam, threequarters of a mile northwest of Locklngton, Shelby County.

Drainage area.- 261 square miles.

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 3,049,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations and capacity curve 

furnished by Miami Conservancy District.

Elevation, In feet, and contents, In millions of cubic feet, at Indicated time, 1937*

Day

Jan. 14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

19

19

19

Hour

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

S p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

10 p.m.

., 2 a.m.

6 a.m.

11 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

Elevation

896.1

900.6

901.8

903.6

905.1

905.7

905.5

904.3

903.9

902.2

900.6

898.7

895.9

890.3

886.4

889.2

894.2

896.2

893.8

890.0

888.6

887.8

886.5

Contents

66

144

170

211

263

276

272

231

216

179

143

108

64

23

6

19

46

68

42

22

17

14

11

Day

Jan. 20

20

20

21

21

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

23

23

23

24

24

25

25

25

25

26

26

Hour

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

Noon

Midnight

4 a.m.

9 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

10 p.m.

Elevation

885.6

883.7

891.3

896.8

901.6

902.6

902.0

900.9

900.3

899.9

898.3

896.6

894.2

891.2

886.9

884.1

892.1

893.3

893.3

890.5

889.4

887.7

885.8

Contents

9

5

27

75

165

190

174

150

137

129

101

73

46

27

12

5

30

38

38

24

20

14

9

* Records available only for days shown.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 2! 

Loramle Creek at Lockington, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°12'35 lt , long. 84°14'32", in NEj sec. 30, T. 7 N., R. 6 E., just

below Lockington Dam and half a mile northwest of Lockington. Zero of gage Is

800.03 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 261 square miles. 

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths

between 79.7 and 81.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 5,080 secondfeet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 5,290 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage

height, 84.38 feet).

1915-36: Discharge, 9,900 second-feet May 7, 1916 (gage height, 86.4 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 25,600 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913, determined by Miami

Conservancy District (gage height, 91.6 feet). 

Remarks.- Flood flow automatically regulated at Lockington retarding basin. For

record of storage in ttfis retarding basin see p. 828.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

14.0

14.2

14.1

14.3

14.1

14.2

14.8

14.2

13.7

13.6

Jan.

585

335

264

161

118

91

192

676

1,270

1,300

Feb.

1,070

515

291

211

147

137

118

384

1,460

927

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

13.6

13.7

13.2

12.9

13.0

12.8

12.8

12.6

13.0

13.0

Jan.

870

484

368

4,040

5,180

4,740

3,100

3,300

2,160

1,300

Feb.

435

319

225

317

254

301

247

223

487

583

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

12.8

12.4

18.0

11.8

12.5

15.4

22

90

89

76

922

49 9

0.22

Jan.

4,410

4,430

2,940

1,800

3,080

2,040

1,120

666

432

789

1,390

7.63

Feb.

622

438

284

199

129

120

119

110

1.52

Gage height In feet,

fn

gw

N

H

H

6

8

M

2

8

4

4

6

N

2

4

10

2

10

N

6

10

N

M

H

a

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

78.28

78.22

93

80

January 7

78.20

78.55

78.87

79.46

76

174

333

860

January 8

79.48

79.23

79.24

880

624

634

January 9

79.18

79.24

80.78

80.87

80.79

79.79

Janus

79.68

80.47

80.45

79.91

79.73

574

634

1,880

1,920

1,880

1,150

iry 10

1,050

1,620

1,620

1,230

1,110

January 11

79.46

79.25

860

644

January 12

79.09

79.11

496

513

W

N

6

8

10

2

4

10

N.

4

6

10

2

6

N

N

6

M

6

N

6

10

M

4

8

10

N

2

Feet

and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

Sec. ft.

January 13

78.79

78.76

78.79

79.22

Jam

81.10

81.58

83.50

83.83

84.03

84.05

84.19

285

268

285

613

iary 14

2,120

2,520

4,330

4,630

4,850

4,850

5,070

January 15

84.30

84.38

84.34

5,180

5,290

5,180

January 16

84.00

83.81

83.55

4,850

4,630

4,430

January 17

83.14

82.40

81.10

80.63

80.74

3,930

3,240

2,120

1,760

1,840

January 18

82.13

82.89

83.04

83.08

83.01

2,970

3,730

3,830

3,930

3,830

t, 

1

8

8

N

8

10

M

4

8

10

N

6

M

6

N

M

N

6

M

6

N

2

6

M

2

4

Peet Sec. ft.

January 19

81.23

80.82

2,200

1,880

January 20

79.86

79.61

79.91

81.63

1,190

998

1,230

2,520

January 21

83.24

83.92

83.98

83.99

83.86

83.72

4,030

4,740

4,850

4,850

4,630

4,530

January 22

83.70

83.60

83.15

Jant

82.10

81.30

80.73

4,530

4,430

4,030

iary 23

2,970

2,280

1,840

January 24

80.26

80.01

80.01

81.00

82.37

1,480

1,300

1,300

2,040

3,240

January 25

82.57

82.66

3,430

3,530

!w

6

N

6

M

N

4

2

4

10

N

2

M

N

M

N

6

2

2

4

10

M

2

4

10

N

2

8

Feet

82.65

88.23

81.79

81.64

Sec. ft.

3,430

3,060

2,700

2,520

January 26

80.97

80.87

2,000

1,920

January 27

80.19

80.01

79.70

79.66

79.72

79.46

1,440

1,300

1,070

1,040

1,070

860

January 28

79.25

79.11

Janui

78.98

78.95

644

513

iry 29

408

387

January 30

79.00

78.92

78.98

79.63

79.70

422

366

408

1,010

1,070

January 31

79.68

79.72

80.45

80.53

80.48

80.04

1,050

1,070

1,620

1,680

1,650

1,340

tdi

6

N

6

2

N

4

8

10

10

N

4

M

N

M

N

4

M

4

10

N

2

4

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

February 1

79.89

79.74

79.55

1,230

1,110

945

February 2

79.27

79.06

79.09

79.04

78.98

Feb

78.74

78.75

78.84

78.73

666

471

496

455

408

ruary 3

258

263

315

252

February 4

78.64

78.58

210

185

February 5

78.45

78.48

78.46

Feb

78.48

78.43

78.47

78.49

78.43

78.46

78.41

138

148

142

ruary 6

148

132

145

151

132

142

126

77596 O 88 16
230 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Stillwater River at Pleasant Hill, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 40°03'28", long. 84°21'22 n , in SEi sec. 18, T. 7 N., R. 5 E., at highway bridge three-quarters of a mile northwest of Pleasant Hill. Zero of gage is 

846.60 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage are a.- 502 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 5.0 and 6.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 14,400 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 26,400 second-feet midnight Jan. 14 (gage 

EeTght, 17.32 feet).

1916-26, 1934-36: Discharge observed, 20,400 second-feet June 9, 1924 (gage 

height, 15.7 feet).

Maximum discharge known, 51,400 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913, computed by Miami Conservancy District (gage height, 17.5 feet).

Remarks.- Diurnal fluctuation caused by regulation for power on Greenville Creek. Gage 

height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau and Miami Conservancy District. The latter agency furnished some discharge measurements.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

76

80

64

84

77

104

72

62

83

82

Jan.

1,850

845

693

469

322

246

253

1,110

2,180

3,270

Feb.

2,430

942

652

565

484

438

404

709

3,750

1,460

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

79

74

60

77

76

69

72

63

63

62

Jan.

1,670

839

643

15,000

17,400

7,960

2,760

7,230

5,090

1,770

Pet).

l~ 720

575

509

760

626

673

639

569

914

1,510

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

57

72

66

64

59

85

101

235

346

272

2,460

0.39

Jan.

13,100

11,200

4,520

2,610

7,120

4,100

1,580

1,090

958

1,340

3,580

9.10

Feb.

1,370

1,080

604

477

390

319

328

273

1.79

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fc

w

7

N

6

M

4

6

8

N

4

M

5

8

10

2

7

M

4

7

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

H

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

2.10

2.51

2.96

3.40

Janu

3.51

4.17

4.95

5.34

5.42

5.02

Janu

4.84

5.34

6.20

6.62

7.29

7.64

Janu

7.65

7.86

 7.46

7.15

6.74

130

214

341

479

ary 8

511

742

1,150

1,400

1,440

1",180

ary 9

1,090

1,400

2,080

2,440

3,130

3,440

ary 10

3,440

3,770

3,330

3,030

2,530

January 11

6.12

5.58

5.13

4.80

1,990

1,580

1,270

1,060

January 12

4.32

3.99

806

683

fc

§

W

N

6

10

M

3

6

8

10

H

2

6

9

M

1

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

9

M

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 13

3.77

3.72

4.12

5.30

Jam

7.35

10.00

12.70

13.95

14.84

15.23

16.23

16.90

17.32

594

577

722

1,370

ary 14

3,230

6,160

10,700

14,600

17,200

18,600

22,200

24,800

26,400

January 15

16.50

15.52

14.90

14.03

13.17

23,300

19,600

17,600

14,600

12,100

January 16

12.30

11.30

9.98

8.67

9,700

7,720

6,160

4,660

January 17

7.48

6.64

6.07

5.99

6.65

3,330

2,440

1,940

1,900

2,440

January 18

8.25 4,100

fc

gw

4

7

N

6

9

2

6

N

6

M

6

N

7

10

M

2

4

8

N

3

7

M

4

N

6

M

6

N

Feet

9.67

10.73

11.2.6

11.90

11.77

Janu

11.34

10.65

9.02

7.42

6.33

Janu

5.80

5.53

5.47

5.98

8.70

Sec. ft.

5,820

7,000

7,720

8,770

8,560

ary 19

7,720

6,880

5,010

3,230

2,220

iry 20

1,740

1,540

1,480

1,900

4,660

January 21

11.75

12.98

13.58

13.83

14.03

13.97

14.07

8,560

11,500

13,300

13,900

14,600

14,600

14,900

January 22

13.78

12.82

12.07

11.07

13,900

11,000

9,220

7,480

January 23

9.70

8.36

5,820

4,320

fc 

1

6

M

6

N

4

8

M

4

8

N

4

8

M

6

N

6

M

8

4

M

N

M

8

5

M

Feet

7.22

6.55

Sec. ft.

3,030

2,440

January 24

6.18

6.00

6.40

7.92

9.13

2,080

1,900

2,260

3,770

5,120

January 25

10.17

10.85

11.32

11.46

11.14

11.07

6,400

7,120

7,720

8,000

7,480

7,480

January 26

9.23

7.93

6.90

6.30

5,240

3,770

2,730

2,170

January 27

5.79

5.38

5.08

1,740

1,440

1,240

January 28

4.85

4.64

1,090

973

January 29

4.56

4.50

4.86

922

898

1,090

*H 

g

te

8

4

M

6

N

4

8

M

6

N

6

M

8

4

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

5.05

5.22

5.95

Janu

7.15

8.03

8.35

8.47

8.22

1,210

1,300

1,860

ary 31

3,030

3,880

4,320

4,440

4,100

February 1

7.42

6.37

5.64

5.14

3,230

2,220

1,620

1,270

February 2

4.69

4.34

4.13

999

828

742

February 3

3.87

3.75

628

594

February 4

3.67

3.57

560

528

February 5

3.34

3.32

463

447

February 6

3.25

3.22

431

415
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 231 

Englewood retarding basin at Englewood, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39O 52'16", long. 84°17'07 11 , on Stillwater River at Englewood Dam about

1 mile southeast of jSnglewood, Montgomery County. 

Drainage area.- 646 square miles. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 13,591,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations and capacity curve

furnished by Miami Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 1937*

Day

Jan. 6

8

8

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

10

11

11

12

12

13

13

14

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

17

J.7

17

17

18

18

19

19

19

20

Hour

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

3 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

Noon

6 a.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

9 a.m.

1 p.m.

6 p.m.

11 p.m.

3 a.m.

6 a.m.

9 a.m.

1 p.m.

6 p.m.

11 p.m.

6 a.m.

1 p.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

1 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

11 p.m.

6 a.m.

Elevation

776.5

777.3

777.8

779.6

780.1

779.8

780.9

783.8

786.4

788.5

788.3

787.5

784.4

780.4

TVS. 8

777.8

777.3

783.1

787.2

792.6

799.4

805.6

810.8

813.9

816.6

819.3

821.8

823.5

824.8

825.2

825.1

823.6

822.3

821.3

819.9

819.8

820.2

820.5

319.3

818.4

816.7

Contents

6

10

12

20

22

21

26

38

56

74

72

66

41

24

16

12

10

35

63

114

322

592

898

1,080

1,270

1,510

1,720

1,900

2,060

2,120

2,100

1,910

1,770

1,680

1,560

1,550

1,590

1,620

1,510

1,430

1,290

Day

Jan. 20

21

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

22

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

25

25

25

26

26

26

27

27

28

28

29

29

30

30

30

30

31

31

Feb. 1

1

1

2

2

2

Hour

6 p.m.

1 a.m.

6 a.m.

11 a.m.

6 p.m.

11 p.m.

6 a.m.

11 a.m.

6 p.m.

11 p.m.

1 a.m.

7 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

1 a.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

1 a.m.

11 a.m.

6 p.m.

2 a.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

11 p.m.

Elevation

813.5

812.3

813.8

815.8

818.6

820.8

823.6

825.3

826.3

826.6

826.7

826.3

825.8

825.1

823.7

822.6

830.4

819.9

819.7

820.1

820.3

819.9

818.6

816.0

812.6

808.7

804.6

799.6

794.3

788.1

782.0

780.8

780.7

782.4

786.0

788.3

788.4

786.9

780.2

778.7

778.1

Contents

1,040

970

1,070

1,210

1,440

1,640

1,910

2,130

2,250

2,270

2,280

2,250

2,190

8,100

1,920

1,790

1,610

1,560

1,540

1,580

1,600

1,560

1,440

1,220

983

764

549

331

166

71

30

25

25

32

52

72

73

60

23

16

13

* Records available only for days shown.
232 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1957 

Stillwater River at Englewood, Ohio

location.- Lat. 39°52'10", long. 84°16'57", in KWt sec. 23, T. 5 N., R. 5 E., 1,000 feet 

below Englewood Dam and about 1 mile southeast of Englewood. Zero of gage is 699.97 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 646 square miles.

gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Dec. 1, 12-51, Jan. 5, 

4, Feb. 6-8, 15, 15, 17, 18, when there was no record. Gage heights used to half 

tenths between 72.4 and 75.6 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 9,290 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage by use of conduit rating.

Maxima.- January-February 1957: Discharge, 9,550 second-feet 8 p.m. Jan. 22 to 2 a.m. 

Jan. 25 (gage height, 80.28 feet).

1925-56: Discharge 9,910 second-feet May 14, 1955 (gage height, 79.99 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 85,400 second-feet Mar. 25, 1915, computed by Miami Conservancy District. '

Remarks.- Discharge during period of missing gage-height record determined from record 

at Pleasant Hill. Flood flow automatically regulated at Englewood retarding basin. 

For record of storage in retarding basin see p. 251. Record obtained in cooperation 

with Miami Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

150

144

128

110

153

139

174

136

123

134

Jan.

3,250

1,730

1,100

850

587

455

508

1,320

2,470

4,000

Feb.

2,450

1,530

1,030

895

705

640

590

800

3,130

3,250

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

140

130

120

100

150

130

120

120

110

110

Jan.

3,490

1,610

1,180

4,780

8,590

9,230

9,070

8,750

8,750

8,110

Feb.

1,280

895

750

945

900

1,030

1,050

800

1,090

1,640

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Run-off, in Inches. ..........................................

Dec.

105

100

120

110

90

100

150

500

500

500

2,000

rt-l c

0.38

Jan.

8,510

9,390

9,390

8,910

8,750

8,590

7,790

6,720

5,240

2,750

5,130

5

-1 OQ

9.15

Feb.

1,810

1,540

970

723

589

489

477

429

1.86

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

iw

N

6

M

11

3

8

M

6

3

8

M

9

2

7

10

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

Peet Sec. ft.

January 4

73.08

72.96

72.73

820

746

658

January 5

72.60

72.61

72.43

72.22

594

594

533

444

January 6

72.25

72.37

72.15

71.93

455

501

417

336

January 7

72.23

72.51

72.70

72.66

447

553

636

615

January 8

73.52

73.82

74.60

74.80

1,030

1,210

1,810

1,990

January 9

74.74

75.14

75,88

76.16

Janus

76.44

76.63

1,940

2,320

3,130

3,490

iry 10

3,740

4,000

o 

M

9

3

N

8

M

6

N

6

M

N

9

M

3

6

9

N

4

8

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

Feet

76.82

See. ft.

4,260

January 11

76.62

76.34

75.68

75.00

Janu

74.53

74.32

74.10

73.92

4,000

3,610

2,900

2,170

ary 12

1,770

1,570

1,420

1,280

January 13

73.72

73.60

73.88

Janu

74.52

76.14

76.94

77.52

78.04

78.56

78.94

Janu

79.52

79.80

79.98

80.06

1,150

1,090

1,280

ary 14

1,730

3,370

4,400

5,240

5,970

6,870

7,320

ary 15

8,270

8,750

9,070

9,230

January 16

80.14

80.14

80.14

9,230

9,230

9,230

a

M

8

4

10

1

7

3

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

8

11

1

7

3

M

6

M

8

2

Peet

80.09

Sec. ft.

9,230

January 17

80.00

79.89

79.83

9,070

8,910

8,750

January 18

79.94

79.78

79.77

79.82

Janu

79.82

79.79

79.72

79.63

Janu

79.52

79.42

79.26

79.29

8,910

8,750

8,750

8,750

ary 19

8,750

8,750

8,590

8,430

ary 20

8,270

8,110

7,950

7,950

January 21

79.54

79.45

79.62

79.99

8,270

8,110

8,430

9,070

January 22

80.10

80.15

80.28

9,230

9,390

9,550

January 23

80.28 9,550

g

a

6

N

6

M

6

N

5

M

8

4

M

5

N

10

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

Feet

80.24

80.19

80.10

80.05

Janus

79.95

79.92

79.98

79.82

Sec. ft.

9,390

9,390

9,230

9,070

ry 24

9,070

3,910

9,070

8,750

January 25

79.78

79.79

79.79

8,750

8,750

8,750

January 26

79.79

79.69

79.53

8,750

8,590

8,270

January 27

79.40

79.25

79.07

78.91

8,110

7,790

7,630

7,320

January 28

78.72

78.52

78.32

78.06

7,020

6,720

6,420

6,120

January 29

77.82

77.53

77.19

76.78

5,670

5,240

4,820

4,260

I

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

4

10

4

10

1

4

N

M

8

4

M

8

4

M

8

4

M

Peet Sec.ft.

January 30

76.10

75.53

74.74

74.99

Jam

75.48

75.94

76.35

76.60

3,370

2,740

1,940

2,170

aary 31

2,680

3,130

3,740

4,000

February 1

76.64

76.48

76.08

75.60

4,000

3,870

3,370

2,790

February 2

75.12

74.59

74.12

73.73

Feb]

73.60

73.39

73.36

2,270

1,810

1,420

1,180

puary 3

1,090

970

945

February 4

73.30

73.16

73.00

920

845

770

February 5

72.93

72.73

72.78

746

658

679
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 233 

Greenville Creek near Bradford, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 400 06'08 B , long. 840 25'48 B , at highway bridge on line between Darke and 

Miami Counties, 1 3/4 miles south of Bradford. Zero of gage is 948.88 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 195 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Graph drawn from two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half 

tenths between 2.3 and 3.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 5,020 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 9,320 second-feet 4 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage height, 

9.21 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1931-36: Discharge observed, 9,320 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 9.20 

feet).

Maximum discharge known, 18,200 second-feet in March 1913, computed by Miami Conservancy District.

Remarks.- Record obtained in cooperation with Miami Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

40

45

45

45

40

41

43

38

41

44

Jan.

610

360

300

189

144

114

114

448

760

1,080

Feb.

920

448

340

300

242

225

212

340

1,360

610

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

45

37

40

40

41

40

38

36

40

39

Jan.

585

360

316

4,280

7,920

2,820

1,060

2,180

1,690

812

Feb.

340

280

260

402

280

340

300

260

380

660

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

36

38

38

41

43

46

49

90

130

114

975

170

0.46

Jan.

4,500

4,040

1,520

1,030

2,160

1,430

710

538

470

585

1,200

8.45

Feb.

560

470

280

260

192

176

155

138

 ZQ'X

2.04

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

w

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

4

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

1.96 122

1.90 107

Janu

1.87

1.98

Janu

lary 7

101

127

ary 8

2.70 380

2.98 515

January 9

3.20 610

3.70 865

January 10

4.40 1,250

4.33

3.95

1,200

1,030

January 11

3.30 660

3.06 538

January 12

2.74

2.60

402

340

January 13

2.46 280

gw

5

9

M

4

8

N

5

9

M

4

8

5

M

8

5

M

8

5

M

4

Feet

2.44

2.75

3.40

Janu

4.80

6.40

7.50

8.35

8.80

Sec. ft.

280

402

710

ary 14

1,480

2,470

4,030

6,580

7,920

9.10 8,960

January 15

9.2]

9)12

9,320

8,960

8.55 7,240

7.90 5,050

Janu

7.11

ary 16

3,240

5.80 2,080

4.90 1,540

January 17

4.08 1,080

3.70 865

4.20 1,140

January 18

5.10 1,660

£

8

5

9

2

8

5

M

8

5

10

M

2

6

8

5

10

2

8

5

M

8

Feet

5.81

6.55

6.60

Jam

6.40

5.72

4.25

3.75

Sec. ft.

2,080

2,630

2,630

lary 19

2,470

2,020

1,140

920

January 20

3.50

3.34

3.90

5.00

760

660

975

1,600

January 21

6.10

7.45

7.75

8.00

8.11

2,260

3,810

4,770

5,340

5,640

January 22

8.08

7.82

7.01

6.20

5,640

4,770

3,080

2,330

January 23

5.25 1,720

I

5

M

6

5

M

4

8

1

5

M

8

5

M

8

5

M

8

5

8

Feet

4.35

3.85

Janu

3.70

4.10

4.75

Janu!

5.30

5.98

6.45

6.34

5.70

Sec. ft.

1,250

920

ary 24

865

1,080

1,480

iry 25

1,780

2,200

2,470

2,400

2,020

January 26

5.00

4.28

3.87

1,600

1,200

975

January 27

3.53

3.30

3.20

760

660

610

January 28

3.11

3.00

560

515

January 29

2.91 470

& 

otn

5

8

5

M

8

5

M

8

5

M

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

Peet

2.90

Sec. ft.

470

January 30

3.11

3.23

3.60

560

635

810

January 31

4.19

4.65

4.44

1,140

1,360

1,250

February 1

4.06

3.50

3.15

1,080

760

585

February 2

2.91

2.76

470

402

February 3

2.64

2.56

360

320

February 4

2.50

2.48

300

300

February 5

2.38

2.31

260

225
234 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Mad River near Springfield, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°55'23", long. 83°52'13", in NWt sec. 16, T. 4, R. 9, 150 feet below

Rook Run and 3 miles west of Springfield. Zero of gage Is 881.42 feet above mean

sea level.

Drainage area.- 485 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Sage heights used to half tenths between 2.8 and 4.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 7,500 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 15,900 second-feet 11 a.m. Jan. 21 and 4

a.m. Jan. 25 (gage height, 12.39 feet).

1914-36: Discharge, 23,000 second-feet (revised) Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height,

14.9 feet).

Maximum discharge known, 55,400 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913, at site if miles

above present gage, determined by Miami Conservancy District (gage height, 16.9

feet, at present site and referred to present datum). 

Remarks.- Record obtained in cooperation with Miami Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

223

246

236

236

228

246

241

232

228

228

Jan.

677

570

612

415

368

336

667

870

1,19O

1,510

Feb.

1,270

1,080

1,000

960

900

878

840

963

1,700

1,040

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

228

219

211

219

219

215

215

211

223

219

Jan.

900

677

626

8,540

9,600

2,260

1,610

8,160

2,240

1,630

Feb.

862

825

818

990

855

968

848

870

1,000

1,080

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

211

 211

207

211

211

207

246

299

304

400

1,370

0.64

Jan.

12,300

9,970

3,020

4,820

11,000

3,270

1,950

1,590

1,430

1,390

1,510

7.33

Feb.

1,160

1,080

825

750

691

655

626

598

2.00

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

I

9

7

N

M

4

2

8

N

4

10

N

M

5

5

9

3

8

11

8

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 4

1.91

1.99

Janu

1.89

1.85

380

427

ary 5

368

346

January 6

1.84

1.82

Janu

1.84

2.29

2.73

3.00

Janu

2.60

2.39

341

330

ary 7

341

626

952

1,160

ary 8

855

699

January 9

2.37

3.56

3.70

684

1,590

1,710

January 10

3.39

3.53

3.86

3.23

1,470

1,590

1,830

1,350

January 11

2.62

2.47

Janu

2.36

2.29

870

758

ary 12

677

626

I

N

6

11

2

4

6

8

10

N

3

6

9

M

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

4

8

7

10

1

4

7

Feet Sec. ft.

January 13

2.24

2.24

2.34

591

591

662

January 14

3.00

3.78

4.52

7.2U

8.43

10.00

10.97

11.35

11.74

11.90

1,160

1,790

2..V70

5,570

7,260

10,300

12,500

13,500

14,200

14,700

January 15

11.92

11.53

10.65

8.96

7.36

6.20

14,700

13,700

11,600

8,300

5,710

4,110

January 16

5.30

4.75

3.95

3,120

2,640

1,910

January 17

3.46

3.35

3.80

1,510

1,430

1,790

January 18

5.97

8.25

10.10

3,870

6,940

10,500

g 

w

10

1

4

8

M

4

10

10

10

6

10

M

2

4

6

9

11

2

6

M

3

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

Feet

10.70

10.49

9.59

7.74

6.15

Sec. ft.

11,800

11,400

9,460

6,160

4,110

January 19

5.09

4.29

3.61

Janus

3.34

3.64

3.88

5.35

2,920

2,190

1,630

ry 20

1,430

1,670

1,870

3,220

January 21

8.08

9.73

11.17

12.08

12.39

11.93

11.07

10.51

6,780

9,660

13 ,000

15,200

15,900

14,700

12,700

11,400

January 22

10.97

11.26

10.91

9.73

8.30

7.16

12,500

13,200

12,300

9,660

7,100

5,430

January 23

6.16

5.51

4,110

3,320

w

4

Jf

6

10

N

2

4

6

8

io

M

2

4

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

3

8

4

10

10

10

10

Feet

4.89

4.55

Sec. ft.

2,730

2,460

January 24

4.26

4.19

4.43

5.13

6.50

8.00

9.78

11.00

11.80

2,150

2,110

2,280

2,920

4,480

6,620

9,860

12,500

14,400

January 25

12.30

12.39

12.00

11.10

9.80

8.43

7.63

15,700

15,900

14,900

12,700

9,860

7,260

6,010

January 26

6.92

5.98

5.24

4.83

4.63

5,010

3,870

3,020

2,640

2,460

January 27

4.23

3.93

3.73

2,150

1,910

1,750

January 28

3.53

3.43

1,590

1,510

Ft

g

w

11

3

10

6

3

M

N

6

2

N

M

10

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 29

3,33

3.29

3.33

1,430

1,390

1,430

January 30

3.33

3.26

3.33

1,430

1,350

1,430

January 31

3.48

3.55

1,510

1,590

February 1

3.33

3.13

3.00

1,430

1,270

1,160

February 2

2.88

2.89

1,080

1,080

February 3

2.79

2.77

998

982

February 4

2.75

2.72

Febn

2.64

2.64

968

945

nary 5

885

885

February 6

2.62

2.62

870

870
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 235 

Huffman retarding basin near Dayton, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°47 I 52", long. 84°05'27 n , on Mad River at Huffman Dam 6 miles northeast of Dayton, Greene County.

Drainage area.- 632 square miles.

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 7,275,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations and capacity curve 

furnished by Miami Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 1937*

Day

Jan. 14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

19

19

19

19

20

20

20

Hour

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

3 a.m.

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

3 p.m.

6 p.m.

9 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

Midnight

4 a.m.

Noon

" 6 p.m.

9 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

Midnight

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

787.1

788.1

790.0

794.0

796.2

798.0

799.4

799.8

799.6

798.9

797.9

795.6

792.9

789.3

785.7

784.7

783.4

783.0

785.2

789.8

793.1

794.1

794.7

794.2

792.6

789.3

784.6

783.4

783.0

786.9

Contents

30

35

44

109

181

231

279

296

287

258

229

157

86

40

25

20

15

13

23

43

89

111

124

113

82

40

20

15

13

30

Day

Jan. 21

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

22

23

23

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

26

Hour

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

2 a.m.

6 a.m.

9 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 a.m.

10 a.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

7 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

Elevation

790.5

792.9

796.6

799.0

800.3

801.0

801.0

800.7

799.8

798.5

796.5

794.5

792.3

789.6

787.3

786.5

786.1

788.4

790.7

793.3

795.9

798.3

799.9

800.5

800.5

799.3

797.0

794.7

791.2

788.0

Contents

54

86

195

261

318

348

348

335

296

246

192

120

78

42

32

28

26

37

59

94

170

240

301

326

326

274

209

124

67

35

* Records available only for days shown.
FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Mad River near Dayton, Ohio

i sec. 7, T. 2, R. 8, just below 

Zero of gage is 699.95 feet above

Location.- Lat. 39°47'48 tt , long. 84°05'32 11 , in

Huffman Dam and 6 miles northeast of Dayton

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 632 square miles. 

Gage -height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths

between 80,4 and 82.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage -dl 3 charge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 15,200 secondfeet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 15,400 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 22 (gage

height, 86.56 feet).

1924-36: Discharge, 18,400 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 87.9 feet). 

Maximum discharge known, 75,700 second- feet Mar. 25, 1913, determined by Miami

Conservancy District (gage height, 14.0 feet at former site 1 mile above present

gage and referred to former datum which was 783.91 feet above mean sea level) . 

Remarks . - Flood flow automatically regulated at Huffman retarding basin. For record

of storage in this retarding basin see p. 235. Record obtained in cooperation

wit-h Miami Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

295

320

320

320

309

309

336

314

309

304

Jan.

1,070

770

918

621

526

460

776

1,340

1,500

2,280

Feb.

1,440

1,160

1,060

1,010

955

947

931

963

1,880

1,300

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

304

295

286

286

286

281

281

277

281

291

Jan.

1,440

1,010

850

4,060

12 ,800

6,530

2,310

6,380

5,900

2,260

Feb.

1,020

955

939

1,150

1,010

1,160

1,040

1,020

1,170

1,260

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

272

277

268

268

268

263

277

362

374

435

1,590

344

0.63

Jan.

10,200

14,900

8,190

3,640

12,100

8,180

2,280

1,780

1,580

1,480

1,580

7.04

Feb.

1,300

1,390

1,020

907

838

785

755

732

1.77

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

f-,

0

N

8

10

M

6

N

N

4

M

6

N

N

8

10

N

2

4

10

4

6

N

6

8

Feet Sec.ft.

January 2

80.05

80.10

80.23

80.23

732

770

876

876

January 3

80.45

80.32

1,050

952

January 4

79.85

79.82

79.81

Janu

79.80

79.75

588

567

560

ary 5

553

520

January 6

79.65 454

January 7

79.65

79.67

79.78

80.21

80.33

80.80

454

467

540

858

960

1,380

January 8

80.96

80.96

80.76

Janu

80.39

80.45

1,530

1,530

1,340

ary 9

. 1,010

1,060

o

W

N

6

10

4

2

6

N

M

N

M

N

10

M

2

4

8

N

4

6

6

10

N

2

6

M

Feet

80.84

81.36

81.55

Sec.ft.

1,430

1,940

2,160

January 10

81.70

81.69

81.70

2,330

2,330

2,330

January 11

80.79

80.53

Janu

80.38

80.27

1,380

1,140

ary 12

1,000

910

January 13

80.19

80.18

80.21

842

834

858

January 14

80.50

80.68

82.10

83.10

83.54

83.88

1,110

1,290

2,810

4,190

4,830

5,550

January 15

86.32

86.50

86.52

86.53

86.46

86.15

13,900

14,900

14,900

14,900

14,900

13,400

I

6

2

4

6

8

2

N

8

10

4

8

10

6

10

M

2

N

6

M

8

N

2

6

M

4

N

6

Feet Sec.ft.

January 16

85.37

83.23

82.62

82.25

82.02

10,000

4,670

3,710

3,220

2,900

January 17

81.71

81.43

81.33

81.40

Jam

82.76

83.38

83.60

84.99

85.35

85.44

2,540

2,260

2,140

2,200

lary 18

3,940

5,030

5,400

8,660

10,000

10,000

January 19

85.42

83.70

82.10

81.64

Jam

81.36

81.30

81.30

81.45

81.99

10,000

5,590

3,030

2,480

lary 20

2,140

2,090

2,090

2,260

2,900

January 21

83.20

84.98

86.11

4,670

8,660

13,000

o 

W

M

2

6

N

8

M

4

N

M

10

N

2

6

M

N

4

8

M

N

8

M

N

M

N

Feet

86.50

Sec.ft.

14,900

January 22

86.54

86.56

86.54

86.45

86.29

14,900

15,400

14,900

14,400

13,900

January 23

86.01

84.70

82.37

12,500

7,760

3,360

January 24

81.96

81.97

82.09

82.81

84.06

2,840

2,840

3,030

4,010

6,380

January 25

86.26

86.41

86.41

86.28

Janus

84.75

82.79

82.05

13,400

14,400

14,400

13,900

ry 26

8,040

4,010

2,960

January 27

81.41

81.17

Janus

81.00

2,200

1,930

ry 28

1,780

iw

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

80.89

Sec.ft.

1,680

January 29

80.80

80.74

1,580

1,530

January 30

80.73

SO. 70

1,530

1,480

January 31

80.80

80.85

1,580

1,630

February 1

80.62

80.47

1,390

1,260

February 2

80.33

80.30

1,150

1,120

February 3

80.21

80.19

1,040

1,030

February 4

80.17

80.14

1,010

987

February 5

80.07

80.10

931

956

February 6

80.09

80.09

947

947
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 237

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°55'57 lt , long. 8S°48'59 lt , at Plum Street Bridge in Springfield, 

Clark County. Zero of gage is 906.99 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 137 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 3.0 and 6.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 3,710 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,380 second-feet 2:30 a.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 7.93 feet).

1914-21, 1924-36: Discharge, 13,000 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height1, 

14.3 feet).

Flood of Mar. 25, 1913, reached a stage of 13.3 feet (discharge, 11,100 secondfeet, determined by Miami Conservancy District).

Remarks.- Diversion for municipal water supply of Springfield above gage; sewage 

return flow by-passed around gage by intercepting sewer.

Record obtained in cooperation with Miami Conservancy District.

ifean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

45

48

47

48

48

50

52

48

46

48

Jan.

200

142

126

83

77

68

160

232

370

460

Feb.

293

221

209

201

186

182

175

232

510

225

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

47

47

46

46

45

45

45

46

46

47

Jan.

220

154

144

2,800

2,180

608

539

2,190

606

524

Feb.

175

175

179

217

182

229

190

190

250

262

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. . ..........................................

Dec.

45

46

46

50

50

47

54

70

71

137

569

Jan.

3,220

2,310

651

1,420

2,870

650

408

344

312

312

368

Feb.

298

264

179

154

140

129

126

123

211

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1957

F4

gM

6

10

N

4

8

M

N

M

4

N

4

6

M

4

6

10

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

8

Feet Se c . f t .

January 7

2.21

2.53

2.39

2.42

2.93

2.92

70

171

115

126

371

366

January 8

2.61

2.51

207

162

January 9

2.51

2.68

3.34

3.43

3.17

' 162

239

632

699

517

January 10

3.08

3.08

3.31

3.26

2.96

2.79

460

460

610

576

389

295

January 11

2.61

2.54

207

176

January 12

2.49

2.45

154

138

January 13

2.41

2.45

122

138

tn 

g

M

11

M

4

6

7

8

11

N

2

4

6

8

10

M

4

6

10

N

4

8

M

4

N

M

N

6

10

M

2

Feet

2.75

2.66

Sec. ft.

274

230

January 14

2.95

4.70

4.63

4.91

5.90

6.09

6.15

6.47

6.39

6.46

6.40

6.68

Jam

6.36

5.98

4.75

4.18

3.65

3.29

3.06

383

1,880

1,820

2,100

3,430

3,710

3,850

4,280

4,130

4,280

4,130

4,580

lary 15

4,130

3,570

2,O90

1,600

1,180

950

795

January 16

2.90

2.69

2.57

705

584

518

January 17

2.47

2.53

2.97

3.72

464

496

747

1,220

January 18

4.97 2; 290

k

g

a

8

N

4

8

M

4

N

M

8

4

8

M

2

4

10

6

8

M

4

6

8

2

6

M

2

N

8

Feet

6.01

5.45

4.18

3.50

3.14

Sec. ft.

3,570

2,860

1,600

1,080

855

January 19

2.93

2.67

2.50

723

574

480

January 20

2.42

2.51

2.72

3.22

Jam

4.49

5.30

7.74

4.70

4.55

5.31

438

486

601

885

lary 21

1,860

2,680

6,080

2,040

1,900

2,680

January 22

6.05

6.18

5.91

4.48

3.75

3.13

3,570

3,850

3,440

1,860

1,260

855

January 23

2.99

2.78

2.74

759

634

612

tn

g 

M

6

10

2

4

M

2:30

4

10

4

6

10

M

6

N

4

10

N

6

M

N

M

10

2

10

4

Feet Sec.ft.

January 24

2.57

2.56

2.96

3.43

7.30

Janut

7.93

7.58

5.12

3.93

3.79

3.61

3.48

518

513

741

1,050

5,480

iry 25

6,380

5,930

2,450

1,400

1,290

1,150

1,080

January 26

2.92

2.68

2.60

2.59

717

579

535

530

January 27

2.32

2.29

2.31

Janus

2.21

2.21

388

373

383

iry 28

335

335

January 29

2.18

2.11

2.18

Janu!

2.18

321

289

321

jry 30

321

k

g

M

2

6

N

4

6

M

N

M

10

N

6

N

M

N

10

2

6

M

N

2

8

10

M

Feet

2.11

2.17

Sec.ft.

289

316

January 31

2.28

2.38

2.38

2.25

Febn

2.10

2.03

Febn

1.92

1.92

1.98

368

418

418

354

lary 1

284

254

lary 2

209

209

233

February 3

1.91

1.91

205

205

February 4

1.91

1.92

205

209

February 5

1.82

1.90

1.84

171

201

179

February 6

1.84

1.82

1.84

1.89

1.86

1

179

171

179

197

186
238 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Germantown retarding basin near Germantown, Ohio

Location.- Lat. 39°38'14n , long. 84°24'10", on Twin Creek at Germantown Dam if miles

northwest of Germantown, Montgomery County. 

Drainage area.- 275 square miles. 

Remarks.- Storage capacity, 4,617,000,000 cubic feet. Elevations and capacity curve

furnished by Miami Conservancy District.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, at indicated time, 1937*

Day

Jan. 14

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

19

19

19

20

20

20

20

Hour

8 a.m.

Noon

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

3 a.m.

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

8 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

6 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

Midnight

Elevation

742.2

752.0

756.0

764.6

771.1

773.8

775.2

775.8

775.0

774.3

771.3

767.0

763.3

755.2

750.8

740.4

734.0

742.0

750.4

755.7

757.9

756.8

753.4

749.8

734.9

731.2

730.0

730.0

734.0

746.1

Contents

40

113

196

394

635

740

815

840

806

766

641

479

358

178

105

32

9

39

96

189

226

214

139

85

11

2

0

0

9

57

Day

Jan. 21

21

21

21

21

22

22

22

22

22

22

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

24

25

25

25

25

25

25

26

26

26

26

Hour

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

11 a.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Midnight

6 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

6 p.m.

9 p.m.

Midnight

4 a.m.

8 a.m.

Noon

4 p.m.

Elevation

753.3

762.2

768.6

770.5

772.2

773.4

774.0

773.5

772.7

770.3

768.0

763.8

759.5

755.5

749.4

740.0

732.5

736.9

745.5

753.2

756.8

758.0

757.7

756.3

755.4

753.8

752.0

747.3

740.5

732.0

Contents

137

331

523

621

671

723

749

728

693

617

523

376

262

185

82

30

6

17

54

135

214

227

224

203

183

148

113

64

32

4

* Records available only for days shown.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 239

Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio

location.- Lat. 39°38'10", long. 84°23 I 48", in NWi sec. 11, T. 3 N., R. 4 E., a quarter

of a mile below Oeraantown Dam and ij miles northwest of Germantown. Zero of gage

is 700.24 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 2Y5 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 20.6 and 22.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 7,500 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 193Y: Discharge, 7,890 second-feet 9 to 10 a.m. Jan. 15

Tgage height, 28.55 feet).

1914-23, 1926-37: Discharge observed, 8,480 second-feet Apr. 21, 1920 (gage

height, 11.0 feet at former site 1 mile below present gage and referred to former

datum which was 712.73 feet above mean sea level).

Maximum discharge known, 66,000 second-feet Mar. 25, 1913, determined by Miami

Conservancy District (gage height, 18.3 feet, from floodmarks at former site and

datum). 

Remarks.- Flood flow automatically regulated by Germantown retarding basin. For

record of storage in this retarding basin see p. 238. Record obtained in

cooperation with Miami Conservancy District.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

71

75

80

80

77

80

89

80

77

77

Jan.

861

629

632

330

255

195

1,530

1,450

2,570

2,680

Feb.

836

462

368

320

270

255

233

288

1,260

535

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

80

74

72

64

64

63

63

62

62

66

Jan.

1,100

638

526

5,040

7,630

6,750

3,090

5,320

3,150

1,OOO

Feb.

320

298

267

492

378

432

436

396

698

850

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

60

59

62

54

59

62

72

232

247

241

2,610

0.70

Jan.

6,370

7,370

6,390

3,220

6,020

3,480

850

638

608

960

1,440

11.19

Feb.

682

516

343

273

227 188-

188

172

428

1.62

Qage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

FH

g

«

8

11

2

8

10

4

N

M

10

4

10

M

8

8

N

4

10

3

N

H

M

8

H

Feet Sec. ft.

December 31

24.90

25.22

24.74

22.78

22.46

3,610

3,910

3,410

1,770

1,520

January 1

21.88

21.31

20.83

Janu

20.72

20.92

21.46

21.46

1,140

800

595

iry 2

535

615

875

875

January 3

21.05

20.60

682

496

January 4

20.07

20.07

19.98

307

307

279

January 5

20.06

19.87

304

247

January 6

19.66

19.63

190

183

January 7

19.71

21.70

203

1,020

h 

g

m

4

6

8

10

6

6

2

4

2

6

8

M

2,

4

6

8

2

6

6

2

2

N'

4

10

M

Feet

23.97

24.65

24.70

24.38

Sec. ft.

2,760

3,310

3,410

3,120

January 8

22.71

21.78

1,700

1,080

January 9

21.42

21.38

24.82

25.29

25.30

24.82

850

850

3,510

4,010

4,010

3,510

January 10

24.20

24.01

23.97

23.99

 24.40

2,940

2,760

2,760

2,766

3,120

January 11

22.14

21.42

1,320

850

January 12

21.19

20.91

750

615

January 13

20.60

20.60

20.74

21.16

496

496

555

728

itn

H

10

M

9

10

10

10

10

8

4

8

M

10

4

6

2

2

10

2

8

M

10

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 14

26.75

28.28

28.33

5,670

7,500

7,500

January 15

28.55

28.55

28.27

7,890

7,890

7,500

January 16

27.80

27.10

6,870

6,030

January 17

26.00

21.48

21.40

23.20

Jam

26.90

27.15

4,760

900

850

8,080

lary 18

5,790

6,150

January 19

26.30

23.00

5,090

1,920

January 2t>

21.45

21.18

21.20

22.20

23.64

875

750

750

1,350

2,400

January 21

27.68

28.21

6,750

7,370

FH i

8

6

2

2

10

8

10

N

4

8

N

2

N

6

N

M

10

10

10

4

M

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

28.30

28.14

7,500

7,240

January 23

27.88

27.30

26.68

6,990

6,270

5,550

January 24

22.70

21.80

21.98

1,700

1,080

1,210

January 25

26.99

27.18

27.18

5,910

6,150

6, ISO

January 26

26.73

25.32

22.25

5,550

4,010

1,380

January 27

21.36

21.08

825

705

January 28

20.98

20.83

638

595

January 29

20.78

20.80

21.56

575

575

930

January 30

21.72 1,020

tn

6

6

4

8

3

6

6

N

10

M

N

4

8

M

10

10

N

10

4

6

2

M

Feet

21.80

21.40

Sec. ft.

1,080

850

January 31

22.16

22.21

22.70

Febri

21.66

21.04

Febri

20.43

20.40

20.43

1,320

1,350

1,700

nary 1

990

682

nary 2

432

421

432

February 3

20.19

20.21

20.15

20.19

Febri

20.10

20.07

347

354

334

347

nary 4

317

307

February 5

 19.93

19.87

264

247

February 6

19.94

19.94

19.87

19.87

257

267

247

247
240 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

West Pork of Whltewater River near Alpine, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°33", long. 85°09', in sec. 23, T. 13'N., R. 12 E., half a mile below 

Wilson Creek, lj miles north of Alpine, Payette County, and 2i »lles above Bear Creek. 

Zero of gage la 750.25 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 496 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.6 and 8.0 feet subsequent to Jan. 31 and between 5.4 and 9.4 feet thereafter; hundredths belcw and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined 6y current-meter measurements to 8,000 second-feetj 

extended by velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 24,200 second-feet 10 p.m. Jan. 14 (gage 

height, 16.61 feet).

1928-36: Discharge, 20,900 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 14.80 feet). 

Greatest flood known, March 1913; stage at present gage not determined.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

227

270

272

260

249

271

272

246

235

240

Jan.

1,740

1,140

935

696

581

509

1,290

1,770

3,230

3,980

Feb.

2,180

1,540

1,360

1,260

1,170

1,110

1,080

1,320

3,220

1,570

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

258

239

230

222

210

219

209

203

208

201

Jan.

2,040

1,460

1,330

15,000

15,900

4,620

3,400

10,200

3,890

3,700

Feb.

1,260

1,140

1,080

1,170

1,110

1,110

1,080

1,080

1,260

1,900

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

189

202

188

186

194

200

258

364

462

484

3,540

0.83

Jan.

17,400

9,460

3,890

4,720

8,310

3,570

2,420

2,060

1,980

2,100

3,370

10.25

Feb.

1,610

1,330

1,100

993

884

779

754

728

1 PQP

2.71

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.71

3.87

3.88

3.83

3.79

3.86

3.87

3.78

3.74

3.77

Jan.

6.64

5.80

5.43

4.98

4.76

4.58

5.90

6.69

8.04

8.76

Feb.

7.85

7.05

6.80

6.63

6.50

6.41

6.33

6.69

8.65

7.12

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.83

3.75

3.72

3.69

3.64

3.68

3.60

3.62

3.64

3.61

Jan.

7.01

6.24

6.05

13.34

13.90

9.18

8.30

11.86

8.74

8.34

Feb.

6.64

6.45

6.37

6.52

6.41

6.42

6.33

6.33

6.65

7.51

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.56

3.61

3.56

3.56

3.59

3.61

3.81

4.17

4.46

4.51

8.29

Jan.

14.44

11.51

8.84

9.26

11.26

8.70

7.74

7.40

7.35

7.56

8.74

Feb.

7.15

6.73

6.40

6.22

6.00

5.82

5.75

5.70

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

b

I

3

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

M

2

5

8

9

10

10

2

6

9

6

8

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

4.50

4.56

4.62

4.78

5.10

5.85

6.45

6.82

7.02

7.08

6.90

6.75

6.73

6.68

6.60

6.50

6.50

6.48

6.45

6.43

6.41

Janus

6.49

6.81

7.00

7.04

7.00

6.38

477

501

526

603

745

1,180

1,600

1,860

2,020

2,100

1,940

1,820

1,820

1,780

1,700

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,600

1,600

1,560

ry 8

1,630

1,860

2,020

2,060

2,020

1,560

January 9

6.28

7.10

7.85

9.15

9.26

8.89

1,490

2,100

2,840

4,620

4,780

4,170

14

2

3

4

6

9

11

N

3

9

3

3

3

3

10

2

6

9

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 10

8.78

8.78

8.82

9.10

9.20

9.20

9.15

8.83

8.15

4,030

4,030

4,030

4,470

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,030

3,240

January 11

7,50

6.81

2,470

1,860

January 12

6.45

6.14

1,600

1,380

January 13

5.84

5.83

5.90

6.30

1,180

1,180

1,210

1,490

January 14

7.82

8.33

8.91

9.57

10.80

12.37

13.15

13.71

14.00

14.00

13.85

13.81

2,780

3,360

4,170

5,270

7,610

11,700

13,900

15,400

16,200

16,200

15,600

15,600

fc

o

W

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

M

2

6

10

2

6

10

M

2

2

11

5

7

9

11

3

9

3

5

Feet

13.82

13.88

14.12

14.41

14.88

15.61

16.15

16.42

16.55

16.61

16,60

16.45

Sec. ft.

15,600

15,900

16,500

17,400

18,900

21,000

22,900

23,500

24,200

24,200

24,200

23,500

January 15

16i.02

15.05

14.46

13.84

12.75

11.10

10.36

22,300

19,200

17,700

15,600

12,800

8,310

6,750

January 16

10.00

8.88

Janua

8.06

7.97

7.97

8.26

9.48

5,960

4,170

ry 17

3,120

2,940

2,940

3,360

5,100

January 18

11.43

11.89

12.53

12.64

9,050

10,300

12,000

12,200

1

2

9

9

3

11

7

8

9

10

11

M

3

9

2

9

3

9

3

9

3

3

6

9

2

6

8

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 19

10.00

-8.81

8.05

5,970

4,030

3,000

January 20

7.89

7.73

7.89

8.28

10.00

10.87

12.30

IS. 77

2,890

2,720

2,890

3,360

5,970

7,840

11,400

12,800

January 21

13.72

14.36

15.23

14.64

15,400

17,400

19,800

18,000

January 22

12.82

12.02

11.11

9.83

12,800

10,600

8,310

5,610

January 23

9.34

8.70

4,620

3,750

January 24

8.13

8.03

8.95

10.62

11.10

11.30

3,000

2,890

4,030

6,960

8,070

8,550

s

&

3

9

9

10

3

9

3

9

9

9

9

3

N

9

3

3

9

3

9

5

9

3

3

Feet Sec. ft.

January 25

11.65

12.02

10.19

10.02

Janut

9.41

8.79

8.37

9,050

10,100

5,970

5,610

iry 26

4,620

3,620

3,120

January 27

7.76

7.57

2,420

2,240

January 28

7.41

7.33

2,060

2,020

January 29

7.31

7.25

7.50

1,940

1,900

2,100

January 30

7.55

7.52

7.58

2,100

2,060

2,140

January 31

8.14

8.84

9.33

9.06

2,620

3,360

4,030

3,750

February 1

8.33

7.55

2,770

1,940
MIAMI RIVER BASIN 841

White-water River at Brookvllle, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°25>, long. 85°01', in sec. 32. T. 9 N., R. 2 W., a quarter of a mile 

above Blue Creek, three-eighths of a mile below junction of East and West Porks, 

and three-quarters of a mile south of Brookville, Franklin County. Zero of gage Is 

595.22 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 1,190 square miles (revised).

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.1 and 4.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 20,000 second-feet; 

extended with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 52,200 second-feet 4 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage 

EeTght, 22.80 feet).

1915-20, 1923-36: Discharge, 69,200 second-feet Feb. 26, 1929 (gage height, 25.56 

feet).

Maximum flood known, March 1913; discharge not determined.

Mean dally gage height. In feet, and mean dally discharge, In second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Peet

1.51

1.61

1.76

1.74

1.65

1.69

1.95

1.72

1.65

1.65

1.70

1.65

1.54

1.49

1.48

1.46

1.47

1.44

1.45

1.44

1.36

1.35

1.33

1.32

1.34

1.40

1.55

2.39

2.33

2.52

6.59

Second-feet

424

470

540

530

488

506

635

520

488

488

BIO

488

438

416

411

402

406

393

398

393

359

354

346

342

350

375

442

880

852

970

4,990

January

Feet

5.18

4.10

3.78

3.12

2.82

2.58

5.74

5.86

7.90

8.54

6.10

4.89

4.44

15.90

19.50

8.81

6.68

14.07

8.41

7.06

20sO2

15.65

7.93

9.91

13.28

8.04

6.30

5.71

5.75

6.15

6.84

Second-feet

3,110

2,070

1,830

1,320

1,120

1,000

4,260

3,770

7,040

7,720

4,080

2,770

2,320

27,900

40,000

8,160

4,760

22,300

7,580

5,300

41,80O

26,900

6,510

10,600

19,900

6,680

4,240

3,540

3,580

4,120

5,360

February

Feet

6.26

4.98

4.50

4.24

3.92

3.81

3.70

4.32

7.68

5.34

4.35

4.09

3.90

4.64

4.08

4.08

3.85

3.94

4.46

5.47

5.31

4.70

4.08

3.72

3.41

3.20

3.18

3.09

Second-feet

4,220

2,810

2,350

2,130

1,850

1,770

1,690

2,320

6,170

3,180

2,220

2,010

1,850

2,440

2,010

2,010

1,810

1,890

2,350

3,520

3,110

2,530

1,990

1,690

1,480

1,340

1,340

1,270

December January

632 9,401

O.61 9.11

March

Peet

3.00

2.89

2.91

2.90

3.15

3.12

3.02

2.92

2.82

2.74

2.64

2.68

2.68

2.67

2.64

2.58

2.52

2.85

3.01

2.85

2.89

2.79

8.70

2.73

2.84

2.75

2.59

8.50

3.47

2.41

2.38

Second- feet

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,300

1,270

1,200

1.140

1,080

1,050

990

1,020

1,020

990

990

960

900

1,110

1,200

1,110

1,140

1,080

1,020

1,050

1,170

1,050

96.0

900

873

845

845

February March

2,327 1,061

2.04 1.03

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

8n

2

7

5

6

10

6

N

4

3

4

2

5

11

6

N

6

4

4

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

2.52

2.83

8.76

8.81

7.73

940

1,150

8,160

8,160

6,190

January 8

6.11

5.73

5.62

4,020

3,580

3,470

January 9

5.08

5.09

9.50

9.54

9.29

2,970

2,970

9,680

9,680

9,240

January 10

8.99

8.72

8.15

Jam.

6.79

5.69

8,580

7,960

7,020

lary 11

4,890

3,580

January 12

5.10 2,970

1

N

6

6

2

6

10

5

7

2

8

11

3

4

5

7

3

6

9

3

7

3

9

Feet

4.89

4.69

Sec. ft.

2,770

2,590

January 13

4.40

4.28

4.32

4.63

2,320

2,230

2,230

2,500

January 14

9.52

12.71

19.03

22.27

22.27

Jam,

92.69

22.80

22.74

22.37

18.58

16.82

15.18

9,680

18,200

38,200

50,300

50,300

lary 15

51,900

52,200

51,900

50,700

36.800

30,800

25.600

January 16

18.05

9.26

7.60

7.02

16,200

9,240

6,030

5,160

oa

3

11

5

11

7

8

9

3

9

6

6

3

N

3

9

9

10

11

3

7

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

6.69

6.36

6.23

8.86

4,760

4,380

4,140

8,360

January 18

16.18

16.43

16.42

13.96

12.56

Jam

10.00

6.98

28,800

29,500

29,500

22,000

17,900

lary 19

10,900

5,160

January 20

6.34

6.10

6.61

8.96

4,260

4,020

4,630

8,580

January 21

22.35

22.44

22.40

20.63

19.30

19.26

50,700

50,700

50,700

44,000

39,300

39,300

§

M

9

1

2

3

9

9

3

9

3

9

8

1

9

H

1

N

7

9

3

9

Feet

19.33

See. ft.

33,900

January 22

20.25

20.35

20.30

18.03

10.90

42,500

43,200

42,900

34,800

13,200

January 23

8.80

8.02

7.53

7.30

8,16CT

6,680

5,880

5,580

January 24

6.87

8.45

5.30

16.26

5,020

7,380

26,000

29,200

January 25

16.24 28,800

12*90 18,700

11.68 15,400'

January 26

8.25 7,020

7.40 5,730

7.05 5,160

g

W

2

N

5

10

6

6

N

6

11

2

10

5

2

2

6

10

6

N

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 27

6.75

6.20

6.10

6.02

4,880

4,12O

4,000

3,880

January 28

5.83

5.58

Jam

5.52

6.01

6.36

3,650

3,430

lary 29

3,320

3,880

4,360

January 30

6.34

6.12

6.02

4,240

4,000

3,880

January 31

6.24

7.55

7.63

7.57

4,120

6,030

6,050

6,050

February 1

6.73

6.16

5.80

4,750.

4,120

3,650
FLOODS OF OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

North Pork of Kentucky River at Jackson, Ky.

Location.- Let. 37°33 l 05 n , long. 830 23'00 n , at highway bridge in Jackson, Breathitt

County, 3 miles below Quicksand Creek. Zero of gsge is 698.56 feet above mean sea

level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 1,100 square miles. 

Gage-height record. - One gage reading daily at 7 a.m. Gage heights for period Dec. 31

to Feb. 13 determined from graph constructed from daily readings. Gage heights used

to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation. - Defined by current-meter measurements between 1,500 and

12,000 second-feet; extended below these limits on basis of comparison with station

on Licking River at Farmers, Ky., and above on basis of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Observed discharge, 23,700 second-feet 9 to 10 p.m.

Jan. 25 (gage height, 26.0 feet} from graph based on gsge readings).

1928-31: Discharge observed, about 46,000 second- feet (revised) Mar. 24, 1929

(gage height, 38.9 feet).

Maximum stage known, 41.9 feet Msy 30, 1927. 

Remarks . - Gage readings furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

18

18

84

84

84

84

827

4,230

1,800

1,130

Jan.

3,460

8,270

17,300

5,360

2,430

1,700

1,500

1,310

1,220

1,180

Feb.

1,800

1,600

1,400

1,310

1,270

1,130

1.04O

1,450

6,800

17,500

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

911

911

953

911

827

701

465

541

827

1,040

Jan.

1,360

1,360

1,400

1,800

7,770

13,500

6,640

14,800

16,200

13,700

Feb.

6,050

3,320

2,490

2,130

1,900

1,650

1,700

1,650

1,750

2,010

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,130

1,090

998

911

743

661

621

743

998

1,220

1,650

0.92

Jan. »

14,600

10,800

10,800

15,600

19,400

17,200

5,870

3,530

2,690

2,250

1,950

7.68

Feb.

2,250

2,490

2,430

2,190

2,070

1,950

1,750

1,600

2.59

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

0.4

.4

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

3.2

9.0

5.3

3.9

Jan.

7.9

13.6

21.5

10.3

6.4

5.1

4.7

« 4.3

4.1

4.0

Feb.

5.3

4.9

4.5

4.3

4.2

3.9

3.7

4.6

11.7

21.6

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.4

3.2

2.9

2.3

2.5

3.2

3.7

Jan.

4.4

4.4

4.5

5.2

13.0

18.4

12.0

19.4

20.6

18.7

Feb.

11.2

7.7

6.5

5.9

5.5

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.2

5.7

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.0

2.8

2.7

3.0

3.6

4.1

5.0

Jan.

19.3

16.2

16.1

20.1

22.9

21.2

11.1

8.0

6.8

6.1

5.6

Feb.

6.1

6.5

6.4

6.0

5.8

5.6

5.2

4.9

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fn 

1

4

N

8

3

9

3

9

2

6

9

10

11

3

8

M

6

10

4

M

6

N

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 1

6.6

7.8

9.3

Jam

10.9

12.5

14.2

16.6

2,550

3,390

4,440

lary 2

5,720

7,050

8,700

11,300

January 3

19.8

22.5

25.0

25.0

25.0

22.6

19.2

16.5

Jam

11.7

9.9

8.6

7.5

15,100

18,700

22,200

22,200

22,200

18,800

14,400

11,200

ary 4

6,360

4,920

3,950

3,180

January 5

6.9

6.4

5.9

2,760

2,430

2,130

fn 

trl

M

2

6

10

2

6

M

6

10

2

6

10

3

7

10

N

4

10

4

8

11

2

7

Feet

5.5

Sec.ft.

1,900

January 14

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.7

5.8

8.0

1,360

1,360

1,400

1,500

2,070

3.530

January 15

10.6

12.3

13.9

15.4

17.2

5,480

6,870

8,400

9,900

11,900

January 16

19.0

20.0

20.1

20.0

18.6

15.3

14,100

15,400

15,500

15,400

13,600

9,800

January 17

12.4

10.8

10.5

10.8

12.3

6,960

5,640

5,400

5,640

6,870

& 

M

M

3

8

4

7

8

9

M

7

2

8

2

4

6

10

5

10

M

1

3

8

2

10

Feet

14.2

Sec.ft.

8,700

Janua ry 18

15.4

17.6

21.8

22.9

23.0

23.0

22.9

9,900

12,400

17,700

19,300

19,400

19,400

19,300

January 19

22.1

20.4

18.3

Jam

17.0

16.9

17.0

17.5

19.7

21.8

22.0

18,100

15,900

13,300

lary 20

11,700

11,600

11,700

12,300

15,000

17,700

18,OOO

January 21

21.9

21.6

19.8

18.6

17.5

17,900

17,500

15,100

13,600

12,300

S-,

I

M

4

10

5

M

3

8

2

7

M

6

N

5

8

10

M

3

6

8

10

2

6

Feet

17.3

Sec.ft.

12,100

January 22

16.9

16.3

15.8

15.5

11,600

10,900

10,400

10,000

January 23

15.5

15.6

16.0

16.6

17.6

10,000

10,200

10,600

11,300

12,400

January 24

19.0

20.5

21.3

21.4

21.5

21.4

14,100

16,000

17,100

17,200

17,400

17,200

January 25

21.3

21.1

21.0

21.2

22.8

25.0

17,100

16,800

16,700

17,000

19,100

22,200

fn

o Feet

9 26.0

10 26.0

11 26.0

Sec.ft.

23,700

23,700

23.700

January 26

2 25.7

6 24.7

N 21.6

4 19.1

M 14.3

23,200

21,800

17,500

14,200

8,800

January 27

4 12.8

10 11.2

4 10.0

10 9.2

7,320

5,960

5,000

4,370

January 28

10 8.1

8 7.5

3,600

3.180

January 29

6 7.0

6 6.6

2,830

2,550

January 30

6 6.2

6 5.9

2,310

2,130

January 31

6 5.7

6 5.8

2,010

1,950
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN 243

Kentucky River at Lock 14, at Heidelberg, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 370 33'15 B , long. 83°45'40", at Heidelberg, Lee County, a quarter of a

mile above Sturgeon Creek. Zero of gage is 626.66 feet above mean sea level (Ohio

River datum).

Drainage area.- 2,650 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Sage heights for period Dec. 27 to Feb.

7 from graph bas^d on two gage readings daily and graph at Lock 10. Gage heights

used to half tenths below and tenths above 11.0 feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 25,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended by velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, about 38,200 second-feet 1 a.m.

Jan. 26 (gage height, 21.4 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1925-31: Discharge observed, 69,100 second-feet Mar. 24, 1929 (gage height, 34.4

feet). 

Remarks.- Gage readings furnished by Corps of Engineers, XT. S. Army.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dac.

125

125

125

125

125

208

2,110

9,260

5,730

2,540

Jan.

9,920

21,500

33,500

21,900

8,930

4,530

3,960

3,680

2,900

2,010

Feb.

6,040

5,120

4,240

3,410

2,900

2,320

2,010

2,110

11,600

29,900

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,010

1,730

1,470

1,310

1,310

1,160

1,100

970

910

2,010

Jan.

4,530

4,530

3,960

4,530

19,400

29,200

23,300

31,500

34,100

33,500

Feb.

23,700

10,900

6,980

5,120

4,530

3,960

3,680

3,680

3,960

5,120

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

2,660

2,430

2,110

1,640

1,310

1,160

1,030

1,470

2,780

2,900

6,350

0.85

Jan.

34,400

28,800

27,800

32,500

32,500

35,900

23,700

11,200

8,930

8,270

6,980

7.75

Feb.

6,350

6,660

6,350

5,730

5,120

4,530

3,960

3,410

2.57

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.95

10.45

12.9

11.8

10.65

Jan.

13.1

16.4

19.8

16.5

12.8

11.4

11.2

11.1

10.8

10.4

Feb.

11.9

11.6

11.3

11.0

10.8

10.55

10.4

10.45

13.6

18.7

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

10.4

10.25

10.1

10.0

10.0

9.9

9.85

9.75

9.7

10.4

Jan.

11.4

11.4

11.2

11.4

15.8

18.5

16.9

19.2

20.0

19.8

Feb.

17.0

13.4

12.1

11.6

11.4

11.2

11.1

11.1

11.2

11.6

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

10.7

10.6

10.45.

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.8

10.1

10.75

10.8

12.0

Jan.

20.1

18.4

18.1

19.5

19.5

20.6

17.0

13.5

12.8

12.6

12.2

Feb.

12.0

12.1

12.0

11.8

11.6

11.4

11.2

10.95

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

£O

W

2

7

5

11

7

N

5

11

7

11

N

1

10

7

5

7

5

10

7

5

10

7

Feet Sec.ft.

January 1

12.8

13.0

13.1

13.4

8,930

9,590

9,920

10,900

January 2

14.4

16.7

18.0

19.2

14,300

22,600

27,400

31,500

January 3

20.2

20.4

20.4

20.4

19.0

Janu

17.4

15.7

34,700

35,300

35,300

35,300

30,900

ary 4

25,200

19,000

January 5

13.3

12.2

11.9

10,600

6,980

6,040

January 6

11.6

11.2

11.2

Janu

11.2

5,120

3,960

3,960

ary 7

3,960

in 

O

W

5

6

6

6

6

7

5

5

6

7

11

N

1

5

10

7

5

7

5

7

2

5

Feet

11.2

Sec.ft.

3,960

January 8

11.2

11.0

3,960

3,410

January 9

10.9

10.7

3,150

2,660

January 10

10.5

10.2

10.2

10.2

2,210

1,640

1,640

1,640

January 11

11.5

11.7

11.7

11.6

11.5

11.4

4,820

5,420

5,420

5,120

4,820

4,530

January 12

11.4

11.3

4,530

4,240

January 13

11.3

11.2

Jam

11.2

11.2

11.2

4,240

3,960

IB ry 14

3,960

3,960

3,960

in 

g

w

8

7

5

10

2

7

10

11

N

5

10

7

N

2

5

10

4

N

5

8

11

H

7

Feet

11.6

Sec.ft.

5,120

January 15

14.7

17.0

18.0

15,400

23,700

27,400

January 16

18.4

18.7

18.8

18.8

18.8

18.6

18.0

Jam

17.0

16.6

16.5

16.5

16.8

28,800

29,900

30,200

30,200

30,200

29,500

27,400

lary 17

23,700

22,300

21,900

21,900

23,000

January 18

17.6

19.2

20.1

20.6

20.6

20.6

25,900

31,500

34,400

35,900

35,900

35.900

January 19

20.3 35,000

fc

w

5

5

6

7

5

8

11

3

4

6

N

6

7

5

1

3

5

9

5

10

2

7

10

N

5

Feet

19. 9

Sec.ft.

33.800

January 20

19.4

19.4

19.4

20.0

20.2

20.4

Jan

20.4

20.4

20.4

20.3

20.0

32,200

32,200

32,200

34,100

34,700

35,300

aary 21

35,300

35,300

35,300

35,000

34.100

January 22

18.8

18.0

30,200

27,400

January 23

17.5

17.4

17.5

17.6

18.4

19.1

Jam

19.4

19.7

19.8

19.8

19.5

25,600

25,200

25,600

25,900

28,800

31,200

lary 24

32,200

33,100

33,500

33,500

32,500

in

g

W

10

2

4

6

10

2

8

10

H

1

2

7

5

7

5

7

11

5

10

7

5

7

5

Feet

19.0

Sec.ft.

30.900

January 25

18.8

18.8

18.8

19.0

19.4

20.9

21.1

21.3

30,200

30,200

30,200

30,900

32,200

36,800

37,400

37.900

January 26

21.4

21.4

21.2

20.3

38,200

38,200

37,600

35,000

January'27

17.8

16.4

Jam

13.9

13.4

13.0

12.8

26,700

21,500

lary 28

12,600

10,900

9,590

8,930

January 29

12.7

12.7

8,600

8.600

January'30

12.7

12.5

8,600

7,940
FLOODS OF OHIO AMD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Kentucky River at Lock 10, near Winchester, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37O 54'10 11 , long. 84°16'10". at Lock 10, in Madison County, 8 miles southwest of Winchester, Clark County, and ij miles below Otter Creek. Zero of gage is 

557.37 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 3,960 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Three gage readings daily (at 7 a.m., noon, and 4 p.m.) except for 

period 7 a.m. Jan. 21 to 7 a.m. Jan. 27, when there were hourly gage readings. Gage 

heights for period Dec. 29 to Jan. 30 determined from graph constructed from gage 

readings. Gage heights used to half tenths between 10.0 and 11.0 feet; hundradths 

below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 40,000 second-feet; 

extended on basis of comparison with rating curves for stations at Locks 4 and 6.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 63,000 second-feet 5 to 6 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage 

height, 30.65 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1909-36: Discharge observed, about 68,500 second-feet Mar. 29, 1913 (gage height, 

35.1 feet).

Remarks.- Gage readings furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dee.

133

133

178

172

172

372

6,020

7,140

9,080

5,280

Jan.

13,900

24,200

41,600

44,900

24,800

9,080

11,200

9,420

7,140

15,600

Feb.

9,420

8,080

6,560

.5,520

4,810

4,130

3,690

3,480

13,100

24,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3,270

3,060

2,670

2,150

2,150

1,910

1,600

1,300

2,150

4,810

Jan.

15,600

12,000

8,400

7,140

22,500

35,300

42,600

51,000

51 , 400

54,100

Feb.

34,600

23 ,000

10,500

7,440

6,280

5,520

5,280

5,040

5,520

6,020

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4,810

4,350

3,480

2,860

2,490

2,150

1,750

2,860

3,910

4,810

11,200

3 1 VR

0.92

Jan.

57,600

60,800

62,100

61,300

61 , 400

57,200

52,000

34,600

13,100

10,500

9,760

9.22

Feb.

7,140

8,740

8,080

7,440

6,560

5,520

5,040

4,580

2.30

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

9.42

9.42

9.49

9.48

9.48

9.73

12.93

13.33

13.90

12.57

Jan.

15.16

17.34

19.90

20.68

17.43

13.91

14.50

14.00

13.32

15.63

Feb.

13.97

13.60

13.10

12.70

12.40

12.07

11.87

11.80

15.03

17.27

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

11.73

11.63

11.37

11.10

11.07

10.93

10.73

10.57

11.10

12.37

Jan.

15.61

14.68

13.71

13.33

17.04

18.96

20.08

23.00

23.17

24.63

Feb.

18.90

>7.10

14.30

13.40

13.00

12.67

12.57

12.50

12.67

12.90

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

12.40

12.23

11.83

11.53

11.27

11.10

10.87

11.50

12.04

12.35

14.53

Jan.

26.76

29.00

29.86

29.27

29.41

26.47

23.53

18.86

15.00

14.34

14.10

Feb.

13.33

13.80

13.63

13.40

13.07

12.73

12.47

12.30

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

!H 

I

6

5

11

7

H

5

7

5!

11

3

7

N

5

7

N

5

7

N

5

6

10

4

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 1

15.10

15.10

15.51

13,500

13,500

15,100

January 2

16.60

17.60

18.00

20,300

26,000

28.500

January 3

19.50

20.40

20.70

39,000

43,800

44,900

January 4

20.72

20.80

21.10

20.80

Jam

18.70

17.70

16.40

44,900

45,200

46,200

45,200

lary 5

33,200

26,600

19,300

January 6

14.10

13.60

13.40

13.38

13.56

9,760

8,080

7,440

7,440

8,080

January 7

14.46

14.60

11,200

11,600

& 

o

«

5

7

5

N

5

7

7

N

6

11

6

6

6

6

7

N

5

N

2

5

7

10

7

Feet

14.60

Sec. ft.

11,600

January 8

14.20

13.80

10,100

8,740

January 9

13.10

13.00

13.19

6,560

6,280

6,840

January io

15.40

16.00

16.22

16.14

14,700

17,400

18,300

17,800

January 11

15.86

15.33

16,900

14,300

January 12

14.94

14.43

12,700

10,800

January 13

13.89

13.60

13.50

9,080

8,080

7,760

January 14

13.10

13.08

13.10

13.40

13.98

6,560

6,560

6,560

7,440

9,420

January 15

16.70 20,800

f<

gw

N

5

6

6

7

N

5

7

10

N

2

7

9

N

5

5

8

2

5

8

5

7

N

2

Feet

17.20

17.70

Janu!

18.65

19.28

Janui

19.80

19.80

20.00

Sec. ft.

23,600

26,600

iry 16

32.500

37,800

iry 17

41,100

41,100

42,100

January 18

22.90

23.49

23.60

23.53

Janu

23.00

22.99

23.00

23.20

50,800

52,000

52,200

52,000

iry 19

51,000

51,000

51,000

51 , 400

January 20

23.45

23.58

25.25

25.60

25.73

51,800

52,200

55,100

55,800

55,900

January 21

25.52

25.60

26.60

27.50

55,600

55,800

57,400

58,700

!H 

g

cd

6

8

10

M

2

N

3

6

7

9

10

4

5

6

V

1

3

5

7

9

6

7

8

10

M

1

Feet

28.00

28.06

28.01

27.88

Janus

27.91

29.00

29.60

29.83

29.81

30.00

30.00

Sec. ft.

59,400

59,600

59,400

59,300

ry 22

59,300

60,800

61,700

61,900

61,900

62,200

62,200

January 23

30.60

30.65

30.65

30.60

30.00

63,000

63,000

63,000

63,000

62,200

January 24

27.70

28.60

29.60

29.90

29.44

29.42

29.44

29.90

30.16

59,000

60,300

61,700

62,100

61,400

61,400

61,400

62,100

62,500

January 25

30.40 62,700

fn 

3 

O

W

2

3

5

8

N

7

6

N

11

2

6

6

7

N

5

8

6

N

10

6

N

10

10

6

Feet

30.43

30.39

30.20

30.00

29.60

28.73

Janu!

27.20

26.40

25.30

Janu!

25.13

24.70

22.50

Janu

20.30

19.10

17.60

16.80

Sec. ft.

62,700

62,700

62,500

62,200

61,700

60,400

iry 26

58,200

57,000

55,300

iry 27

55,000

54,300

49,900

iry 28

43,400

36,000

26,000

21,400

January 29

15.44

14.80

14.44

14,700

12,300

10,800

January 30

14.40

14.40

14.20

10,800

10,800

10,100

January 31

14.08

14.10

9,760

9,760
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN

Kentucky River at Lock 6, at Warwick, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°55*55", long. 84°49'10", at Lock 6, 1 mile northwest of Warwick, Wood- 

 ford 'County, and 1 mile above Clear Greek. Zero of gage la 488.58 feet above mean sea

level {Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 5,090 square mllea (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph prior to 10 p.m. Jan. 21; gage heights

determined from graph constructed from hourly gage readings for period 8 a.m. Jan. 22

to 7 a.m. Jan. 28, from three gage readings dally for period Jan. 28 to Feb. 28, and

from flooctmarks. Gage heights used to half tenths between 11.0 and 13.2 feet; 

' hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes In slope above a gage height of 16 feet.

Defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 87,800 second-feet noon Jan. 23; maximum gage

height, 43.35 feet 8 a.m. Jan. 25, from floodmarks.

1925-36: Discharge observed, aBout 73,500 second-feet (revised) Dec. 26, 1926

(gage height, 33.7 feet).

Maximum stage previously known, 36.O feet Mar. 27, 1913 (discharge, about 78,000

second-feet). 

Remarks.- Gage readings subsequent to Jan. 21 furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

316

401

439

450

512

878

5,460

7,870

9,340

7,870

Jan.

16,600

25,400

43,000

48,800

45,500

17,700

12,800

13,800

10,900

25,500

Feb.

12,000

11,400

9,550

7,470

6,700

5,970

4,950

5,120

12,800

22,100

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

5,120

4,470

3,910

3,270

2,960

2,690

2,450

2,240

2,940

5,280

Jan.

29,000

18,200

14,400

10,900

25,600

39,700

51,200

68,700

66,400

67,800

Feb.

34,000

36,500

20,500

10,000

8,280

7,470

6,890

6,150

5,970

6,330

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6,150

5,970

5,120

4,310

3,670

3,210

2,820

3,700

4,950

6,150

13,200

4,133

0.94

Jan.

71,300

78,100

85,700

79,800

82,800

70,300

63,800

61,800

31,200

13,800

12,600

9.52

Feb.

7,080

*9,120

9,780

9,550

8,280

6,890

6,150

5,800

10,810

2.21

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

9.35

9.42

9.46

9.47

9.51

9.73

11.37

12.12

12.47

12.12

Jan.

13.87

15.34

17.48

18.56

17.99

14.05

13.25

13.42

12.80

15.36

Feb.

13.06

12.88

12.50

12.05

11.80

11.58

11.28

11.33

13.17

14.83

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

11.37

11.15

1O.97

10.75

10.64

10.54

10.45

10.37

10.62

11.40

Jan.

15.96

 14.24

13.48

12.81

15.35

17.13

18.48

28.41

29.61

28.82

Feb.

16.56

16.80

14.57

12.60

12.18

12.00

11.85

11.67

11.62

11.72

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

11.65

11.58

11.36

11.11

10.89

10.73

10.59

10.90

11.28

11.63

13.21

Jan.

34.02

40.25

42.67

41.36

42.57

37.02

31.32

26.24

16.51

13.44

13.13

Feb.

11.90

12.41

12.56

12.50

12.19

11.84

11.64

11.55

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

a

6

6

2

N

6

4

N

10

N

10

3

N

M

7

6

5

N

11

Feet Sec. ft.

January 1

13.85

13.85

16,000

16,000

January 2

13.86

15.30

16.58

Jam

17.08

17.39

18.02

16,600

24,800

34,500

lary 3

38,800

41,700

47,500

January 4

18.59

18.93

Jam

18.84

18.31

16.18

Jam

14.58

13.18

51,300

53,100

lary 5

52,100

48,500

30,600

lary 6

20,600

12,800

January 7

12.64

13.31

13.85

10,200

13,300

16,000

h 

3 

O

a

6

6

6

6

6

N

10

10

6

6

6

6

6

8

8

2

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 8

13.58

13.23

14,90O

12,800

January 9

12.85

12.62

11,100

10.000

January 10

14.03

15.55

17.09

17,100

26,600

38,800

January 11

16.05

15.39

30,000

25,400

January 12

15.48

14.07

26,000

17,600

January 13

13.62

13.28

14,900

13,300

January 14

12.73

12.70

10,700

10,400

January 15

13.12

16.24

12,300

30,700

t,

oa

10

3

N

11

N

3

M

7

N

8

1

7

2

4

7

4

10

4

6

Feet

16.84

Sec. ft.

36,500

January 16

16.84

17.10

17.52

Janu

17.91

18.26

20.42

36,100

38,800

43,000

ary 17

45,700

49,000

58,800

January 18

25.58

29.68

32.66

66,500

68,800

72,800

January 19

31.71

30.22

29.12

29.06

Janu

27.23

29.85

31.19

70,200

66,400

65,200

65,500

ary 20

65,600

70,200

72,400

January 21

30.87

30.85

68,100

66,600

h

W

N

10

6

1

7

M

3

6

9

N

3

6

9

M

3

7

N

3

6

9

M

3

Feet

33.49

38.19

Janua

39.72

40.60

41.12

41.80

Janua

42.45

42.82

43.08

43.18

43.04

42.74

42.33

41.82

Sec. ft.

69,400

77,500

ry 22

78,100

78,300

78,800

81,300

ry 23

84,000

85,800

87,200

87,800

87,200

86,400

85,100

83,600

January 24

41.00

40.55

41.10

41.47

41.73

42.08

42.80

Janua

43.21

80,500

79,000

80,500

79,500

78,800

79,500

82,400

ry 25

84,300

h

3 

o

tc

6

8

N

3

6

9

M

4

8

4

8

6

6

6

6

3

N

6

M

6

6

Peet Sec. ft.

43.34 85,000

43.35 85,200

43.04t 84,400

42.60 83,500

42.06 81,800

41.40 79,700

40.44 76,900

Jam]

39. 4E

ary 26

74,600

38.08 71,500

35.93 69,200

34.86 67,700

Jamilary 27

32.46 64,100

30.08 63,100

January 28

27.75 63,200

24.81 60,500

Jamlary 29

20.23 49,700

15. 4C 25,400

14.48 20,000

13.90 16,600

January 30

13. 4£J 14,400

13.31 13,300

77596 O 38 17
246 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Kentucky River at Lock 4, at Frankfort, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°55'55", long. 840 49'10 n , at Lock 4, at Frankfort, Franklin County, a 

quarter of a mile below Benson Creek. Zero of gage is 462.86 feet above mean sea 

level (Ohio River datum).

Drainage area.- 5,400 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily except for periods 8 a.m. Jan. 21 to 4 a.m. 

Jan. 23 and 11 a.m. Jan. 24 to 7 a.m. Jan. 30, when there were hourly gage readings. 

Sage heights for period Jan. 1-31 determined from graph constructed from gage readings. Sage heights used to half tenths below and tenths above 7.7 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope above a gage height of 10.5 

feet.Defined by current-meter measurements to 78,000 second-feat.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 89,500 second-feet noon Jan. 23; maximum 

gage height, 47.46 feet 4 a.m. Jan. 25, from floodmarks.

1905-6, 1925-56: Discharge observed, about 76,000 seoond-feet (revised) Dec. 26, 

1926 (gage height, 34.9 feet).

Maximum stage previously known, 42.0 feet in February 1883 (discharge not determined). Discharge, about 80,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 1913 (gage height, 38.3 feet).

Remarks.- Discharge record for periods Dec. 1-6, 12-19, 22 determined by comparison 

with records at Lock 6. Sage readings furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, In feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1957

Day December

Feet

5.8

5.75

5.7

5.7

5.6

6.55

7.7

8.55

8.75

8.6

7.95

7.65

7.5

7.3

7.2

7.05

6.9

6.9

6.8

7.7

8.0

7.9

7.85

7.6

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.4

7.75

8.05

9.65

Second-feet

325

425

450

475

525

1,500

4,620

8,220

9,140

8,220

5,720

5,000

4,300

3,700

3,300

2,900

2,600

2,500

2,300

4,620

5,720

5,600

4,980

4,260

3,560

2,880

2,880

3,560

4,980

5,720

13,200

January

Feet

10.2

11.1

14.5

17.1

18.2

11.6

9.5

9.7

9.5

13.6

14.8

10.8

9.8

9.3

11.5

14.7

17.6

28.7

33.4

32.1

37.0

44.5

46.3

46.1

47.1

44.1

39.5

35.3

27.6

18.0

14.4

Second-feet

16,700

21,400

38,600

50,400

53 ,000

24,000

12,600

13,800

12,600

32,800

36,600

20,000

14,300

12,100

23,600

36,800

45,900

72,300

77,000

70,800

78,300

88,500

89,400

85,900

88,100

77,700

66,800

60,000

42,800

23,800

20,500

February

Feet

12.5

10.5

9.0

8.6

8.4

8.2

8.0

8.1

9.2

10.7

12.4

14.2

10.9

9.2

8.7

8.4

8.4

8.1

8.2

8.2

8.4

8.6

8.9

8.8

8.6

8.4

8.2

8.0

Second-feet

19,500

16,800

10,100

8,220

7,340

6,500

5,720

6,100

11,100

19,600

26,200

30,000

19,400

11,100

8,680

7,340

7,340

6,100

6,500

6,500

7,340

8,220

9,620

9,140

8,220

7,340

6,500

5,720

December January

March

Feet

7.8

7.8

7.65

7.55

7.5

7.45

7.65

7.6

7.7

7.65

7.65

7.5

7.35

7.4

8.2

8.8

8.9

9.0

8.6

8.2

8.0

7.8

7.65

7.55

7.5

7.55

7.4

7.4

7.25

7.2

7.15

Second- feet

4,980

4,980

4,440

4,080

3,910

3,740

4,440

4,260

4,620

4,440

4,440

3,910

3,390

3,560

6,500

9,140

9,620

10,100

8,220

6,500

5,720

4,980

4,440

4,080

3,910

4,080

3,560

3,560

3,050

2,880

2,710

February March

10,790 4,911

2.08 1.05

Sage

1

9

4

7

6

6

6

7a

lOp

6

8

6

5

7

5

Feet

height, in feet,

Sec.ft.

January 2

10.5

11.3

18,500

23,000

January 3

14.2

15.1

Janu

16.4

17.8

Janu

18.8

16.3

Janu

13.0

10.8

Janu

9.4

9.6

Janu

9.9

9.7

37,300

41,500

ary 4

47,500

53,300

ary 5

55,600

45,200

ary 6

31,000

19,800

ary 7

12,100

13,200

ary 8

14,900

13,800

oa

7a

lOp

4a

6p

10

7a

M

3a

8a

7

5

6

1

1

Feet

and discharge, in

Sec.ft.

January 9

9.2

10.0

11,100

15,500

January lO

11.7

15.1

15.4

S4.700

38,800

38,900

January 11

15.3

13.2

37,500

31,400

January 12

11.7

10.9

24,300

20,000

January 13

9.9

9.7

14,900

13,800

January 14

9.2

9.2

11,100

11,100

January 15

10.0 15,500

§

W

N

5

10

7

6

M

7

4

8

1

7

5

3

9

1

8

Feet

11.3

12.0

13.3

second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

Sec.ft.

22,300

26,100

32,000

January 16

14.6

15.0

15.3

36,400

37,600

39,100

January 17

16.0

17.6

19.4

42,200

47,200

52,400

January 18

22.7

26.8

31.4

Janu

33.6

34.0

33.8

33.0

59,OtOO

68,600

78,200

ary 19

79,900

79,300

77,600

73,400

3 

O

W

3

3

7

10

10

4

10

4

4

5

H

3

10

7

4

7

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 20

32.0

31.6

32.3

32.2

70,500

69,700

71,700

69.900

January 21

35.7

.38.0

41.3

Jam

43.6

45.1

Jam

46.2

46.5

46.4

46.2

77,300

78,700

82,200

lary 22

88,900

88,100

lary 23

88,800

89,500

89,300

89,200

January 24

45.6

46.0

46.4

47.3

86,800

82,500

83,900

88,100

o

4

1

6

M

3

6

H

3

10

H

3

4

N

5

9

3

10

Feet Sec.ft.

January 25

47.5

47.2

47.0

46.3

89,200

88,200

87,600

84.500

January 26

45.9

45.1

44.2

43.4

42.1

82,500

79,000

77,200

75,700

73.300

January 27

39.5

39.0

66,100

66.500

January 28

36.6

35.3

62,000

59,500

January 29

31.0

29.4

26.4

22.8

52,300

47,500

39,600

31,800
KENTUCKY RIVEE BASIN 247 

Kentucky River at Look 2, at Lookport, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 380 26'30 n , long. 84°57 I 45", at Look 2, at Lookport, Henry County, just

below Sixmile Creek. Zero of gage is 434.41 feet above mean sea level (Ohio River

datum).

Drainage area.- 6,170 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Three gage readings daily. Qage read to tenths. Mean gage heights

used to half tenths between 8.0 and 9.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by ourrent-meter measurements to 20,000 seoond-feet;

extended on basis of oompariaon with rating at Lock 4. Affected by backwater for

period Jan. 14 to Feb. 7, by regulation for period Dec. 1, 2, 4-6; discharge for

these periods determined'by comparison with discharge hydrograph for station at Look

4. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, about 99,000 seoond-feet morning Jan. 24;

maximum gage height, 56.85 feet afternoon Jan. 24, observed at 4 p.m. and verified

by floodmarks.

1925-36: Discharge observed, 84,400 second-feet Jan. 23, 1927 (gage height, 41.7

feet).

Maximum stage previously known, 45.5 feet Mar. 28, 1913 (discharge not determined). 

Remarks.- Qage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in seoond-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

7.40

7.40

7.50

7.40

7.47

7.77

9.23

10.40

10.40

10.67

9.77

9.37

9.20

8.97

8.80

8.67

8.50

8.47

8.43

9.27

9.80

9.80

9.60

9.37

9.17

8.93

8.80

9.20

9.53

10.20

12.47

Seoond-feet

350

450

470

500

550

1,500

4,230

8,540

8,540

9,750

6,270

4,870

4,230

3,500

3,110

2,740

2,390

2,280

2,280

4,540

6,270

6,270

5,560

4,870

4,230

3,500

3,110

4,230

5,210

7,760

17,800

January

Feet

13.00

13.70

18.87

22.03

24.13

19.60

13.37

12.57

12.57

22.70

26.63

20.70

14.43

16.73

24.37

27.37

28.10

36.17

41.50

42.10

45.83

52.13

55.37

56.03

56.50

55.00

53.40

51.50

47.70

43.43

40.73

Seoond-feet

20,100

23,500

42,200

50,300

55,000

44,100

22,000

18,200

18,200

51,900

60 rOOO

47,000

26,800

31,000

53,000

58,000

61,000

72,000

80,000

81,000

84,000

91,000

96,000

98,000

97,000

86,000

74,000

67,000

50,000

27,000

21,000

February

Feet

38.93

36.50

33.50

29.67

24.03

17.53

10.57

10.87

11.40

13.07

15.00

19.47

17.30

12.03

10.90

10.53

10.37

10.17

10.10

10.20

10.27

10.60

11.00

1Q. 87

10.60

10.30

10.10

9.90

Seoond-feet

19,000

16,000

18,000

9,100

7,800

7,100

6,600

10,600

12,700

20,600

29,400

43,800

37,400

15,400

10,600

8,940

8,540

7,760

7,380

7,760

8,150

9,340

11,000

10,600

9,340

8,150

7,380

6,630

December January

Mean monthly d1 sehai'cra . 1n nannnri-faat:. ........ A.R1S Rfi CtATt

Run-off, in !4 10.28

March

Feet

9.63

9.53

9.47

9.37

9.40

9.30

9.30

9.30

9.50

9.50

9.37

9.30

9.17

9.10

9.80

10.63

10.87

11.20

10.73

10.23

10.00

9.67

9.47

9.27

9.20

9.27

9.17

9.07

8.90

8.87

8.77

Seoond-feet

5,560

5,210

5,210

4,870

4,870

4,540

4,540

4,540

5,210

5,210

4,870

4,540

4,230

3,930

6,270

9,340

10,600

11,800

9,750

7,760

7,000

5,910

5,210

4,540

4,230

4,540

4,230

3,930

3,370

3,240

2,980

February March

13,180 5,549

2.23 1.04
348 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Dix River near High Bridge, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°46'3011 , long. 84°42'45 n , at Dix Dam on line between Mercer and

Garrard Counties, 3 miles south, of High Bridge, Jessamine County, and 3 miles above 

mouth. 

Drainage area.- 416 square miles.

Stage-discharge relation.- Discharge computed from records of flow over spillway and 

through turbines.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 24,700 second-feet Jan. 21; discharge corrected for storage, about 25,000 second-feet Jan. 18.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, and gain or loss in storage, 

in millions of cubic feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Observed

discharge

193

193

181

175

159

147

178

180

176

177

187

173

166

177

189

177

174

181

188

112

193

211

203

184

132

279

187

192

193

188

203

Gain or

loss in

storage

-8.4

-8.4

-9.2

-11.6

-11.6

+23.2

+54.8

+35.6

+9.8

-6.3

-7.5

+8.4

+16.5

+9.2

+2.3

0

-4.6

0

+37.2

*61.2

+38.5

+18.2

+17.7

+13.4

+10.8

+12.4

+20.5

+43.1

+46.0

+98.7

+169.9

Corrected

discharge

96

96

75

41

25

416

812

592

289

104

100

270

357

283

216

177

121

181

619

820

639

422

408

339

257

423

424

691

725

1,330

2,170

January

Observed

discharge

209

248

206

579

671

595

537

453

547

332

823

813

826

900

990

1,060

1,040

11,800

3,320

9,900

13,900

11,500

12,300

13,500

9,700

1,420

1,400

1,420

1,460

1,390

1,260

Gain or

loss in

storage

+260.0

+396.0

+321.3

+120.3

+18.6

0

+121.9

+139.6

+208.8

+664.0

+320.7

+98.0

+65.8

+143.6

+435.2

+396.7

+481.6

+472.4

+177.8

+38.1

0

0

0

0

-19.0

-34.3

-15.2

-16.5

-38.1

-55.9

-62.2

Corrected

discharge

3,220

3,830

3,920

1,970

886

595

1,950

2,070

2,960

8,020

4,540

1,950

1,590

2,560

6,300

5,650

6,620

17,300

5,380

10,300

13,900

11,500

12,300

13,500

9,480

1,020

1,220

1,230

1,020

745

535

February

Observed

discharge

1,390

1,390

1, 580

1,360

1,360

1,290

391

925

1, 530

1,310

1,280

1,160

(374

604

990

1,170

1><330

839

799

689

323

776

749

(379

667

606

606

'<

December

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet (observed)... 182

Gain or less in storage, in millions of cubic feet.. +679.8

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet (corrected).. 436

293

Gain or

loss in

storage

-50.0

-66.2

-74. 4

-83.1

-98.4

-97.6

-53. 5

-12.1

+35.

+15.

-42.

-84.

-64.

1

9

5

7

8

-34.8

-25.2

-78.

-84.

5

1

-68.4

-35.1

-16.4

+4.7

0

-32.

-36.

8

3

-42.9

-30.2

-32.

-19.

January

3,390

+4,639.2

5,131

14.22

5

7

Corrected

discharge

813

626

522

401

223

163

72

785

1,740

1,490

788

176

124

201

698

263

53

47

393

499

269

776

369

459

170

256

230

65

February

956

-1,208.5

453

1.14
BLUE RIVER BASIN 249

Blue River near White Cloud, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 38°14', long. 86°14', in sec. 19, T. 3 S., R. 3 E., 400 feet below

Spring Creek and three-quarters of a mile north of White Cloud, Harrison County. 

Drainage area.- 462 square miles (revised). 

Bage-helght record.- Mean of two gage readings daily except for period Jan. 2 to Feb.

6, when it was determined from a graph constructed from two gage readings daily.

Sage heights used to half tenths between 2.4 and 3.4 feet; hundredtha below and

tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 9,000 second-feet;

extended with aid of velocity-area study. Affected by backwater from Ohio River

for period Jan. 26 to Feb. 2. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 24,000 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 22 (gage

height, 21.97 feet, from supplementary gage reading, checked from floodmarks).

1931-36: Discharge observed 17,700 second-feet Mar. 12, 1935 (gage height, 17.91

Maximum stage in January 1937 exceeded that in flood of March 1913 by about 0.1 

foot (from floodmarks).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.92

1.92

1.93

1.91

1.90

1,96

2.18

2.18

2.20

2.16

2.22

2.26

2.26

2.22

2.14

2.12

2.10

2.08

2.08

2.06

2.04

2.02

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.04

2.11

2.60

2.97

2.98

6.53

Second-feet

98

98

100

95

92

109

179

179

186

172

193

207

207

193

166

159

152

146

146

139

133

126

120

120

120

133

155

335

484

507

3,200

January

Feet

5.62

4.57

4.45

3.98

3.52

3.25

4.00

3.84

5.30

8.81

6.80

5.58

4.75

8.75

17.80

12.44

7.19

12.49

11.92

8.26

16.50

21.52

16.47

11.50

17.47

13.02

9.08

8.12

7.65

7.27

6.72

Second-feet

2,340

1,520

1.370

1,090

770

632

1,090

950

2,200

5,680

3,500

2,340

1,680

6,050

17,600

10,400

3,920

10,200

9,540

5,150

15,600

23,200

15,800

8,970

17,000

10,200

4,000

2,900

3,200

3,200

2,900

February

Feet

6.08

5.22

4-78

4.42

4.30

4.02

3.88

3.83

4.68

4.64

4.11

3.90

3.76

3.88

3.88

3.72

3.57

3.50

3.62

3.66

3.86

3.82

3.60

3.50

3.38

3.24

3.14

3.10

Second-feet

2,500

2,000

1,680

1,370

1,300

1,090

1,020

950

1,600

1,520

1,160

1,020

950

1,020

1,020

890

830

770

830

890

1,020

950

830

770

715

632

580

555

December January

March

Feet

3.06

3.01

2.96

2.97

3.00

3.06

3.01

2.97

2.89

2.82

2.76

2.71

2.69

2.68

2.67

2.65

2.62

2.64

2.72

2.88

2.81

2.71

2.64

2.66

2.64

2.60

2.53

2.49

2.46

2.44

2.41

Second-feet

531

507

484

484

507

531

507

484

461

417

396

375

375

375

355

355

335

355

375

461

417

375

355

355

355

335

316

296

277

277

258

February March

1,088 396

2.45 .99

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in aecond-feet, at indicated time, 1937

im

4

10

11

7

3

3

2

10

2

6

2

10N'

5

10

7

5

3

3

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

3.20

4.88

4.98

3.80

Jam

3.82

3.89

605

1,760

1,840

950

mry 8

950

1,020

January 9

3.60

4.38

5.60

6.64

830

1,370

2,340

3,300

January 10

7.70

9.45

9.58

9.35

9.15

4,470

6,380

6,620.

6,380

6,140

January 11

6.90

6.65

3,600

3,300

January 12

5.95

6.35

2,700

3,100

I

3

9

9

3

7

9

5

9

5

9

5

8

11

1

5

9

11

3

9

2

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 13

4.95 1,840

4.80 1,680

4.42 1.370

January 14

4.40 1,370

4.68 1,600

5.00 1,840

12.80 10,600

13.68 11,800

January 15

15.92

17.26

14,800

16,800

19.30 19,800

20.02

19.96

20,800

20,800

January 16

19.60

17.60

20,200

17,200

12.20 9,810

10.95 8,300

9.40 6,380

8.20 5,020

Janu

7.50

lary 17

4,250

7.12 3,810

&

10

4

6

10

2

7

4

10

1

3

9

9

2

9

10

2

6

2

6

N

2

10

Feet

6.78

6.60

7.00

7.68

Sec. ft.

3,500

3,300

3,700

4.470

January 18

9.60

12.18

13.00

15.08

Janu

15.79

15.85

13.50

8.35

Janu

7.42

6.60

6.62

6.80

9.00

Janui

14.60

15.62

16.45

16.78

18.55

6,620

9,810

10,800

13,600

ary 19

14,600

14,600

11,500

5,240

ary 20

4,140

3,300

3,300

3,500

5,900

ary 21

12,900

14,300

15,500

16,000

18,800

a

2

6

9

2

6

10

2

10

2

4

6

10

2

4

6

6

10

2

6

8

10

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

20.82

21.80

21.97

21.85

21.56

21.12

22,100

28,700

24,000

23,700

23,400

22,600

January 23

20.55

18.82

17.08

15.00

11.90

10.39

Jam

9.40

9.22

9.30

13.75

14.50

Jam;

15.20

17.00

18.65

18.84

18.60

21,800

19,000

16,500

13,500

9,420

7,580

ary 24

6,380

6,140

6,260

11,900

12,800

lary 25

13,800

16,400

18,800

19,000

18,800

I

6

10

2

10

2

10

6

6

6

6

6

6

3

9

3

9

3

N

9

Feet

17.90

17.15

Sec. ft.

17,700

16,600

January 26

16.30

13.72

11.70

10.00

15,300

11,200

8,300

5,600

January 27

9.38

8.72

4,400

3,500

January 28

8.25

7.95

2,900

2,700

January 29

7.62

7.62

3,300

3,300

January. 30

7.45

7.30

7.15

7.10

3,300

3,200

3,200

3,100

January 31

7.00

6.70

6.40

3,000

2,900

2,700
250 FLOODS OF OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Green River at Munfordville, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°15'55", long. 85°53'20", at highway bridge at Munfordville, Hart

County. Zero of gage is 451.70 feet above mean aea level (general adjustment of

1929).

Drainage area.- 1,790 square milea. 

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights for period Dec. 30 to Feb.

5 determined from graph constructed from gage readings. Sage heights used to half

tenths below and tenths above 3.7 feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 35,000 secondfeet; extended on basis of slope-area determination for peak stage Jan. 23, 1937. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 72,200 second-feet 4 p.m. Jan. 23 (gage

height, 50.40 feet, from floodmarks).

1915-22, 1928-31: Discharge observed, 52,300 second-feet (revised) Dec. 18,

1915 (gage height, 44.5 feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 87,000 second-feet in January 1913 (gage

height, 54.0 feet). 

Remarks.- Gage-height record furnished by Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

168

168

168

16.8

168

280

2,160

3,680

4,280

2,020

Jan.

10,900

11,500

16,800

17,800

15,000

5,380

4,760

7,890

9,340

10,700

Feb.

7,300

6,860

5,720

4,680

3,980

3,450

3,080

2,720

3,600

5,320

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,330

1,460

1,600

1,460

1,330

1,070

940

780

1,000

2,440

Jan.

17,200

18,500

15,000

8,140

10,000

16,800

19,500

30,800

45,200

50,900

Feb.

5,960

4,120

3,300

3,000

2,720

2,580

2,300

2,160

2,020

2,090

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

3,600

3,000

2,020

1,600

1,260

1,070

875

1,460

3,450

4,440

6,700

1.16

Jan.

56,100

61,200

70,200

68,300

62,900

51,400

39,400

27,400

15,200

8,740

6,950

16.83

Feb.

2,440

2,860

2,860

2,790

2,440

2,090

1,740

1,670

1.99

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.65

5.55

7.7

8.5

5.35

Jan.

16.2

16.9

22.3

23.3

20.5

9.8

9.1

12.9

14.6

1&. 0

Feb.

12.2

11.7

10.3

9.0

8.1

7.4

6.9

6.4

7.6

9.8

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.35

4.65

4.75

4.55

4.35

4.05

3.75

3.55

3.9

5.95

Jan.

22.7

23.9

20.5

13.2

15.3

22.3

24.9

33.7

41.7

44.0

Feb.

10.6

8.3

7.2

6.8

6.45

6.25

5.85

5.55

5.35

5.5

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

7.55

6.75

5.45

4.8

4.3

4.05

3.7

4.55

7.4

8.7

11.5

Jan.

45.8

47.4

49.9

49.4

47.9

44.2

38.9

31.5

20.7

13.9

11.8

.Feb.

6.05

6.65

6.65

6.5

6.0

5.5

5.05

4.9

Gage height, in feet

(4

W

2

4

8

11

4

10

10

2

6

10

4

4

7

10

N

8

2

8

2

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

7.2

7.2

7.7

8.4

10.4

3,300

3,300

3,680

4,200

5,800

January 8

12.6

14.2

7,640

9,000

January 9

14.7

14.9

14.9

14.6

9,440

9,630

9,630

9,340

January 10

14.0

13.9

14.4

15.1

18.8

Jam

20.8

22.3

23.4

23.8

24.1

8,820

8,740

9,160

9,820

13,300

xary 11

15,300

16,800

17,900

18,400

18,700

IH

g

w

7

N

8

2

8

2

4

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

6

10

2

8

N

6

Feet

, and discharge, in second-feet, at

Sec. ft.

January 12

24.2

24.1

23.7

Janut

23.0

22.0

20.4

Janut

14.9

13.1

12.3

11.9

11.8

18,800

18,700

18,300

iry 13

17,500

16,500

14,900

iry 14

9,650

8,060

7,380

7,040

6,950

January 15

12.0

12.6

13.8

18.1

19.7

Janut

20.9

22.0

22.4

22.8

7,120

7,640

8,660

12,700

14,200

iry 16

15,400

16,500

16,900

17,300

f<

g

ta

M

7

N

6

9

2

6

N

M

6

8

10

4

2

2

2

N

6

7

Feet

23.3

Jam

24.0

24.7

25.7

26.4

Sec. ft.

17,800

isry 17

18,600

19,300

20,400

21,100

January 18

28.8

31.5

34.0

37.9

23,700

27,100

30,800

37,500

January 19

41.1

41.8

42.2

43.0

43,900

45,500

46,400

48,300

January 20

43.6

44.0

49,800

50,900

January 21

45.0

45.8

46.3

53,700

56,100

57,600

January 22

46.8 59,200

£H

8 

w

N

4

6

N

4

10

4

N

8

H

t

N

6

10

4

4

2

N

6

6

Peet

47.1

47.6

indicated time, 1937

Sec. ft.

60,200

61,900

January 23

49.5

50.1

50.4

50.3

68,700

71,000

72,200

71,800

January 24

50.0

49.4

48.8

48.5

70,600

68,300

66,100

65,000

January 25

48.1

47.5

47.0

63,600-

61,500

59,900

January 26

45.9

43.4

56 , 400

49,300

January 27

41.0

38.9

37.7

43,700

39,400

37,200

January 28

34.2 31,200

h

g 

W

N

6

H

6

N

H

4

8

N

8

6

N

6

10

4

8

10

2

7

4

Feet

31.8

29.1

25.8

Sec. ft.

27,500

24,000

20,500

January 29

22.9

20.6

16.4

17,400

15,100

11,100

January 30

15.3

14.3

13.6

12.7

10,000

9,080

8,480

7,720

January 31

11.9

11.7

11.6

11.8

7,040

6,860

6,780

6,950

February 1

12.3

12.4

12.5

12.4

7,380

7,460

7,550

7,460

February 2

11.8

11.7

6,950

6,860
GREEN RIVER BASIN 251

Green River at Lock 6, at Brownsville, Ky.

Location"- Lat. 37°12 I 25 I> , long. 86°15'40 n , above daa at Lock 6, 1 mile northeast of 

Brownsville, Edmonson County, and.lj miles above Beaverdaa Creek. Zero of gage is 

413.16 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 2,760 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights determined from graph constructed from gage readings for period Dec. 30 to Feb. 5. Gage heights used to half 

tenths between 9.1 and 10.1 feetj hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 60,000 secondfeet; extended on basis of slope-area determination at crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 120,000 second-feet 9 p.m. Jan. 24 (gage 

height, 44.94 feet, from floodmarks).

1924-31: Discharge observed, 57',800 second-feet (revised) Jan. 24, 1927 (gage 

height, 34.3 feet).

Maximum stage previously known, about 44.0 feet Jan. 10, 1913 (discharge not 

determined).

Remarks.- Sage-height record and data for slope-area determination furnished by Corps 

of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

290

290

290

290

290

725

3,350

4,790

5,230

3,940

Jan.

13,000

14,800

16,700

18,600

17,800

12,000

6,890

8,440

11,100

19,700

Feb.

14,100

12,700

10,400

8,990

7,910

6,640

6,160

5,690

7,910

8,440

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,430

2,000

2,260

2,180

2,000

1,600

1,380

1,230

2,610

2,970

Jan.

25,000

27,500

25,000

16,300

16,700

20,700

26,300

42,700

50,200

59,500

Feb.

8,710

7,650

6,160

5,690

5,230

4,790

4,360

4,150

4,150

4,150

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4,150,

4,570

3,540

2,610

2,180

1,840

1,760

2,790

4,150

5,690

10,800

2 717

1.13

Jan.

74,100

97,900

106,000

117,000

108,000

85,900

67,600

54,900

43,700

32,000

19,300

16.91

Feb.

4,360

4,570

4,790

4,570

3,940

3,740

3,350

3,160

2.37

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

8.62

8.62

8.60

8.60

8.60

9.07

10.69

11.45

11.59

11.03

Jan.

14.4

14.9

15.4

15.9

15.7

14.1

12.3

12.9

13.8

16.2

Feb.

14.7

14.3

13.6

13.1

12.7

12.20

11.96

11.80

12.67

12.94

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

10.24

9.94

10.12

10.06

9.94

9.72

9.54

9.46

10.29

10.51

Jan.

17.9

18.9

17.9

15.3

15.4

16.5

18.4

26.8

30.9

35.0

Feb.

13.03

12.55

11.95

11.75

11.61

11.45

11.25

11.10

11.10

11.10

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

11.10

11.26

10.79

10.33

10.05

9.85

9.78

10.41

11.11

11.8

13.7

Jan.

38.8

42.3

43.3

44.6

43.6

40.7

37.4

33.1

27.4

21.0

16.1

Feb.

11.25

11.30

11.40

11.30

11.05

10.86

10.70

10.56

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1957

t,

g 

W

2

10

2

6

2

2

M

N

6

M

5

10

6

M

8

8

6

4

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

12.7

12.2

12.1

12.1

7,910

6,640

6,400

6,400

January 8

12.4

13.0

13.4

Janu

13.6

14.0

14.8

Janu

15.6

16.3

17.2

17.5

Janu

17.6

18.3

7,140

8,710

9,850

sry 9

10,400

11,700

14,500

ary 10

17,400

20,000

23,000

23,800

sry 11

24,100

26,000

January 12

18.8

19.1

19.1

27,200

28,000

28,000

iw

2

8

8

N

4

6

M

7

N

7

M

4

10

10

5

10

2

5

1

Feet Sec. ft.

January 13

19.0

18.5

16.9

27,700

26,500

22,000

January 14

15.1

14.7

14.7

14.9

Jam

15.5

15.6

15.4

15.6

15,600

14,100

14,100

14,800

lary 15

17,100

17,400

16,700

17,400

January 16

15.9

16.6

17.2

Jam

17.2

17.7

18.4

19.2

18,600

21,000

23,000

lary 17

23,000

24,400

26,300

28,200

January 18

22.0 34,000

t<

W

4

8

N

6

10

2

8

N

8

10

6

4

8

8

4

10

4

8

M

2

Feet

23.9

26.0

27.3

28.8

29.4

Sec. ft.

37,800

41 , 400

43,500

46,100

47,300

January 19

29.8

30.1

30.6

32.2

48,000

48,600

49,600

52,900

January 20

34.5

36.2

Janu

37.4

37.9

40.0

58,200

63,100

ery 21

67,600

69,700

81.000

January 22

41.2

42.1

42.8

43.1

45.2

89 , 400

96,300

102,000

104,000

105,000

January 23

43.2 105,000

s, 

1

10

4

10

4

2

9

2

10

10

N

M

N

8

2

10

8

2

2

Feet

43.1

43.3

43.8

Sec. ft.

104,000

106,000

110,000

January 24

44.3

44.8

44.94

115,000

119,000

120,000

January 25

44.8

43.9

42.3

Jam

40.7

39.2

119,000

111,000

97,900

is ry 26

85,900

76,300

January 27

37.4

36.2

67,600

63,100

January 28

35.2

33.4

31.6

60,100

55,600

51,700

January 29

30.2

26.8

48,800

42,700

h

g

W

10

10

4

10

2

M

8

2

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

5

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

21.3

18.5

32,600

26,500

January 31

17.2

16.1

15.6

15.0

23,000

19,300

17,400

15,200

February 1

14.6

14.6

14.5

13,800

13,800

13,400

February 2

14.3

14.0

Febn

13.6

13.3

Febn

13.1

12.8

12,700

11,700

nary 3

1O,400

9,560

nery 4

8,990

8,170

February 5

12.7

12.6

7,910

7,650
252 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Oreen River at Lock 4, at Woodbury, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°11'05», long. 86°37'50 n , below dam at Lock 4, Woodbury, Butler

County, three-quarters of a mile below Barren River. Zero of gage is 373.80 feet

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912). 

Drainage area.- 5,400 square miles (revised). 

Sage-height IFecord.- Oraph constructed from two gage readings daily. Gage heights used

to half tenths between 7.5 and 8.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope. Defined by current-meter

measurements below 90,000 second-feet; extended on basis of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 203,000 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 24} maximum

gage height, 59.0 feet 10 t>.m. Jan. 24

Maximum stage previously known, 54.4 feet Jan. 11, 1913 (discharge not determined)i 

Remarks.- Oage readings furnisned by Corps of Engineers, TJ. 3. Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

7.13

7.12

7.12

7.12

7.10

7.47

12.6

14.0

14.0

13.0

11.4

10.3

10.2

10.3

9.9

9.3

9.0

8.8

12.0

12.5

13.1

13.4

12.5

11.4

10.5

9.9

9.6

11.0

13.0

15.2

22.2

SeCond-feet

691

681

681

681

661

1,030

6,830

8,700

8,700

7,100

6,050

3,890

3,790

3,890

3,490

2,880

2,580

2,380

7,560

6,340

7,600

7,820

5,870

5,670

4,100

3,490

3,190

5,030

7,540

9,650

21,300

January

Feet

26.4

28.1

30.1

31.9

32.4

29.7

23.5

20.4

21.3

29.1

33.8

34.9

34.9

33.6

33.3

34.4

36.4

41.9

45.3

48.5

51.8

55.6

57.8

58.4

58.5

56.8

54.4

52.0

49.2

46.5

44.0

Second- feet

27,900

30,900

3 7,900

39,000

38,000

29,500

18,800

16,800

1 8,900

34,400

40,900

42 , 600

3 9,700

35,100

34,800

39,200

4

6

6,400

2,000

81 ",500

105,000

130,000

16 1,000

196,000

202,000

200,000

173,000

137,000

113,000

86,400

67,600

53,300

February

Feet

41.6

39.2

36.5

33.8

31.4

29.0

27.1

25.6

25.6

25.4

25.0

24.0

22.4

21.3

20.3

19.3

18.2

17.3

16.6

15.9

15.8

15.3

14.6

14.0

13.5

13.0

12.4

11.9

Second- feet

44,800

38,200

28,800

22,100

20,300

15,600

14,400

12, ( 0

13, 0

15,t^0

16,500

14,700

12,500

11,600

10,900

9,330

8,640

8,060

7,640

7,900

9,030

8,700

8,700

8,230

7,440

7,100

6,700

5,970

December January February

5,157 75,440 14,110

1.10 16.11 2.72
GREEN RIVER BASIN 253 

Green River at Livermore, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°29'10 n , long. 87u 08'05 n , at Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge at 

Livermore, McLean County, 650 feet below Rough River. Zero of gage is 360.65 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 7,500 square miles (revised).

Sage-height.record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights for period Dec. 30 to Feb. 

26 determined from graph constructed from gage readings. Gage heights used to half 

tenths between 4.1 and 4.9 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements throughout range of 

stage.Discharge for stages above 8.5 feet affected by changes in slope.

Maxima.- January-March 1937: Discharge, 208,000 second-feet 2 to 3 p.m. Jan. 27; maximum gage height, 38.22 feet 1 to 8 a.m. Jan. 30, observed crest.

1930-36: Discharge, 80,000 second-feet Feb. 6, 1932 (gage height, 28.43 feet). 

Highest stage previously known, 32.95 feet in 1913.

Remarks.- Results of some discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.68

3.67

3.66

3.66

3.66

3.83

5.20

6.48

6.79

6.70

6.06

5.37

5.04

5.04

4.97

4.79

4.64

4.59

5.05

5.85

6.07

6.18

6.03

5.63

5.27

5.00

4.81

5.02

5.71

6.55

8.60

Second-feet

818

802

786

786

786

1,120

5,330

10,400

11,700

11,300

8,760

6,050

4,640

4,640

4,640

3,970

3,490

3,330

4,640

7,570

8,760

9,170

8,360

6,800

5,690

4,640

3,970

4,640

7,180

10,800

20,600

January

Feet

10.60

11.80

13.00

14.00

15.00

15.90

16.60

15.60

14.90

17.05

18.82

19.82

20.56

21.33

22.39

22.90

23.43

24.61

25.48

26.40

28.14

30.19

31.63

33.31

35.19

36.46

37.39

37.94

38.18

38.20

38.11

Second-feet

29,600

33,200

36,200

38,000

39,200

39,700

38,700

30,900

27,600

32,400

38,500

41,300

42,700

43,800

44,000

44,600

46,300

49,300

53,700

60.200

72,800

95,000

106,000

121,000

166,000

198,000

201,000

204,000

189,000

171,000

153,000

February

Feet

37.80

37.30

36.75

36.20

35.55

34.80

34.15

33.40

32.75

32.05

31.30

30.60

29.90

29.30

28.60

27.90

27.20

26.30

25.40

24.50

23.40

22.00

20.20

17.60

14.00

10.00

6.70

5. BO

Second-feet

138,000

123,000

106,000

92,000

77,300

65,800

58,000

52,000

47,900

44,700

41,900

39,800

37,000

37,500

35,100

35,100

33,100

27,400

25,700

27,000

25,400

26,800

26,000

22,300

15,600

12,100

11,300

7,570

December January

Run-off, in inches. ............................ 0.92 12.34

March

Feet

5.59

5.51

5.44

5.36

5.42

5.46

5.45

5.40

5.33

5.21

5.12

5.03

4.95

5.12

6.00

6.14

6.08

5.95

5.77

5.58

5.49

5.35

5.20

5.10

5.17

5.23

5.20

5.17

5.06

4.92

4.85

Second-feet

6,800

6,420

6,050

6,050

6,050

6,420

6,050

6,050

5,690

5,330

4,980

4,640

4,640

4,980

8,360

8,760

8,760

8,360

7,570

6,800

6,420

6,050

5,330

4,980

5,330

5,330

5,330

5,330

4,980

4,300

4,140

February March

46,120 6,009

6.40 0.92

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

3 

O 

W

6

6

6

6

6

6

4

N

3

10

8

6

6

N

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 11

18.54

19.12

38,400

39,300

January 12

19.60

20.03

40,500

42,000

January 13

20.40

20.73

Janua

20.98

21.27

42,800

42,700

ry 14

42,900

43,100

January 15

22.07

22.36

22.61

44,700

43,400

43,900

January 16

22.78

22.98

44,000

44,800

January 17

23.40

23.72

46,300

47,100

o

W

1

N

4

10

4

10

10

1

6

N

5

10

3

9

3

9

3

Feet Sec. ft.

January 18

24.04

24.67

24.82

Janu

25.40

25.60

48,500

48,900

49,700

lary 19

52,900

54,300

January 20

26.28

26.80

59,300

63,100

January 21

27.15

27.57

28.14

28.62

29.08

65,900

68,300

72,500

77,200

82,100

January 22

29.50

30.00

30.45

30.82

87,300

94,800

99,700

104,000

January 23

31.12 104,000

W

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

M

3

9

3

Feet

31.43

31.80

32.16

Sec. ft.

104,000

106,000

107,000

January 24

32.58

33.00

33.52

34.07

111,000

115,000

125,000

137,000

January 25

34.55

35.01

35.40

35.73

148,000

161,000

172,000

183,000

January 26

36.06

36.32

36.60

36.85

36.98

191,000

195,000

201,000

202,000

206.000

January 27

37.10

37.31

37.50

207,000

207,000

208,000

o

W

6

3

3

9

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

Feet

37.58

Janu

37.78

38.01

38.09

Sec. ft.

206,000

ary 28

204,000

203,000

201,000

January 29

38.15

38.19

38.21

Janu

38.22

38.21

38.19

195,000

190,000

184,000

ary 30

177,000

171,000

165,000

January 31

38.17

38.10

38.00

Febri

37.88

37.78

37.63

159,000

154,000

148,000

nary 1

141,000

137,000

133,000

February 2

37.46 128,000

iw

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

9

9

9

9

9

9

4

N

8

Feet Sec. ft.

37.28 122,000

37.10

Febr

36.91

36.73

36.56

' 116,000

uary 3

110,000

105,000

101,000

February 4

36.38 96,200

36.20 92,100

36.00 87,200

February 5

35.63 79,100

35.30 72,500

February 6

34.91 66,800

34.60 62,800

February 7

34.25

33.89

59,000

55,500

February 8

33.65 53,400

33.47 52,100

33.26 50,700
FLOODS OF OHIO AKD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Holin River at Wax, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°20'45", long. 86°07t20", at highway bridge at Wax, Grayson County, 11

miles below Bacon Creek. Zero of gage is 462.81 feet above mean sea level (general

adjustment of 1929) . 

Drainage area.- 596 square miles. 

gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights for period Dec. 30 to Feb.

e determined from graph constructed from gage readings; graph based on floodmarks

for periods Jan. 23, 24. Gage heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 6,500 aecondfeet; extended on basis of slope-area determination at crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge

32T26 feet, from floodmarks). 

Remarks . - All base data furnished by Corps of Engineers

37,000 aecond-feet noon Jan. 

0. S. Army.

24 (gage height,

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

108

108

108

108

108

282

1,150

1,330

600

423

Jan.

2,860

1,850

1,780

1,440

1,150

1,150

1,330

1,930

1,510

5,620

Feb.

3,600

2,860

2,330

2,330

1,930

1,780

1,850

1,890

2,670

2,910

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

372

632

600

282

262

243

225

243

568

765

Jan.

8,260

7,650

3,080

2,290

4,660

5,950

4,920

12,400

13,500

13,900

Feb.

1,780

1,550

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,480

1,180

1,150

1,100

1,100

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Dec.

731

731

478

397

348

600

450

632

765

833

2,130

536

1.04

Jan.

12,900

24,200

29,200

34,800

24,500

22,100

13,300

5,470

4,240

3,600

3,700

8,879

17.18

Feb.

1,100

1,080

1,010

1,290

867

833

765

765

1,626

2.84

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.54

3.52

3.54

3.54

3.51

4.70

7.54

8.04

5.91

5.32

Jan.

11.8

9.4

9.2

8.3

7.5

7.5

8.0

9.6

8.5

16.2

Feb.

13.2

11.8

10.6

10.6

9.6

9*2

9.37

9.52

11.40

11.86

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

5.12

5.97

5.94

4.74

4.59

4.50

4.41

4.46

5.82

6.40

Jan.

19.5

18.8

12.2

10.5

14.9

16.8

15.3

22.6

33.3

23.5

Feb.

9.18

8.58

8.32

8.27

8.26

8.36

7.60

7.46

7.45

7.44

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6.31

6.32

5.46

5.22

5.05

5.92

5.37

5.95

6.44

6.6

10.1

Jan.

22.7

28.1

29.8

31.6

28.2

27.3

23.0

16.1

14.3

13.2

13.4

Feb.

7.44

7.34

7.08

7.89

6.74

6.56

6.39

6.38

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937 I

5

11

6

8

8

M

4

11

4

10

4

8

N

6

9

M

2

4

6

10

2

M

6

2

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

7.9 ' 

7.6

6.9

±,i:au

1,180

937

January 7

7.8

8.5

8.8

Jam;

9.4

10.1

9.9

9.2

Jarru

8.2

7.9

7.9

8. '5

9.2

10.3

1,260

1,510

1,630

ary 8

1,850

2,130

2,050

1,780

ary 9

1,400

1,290

1,290

1,510

1,780

2,250

January 10

12.1

13.6

15.0

.16.5

17.2

18.6

Janu

19.2

19.6

19.8

3,010

3,820

4,680

5,710

6,240

7,400

ary 11

7,960

8,360

8,560

£ 

&

4

2

6

8

2

6

8

N

4

M

N

5

N

8

2

6

9

N

6

M

6

10

2

8

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

19.8

19.0

18.0

17.2

8,560

7,760

6,860

6,240

January 13

14.4

13.0

12.5

11.7

11.2

10.5

4,300

3,480

3,210

2,810

2,580

2,290

January 14

10.1

10.2

2,130

2,170

January'15

15.1

16.7

4,750

5,860

January 16

17.5

17.7

17.8

17.5

15.7

14.5

6,460

6,620

6,700

6,460

5,750

4,360

January 17

14.0

14.2

14.8

16.8

17.8

4,060

4,180

4,560

5,22(3

6,700

«

M

3

5

8

N

4

4

4

10

4

8

N

6

8

10

M

2

4

7

10

1

6

10

M

2

4

Feet

18.9

Jam

20.7

21.7

22.5

23.1

23.4

Sec.ft.

7,670

lary 18

9,600

10,900

12,200

13,100

13.700

January 19

23.5

23.1

23.1

13,900

13,100

13.100

Janu'arv 20

23.4

23.7

23.8

23.7

23.5

32.8

21.8

Janu

21.2

20.8

20.6

20.8

21.8

24.9

26.0

26.4

Janu___ .__

13,700

14,200

14,400

14,200

13,900

12,600

11,100

Lary 21

10,200

9,720

9,480

9,720

11,100

16,600

19,000

19,900

arv 22

26.8 20.900

27.1 21,600

b

3 

O

H

2

8

M

N

8

M

5

8

N

4

8

M

3

8

N

6

M

8

2

6

10

2

2

6

10

M

Feet

28.5

29.0

29.2

Sec.ft.

25,400

26,800

27,400

January 23

29.8

30.1

30.5

29,200

30,100

31,300

January 24

31.5

32.0

32.26

32.0

31.4

30.4

JanuE

29.0

27.8

27.6

27.8

27.8

34,500

36,100

37,000

36,100

34,100

31,000

iry 25

26,800

23>400

22,900

23,400

23,400

January 26

27.4

27.3

27.1

26.7

22,400

22,100

21,600

20,600

January 27

25.8

22.5

21.2

19.6

18.8

18,500

12,200

10,200

8,360

7,580

^ 

gw

4

8

2

6

10

10

N

4

8

4

8

10

4

10

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

Feet Sec.ft.

January 28

17.3

16.4

15.8

15.3

6,310

5,640

5,220

4,880

January 29

14.3

13.9

Jam

13.1

12.8

12.9

4,240

4,000

lary 30

3,540

3,380

3,430

January 31

13.7

14.0

13.9

13.0

12.8

3,880

4,060

4,000

3,480

3,380

February 1

10.8

10.6

10.6

2,410

2,330

2,330

February 2

10.5

10.3

10.1

Febi

9.9

9.6

9.4

2,290

2,210

2,130

-uary 3

2,050

1,930

1,850
GREEN RIVER BASIN 255

Barren River at Lock 1, at Greencastle, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°05'10", long. 86°30'05", above dam at Lock 1, half a mile southwest

of Breencastle, Warren County, and 8 miles above Gasper River. Zero of gage is

399.51 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 2,010 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights for period Dec. 31 to Feb.

12 determined from graph constructed from gage readings. Gage heights used to half

tenths below and tenths above 13.8 feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements beiow 24,000 secondfeet; extended on basis of slope-area determination at peak stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 82,000 second-feet 6 p.m. Jan. 23 (gage

height, 39.00 feet, from floodmarks).

1924-31: Discharge observed, 37,500 second-feet Dec. 24, 1926 (gage height, 31.8

feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 99,000 second-feet in January 1913 (gage height,

41.2 feet). 

Remarks.- Gage-height record and data for slope-area determination furnished by Corps

of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

183

273

273

273

273

370

1,300

2,580

2,020

1,440

Jan.

11 ,300

12,000

16,500

18,500

16,500

7,200

4,270

4,980

5,230

7,830

Feb.

16,900

12,000

8,490

7,510

6,600

5,490

4,980

4,500

4,980

5,230

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,090

1,090

1,440

1,440

1,300

1,090

894

894

1,370

2,300

Jan.

11,700

12,400

9,520

7,830

9,870

16,500

18,500

25,700

36,900

47,800

Feb.

5,490

4,500

4,040

3,600

3,180

3,180

2,780

2,780

2,390

2,390

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches. ............................................

Dec.

2,780

2,300

1,940

1,600

1,300

1,160

1,090

1,300

2,780

3,600

5,490

0.87

Jan.

49,600

66,900

81,300

79,100

72,400

58,700

45,800

36,600

29,300

24,800

21,400

16.05

Feb.

2,580

2,780

2,780

2,580

2,390

2,110

2,020

1,850

2.41

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

12.2

12.3

12.3

12.3

12.3

12.4

13.15

13.9

13.6

13.25

Jan.

17.0

17.2

18.4

19.0

18.4

15.8

14.7

15.0

15.1

16.0

Feb.

18.5

17.2

16.2

15.9

15.6

15.2

15.0

14.8

15.0

15.1

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

13.0

13.0

13.25

13.25

13.15

13.0

12.85

12.85

13.2

13.75

Jan.

17.1

17.3

16.5

16.0

16.6

18.4

19.0

23.3

28.8

32.6

Feb.

15.2

14.8

14.6

14.35

14.25

14.2

14.05

14.0

13.8

13.8

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

13.95

13.75

13.55

13.35

13.15

13.05

13.0

13.15

14.05

14.4

15.2

Jan.

33.1

36.7

38.9

38.6

37.6

35.2

32.0

28.7

25.3

22.7

20.4

Feb.

13.9

14.0

13.95

13.9

13.8

13.65

13.6

13.5

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1957

in 

g

a

8

N

8

tl

N

6

N

6

M

8

2

8

M

8

8

10

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 6

16.1

15.7

15.2

15.0

8,160

6,900

5,490

4,980

January 7

14.6

14.6

Janu

15.1

15.2

15.2

4,040

4,040

ary 8

5,230

5,490

5,490

January 9

15.2

15.0

15.0

15.2

5,490

4,980

4,980

5,490

January 10

15.8

16.4

7,200

9,170

January 11

16.9

17.5

17.7

11,000

13,200

13,900

in

I

8

N

8

N

M

6

N

8

2

N

6

10

2

6

8

N

6

2

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

17.4

17.2

17.1

12,800

12,000

11,700

January 13

16.6

16.2

9,870

8,490

January 14

16.0

15.9

15.8

Janu

15.9

16.45

16.9

17.4

Janu

17.9

18.3

18.5

18.6

18.6

7,830

7,510

7,200

ary 15

7,510

9,170

11,000

12,800

ary 16

14,700

16,200

16,900

17,200

17,200

January 17

18.5

18. V

16,900

17,600

in 

3 

O

W

2

6

9

M

8

N

6

10

2

N

4

8

10

2

6

10

2

M

6

10

2

Feet

18.9

19.4

19.9

20.6

Sec. ft.

18,200

19,500

20,600

21,800

January 18

22.8

23.6

24.3

24.9

24,900

26,200

27,400

28,500

January 19

25.8

29.0

30.3

31.1

31.4

30,200

37,400

40,800

43,000

43,900

January 20

31.9

32.3

32.7

32.9

32.7

45,500

46,700

48,100

48,800

48,100

January 21

32.5

32.6

33.0

47,400

47,800

49,200

in 

§

a

6

N

6

il

4

10

6

2

N

M

8

2

M

N

8

6

10

4

6

Feet

33.6

JanuE

36.8

37.8

38.5

Sec. ft.

51,500

ry 22

67,400

73,700

78,400

January 23

38.7

38.9

39.0

JanuE

38.9

38.6

38.3

79,800

81,300

82,000

ry 24

81,300

79,100

77,000

January 25

37.9

37.5

36.6

74,400

71,800

66,300

January 26

35.2

34.2

58,700

54,000

January 27

32.9

32.4

31.5

31.2

48,800

47,100

44,200

43,300

in 

§

a

M

10

10

N

M

N

10

10

10

10

10

NM

N

M

N

Feet

30.5

Sec. ft.

41,300

January 28

28.9

27.3

37,100

33,400

January 29

25.2

23.9

29,100

26,700

January 30

22.8

21.5

24,900

23,000

January 31

20.5

19.4

21,600

19,500

February 1

18.5

17.9

Febn

17.2

16.7

Febn

16.4

16.1

16,900

14,700

iary 2

12,000

10,200

iary 3

9,170

8,160

February 4

15.8 7,200
256 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Rough River at Dundee, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 370 33'50 n , long. 86°46'15", at Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge at 

Dundee, Ohio County, 6 miles below Caney Creek. Zero of gage is 391.99 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 796 square miles (revised).

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights for period Dec. 30 to Feb. 

24 determined from graph constructed from gage readings. Gage heights used to half 

tenths between 5.7 and 8.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 11,000 secondfeet; extended on basis of contracted-opening determination at peak stage. Affected 

by backwater for period Jan. 26 to Feb. 18; discharge determined on basis of study of 

relation between stage at Dundee and stage at mouth, 56 miles below.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 45,600 second-feet 6 p.m. Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 27.33 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1930-31: Discharge observed, 5,170 second-feet Apr. 28, 1931 (gage height, 19.22 

feet).

Highest stage previously known, about 26.4 feet in 1913 (discharge not determined).

Remarks.- Gage height record and data for slope-area determination furnished by Corps of 

Engineers, 0. S. Army.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

34

39

53

49

42

790

1,710

1,980

1,770

1,440

Jan.

3,750

5,090

5,090

3,140

2,060

1,540

1,860

2,560

3,460

6,720

Feb.

4,300

3,600

3,000

2,100

1,400

900

1,200

1,800

2,900

3,300

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

392

258

180

142

126

112

106

126

229

349

Jan.

7,850

8,690

9,160

8,920

8,690

8,690

9,160

9,670

10,800

11,400

Feb.

2,700

2,200

1,600

1,100

900

600

400

800

1,140

985

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

415

328

151

126

134

134

170

415

890

1,500

2,560

540

0.78

Jan.

15,400

27,200

26,200

27,200

41,800

27,000

12,000

7,800

6,700

5,700

4,800

10,650

15.43

Feb.

1,110

1,070

570

310

170

82

106

82

1 AAA

1.88

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

5.75

5.87

6.05

6.01

5.88

8.45

12.39

14.13

12.78

10.50

Jan.

19.1

20.2

20.2

18.4

14.6

11.2

13.4

17.0

18.8

21.2

Feb.

21.0

20.6

19.7

16.6

13.1

11.3

11.8

14.6

18.8

19.2

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

7.63

7.29

6.98

6.79

6.70

6.59

6.55

6.72

7.21

7.55

Jan.

21.8

22.2

22.4

22.3

22.2

22.2

22.4

22.6

23.0

23.2

Feb.

18.2

16.1

12.6

10.6

9.6

8.9

8.3

8.6

9.2

8.8

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

7.68

7.49

6.83

6.70

6.73

6.73

6.93

7.72

8.58

10.9

17.0

Jan.

24.2

26.0

25.9

26.0

27.1

26.2

24.2

23.0

22.6

22.1

21.6

Feb.

9.1

9.0

8.0

7.47

6.94

6.35

6:53

6.35

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fn

§

Hi

2

7

10

1

4

8

M

6

6

1

5

10

4

2

5

8

N

6

9

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 6

12.3

11.9

11.2

10.4

10.2

10.5

11.0

1,700

1,640

1,540

1,420

1,400

1,440

1,510

January 7

12.0

14.8

Jam

16.2

16.8

17.2

17.3

Jam.

17.4

17.6

17.8

18.4

19.8

20.4

20.7

1,650

2,100

lary 8

2,360

2,500

2,620

2,640

lary 9

2,670

2,740

2,810

3,140

4,550

5,390

5,860

fn 

§

to

2

8

8

10

4

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

6

6

N

Feet Sec.ft.

January 10

20.9

21.2

21.6

6,200

6,720

7,460

January 11

21.8

21.8

21.9

7,850

7,850

8,050

January 12

22.2

22.3

Janu

22.4

22.4

8,690

8,920

ary 13

9,160

9,160

January 14

22.3

22.2

8,920

8,690

January 15

22.2

22.2

8,690

8,690

January 16

22.2

22.2

8,690

8,690

January 17

22.4 9,160

fn

I

M

N

M

10

10

8

8

6

10

6

M

6

2

8

1

7

N

10

Feet

22.4

Jam

22.6

22.8

Sec.ft.

9,160

lary 18

9,670

10,200

January 19

23.0

23.0

10,800

10,800

January 20

23.0

23.3

10,800

11,800

January 21

23.5

23.8

24.9

25.4

12,500

13,600

19,000

22,200

January 22

25.9

26.2

26.2

26,200

29,200

29,200

January 23

26.0

25.8

25.8

25.9

27,200

25,300

25,3OO

26,200

ita

N

6

10

6

N

6

10

M

2

8

4

10

N

6

M

10

6

M

6

Feet Sec.ft.

January 24

26.0

26.1

26.3

27,200

28,200

30,300

January 25

26.8

27.2

27.33

27.3

27.2

36,900

43,700

45,600

45,600

43.700

January 26

27.2

26.6

25.6

25.2

36,000

31,000

24,000

19.000

January 27

24.1

23.8

23.4

12,000

10,000

9.200

. January 28

23.1

22.8

22.8

7,900

7,400

7.200

January 29

22.8 6,900

fn

I

N

8

8

8

N

10

6

6

6

10

4

10

N

2

6

10

4

N

Feet

22.6

22.4

Sec.ft.

6,700

6,400

January 30

22.2

21.9

Jam

21.5

21.3

5,800

5,300

lary 31

4,800

4,500

February 1

21.2

20.8

Febi

20.8

20.7

20.4

20.2

Febi

19.8

19.8

19.4

19.0

Febi

18.0

16.6

4,400

4,200

 uary 2

3,800

3,600

3,400

3,200

 uary 3

3,000

2,900

2,800

2,700

 uary 4

2,500

2,100
WABASH RIVER BASIN

ISabash River at Bluff ton, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 40°44". long. 85°11', in sec. 4, T. 26 N., R. 12 E., at Main Street

Bridge, in Bluff-ton, Wells County. Zero of gage is 789.97 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 470 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.4 and 5.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 5,000 second-feet; 

extended with aid of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge 10,800 second-feet 9:30 a.m. Jan. 16 (gage 

Height, 15.02 feet)

1923-36: Discharge observed, 10,200 second-feet (revised) Jan. 15, 1930 (gage 

height, 14.7 feet).

Maximum stage known, 20.0 feet Mar. 26, 1913 (discharge not determined).

Remarks.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge ; 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second- feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.58

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.59

1.61

1.56

1.56

1.57

1.57

1.57

1.53

1.55

1.54

1.54

1.54

1.54

1.52

1.51

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.49

1.50

1.49

1.50

1.60

1.79

2.12

3.42

7.32

Second-feet

22

23

23

23

22

24

21

21

21

21

21

19

20

19

19

19

19

18

18

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

23

40

90

534

2,270

January

Feet

6.47

6.50

5.68

3.87

2.94

2.55

2.95

6.32

7.54

6.94

6.63

5.60

3.95

10.09

12.46

14.72

13.25

11.40

9.80

8.81

9.68

8.89

9.52

9.30

8.94

7.83

7.54

6.36

4.58

3.71

6.62

Second-feet

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

4

6

10

7

4

,870

,870

,470

633

299

186

338

,770

,380

,070

,940

,440

759

,040

,330

,200

,440

,970

3,750

3,150

3 ,690

3,210

3 ,570

3,450

3,210

2,550

2,370

1 ,820

940

563

1,940

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet... ..........

Run-off, in inches. ................................

February

Feet

6.79

6.77

6.32

4.12

3.37

3.30

3.19

3.71

6.05

6.91

7.65

7.17

5.64

4.48

3.95

3.82

3.66

3.55

4.05

5.13

5.92

5.77

5.03

3.85

3.14

2.99

3.04

2.98

Second-feet

2,020

2,020

1,800

760

442

417

380

590

1,620

2,070

2,430

2,220

1,420

895

660

601

544

506

700

1,250

1,570

1,520

1,160

620

363

315

331

312

December January February

112 2 717 ! 055

0.27 6.66 2.33
258 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVBRS, 1937 

Wabash River at Wabash, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 40°47'25", long. 85°49'13", In sec. 14, T. 27 N., R. 6 E., at Wabash

Street Bridge, in Wabash, Wabash County. Zero of gage is 642.66 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 1,670 square miles (revised).

Gage-height Record.- Prom graph based on two gage readings daily. Gage heights used 

 to half tenths between 2.7 and 3.9 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 26,800 second-feet noon Jan. 16 (gage

height, 21.3 feet, from graph based on observed gage readings.

1923-36: Discharge observed, 31,100 second-feet Jan. 16, 1930 (gage height,

22.65 feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 60,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913 (gage height,

28.7 feet, from floodmarks).

Mean daily gage laeight, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.67

2.74

2.77

2.68

2.61

2.69

2.60

2.60

2.62

2.60

2.58

2.48

2.60

2.53

2.46

2.52

2.50

2.36

2.42

2.59

2.57

2.59

2.58

2.54

2.49

2.64

2.86

3.44

3.64

6.93

13.20

Second-feet

149

170

170

151

135

154

133

133

138

133

129

109

133

119

106

117

113

89

99

131

127

131

129

121

111

142

200

465

567

2,770

9,180

January

Peet

12.84

10.50

8.93

7.07

5.56

4.48

5.24

13.70

16.54

14.08

11.68

9.10

7.78

14.08

19.18

20.96

20.23

17.70

13.40

10.95

13.50

13.98

12.40

10.59

10.97

10.79

9.09

7.89

6.99

5.95

9.62

Second- feet

8,680

6 ,090

4,510

2,930

1,740

1

1

9

14

,060

,600

,890

,300

10,400

7,390

4,720

3 ,520

10,800

20,400

25,800

23,400

16

9

,800

,440

6,620

9,630

10,200

8 ,200

6,190

6,620

6,400

4,690

3,610

2,850

2 ,020

5,250

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ...........

February

Feet

12.14

9.68

7.46

6.62

5.25

4.75

4.66

6.99

11.40

10.47

9.12

8.02

7.24

6.58

5.90

5.55

5.32

5.16

5.20

7.60

13.02

10.27

7.44

6.17

5.06

4.62

4.48

4.16

Second- feet

7,910

5,290

3,250

2,530

1,500

1,240

1,110

2,850

7,060

6,090

4,690

3,700

3,010

2,530

1,990

1,780

1,570

1,500

1,500

3,340

8,920

5,890.

3,170

2,210

1,440

1,110

1,050

870

December January February

534 8,250 3,182

0.37 R.7O 1 -QQ
WABASH RIVER BASIN 2 

Wabash River at Logansport, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 40°44'47 n , long. 86°22'39 n , in sec. 35, T. 27 N., R. IE., 150 feet 

below Cicott Street Bridge, in Logansport, 1,000 feet below Eel River. Zero of ga« 

573.17 feet (revised) above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drsinage area.- 3,760 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.4 and 6.5 reet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 48,800 second-feet 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 16 

(gage height, 15.08 feet).

1903-06, 1933-36: Discharge observed, 63,700 second-feet Feb. 27, 1936 (gage 

height, 17.85 feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 116,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913 (gage -height, 

25.5 feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1956 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.09

3.11

3.11

3.11

3.10

3.09

3.10

3.15

3.15

3.10

3.07

3.03

3.06

3.07

3.04

3.00

2.98

3.01

2.95

3.03

3.03

3.04

2.99

2.99

2.97

2.99

3.08

3.40

3.68

4.47

9.26

Second-feet

672

684

684

684

670

657

670

742

742

670

631

579

618

631

592

540

519

553

486

579

579

592

529

529

508

529

644

1,120

1,600

3,500

20,100

January

Feet

9.41

8.20

6.91

5.87

5.10

4.45

4.37

9.19

11.58

10.78

8.78

7.36

6.53

9.29

13.76

14.92

13.72

11.95

9.63

8.28

8.94

9.98

9.33

8.14

7.64

7.96

7.20

6.28

5.62

5.08

6.41

Second-feet

20,800

15,400

10,200

6,800

4,700

3,140

3,010

20,000

31,000

27,000

18,100

12,200

8,850

20,600

42,000

47,800

41,500

33,000

21,700

15,800

18,800

23,500

20,400

15,000

13,000

14,600

11,400

8,150

6,000

4,700

8,890

February

Feet

8.98

7.78

6.23

5.55

4.87

4.51

4.29

4.70

8.08

8.31

7.57

6.34

5.69

5.39

5.21

4.84

4.64

4.56

4.59

5.34

8.15

9'. 21

6.97

5.78

4.86

4.44

4.34

4.14

Second-feet

19,000

13,800

7,980

5,850

4,080

3,250

2,790

3,850

14,800

15,800

12,900

8,320

6,300

5,450

4,950

4,080

3,580

3,360

3,470

5,400

15,400

19,900

10,600

6,600

4,080

3,140

2,900

2,470

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet..... ....... 1,382 17,680 7,646

Run-off, in inches................................ 0.42 5.42 2.11
260 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Wabash River at Lafayette, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 40°25'19", long. 860 53'49 n , in sec. 20, T. 23 N., R. 4 W., at Brown 

Street Bridge, Lafayette. Zero of gage is 504.14 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 7,230 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Jan. 23-30, Feb. 2-5, 

when stage was determined from graph based on daily readings of nonrecording gage and 

comparison with records for station on Wabash River at Logansport. Gage heights used 

to half tenths between 1.8 and 3.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by currant-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 58,500 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 17 (gage 

height, 21.28 feet).

1901-03, 1923-36: Discharge, 78,600 second-feet Feb. 27, 1936 (gage height, 25.50 

feet) .

Maximum discharge known, about 144,000 second-feet Mar. 26, 1913 (gage height, 

32.9 feet).

Remarks. - Gage height record collected in cooperation with tl. S- Weather Bureau.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

1,850

1,910

2,020

2,470

Jan.

32,200

31,500

25,800

17,000

11,900

8,980

8,000

23,100

39,400

47,400

Feb.

23,200

25,200

17,700

12,700

9,930

8,060

6,440

7,700

17,900

24,400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,160

1,940

1,790

1,650

2,090

1,940

1,720

1,780

1,710

1,680

Jan.

42,200

32.800

22,700

27,000

42,600

55,500

58,000

52,000

43,000

32,800

Feb.

21,600

11,900

11,900

10,500

9,360

8,790

7,700

7,340

7,700

9,930

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,650

1,790

1,390

1,650

1,840

1,480

2,020

2,710

3,510

5,760

22,800

2 *7QQ

0.45

Jan.

27,900

31,800

32,800

27,900

24,400

23,500

23,000

20,300

16,000

11,100

13,200

oQ oor\

4.66

Feb.

16,300

30,300

28,500

17,500

11,300

7,880

7,340

6,620

1 *^ *7*7n

1.98

ilean dally gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.02

2.02

2.02

2.01

2.00

2.01

1.74

1.78

1.86

2.14

Jan.

15.30

15.00

13.00

9.71

7.44

5.88

5.35

12.01

17.14

18.96

Feb.

12.09

12.82

9.95

7.82

6.42

5.40

4.51

5.15

9.98

12.50

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.95

1.82

1.70

1.60

1.88

1.80

1.65

1.69

1.64

1.62

Jan.

17.80

15.31

11.90

13.43

17.93

20.74

21.21

19.95

18.02

15.32

Feb.

11.53 

7.42

7.42

6.74

6.08

5.83

5.24

5.04

5.22

6.39

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.60

1.70

1.41

1.60

1.73

1.48

1.84

2.31

2.81

4.10

8.42

Jan.

13.74

15.03

15.30

13.67

12.48

12.19

12.04

10.99

9.31

7.01

7.97

Feb.

9.31

14.48

13.90

9.94

7.13

5.30

5.01

4.65

Gage height, in feat, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

t,§W

1

7

1

2

3

9

6

6

6

6

3

9

N

1

2

9

6

6

6

6

5

3

5

6

7

Feet Sec.ft.

January 7

5.23

5.09

4.53

4.52

4.59

6.54

7,700

7,520

6,440

6,440

6,620

10,100

January 8

10.41

13.86

18,700

28 , 500

January 9

16.41

18.06

Jam

18.75

18.95

18.98

18.99

18.98

18.82

36,700

43,400

aary 10

46,500

47,400

47,400

47,400

47,400

46.500

January 11

18.32

17.31

44,200

40,200

January 12

16.08

14.45

35,600

30,000

January 13

12.74

11.28

11.08

11.03

11.07

24,900

21,000

20 , 500

20,300

20,500

3 

o

6

6

6

6

2

6

10

2

6

10

1

5

7

8

9

1

5

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

11

Feet Sec.ft.

January 14

12.33

14.40

23,800

30,000

January 15

16.85

19.14

Jam.

20.04

20.45

20.66

20.86

21.04

21.14

Jam

21.22

21.25

21.25

21.28

21.25

21.22

21.13

20.97

38,200

47,800

lary 16

52,000

54,000

55,500

56,500

57,000

57,500

lary 17

58,000

58,000

58,000

58,500

58,000

58,000

57,500

57,000

January 18

20.65

20.23

19.72

19.30

Jam

18.84

18.36

17.82

17.19

16.96

55,000

53,000

50,600

48,800

iary 19

46,500

44,700

42,200

39,800

39,000

o

W

3

9

3

9

3

9

10

11

1

5

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

N

3

9

3

6

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 20

16.49

15.71

14.93

14.29

37,000

34,200

31,500

29 , 700

January 21

13.72

13.55

13.55

13.55

13.58

13.75

14.02

Janu

14.45

14.90

15.23

15.45

27,900

27,600

27,600

27,600

27,600

28,200

28,800

ary 22

30,000

31,500

32,500

33,200

January 23

15.50

15.50

15.49

15.37

14.96

33,600

33,600

33,600

33,200

31,800

January 24

14.24

14.00

13.80

13.45

13.08

29,400

28,800

28,200

27,000

26,100

January 25

12.80

12.55

25,200

24,600

1

W

3

9

M

1

2

9

3

9

10

11

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Z

9

10

11

Feet

12.32

12.16

12.11

Sec.ft.

23,800

23,500

23,200

January 26

12.10

12.11

12.18

12.24

12.30

12.31

12.30

23,200

23,200

23,500

23,500

23,800

23,800

23,800

January 27

12.27

12.17

12.00

11.73

23,800

23,500

23,000

22,100

January 28

11.48

11.18

10.82

10.41

Jam

10.00

9.68

9.07

8.41

21,600

20,800

19,700

18,700

lary 29

17,700

17,000

15,600

14,000

January 30

7.76

7.17

6.62

6.39

6.38

6.39

12,700

11,500

10,300

9,930

9,930

9,930

1

W

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

7

11

2

3

4

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 31

6.66

7.48

8.36

9.28

10,500

12,100

14,000

16,000

February 1

10.56

11.78

12.68

13.05

13.22

19,200

22,400

24,900

25,800

26,400

February 2

13.27

13.28

13.27

13.18

12.78

12.08

26,700

26,700

26,700

26,400

25,200

23,200

February 3

11.00

10.10

9.50

9.05

20,300

18,000

16,500

15,400

February 4

8.54

8. -08

7.63

7.21

14,200

13,400

12,300

11,500

February 5

6.88

6.52

6.28

5.98

10,900

10,100

9,740

9,170
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

INabash River at Montezuma, Ind.

261

Location.- Lat. 39° 47'33", long. 87°22'29" in sec. 35, T. 16 N., R. 9 IN. , at highway

bridge at Montezuma, 2.0 miles above Racoon Creek and 4.9 miles below Sugar Creek.

Zero of gage is 458.49 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 11,000 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths below

2.6 feet; tenths above this limit.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 68,700 second-feet morning Jan.

16 (gage height, 24.15 feet).

1924-36: Discharge observed, 101,000 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height,

28.19 feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 192,000 second-feet Mar. 27, 1913 (gage height,

34.9 feet, from floodmarks).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.86

3.78

3.74

3.72

3.69

3.69

3.60

3.50

3.44

3.48

3.59

3.58

3.32

3.19

3.26

3.36

3.36

3.24

3.18

3.16

3.08

2.97

3.05

3.06

3.10

3.32

3.40

3.48

3.90

4.62

14.71

Second-feet

3,840

3,670

3,500

3,500

3,500

3,500

3,340

3,180

3,020

3,180

3,340

3,340

2,860

2,700

2,860

3,020

3,020

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,550

2,400

2,400

2,550

2,550

2,860

3,020

3,180

3,840

5,040

26,800

January

Peet

16.44

16.96

17.48

17.58

16.84

14.04

11.08

16.42

19.61

21.98

22.66

22.69

22.00

21.90

23.67

24.07

23.51

23.76

23.86

23.26

22.87

21.94

20.22

19.30

18.92

18.29

17.20

15.84

14.25

12.48

14.42

Second-feet

31,200

33,000

34,500

34,800

32,400

25,000

18,200

31,200

42,000

54,100

58,300

58,300

54,100

53,500

65,200

68,000

63,800

65,900

66,600

62,400

59,600

53,500

44,700

40,800

39,200

37,000

33,600

29,600

25,500

21,400

26,000

February

Peet

15.86

15.64

15.48

14.64

12.28

10.08

8.90

8.50

13.64

14.78

14.90

14.78

13.82

12.08

10.49

9.56

9.10

8.68

8.68

9.74

12.21

15.28

15.95

16.34

15.74

12.80

9.68

8.42

Second-feet

29,900

29,100

28,800

26,500

20,900

16,000

13,400

12,600

24,000

27,000

27,300

27,000

24,500

20,500

16,800

14,900

13,800

13,000

13,000

15,100

20,700

28,300

30,100

31,000

29,300

22,100

15,100

12,400

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ........... 3,892 43,980 21,540

Run-off, in inches................................ 0.41 4.61 2.04

77596 0 38 18
262 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Wabash River at Terre Haute, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°28'00", long. 87°25'O8" In NWi sec. 21, T. 12 N., R. 9 W., at Wabash

 Avenue Bridge, at Terre Haute, 2.2 miles above Sugar Creek and 4 miles below Lost

Creek. Zero of gage is 442.90 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 12,200 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths

 between 2.9 and 4.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-dlscharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 74,400 s«cond-feet 7 p.m. Jan. 16 (gage 

height, 23.53 feet).

1902-03, 1905-06, 1927-36: Discharge observed, 106,000 second-feet May 15, 1933 

(gage height, 26.53 feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 200,000 second-feet Mar. 27, 1913 (gage height, 

33.0 feet, by comparison with records at U. S. Weather Bureau gage 3,300 feet 

upstream).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1936

S*S

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

4,600

4,280

4,200

4,120

4,040

4,040

4,040

3,880

3,640

3,640

Jan.

26,000

27,800

29,000

30,400

30,800

28 , 700

23,600

25,700

32,800

40,000

Feb.

29,400

29,400

29,000

28,700

26,000

20,900

17,100

15,300

22,700

26,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3,640

3,800

3,640

3,420

3,340

3,190

3,340

3,260

3,190

3,120

Jan.

49,400

55,000

56,600

59,300

67,400

73,400

72,400

68,400

70,400

69 , 400

Feb.

26,400

26,700

26,000

23,800

20,300

17,900

16,300

15,100

14,900

15,900

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3,040

2,960

2,820

3,040

2,740

2,890

3,260

3,420

4,200

6^290

18,900

0.39

Jan.

69,400

64,700

54,200

47,900

43,700

41,200

38,800

34,700

30,800

27,200

27,000

4.31

Feb.

19,400

24,300

27,000

28,100

28,700

26,700

20,500

15,700

22 790

1.95

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

4.98

4.80

4.75

4.68

4.67

4.65

4.64

4.56

4.40

4.40

Jan.

15.80

16.53

16.94

17.29

17.42

16.80

14.75

15.66

17.90

19.31

Feb.

16.98

17.04

16.94

16.80

15.81

13.61

11.78

10.87

14.40

15.80

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.42

4.50

4.41

4.27

4.18

4.09

4.21

4.17

4.10

4.07

Jan.

20.68

21.43

21.59

21.90

22.77

23.42

23.26

22.94

23.06

23.02

Feb.

16.02

16.06

15.85

14.91

13.28

12.16

11.40

10.83

10. §8

11.23

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.99

3.93

3.86

3.98

3.82

3.90

4.16

4.27

4.73

6.04

12.60

Jan.

22.99

22.51

21.33

20.49

19.90

19.52

19.09

18.33

17.42

16.33

16.24

Feb.

12.91

15.14

16.20

16.61

16.80

16.09

13.40

11.13

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1957

w

1

11

l

6

11

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

10

2

2

11

2

N

2

2

2

2

Feet Sec.ft.

January 7

15.89

14.68

14.46

14.25

14.42

Jam

14.66

15.12

15.48

15.87

16.23

16.64

26,200

23,400

22,900

22,200

22,700

iary 8

23,400

24,300

25,800

26,800

27,000

28,100

January 9

17.17

17.57

17.85

18.09

18.53

Jam

18.71

19.42

20.00

Jam

20.21

20.72

20.82

Jam

21.23

21.50

Jam

21.60

30,000

31,600

32,400

33,800

35,700

lary 10

36,700

40,600

44,400

lary 11

45,800

49,400

50,200

lary 12

53,400

55,800

lary 13

56,600

w

2

2

K

2

2

N

8

2

N

7

2

N

2

2

N

2

2

2

9

2

2

5

Id

Feet

21.58

Sec.ft.

56,600

January 14

21.65

21.85

21.91

56,600

58,400

59,300

January 15

22.49

22.77

22.98

64,700

67,400

69,400

January 16

23.19

23.47

23.53

71,400

74,400

74,400

January 17

23.48

23.25

23.20

74,400

71,400

71,400

January 18

22.99

22.92

22.94

Jam

23.01

23.09

23.11

69,400

68,400

68,400

tary 19

69,400

70,400

70,400

January 20

23.09

22.96

22.94

22.95

70,400

69,400

68,400

69,400

o

W

2

7

2

9

2

11

4

9

2

7

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

Feet Sec.ft.

January 21

23.01

23.06

23.00

22.92

69,400

69,400

69,400

68,400

January 22

22.79

22.58

22.43

22.22

67,400

65,600

63,800

62,000

January 23

21.90

21.53

21.21

20.91

59,300

55,800

53,400

51,000

January 24

20.76

20.50

20.41

20.29

50,200

47,900

47,200

46,500

January 25

20.18

20.04

19.95

19.65

45,800

44,400

44,400

41.800

January 26

19.62

19.56

19.49

19.34

Jam;

19.28

41,800

41,800

41,200

40,000

ary 27

40,000

fn

g

W

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

1

2

10

2

8

9

10

11

M

1

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

Peet

19.14

19.06

18.82

Sec.ft.

38,800

38,800

37,200

January 28

18.69

18.42

18.28

18.02

36,700

35,200

34,700

33,300

January 29

17.85

17.52

17.37

17.01

32,400

31,200

30,800

29,400

January 30

16.92

16.88

16.52

16.22

15.88

15.84

15.83

15.82

15.82

Jam

15.84

15.85

16.22

16.39

16.66

29,000

29,000

27,800

27,000

26,200

26,000

26,000

26,000

26,000

lary 31

26,000

26,000

27,000

27,500

28,400

February 1

16.80

16.99

17.03

28,700

29,400

29,400

fn

g

w

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

6

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

2

10

Feet

17.10

Sec.ft

29,700

February 2

17.12

17.07

17.05

17.02

Pebr

17.01

16.94

16.93

16.92

Febi

16.92

16.88

16.82

16.76

16.66

29,700

29,700

29,400

29,400

 uary 3

29,400

29,000

B9,OOQ

29,000

 uary 4

29,000

29,000

28,700

28,700

28,400

February 5

16.52

16.04

15.71

14.96

27,800

26,400

25,700

24,100

February 6

14.54

13.79

13.40

12.74

Febi

12.43

11.88

11.66

11.22

22,900

21,400

20,500

19,000

 Uary 7

18,400

17,300

16,900

15,900
WABASH RIVER BASIN 263

Wabash River at VIncennea, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 38°40'52 11 , long. 87°32'04 11 , at highway bridge at Vincennes, Knox County,

4.8 miles below Maria Creek and 5.8 miles above Embarrass River. Zero of gage is

396.43 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 13,700 square milea (revised).

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. Above gage height of

7.0 feet discharge determined from slope, using U. S. Weather Bureau gage at Mount

Carmel as auxiliary gage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 76,500 second-feet about midnight Jan. 16;

maximum gage height observed, 22.80 feet 4 p.m. Jan. 23.

1929-36: Discharge observed, about 114,000 second-feet Jan. 17, 1930 (gage height,

25.25 feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 200,000 second-feet Mar. 29, 1913 (gage height,

24.3 feet, from floodmarks). 

Remarks.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.40

2.33

2.27

2.06

2.00

1.83

1.77

1.71

1.70

1.63

1.61

1.60

1.60

1.59

1.57

1.56

1.55

1.54

1.54

1.51

1.43

1.40

1.33

1.32

1.30

1.30

1.29

1.23

1.21

1.81

3.75

Second-feet

6,060

5,850

5,850

5,430

5,220

4,800

4,800

4,600

4,600

4,400

4,400

4,400

4,400

4,400

4,400

4,400

4,400

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,000

4,000

3,800

3,800

3,800

3,800

3,800

3,610

3,610

4,800

9., 100

January

Feet

6.95

9.23

10.21

10.72

10.86

10.73

11.15

12.26

13.05

13.71

13.95

14.08

14.61

16.71

19.68

21.41

21.95

22.17

22.27

21.81

22.33

22.74

22.66

21.66

21.13

20.02

18.76

18.16

17.33

16.66

16.18

Second-feet

16,500

23,800

26 ,600

28,100

28,500

28,000

29,300

33 ,400

37,200

39 y600

39,800

39

41

,800

,500

49,900

64,100

73,200

76

76

,400

,000

75,200

70,200

71 ,900

74,300

73 ,800

67,000

64,700

58,000

49,200

46

42

39

,800

,900

,900

38,400

February

Feet

15.73

14.98

14.31

13.83

13.42

12.94

12.17

10.73

10.50

11.66

12.00

12.00

11.94

11.94

11.71

10.82

9.68

8.72

8.22

7.96

B.lfi

9.12

10.06

10.63

11.02

11.00

10.83

10.32

Second-feet

37,300

35,100

32,900

31,900

31,000

29,800

28,000

24,100

23,700

29,000

30,900

31,100

30,900

30,800

30,000

26,700

23,400

20,900

19,700

19,100

19,800

22,900

26,100

27,900

29,300

29,100

28,400

26,700

December January February

4,617 49,160 27,730

0.39 4.14 2.10
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Wabash River at Mount Carmel, 111.

Location.- Lat. 38°21'58I> , long. 87o47 I 21 n , above Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati &

St. Louis Railway bridge, 3 miles below Mount Carmel, Wabash County, and 3 1/3 miles 

below Potaka River. Zero of gage is 371.58 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 28,600 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 0.6 and 2.2 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 300,000 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-March 1957; Discharge, 285,000 second-feet 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 22 (gage

 TEeTght, 25.10 feet).

1908-13, 1927-36: Discharge, 428,000 second-feet Mar. 30, 1913 (gage height, 

27.65 feet).

Remarks.- Some discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, tJ. S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, In feet, and mean dally discharge, In second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

Mean mo

.93

.88

.84

.75

.67

.66

.61

.57

.56

57

.51

.48

.49

50

46

38

33

28

29

27

.20

16

12

08

06

07

04

08

19

50

12

Second-feet

9,590

9,360

9,1

8,6

50

30

8,250

8,250

8,040

7,840

7,8 to

7,840

7,640

7,640

7,6 10

7,640

7,440

7,250

7,060

6,860

6,8 50

6,670

6,480

6,2<?0

6,100

6,1<)0

5,920

5,920

5,9<

6, 1C

20

50

6,480

7,6 to

13,900

nf-hlTT rM a/>VioT*oJanuary

Feet

5.93

9.30

11.44

12.55

13.05

13.25

13.47

13.89

14.20

15.02

15.81

16.39

17.02

18.52

20.10

21.18

22.11

23.06

23.77

24.36

24.88

25.07

2S.02

24.86

24.60

24.45

24.34

24.14

23.78

23.43

23.04

Second-feet

A - 1 n aAftrtnri 

25,100

39,600

48,900

54,200

56,100

57,100

58,700

60,900

62,800

68,300

74,200

79,100

84,300

100,000

122,000

144,000

167,000

200,000

228,000

254,000

276,000

285,000

280,000

276,000

262,000

254,000

249,000

240,000

228,000

212,000

196,000

Paa*.

February

Feet

22.

22.

21.

21.

20.

20.

19.

18.

17.

16.

16.

15.

15.

15.

15.

15.

14.

13.

12.

11.

11.

11.

11.

12.

12.

12.

12.

12.

59

06

54

00

53

12

53

69

64

71

16

87

82

92

93

69

86

50

19

36

02

15

70

25

65

82

77

13

Second-feet

December

7,560

0.30

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet,

(H

g

w

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

Feet Sec. -ft.

January 13 

16.83 82.800

17.00

17.18

17.50 _.,

84,300

86,100

89.100

January 14 

18.02 94.300

18.52

19.06

19.48 __._,

99,700

106,000

112 .000

January 15 

19.79 117,000

20.10 122.000

20.41 __., 128.000

20.67 132,000

January 16 

20.96 138,000

21.20 144.000

21.44 _.. 150.000 ,

21.67 156,000

Feet Sec. -ft.

January 17 

21.88 161.000 J

22.09

22.32

22.62

167,000 ,

175,000 ,

184.000 I

January 18 

22.87 192.000

23.06

23.26

23.41

198,000

206,000

212.000

January 19 

23.59 220,000

23.76 226,000

23.93 233.000

24.08 240,000

January 20 

24.23 246,000

24.37 252.000

24.48 258.000

24.59 262,000

feet Sec. -ft.

January 21 

24.80 271,000

? 4.8 5 273,000

25.00 280,000

25. o;5 281,000

January 22 

25.07 283,000

25.07 283,000

25.1

25.0

3 285,000

3 284,000

January 23 

25.03 281,000

25.01 280,000

24.9

34.9

9 280,000

5 279,000

January 24 

84.91 276,000

24.85 273,000

84.8 0 271,000

84.72 268,000

Faet

183,000

167,000

152,00

139,00

0

0

130,000

122,000

112,000

102,000

90,100

81,700

77,400

74,900

74,200

74,900

74,900

73,400

67,600

58,700

52,400

48,900

47,100

48,000

50,200

52,400

54,200

55,100

55,10

51,90

0

0

January

153,01..3D

6.17

March

Feet

10.68

9.05

7.84

7.05

6.55

6.28

6.19

6.26

6.32

6.30

6.18

5.95

5.68

5.40

5.14

4.94

4.84

4.92

5.43

5.68

6.49

7.54

7.96

7.73

7.49

7.24

6.81

6.34

6.07

6.07

5.89

Second-feet

February

84,650

3.08

45,800

38,300

33,100

29,700

28,000

26,800

26,300

26,800

26,800

26,800

26,300

25,500

24,300

23,000

21,800

21,000

20,600

21,000

23,000

24,300

27,600

31,800

34,000

32,700

31,800

30,500

28,900

26,800

25,900

25,900

25,100

March

27,750

1.12

at indicated time, 1937

Sec. -ft.

January 25 

24.64 264,000

24.5 3 262,0 30

24.55 260,000

24.5 3 259,0 00

January 26 

24.46 256,000

24.42 255,000

24.4 5 256,000

24.43 255,000

January 27 

24.36 252,000

24.32 250,000

24.30 249,000

24.25 247,000

January 28 

24.21 245,000

24.14 242,000

24.06 239,000

23.98 235,000

Feet Sec. -ft.

January 29 

23.87 231,000

23.7 7 227,000

23.69 224,000

23.6 3 220,000

January 30 

23.51 216,000

23.43 213,000

23.3 5 210,000

23.27 207,000

January 31 

23.14 202,000

23.05 198,000

22.9 4 194,000

22.84 191,000

February 1 

22.72 187,000

22.60 183,000

22.47 179,000

22.33 175,000

Feet Sec. -ft.

February 2 

22.17 169,000

22. C 3 165,000

21.94 163,000

21.8 1 159,000

February 3 

21.66 156,000

21.53 153,000

21.4 1 149,000

21.28 146,000

February 4 

21.14 143,000

20.98 139,000

20.6 6 136,000

20.73 134,000

February 5 

20.59 131,000

20.52 130,000

20.'

20.;

17 129,000

56 127,000

Supplemental records.- Jan. 21, 1 a.m., 24.70 ft., 267,000 sec.ft. 

5 to 7 p.m., 25.10 ft., 285,000 sec.ft.

Jan. 22,
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Salamonie River at Dora, Ind.

265

Location.- Lat. 40°47', long. 85°40', in sec. 18, T. 27 N., R. 8 E., at highway bridge

at Dora, Wabash County, 4 miles above mouth. 

Drainage area.- 512 square miles (revised). 

GagB-helght record.- One gage reading dally except for period Dec. 31 to Feb. 2, when

it was based on graph constructed from dally gage readings. Gage height used to

half tenths between 2.3 and 3.2 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 5,000 second-feet;

extended with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 9,020 second-feet 1 a.m. Jan. 17 (gage

height, 11.5, from graph based on observed gage readings).

19S3-36: Discharge observed, 10,500 second-feet Jan. 14, 1930 (gage height,

13.10 feet).

Mean dally gage height, in feet, and mean dally discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.68

1.71

1.54

1.62

1.70

1.72

1.74

1.76

1.75

1.80

1.74

1.92

1.62

1.57

1.58

1.60

1.62

1.64

1.66

1.62

1.64

1.66

1.70

1.65

1.58

1.56

1.64

1.66

2.86

3.12

6.58

Second-feet

63

65

59

58

58

70

67

63

59

62

66

65

63

61

60

59

58

57

57

56

56

59

56

55

54

54

76

80

223

584

3,180

January

Feet

7.07

4.11

3.92

3.48

2.97

2.61

2.76

6.55

6.79

6.20

5.66

4.22

6.30

8.82

10.37

11.27

11.01

7.57

5.36

4.92

5.84

6.88

6.94

5.83

5.02

4.42

4.53

4.75

3.58

2.75

3.77

Second- feet

3

1

1

3

3

2

2

1

2

5

7

8

8

4

2

1

2

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

Run-off, in inches. . ..............................

,620

,120

.000

780

514

359

441

,140

,350

,750

,300

,180

,900

,650

,590

,760

,370

,220

,040

,650

,380

,460

,460

,380

,720

,300

,370

,540

822

424-

954

February

Feet

6.14

5.71

4.92

3.22

2.78

2.40

2.10

1.92

4.67

5.44

4.46

2.93

2.88

2.99

2.88

2.55

2.97

2.88

2.72

4.54

5.92

6.25

4.65

3.88

3.12

3.28

3.36

3.22

Second- feet

2,700

2,290

1,650

632

446

277

176

132

1,510

2,040

1,370

514

491

537

491

338

514

491

402

1,370

2,470

2,V50

1,440

1,000

584

350

315

265

December January February

184 2,630 984

0.41 5.93 2.00
266 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Mississinewa River at Marion, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 40°34', long. 85°40', in see. 31, T. 25 N., R. YE., at Highland Avenue

 Bridge, in Marion, Grant County. Zero of gage ia 774.70 feet above mean sea level

(general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 740 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths be-

 tween 1.6 and 4.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stase-dlscharKe relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 18,700 second-feet 4 p.m. Jan. 15 (gage

1923-361 Discharge observed, 20,600 second-feet May 12, 1933 (gage height, 15.59 

feet).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

0.37

.52

.32

.34

.34

.54

.43

.34

.31

.32

.53

.52

.31

.29

.29

.30

.30

.29

.30

.28

.29

.28

.26

.26

.26

.27

.35

.46

,63

2.13

5.68

Second- feet

81

69

69

74

74

74

98

74

67

69

72

69

67

65

65

65

65

63

65

61

64

61

57

57

57

59

76

103

149

909

3,900

January

Feet

5.21

3.88

2.69

2.00

1.52

1.20

1.63

4.57

5.75

4.78

5.94

2.80

2.43

9.20

13.99

11.50

6.73

4.53

5.10

4.34

6.12

7.33

6.16

4.20

4.50

4.77

3.56

2.41

2.03

2.07-

5.08

Second-feet

3,330

2,120

1,160

755

511

364

611

2,730

4,000

2,930

2,150

1,260

1,040

9,190

17,500

13,000

5,260

2,630

3,230

2,890

4,360

5,940

4,480

2,360

2,630

2,930

1,820

990

788

818

3,310

February

Feet

5.25

3.51

2.21

1.78

1.44

1.34

1.25

1.77

5.01

6.25

3.94

2.26

1.85

1.86

1.78

1.75

1.60

1.72

1.95

3.45

4.66

3.68

3.40

1.75

1.36

1.23

1.15

1.02

Second-feet

3,330

1,790

870

640

470

422

380

698

3,160

4,480

2,200

900

678

678

640

625

650

610

745

1,750

2,630

1,930

990

625

429

570

337

285

December January February

Run-off, in Inches... .............................. 0.35 5.58 1.69
HJABASH RIVER BASIS 

Eel River at North Manchester, Ind.

267

Location.- Lat. 40°59', long. 85°46', In sec. 5, T. 29 N., R. 7 E., at Second Street 

Bridge, In North Manchester, Wabash County. Zero of gage Is 738.00 feet above mean 

sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 429 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- One gage reading dally. Gage heights used to half tenths between 

2.8 and 3.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 2,000 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 2,940 second-feet 4:15 p.m. Jan. 

15 (gage height, 8.60 feet).

1923-36: Discharge observed, 7,500 second-feet Feb. 27, 1936 (gage height, 14.0 

feet).

Flood of 1936 exceeded all previously recorded marks, including those of 1883 

and 1913.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

In second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.31

2.32

2.31

2.27

2.24

2.29

2.25

2.22

2.24

2.28

2.24

2.22

2.25

2.26

2.23

2.24

2.23

2»23

2.22

2.22

2.21

2.21

2.23

2.19

2.17

2.16

2.45

3.15

2.91

5.59

6.98

Second-feet

107

110

107

96

87

101

90

82

87

98

87

82

90

93

84

87

84

84

82

82

79

79

84

74

69

66

152

425

322

1,440

2,030

January

Feet

5.88

5.35

5.00

4.44

3.75

3.16

3.15

6.25

7.22

7.38

5.24

5.04

4.68

7.67

8.60

6.98

6.28

5.65

5.00

4.71

4.60

4.53

4.35

4.17

3.83

3.72

3.48

3.21

3.15

3.07

5.83

Second-feet

1,550

1,370

1,220

975

710

425

425

1,670

2,130

2,230

1,300

1,220

1,100

2,400

2,940

2,030

1,710

1,440

1,220

1,100

1,060

1,020

975

890

710

665

575

446

425

384

1,520

February

Feet

. 5.01

4.56

3.68

3.31

3.08

2.99

2.82

3.46

5.38

4.93

4.18

3.73

3.58

3.40

3.33

3.14

3.01

2.89

2.94

3.34

5.46

6.23

5.46

4.13

3.89

3.58

3.10

3.00

Second- feet

1,220

1,060

665

489

404

363

282

554

1,370

1,180

890

665

620

532

511

425

363

322

342

511

1,400

1,670

1,400

845

755

620

404

363

December January February

Run-off . In Inches. .................. ............. 0.58 3.27 1.75
268 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Tlppecanoe River near Montlcello, Ind.

Location.- tat. 40°471 , long. 86°45', at Norway Plant of Northern Indiana. Public Service 

Co., In sec. 21, 1. 27 N., R. 3 W., 2 miles north of Monticello, White County.

Drainage area.- 1,740 square miles (revised).

Stage-discharge relation.- Discharge computed from records of power-plant operation and 

flow over dam.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Mean dally discharge, 8,460 second-feet Jan. 15. 

1931-36: Mean dally discharge, 11,500 second-feet May 11, 1933.

Remarjrs.- Records of dally discharge furnished by Northern Indiana Public Service Co.

Mean dally discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

927

940

878

944

848

747

710

805

893

1,060

927

657

520

943

808

686

748

646

911

531

795

496

686

766

520

786

823

1,710

1,530

3,100

6,450

January

5,540

5,560

4,670

3,740

2,950

2,480

2,340

4,760

7,460

6,360

5,550

4,520

4,160

7,660

8,460

6,690

6,030

5,570

4,450

3,800

4,110

3,770

3,040

2,920

3,110

2,610

2,250

2,480

2,330

2,370

3,150

December

Mean monthly discharge, In second-feet. 1,090

February

3,360

2,710

2,170

2,230

1,780

1,920

1,560

2,270

3,390

2,850

2,220

2,250

1,840

1,810

2,010

1,870

1,720

1,740

1,880

2,680

3,940

4,280

3,660

3,210

1,940

2,080

2,040

1,810

January February

4,351 2.401

2.88 1.44
WABASH RIVER BASIB 

Vermilion River near Danville, 111.

269

Location.- Lat. 40°06'56", long. 870 35'44", in fflli sec. 22, T. 19 N., R. 11 W., ij miles

above mouth cf Stony Creek and 2& miles southeast of Danville. Zero of gage Is

503.99 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 1,280 square miles. 

Sage-he ight record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between4.0 and 5.4 feet; hundredtha below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 20,000 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937; Discharge, 17,600 second-feet 12;30 p.m. Jan. 9 (gage

EeTght, SO.50 feet),

1914-21, 1928-36* Discharge, 22,000 second-feet Feb. 27, 1936 (gage height,

S2.76 feet). 

Remarks.- Plow regulated at times by storage In Lake Vermilion on North Pork of

Vermilion Elver 4-| miles above gage.

Mean dally gage height, in feet, and mean dally discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Peet

2.97

3.10

3.08

3.08

3.02

3.07

8.89

3.05

3.06

3.08

3.00

2.83

8.94

2.92

8.90

2.90

2.89

8.87

2.79

2.86

2.74

2.74

2.86

2.83

2.84

8.92

3.12

3.73

4.45

7.50

14.58

Second-feet

843

290

283

283

260

279

216

872

275

283

263

196

233

226

219

219

216

209

183

206

167

167

206

196

199

226

898

556

948

3,170

9,080

January

Feet

14.89

10.62

8.50

7.15

6.04

6.30

6.86

17.53

20.20

18.74

13.36

9.00

8.20

14.33

18.70

16.22

11.00

8.60

7.57

6.82

6.69

6.38

5.70

6.67

5.61

5.17

4.92

4.86

4.85

6.06

8.20

Second-feet

9,380

6,330

3,630

2,640

1,860

1,440

8,630

12,700

17,100

14,600

7,930

4,040

3,390

8,910

14,500

11,100

5,740

3,710

2,930

2,370

2,300

2,110

1,680

1,620

1,620

1,360

1,220

1,170

1,170

1,300

3,420

February

Feet

8.20

6.44

5.62

5.30

4.74

4.58

4.48

5.31

8.22

7.02

5.44

6.84

4.96

4.74

4.56

4.53

4.32

4.31

4.66

7.46

10.67

11.81

8.56

6.46

5.39

4.85

4.89

4.57

Second-feet

3,400

2,150

1,620

1,440

1,110

1,030

976

1,460

3,410

2,640

1,500

1,410

1,830

1^110

1,000

1,000

865

865

1,070

2,880

5,470

6,920

3,690

2,110

1,600

1,170

1,200

1,000

December January February
270 FLOODS OP OHIO AJfD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

West Branch of Salt Fork at Urbane, 111.

Location.- Lat. 40°07'12", long. 88°11'30", in center of sec. 9, T. 19 N., R. 9 E., at 

Champaign-Urbana sewage disposal plant, 0.8 mile below mouth of Boneyard Creek, and 

1 mile east of Urbana. Zero of gage is 688.38 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 71.4 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

above 3.2 feet; hundredths below this limit.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 700 second-feet; 

logarithmic extension to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 1,180 second-feet 2:45 to 3:45 a.m. Jan. 9 

(gage height, 5.23 feet).

July 1 to Dec. 31, 1936: Discharge, 975 second-feet 4:45 p.m. Nov. 2 (gage 

height, 4.83 feet).

Highest stage known, 12.5 feet May 11, 1933, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records collected in cooperation with Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, In second-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

32

23

34

26

36

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

0.81

.89

.88

.86

.98

1.06

 81

.80

.81

.84

.76

.74

.74

.74

.75

.76

.76

.71

.76

.73

.70

.67

.71

.71

.72

.73

1-.26

1.39

1.27

2.66

3.35

Seeond-feet

8.4

10.8

10.6

9.9

18.6

17.7

8.4

8.1

8.4

9.3

6.8

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.8

6.8

7.1

6.8

6.8

6.4

5.6

6.0

6.8

6.8

6.1

6.4

33

37

29

276

596

January

Feet

2.68

2.60

2.50

2.03

1.83

1.75

2.45

4.54

4.53

3.19

2.81

2.66

2.68

4.22

3.98

3.04

2.75

2.60

3.58

2.29

2.27

2.12

1.97

1.92

1.83

1.76

1.75

1.77

1.78

1.88

2.65

Seeond-feet

220

184

148

107

80

68

209

827

766

542

248

194

226

710

613

302

231

204

162

146

143

120

99

92

80

70

68

73

74

87

190

February

Feet

2.53

2.11

2.00

1.91

1.79

1.76

1.67

2.16

2.64

2.08

1.92

1.82

1.77

1.68

1.61

1.68

1.53

1.68

1.66

2.42

2.79

2.66

2.34

2.16

1.94

1.86

1.77

1.69

Second-feet

153

118

103

90

76

71

61

126

194

114

92

79

72

62

66

62

48

62

69

170

244,

216

166

124

96

82

72

63

December January February
WABASH RIVER BASIN 271

Embarrass River at Ste. Marie, 111.

location.- Lat. 38°56'10n , long. 88°01'10n,in sec. 30, T. 6 H., R. 14 W., at highway

bridge at Ste. Marie, Jasper County. Zerc of gage is 447.14 feet above mean sea

level.

Drainage area.- 1,540 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Two gage readings dally. Gage heights used to half tenths between

1.5 and 2.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Dec. 21-25. Defined by current-meter measurements to 17,000 seoond-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937i Discharge observed, 17,300 second-feet 4 p.m. Jan. 16 

(gage height, 20.79 feet).

1909-12, 1914-361 Discharge observed, 39,000 second-feet May SO, 1927 (gage

height, 24.3 feet).

Mean dally gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

a

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.88

1.85

1.81

1.77

1.74

1.76

1.70

1.65

1.61

1.63

1.64

1.63

1.63

1.49

1.62

1.62

1.61

1.49

1.49

1.40

1.42

1.41

1.44

1.44

1.40

1.41

1.46

1.62

1.94

2.83

12.64

Second-feet

187

178

168

168

158

168

149

140

131

140

140

140

122

111

113

113

113

111

111

96

84

78

80

85

90

97

104

113

196

377

4,300

January

Feet

14.86

11.26

10.06

10.20

9.19

7.67

9.70

14.95

16.86

17.81

17.94

17.24

15.72

17.68

19.60

20.72

20.02

19.14

17.98

17.72

18.30

17.98

12.90

9.42

9.27

8.26

7.26

6.75

7.59

9.54

14.42

Second-feet

5,540

3,650

3,080

3,120

2,680

2,010

2,900

5,600

7,430

8,600

8,750

7,790

6,150

8,300

12,600

16,900

13,900

11,200

8,900

8,450

9,500

8,900

4,450

2,760

2,720

2,220

1,800

1,640

1,970

2,810

5,240

February

Feet

16.04

15.25

10.76

9.57

8.37

7.06

6.31

6.47

14.87

16.20

15.21

10.24

9.52

9.56

8.71

7.52

7.01

6.99

9,24

9.82

11.06

11.74

10.86

9.71

9.25

7.69

6.49

5.82

Second-feet

6,460

5,740

3,400

2,860

2,320

1,720

1,440

1,520

5,540

6,650

5,740

3,120

2,810

2,860

2,460

1,920

1,720

1,720

2,680

2,940

3,550

3,660

3,460

2,900

2,680

2,010

1,520

1,260

December January February
272 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

West Pork of White River at Muncle, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 40°12', long. 85°23', In sec. 10, T. 20 N., R. 10 E., 200 feet below 

Walnut Street highway bridge In Muncie. Zero of gage Is 924.10 feet above mean sea 

level.

Drainage area.- 259 square miles (revised).

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.1 and 5.2 feet; hundredths belcw and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 11,500 second-feet 3 to 4 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage 

Height, 14.07 feet).

1923-29, 1930-36: Discharge-observed, 10,500 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage 

height, 12.61 feet, former site and datum).

Mean dally discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

40

56

53

54

44

54

43

51

53

51

Jan.

1,060

560

414

272

211

170

209

707

1,060

1,100

Feb.

935

425

305

252

204

194

184

505

2,880

1,040

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

53

46

57

56

47

47

46

39

37

49

Jan.

710

440

448

5,050

9,720

2,650

810

2,000

1,740

676

Feb.

440

346

291

314

280

314

302

269

409

898

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

44

39

44

44

49

60

75

138

170

196

1,750

116

0.52

Jan.

3,380

3,580

1,240

730

1,820

1,160

552

414

383

561

1,340

I AC-rr

6.49

Feb.

730

450

294

226

170

177

154

136

469

1.88

Mean dally gage height, In feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.53

1.64

1.62

1.63

1.56

1.63

1.56

1.60

1.62

1.61

Jan.

4.70

3.52

3.07

2.59

2.36

2.19

2.33

3.87

4.78

4.82

Feb.

4.44

3.10

2.71

2.52

2.33

2.29

2.25

3.12

7.78

4.59

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.62

1.57

1.64

1.64

1.59

1.59

1.58

1.53

1.52

1.60

Jan.

3.88

3.17

3.14

9.79

7.61

7.31

4.14

6.47

5.97

3.80

L Feb.

3.13

2.85

2.66

2.74

2.62

2.74

2.70

2.58

3.04

4.36

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.56

1.53

1.57

1.57

1.60

1.66

1.74

2.04

2.19

2.28

6.03

Jan.

8.30

8.62

5.06

3.95

6.18

4.88

3.50

3.07

2.97

3.50

5.33

Feb.

3.94

3.18

2.67

2.42

2.19

2.22

2.12

2.04

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

r<

g

n

2

6

10

H

2

6

10

3

9

11

3

9

M

3

9

3

10

11

3

9

3

8

10

6

6

3

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 7

2.14

2.12

2.16

2.15

2.20

2.45

2.85

Jam

3.54

4.10

4.13

4.05

3.83

3.78

158

154

163

160

172

234

346

lary 8

578

790

810

770

690

670

January 9

3.83

4.54

5.05

5.50

5.50

690

988

1,220

1,440

1,440

January "10

5.30

4.80

4.60

4.56

4.50

1,340

1,100

1,010

988

965

January 11

4.21

3.63

830

612

January 12

3.36

3.22

508

457

§

o 

n

3

9

3

9

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

9

1

3

5

7

11

1

2

3

4

9

3

6

9

3

9

5

9

Feet

3.11

3.00

3*e.ft.

424

392

January 13

2.93

2.85

2.82

2.90

3.15

3.76

4.69

370

346

337

361

440

650

1,060

January 14

6.00

7.46

8.35

8.90

9.50

10.00

10.98

12.48

13.67

1,700

2,650

3,320

3,720

4,260

4,750

5,910

8,260

10,600

January 15

13.97

14.03

14.07

14.07

13.92

13.30

12.56

11.70

11,300

11,300

11,500

11,500

11,000

9,800

8,440

6,910

January 16

9.50

7.95

6.50

5.22

4,260

3,000

2,000

1,290

fc

g

n

3

9

3

6

7

8

10

2

4

10

2

9

10

11

M

2

6

10

3

6

9

3

9

6

7

8

10

1

4

Feet Sec.ft.

January 17

4.47

4.14

3.95

3.89

3.88

3.90

3.99

Jam;

4.91

5.19

6.35

6.83

7.50

7.55

7.58

7.57

Jam

7.47

7.00

6.36

5.52

5.00

4.53

942

810

730

710

710

710

750

lary 18

1,140

1,290

1,940

2,180

2,650

2,720

2,720

2,720

lary 19

2,650

2,300

1,940

1,440

1,190

988

January 20

3.97

3.70

3.52

3.53

3.60

4.01

Jam

5.80

6.85

730

630

560

578

595

750

lary 21

1,590

2,180

ft 

I

8

2

6

9

10

11

M

2

4

9

3

8

3

10

2

9

3

9

1

2

3

4

9

3

9

2

4

5

6

9

Feet

7.35

8.39

9.85

10.59

10.65

10.67

10.65

Sec.ft.

2,580

3,320

4,550

5,410

5,410

5,550

5.410

January 22

10.42

9.96

9.05

8.15

7.36

5,180

4,760

3,810

3,160

2,580

January 23

6.15

5.06

4.62

4. SO

1,820

1,220

1,010

878

January 24

4.00

3.81

3.73

S. 75

3.74

3.76

4.18

750

670

650

650

650

650

830

January 25

5.50

6.51

6.62

6.67

6.65

6.63

6.40

1,440

1,880

2,060

2,120

2,060

2,060

1,940

8«

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

6

6

6

4

4

9

2

6

9

3

9

6

7

8

M

6

6

Feat Sec.ft.

January 26

5.80

5.20

4.51

4.10

1,590

1,290

965

790

January 27

3.80

3.56

3.37

3.25

670

578

508

4V4

January 28

3.12

3.01

424

395

January 29

2.94

2.92

375

367

January 30

3.19

3.31

3.35

3.72

4.07

Janu

4.71

5.43

5.66

5.67

5.64

5.47

457

491

508

630

770

ary 31

1.060

1,390

1,540

1,540

1,490

1.440

February "1

4.87

3.95

1,120

750
WABASH RIVER BASIN 275 

West Pork of White River at Anderson, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 40°06«, long. 85°41», in sec. 18, T. 19 N., R. 8 E., at municipal water-

 supply plant In Anderson, 1 mile above Klllbuck Creek. Zero of gage Is 825.02 feet

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 412 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings dally except for period Jan. 1-31, when it was

based on graph constructed from two gage readings dally and hourly readings on Jan.

15. Gage heights used to half tenths between 8.2 and 9.4 feet; hundredths below

and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. Affected by shlftIng control for period Dec. 1-20. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 17,100 second-feet 2 p.m. Jan. 15 (gage

 Height, 18.63 feet).

1925-27, 1932-35: Discharge observed, 15,100 second-feet (revised) May 14, 1935 

(gage height, 17.59 feet).

Maximum stage known, 22.9 feet Mar. 25, 1913. 

Remarks.- Gage-height record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean dally gage height, In feet, and mean dally discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

In second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

7.32

7.45

7.49

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.45

7.35

7.42

7.50

7.50

7.46

7.48

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.40

7.35

7.35

7.36

7.39

7.42

7.46

7.52

7.14

7.75

7.89

9.42

Second-feet

66

71

77

79

79

79

71

56

66

79

79

73

76

79

79

79

79

79

79

79

88

88

90

96

102

111

125

150

197

256

1,530

January

Feet

9.64

8.72

8.35

8.15

7.95

7.85

8.00

8.68

8.90

9.10

9.00

8.53

8.55

11.99

17.54

14.06

9.90

10.15

10.50

9.10

10.92

12.92

10.58

9.00

10.20

10.10

9.28

8.90

8.60

8.90

9.85

Seoond-feet

1,770

814

538

402

287

238

313

814

994

1,190

1,090

690

690

5,320

14,900

8,640

2,160

2,560

2,980

1,190

3,550

6,640

3,120

1,090

2,560

2,420

1,410

994

730

994

2,030

February

Feet

9.80

8.75

8.45

8.15

8.00

7.99

7.94

8.45

10.85

9.90

8.85

8.55

8.40

8.40

8.38

8.38

8.38

8.30

8.30

9.08

9.38

8.85

8.45

8.22

7.92

7.65

8.00

7.95

Second-feet

2,030

858

612

402

313

308

282

612

3,400

2,160

948

690

574

574

574

574

574

502

502

1,190

1,530

948

612

434

271

162

313

287

December January February

Run-off , In Inches... ............................. 0.39 6.61 2.01
274 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

West Pork of White River near Noblesville, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 40°07', long. 85°58', In sec. 4, T. 19 N., R. 5 E., at highway bridge 1

mile west of Strawtown and 7 miles northeast of Noblesvllle, Hamilton County. 

Drainage area.- 819 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 6.3 and 7.7 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by shifting control. Defined by current-meter

measurements to 20,000 second-feet; extended with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-Pebruary 1937: Discharge, 24,200 second-feet 10 p.m. Jan. 15 (gage

height, 15.96 feet).

1922-36: Discharge observed, 25,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 21, 1927 (gage

height, 16.05 feet).

Mean daily discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

161

161

177

173

164

167

126

151

145

158

Jan.

4,680

2,540

1,780

1,220

854

660

982

2,900

4,340

4,460

Feb.

4,590

2,360

1,550

1,260

1,060

924

861

1,440

4,680

5,730

Day

1112-

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

158

158

148

148

154

158

154

151

148

148

Jan.

2,720

1,960

1,500

9,030

21,300

17,200

7,020

4,120

5,230

3,520

Feb.

2,300

1,550

1,340

1,420

1,260

1,220

1,260

1,140

1,380

2,450

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

145

151

170

158

161

161

195

308

347

1,360

4,230

*"*Q

0.48

Jan.

6,200

9,080

7,530

3,300

3,900

4,440

2,630

1,910

1,730

1,860

4,320

6.58

Feb.

3,600

2,720

1,680

1,220

938

791

731

666

2.36

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

4.76

4.76

4.80

4.79

4.76

4.77

4.63

4.72

4.69

4.73

Jan.

10.10

8.03

7.21

6.56

6.07

5.78

6.20

8.46

9.87

9.91

Feb.

10.04

7.92

7.00

6.64

6.39

6.20

6.12

6.80

10.08

10.87

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.73

4.73

4.70

4.70

4.72

4.72

4.71

4.70

4.69

4.69

Jan.

8.28

7.39

6.90

12.40

15.59

14.93

11.54

9.65

10.55

9.06

Feb.

7.80

7.01

6.76

6.84

6.66

6.63

6.65

6.52

6.79

7.98

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4.68

4.70

4.76

4.72

4.73

4.72

4.82

5.12

5.21

6.60

9.71

Jan.

11.21

12.76

11.90

8.86

9.49

9.93

8.18

7.37

7.18

7.33

9.82

Feb.

9.18

8.35

7.15

6.61

6.26

6.06

5.97

5.87

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

% &

3

5

9

3

9

3

7

N

3

9

3

8

9

10

11

3

8

9

10

M

4

6

7

8

9

N

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

5.68

5.67

5.70

6.10

7.21

598

592

610

875

1,780

January 8

8.12

8.29

8.39

8.57

8.89

Janu

9.44

10.09

10.16

10.17

10.16

10.04

9.87

9.85

9.87

9.92

Janu

10.12

10.18

10.19

10.18

10.17

10.08

9.92

9.45

2,630

2,720

2,810

3,000

3,300

ary 9

3,900

4,580

4,700

4,700

4,700

4,580

4,340

4,340

4,340

4,460

iry 10

4,700

4,700

4,700

4,700

4,700

4,580

4,460

3,900

t* 3 

om

6

6

6

6

3

9

5

6

7

9

3

8

3

9

3

9

11

1

6

8

9

10

11

3

9

3

9

Peet Sec. ft.

January 11

8.61

8.08

3,100

2,540

January 12

7.56

7.19

2,090

1,780

January 13

6.96

6.83

6.74

6.74

6.75

7.11

1,550

1,460

. 1,380

1,380

1,380

1,680

January 14

9.84

12.09

13.28

14.41

Janu

15.02

15.45

15.54

15.59

15.87

15.92

15.94

15.96

15.92

4,340

7,680

10,200

14,300

ary 15

17,800

20,600

21,300

21,300

23,500

24,200

24,200

24,200

24,200

January 16

15.72

15.28

14.74

14.04

22,800

19,200

15,900

12,500

f, 

3

&

3

9

4

9

M

3

6

8

9

11

4

8

3

9

2

3

4

7

10

3

9

3

6

7

8

11

3

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

13.29

12.29

10.60

9.87

9.63

10,200

8,060

5,370

4/340

4,120

January 18

9.50

9.42

9.38

9.39

9.40

9.69

10.08

3,900

3,900

3,800

3,800

3,900

4,120

4,580

January 19

10.47

10.63

10.69

10.69

10.68

10.65

10.50

5,090

5,370

5,370

5,370

5,370

5,370

5,090

January 20

9.98

9.12

8.47

8.30

8.30

8.40

9.21

4,460

3,600

2,900

2,720

2,720

2,810

3,700

January 21

10.44

10.86

5,090

5,660

f< 

3 O

M

10

3

9

2

6

10

2

6

10

M

1

4

9

3

9

3

9

3

5

6

7

10

3

9

3

9

3

5

7

Peet

11.14

11.45

12.02

Sec. ft.

6,120

6,610

7,680

January 22

12.45

12.61

12.69

12.78

12.87

13.04

13.06

8,460

8,870

8,870

9,080

9,290

9,730

9,730

January 23

13.04

12.95

12.54

11.70

10.38

9,730

9,510

8,660

6,950

4,960

January 24

9.28

8.84

8.60

8.57

8.56

8.57

8.67

3,700

3,300

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,100

January 25

8.87

9.19

9.75

10.17

3,300

3,600

4,230

4,700

January 26

10.32

10.32

10.30

4,960

4,960

4,830

f<

§a

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

6

6

6

3

6

7

8

3

9

3

6

9

3

9

N

6

3

4

8

6

Peet

10.27

9.93

9.30

Sec. ft.

4,830

4,460

3,700

January 27

8.83

8.27

7.94

7.73

3,300

2,720

2,450

2,230

January 28

7.47

7.26

2,000

1,820

January 29

7.13

7.04

7.03

7.02

7.03

1,680

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,600

January 30

7.05

7.10

7.29

7.43

7.75

Janu

8.70

9.78

10.07

10.30

1,640

1,680

1,820

1,960

2,270

ary 31

3,100

4,230

4,580

4.830

February 1

10.58

10.57

10.49

9.66

5,230

5,230

5,090

4,120
WABASH RIVER BASIN 275

West Pork of White River near Nora, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°54', long. 86°06', in sec. 20, T. 17 N., R. 4 E., at highway bridge 

2 miles east of Nora, Marion County. Zero of gage is 708.86 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929) from levels by engineers of Indianapolis Water Co.

Drainage area.- 1,190 square miles (revised).

Page-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 4 p.m. Jan. 22 to 1 

p.m. Jan. 25, when graph was based on record at Broad Ripple, 3J miles below, used 

in connection with a gage-relation curve. Gage heights used to half tenths Between 

3.1 and 5.1 feet; slope diagram used to hundredths below and gage heights used to 

tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 26,900 second-feet 10 a.m. Jan. 16 (gage 

EeTght, 17.23 feet).

1925-26, 1929-36: Discharge, 23,200 second-feet May 13, 1933 (gage height, 16.49 

feet).

A stage of about 21.5 feet occurred Mar. 26, 1913 (determined from slope studies).

Remarks.- Gage-height record furnished by Indianapolis Water Co.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

218

218

229

246

236

240

232

232

214

236

Jan.

6,290

4,180

2,770

1,910

1,360

995

1,020

3,790

6,290

6,810

Feb.

6,420

4,070

2,500

1,830

1,600

1,390

1,250

1,770

5,550

6,940

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

.20

Dec.

218

225

257

193

204

211

207

204

204

200

Jan.

4,730

2,950

2,410

10,900

22,100

26,100

17,900

6,380

5,910

5,310

Feb.

4,230

2,320

1,950

1,990

1,870

1,710

1,670

1,600

1,710

2,590

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

193

251

190

186

190

193

225

362

491

1,270

6,160

0.44

Jan.

7,760

10,000

10,400

6,020

4,730

5,550

4,070

2,680

2,230

2,230

4,720

6.27

Feb.

4,290

5,190

3,210

1,990

1,530

1,250

1,150

1,060

2.33

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.89

1.89

1.92

1.97

1.94

1.95

1.93

1.93

1.88

1.94

Jan.

9.14

7.28

5.86

4.89

4.14

3.61

3.64

6.89

9.06

9.52

Feb.

9.24

7.18

5.55

4.83

4.50

4.20

4.02

4.64

8.54

9.55

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.89

1.91

2.00

1.82

1.85

1.87

1.86

1.85

1.85

1.84

Jan.

7.78

6.06

5.46

11.81

15.97

17.02

14.79

9.16

8.82

8.31

Feb.

7.30

5.38

4.94

5.02

4.87

4.65

4.59

4.51

4.65

5.68

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.82

1.98

1.81

1.80

1.81

1.82

1.91

2.35

2.68

3.82

9.02

Jan.

10.24

11.67

11.90

8.83

7.77

8.49

7.19

5.75

5.30

5.30

7.76

Feb.

7.43

8.22

6.36

5.00

4.42

3.98

3.85

3.68

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

gM

3

9

3

6

9

1

9

1

5

9

3

9

3

7

8

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

3.42

3.40

3.46

3.64

4.18

Janu

5.06

6.60

7.21

7.61

7.77

875

875

905

1,020

1,390

ary 8

2,020

3,450

4,070

4,510

4,720

January 9

8.11

9.07

9.53

9.72

9.74

9.75

5,070

6,290

6,810

7,070

7,070

7,200

January 10

9.67

9.60

9.57

9.32

7,070

6,940

6,940

6,550

January 11

8.72

7.97

7.37

6.97

5,790

4,950

4,290

3,850

January 12

6.61 3,450

Iw

9

1

5

6

9

2

9

4

5

6

9

3

9

3

9

4

5

6

9

3

9

3

7

8

10

N

3

9

Feet

6.28

6.08

5.60

5.51

5.51

Sec. ft.

3,150

2,950

2,500

2,410

2,410

January 13

5.50

5.31

5.12

5.11

5.11

5.62

2,410

2,230

2,070

2,070

2,070

2,500

January 14

9.16

11.45

12.77

14.34

6,420

9,550,

12,100

16,200

January 15

15.39

15.49

15.55

15.66

16.17

16.77

20,000

20,400

20,700

21,000

22,900

25,300

January 16

17.07

17.20

17.22

17.23

17.22

17.04

16.82

26,500

26,900

26,900

26,900

26,900

26,100

25,300

o 

M

3

9

3

9

5

9

3

5

6

9

10

3

9

N

3

9

3

6

9

3

6

9

10

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

16.34

15.58

14.44

12.95

23,300

20,700

16,500

12,600

January 18

10.02

9.10

8.59

8.50

8.46

8.41

8.42

Jam

8.58

8.80

8.92

8.92

8.97

7,480

6,290

5,670

5,550

5,550

5,430

5,430

lary 19

5,670

5,910

6,030

6,030

6,160

January 20

8.90

8.76

8.58

7.81

7.78

7.43

7.54

6,030

5,910

5,670

4,730

4,730

4,290

4,400

January 21

9.19

10.21

10.82

11.05

6,420

7,760

8,630

8,930

iw

3

11

5

11

3

9

3

9

2

6

9

N

3

6

9

1

7

3

9

e

7

N

1

2

4

7

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

11.33

11.76

11.97

11.97

9,390

10,200

10,500

10,500

January 23

11.90

12.13

11.92

11.60

10,400

10,700

10,400

9,870

January 24

10.55

9.70

9.00

8.43

8.06

7.77

7.69

Janu

7.63

7.61

7.74

8.03

Janu

8.37

8.54

8.62

8.63

8.62

8.58

8.50

8.36

8,330

7,070

6,160

5,430

5,070

4,730

4,620

ary 25

4,510

4,510

4,620

4,950

ary 26

5,430

5,550

5,670

5,670

5,670

5,670

5,550

5,430

o

M

4

10

4

M

4

3

7

8

4

9

3

9

4

9

7

8

5

11

5

10

5

9

10

N

5

Feet Sec. ft.

January 27

7.89

7.31

6.70

6.28

4,840

4,180

3,550

3,150

January 28

6.10

5.67

5.37

5.36

2,950

2,590

2,320

2,320

January 29

5.41

5.37

5.27

5.19

2,320

2,320

2,230

2,150

January 30

5.17

5.15

5.31

5.52

2,150

2,150

2,230

2,410

January 31

6.55

7.78

8.63

9.15

3,450

4,730

5,670

6,420

February 1

9.34

9.43

9.42

9.39

9.24

6,550

6,680

6,680

6,680

6,420
276 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

West Fork of White River at Indianapolis, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°45>05 n , long. 860 10 I 30 n , at Morris Street Bridge, in Indianapolis, 

1.7 miles above Pleasant Run, and 3 miles below Fall Creek. Zero of gage is 2.26 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,620 square miles (revised).

Gage-height Record.- Water-stage recorder graph, except for period 8 a.m. Jan. 18 to 

9 a.mT Jan. 19, when it was developed from hourly gage readings half a mile below, 

and for period 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21, which was estimated. Gage heights used to 

half tenths between 666.6 and 668.2 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 32,700 second-feet 3 p.m. Jan. 16 (gage 

height, 681.57 feet).

1925-26, 1927-36: Discharge, 32,200 second-feet May 13, 1933 (gage height, 

681.28 feet) .

Remarks.- Gage heights in following tables have been reduced by 600.00 feet.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

267

272

267

272

295

311

272

258

258

241

Jan.

8,400

6,030

3,960

2,680

1,840

1,390

1,530

4,620

8,250

9,180

Feb.

8,700

6,040

3,640

2,740

2,140

1,780

1,680

2,310

7,350

8,400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

249

258

254

263

245

237

241

241

241

241

Jan.

6,900

4,350

3,310

18,200

30,000

32,000

23,900

10,200

7,800

7,200

Feb.

5,640

3,310

2,680

2,740

2,680

2,320

2,260

2,140

2,320

3,310

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches ............................................

Dec.

224

212

212

208

220

233

300

295

505

1,910

9,020

0.43

Jan.

10,900

13,300

12,500

8,680

6,450

7,200

5,750

3,830

3,120

3,240

6,280

6.27

Feb.

5,260

6,600

4,170

2,560

1,900

1,510

1,360

1,300

2.27

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

65.31

65.32

65.31

65.32

65.37

65.40

65.32

65.29

65.29

65.25

Jan.

71.82

70.23

68.69

67.68

67.00

66.59

66.72

69.16

71.74

72.34

Feb.

71.95

70.20

68.44

67.73

67.23

66.96

66.83

67.38

71.06

71.77

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

65.27

65.29

65.28

65.30

65.26.

65.24

65.25

65.25

65.25

65.25

Jan70. 77

68.98

68.23

76.52

80.85

81.40

78.83

72.87

71.38

70.98

Feb.

69.88

68.20

67.68

67.74

67.68

67.42

67.35

67.27

67.42

68.25

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

65.21

65.18

65.18

65.17

65.20

65.23

65.37

65.37

65.58

67.01

72.17

Jan.

73.32

74.67

74.34

71.94

70.48

71.04

70.05

68.63

68.05

68.13

70.36

Feb.

69.68

70.55

68.85

67.58

67.05

66.70

66.56

66.51

Gage height, in feet, and discharg

h 

1

2

7

9

1

3

6

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

1

2

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

Feet Sec.ft.

January 7

66.44 1,230

66.42 1,210

66.89 1,730

66.62 1,400

66.80 1,620

66.81 1,620

67.10 1,960

January 8

67.95 2,980

68.88 4,220

69.66 5,330

70.12 5,890

January 9

70.63 6,600

71.55 8,100

72.21 9,020

72.46 9,500

January 10

72.55 9,660

72.57 9,660

72.56 9,660

72.35 9,340

72.23 9,020

72.13 8,860

January 11

71.73 8,250

71.10 7,350

70.41 6,310

69.89 5,610

January 12

69.50 5,050

h

3 

o 

w

9

3

7

11

3

9

3

8

11

1

8

9

10

2

6

10

3

6

9

3

6

9

3

5

7

9

11

2

Feet See. ft.

69.15 4,630

68.85 4,090

68.62 3,830

68.28 3,440

January 13

68.15 3,240

68.07 3,120

67.99 3,050

68.24 3,310

69.15 4,630

January 14

70.50 6,450

75.28 14,500

76.10 16,200

76.58 17,400

77.10 18,700

78.38 22,300

79.66 26,400

January 15

80.35 28,700

80.57 29,400

80.80 30,000

81.09 31,000

81.15 31,400

81.21 31,400

January 16

81.35 32,000

81.41 32,000

81.45 32,000

81.46 32,400

81.51 32,400

81.56 32,700

f-,

gw

3

4

6

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

5

9

6

7

11

3

9

3

6

7

8

9

11

6

e, in second- feet, at indicated time, 1937

Feet Sec.ft.

81.57 32,700

81.54 32,400

81.45 32,000

81.21 31,400

January 17

80.55 29,400

79.60 26,100

78.36 22,300

76.85 17,900

January 18

75.00 13,900

73.00 10,300

71.80 8,400

71.41 7,800

January 19

71.20 7,500

71.19 7,500'

71.32 7,650

71.51 7,950

71.52 7,950

71.45 7,800

January 20

71.30 7,650

71.10 7,350

70.80 6,900

70.58 6,600

70.55 6,600

70.60 3,600

70.78 6,900

70.87 7,050

January 21

72.89 10,100

h 

I

9

3

6

9

3

9

3

7

8

9

3

9

3

5

7

9

3

9

3

9

LI

3

9

3

9

9

Feet Sec.ft.

73.30 10,800

73.74 11,500

74.01 12,000

74.27 12,500

January 22

74.38 12,700

74.51 12,900

74.76 13,300

74.85 13,500

74.76 13,500

74.82 13,500

January 23

74.65 13,100

74.36 12,700

74.23 12,300

74.20 12,300

74.13 12,200

74.03 12,000

January 24

73.47 11,100

72.46 9,500

71.16 7,500

70.56 6,600

70.43 6,310

January 25

70.40 6,310

70.38 6,310

70.48 6,450

70.62 6,600

January 26

71.07 7,350

§ 

o 

w

11

N

1

3

9

6

6

6

3

8

11

6

5

6

3

9

6

6

1

8

9

10

6

6

6

Feet Sec.ft.

71.12 7,350

71.13 7,350

71.12 7,350

71.10 7,350

71.00 7,200

January 27

70.51 6,450

69.55 5,190

January 28

68.87 4,220

68.55 3,830

68.30 3,440

68.08 3,180

January 29

68.12 3,180

6-7.98 3,050

January 30

68.00 3,050

68.08 3,180

68.37 3,570

January 31

69.52 5,050

71. SO 7,500

February 1

71.96 8,700

72.07 8,860

72.08 8,860

72.07 8,860

71.88 8,550

February 2

70.85 6,900

69.55 5,190
WABASH RIVER BASIN 277

West Pork of White River at Spencer, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°16'49", long. 86°45'42 n , In sec. 29, T. 10 N., R. 3 W., at highway 

bridge at Spencer, Owen County, 4.8 miles above Rattlesnake Creek and 5.1 miles below Mill Creek. Zero of gage Is 526.04 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,980 square miles (revised).

Page-height record.- Two gage readings dally. During period Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 It was 

determined from graph constructed from gage readings. Gage heights used to half 

tenths below and tenths above 2.2 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 50,900 second-feet 7 a.m. Jan. 16 (gage

 TieTght, 23.22 feet).

1925-36: Discharge observed, 50,900 second-feet (revised) May 15, 1933 (gage 

height, 23.17 feet).

Maximum stage known,28.5 feet Mar. 26, 1913, from floodmarks.

Mean dally gage height, In feet, and mean dally discharge, In second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.06

2.07

2.04

2.04

2.01

2.08

2.11

2.08

2.03

2.00

2.00

1.98

1.96

1.92

1.88

1.90

1.86

1.84

1.84

1.86

1.84

1.81

1.78

1.76

1.74

1.76

1.87

2.08

2.50

3.18

10.42

Second-feet

660

660

660

660

633

688

688

688

660

633

633

633

606

580

580

580

554

554

554

554

554

529

529

504

504

504

554

688

930

1,410

8,840

January

Feet

14.55

14.60

13.00

9.90

7.40

6.20

7.12

11.50

13.60

15.55

16.45

15.40

13.80

16.90

21.28

23.10

22.30

21.60

20.75

17.85

16.65

19.30

19.10

17.85

17.40

16.40

14.65

13.10

11.20

11.05

12.25

Second-feet

15,400

15,400

12,800

8,220

5,130

3,880

4,900

10,400

13,700

17,300

19,000

16,900

14,000

21,000

39 , 500

50,200

45,300

41,100

36,500

23,500

19,500

28,900

28,000

22,800

21,500

19,000

15,400

12,700

9,750

9,450

11,300

February

Feet

13.78

13.95

12.78

9.95

8.48

7.75

7.22

7.16

11.82

14.04

13.50

12.48

9.68

9.80

8.89

8.30

7.80

7.54

7.54

7.74

8.97

11.69

12.35

10.48

8.26

7.60

6.60

6.28

Second- feet

13,900

14,300

12,200

8,050

6,150

5,330

4,670

4,680

10,700

14,300

13,400

11,800

7,600

7,790

6,630

5,910

5,330

5,000

5,000

5,220

6,750

10,500

11,600

8,750

5,910

5,110

4,060

3,760

December January December

Mean monthly discharge, In second- feet. ........... 903 19,760 8,014

Run-off, In Inches. ............................... 0.55 7.64 2.80

77596 O 38 19
278 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

West Fork of White River at Elllston, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°01'46 n , long. 86°58'01", in SE^ sec. 21, T. 7 N., R. 5 W., at bridge 

on State highway 54, at Elliston, Greene County, 9.7 miles below Eel River. Zaro of 

gage is 472.92 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 4,470 square miles (authority, U. S. Weather Bureau).

Page-height record.- One gage reading daily at 7 a.m. except for period Jan. 1 to Feb. 

7, when mean dally gage heights were determined from graph constructed from 7 a.m. 

gage readings and 11 additional readings and compared with record from water-stage 

recorder at Newberry, 12 miles downstream.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Gage height observed, 30.15 feet 7 p.m. Jan. 17.

1908-36: Gage height observed, 31.3 feet'Mar. 27, 1913 (former gage 1,500 feet 

downstream, present datum).

Remarks.- Gage-height record furnished by TJ. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean dally gage height, In feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

6.98

6.92

6.90

6.86

6.80

6.75

6.68

6.95

7.00

6.96

Jan.

19.55

20.42

21.10

18.85

14.44

12.30

13.00

18.80

20.78

22.53

Feb.

19.18

19.95

19.45

17.80

15.70

13.18

12.40

12.02

16. 25

18.50

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

6.90

6.86

6.80

6.79

6.72

6.65

6.61

6.58

6.55

6.55

Jan.

23.60

24.10

23.40

24.10

27.03

28.83

30.10

29.85

28.90

27.15

Feb.

19.90

19.85

17.20

14.79

14.30

13.90

13.30

12.10

13.00

13.05

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6.54

6.54

6.53

6.53

6.52

6.52

6.74

6.90

7.16

7.75

16.31

Jan.

26.18

25.68

26.18

26.34

25.60

24.52

23.20

21.17

19.20

18.18

18.42

Feb.

12.90

15.05

17.40

17.42

16.01

13.90

11.28

11.08

Gage height, In feet, at Indicated time, 1937

Hour Feet

Jan. 1

7

7

Jar

7

7

19.40

19.80

i. 2

20.20

20.70

Jan. 3

7

10

4

M

Jar

7

3

11

21.20

21.24

21.20

20.80

i. 4

20.15

18.10

16.40

Jan. 5

7

7

15.00

13.78

Jan. 6

7

7

M

Jar

1

2

7

N

12.63

11.80

11.40

i. 7

11.35

11.40

11.75

12.90

Hour

5

11

Feet

14.20

16.10

Jan. 8

4

7

N

4

8

M

Jar

3

5

7

N

5

11

17.75

18.75

19.18

19.38

19.50

19.68

i. 9

19.90

20.10

20.30

20.87

21.28

21.70

Jan. 10

7

7

Jar

7

7

Jar

7

N

1

2

22.22

22.90

i. 11

23.44

23.80

i. 12

24.08

24.12

24.15

24.12

Hour

8

M

Feet

24.10

24.00

Jan. 13

4

7

4

6

8

10

Jar

2

7

N

3

11

23.85

23.65

23.00

22.92

22.90

22.94

i. 14

23.15

23.43

23.90

24.20

25.40

Jan. 15

7

N

4

10

M

26.70

27.20

27.40

27.63

27.75

Jan. 16

7

3

11

28.30

29.20

29.73

Jan. 17

7 30.10

Hour

N

5

7

11

Peet

30.12

30.13

30.15

30.13

Jan. 18

7

3

11

30.08

29.85

29.55

Jan. 19

7

N

3

11

29. ]6

28.92

28.75

28.28

Jan. 20

7

N

4

6

8

10

M

27.60

27.00

26.60

26.50

26.45

26.48

26.45

Jan. 21

7

3

11

26.37

26.10

25.86

Jan. 22

7

3

25.68

25.60

Hour

6

11

Feet

25.64

25.80

Jan. 23

7

3

11

26.02

26.22

26.40

Jan. 24

5

7

9

N

3

11

26.45

26.47

26.45

26.40

26.36

26.06

Jan. 25

7

7

25.80

25.30

Jan. 26

7

7

Jar

7

7

Jar

7

7

24.77

24.20

i. 27

23.60

22.70

x. 28

21.60

20.55

Jan. 29

7

7

19.55

18.70

Hour | Feet

Jan. 30

7 18.18

10 18.16

3 18.10

11 18.18

Jan. 31

7 18.28

7 18.65

Feb. 1

7 19.00

3 19.20

11 19.55

Feb. 2

7 19.95

2 20.03

3 20.05

4 20.03

11 20.00

Feb. 3

7 19.83

7 18.90

Feb. 4

7 18.00

3 17.65

11 17.25

Feb. 5

7 16.65

7 14.80
WABASH RIVER BASIN 279 

West Pork of White River at Newberry, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 38°55'42", long. 87°01'00", In sec. 25, T. 6 N., R. 6 W. , at highway

bridge at Newberry, Greene County, 2.2 miles below Doans Creek and 2.5 miles above

First Creek. Zero of gage Is 465.59 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 4,690 square miles (revised). 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 1.9 and 3.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined*by current-meter measurements to 40,000 second-feet;

extended with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 62,000 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 18 (gage height,

23751 feet).

1928-36: Discharge, 58,400 second-feet (revised) Jan. 15, 1930 (gage height, 23.1

feet).

Maximum discharge known, about 90,000 second-feet Mar. 27, 1913 (gage height, 26.2

feet, from floodmarks).

Mean dally discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

994

985

994

968

942

951

985

1,000

985

968

Jan.

16,500

17,800

19,100

17,300

11,600

6,970

8,540

15,900

19,400

23 , 400

Feb.

16,700

17,800

18,000

15,200

10,700

8,290

7,210

7,090

12,800

15,400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

942

968

934

900

884

852

852

828

852

844

Jan.

25,300

26,700

26,700

30,400

41,500

47,400

59,300

61 , 100

55,900

48,800

Feb.

17,300

16,900

14,200

11,200

9,680

9,160

8,290

7,690

7,690

7,810

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

828

820

796

773

780

788

820

960

1,130

2,560

12,700

0.33

Jan.

45,300

40,300

38,000

40,300

39,100

33,800

28,700

23,100

18,700

16,100

15,800

29 640

7.29

Feb.

8,650

10,600

12,800

13,500

10,800

7,810

6,310

5,650

2.50

Mean daily gage height, In feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.71

1.70

1.71

1.68

1.65

1.66

1.70

1.72

1.70

1.68

Jan.

13.96

14.56

15.20

14.45

10.34

7.47

8.67

13.70

15.30

16.79

Feb.

14.06

14.58

14.67

13.30

10.48

8.59

7.67

7.60

11.16

13.40

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.65

1.68

1.64

1.60

1.58

1.54

1.54

1.51

1.54

1.53

Jan.

17.42

17.80

17.75

18.68

20.77

21.66

23.15

23.45

22.85

21.86

Feb.

14.40

14.22

12.68

10.85

9.70

9.26

8.57

8.06

8.06

8.21

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.51

1.50

1.47

1.44

1.45

1.46

1.50

1.67

1.87

3.28

11.74

Jan.

21.41

20.56

20.21

20.55

20.44

19.45

18.26

16.67

15.05

13.78

13.62

Feb.

8.92

10.44

11.86

12.34

10.55

8.17

6.94

6.33

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

tH 

g

M

2

3

6

10

2

10

2

6

10

2

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

6.45

6.42

6.63

7.55

8.89

12.07

5,760

5,760

5,980

7,090

8,650

13,200

January 8

12.80

13.40

13.76

13.99

14.32

14,300

15,400

16,100

16,500

17,100

January 9

14.60

15.11

15.57

17,800

18,900

20,100

15.96 21,200

January 10

16.39

16.75

16.96

17.15

22,200

23,400

24,000

24,600

January il

17.28

17.38

17.48

25,000

25,300

25,600

17.58 26,000

Janu

17.68

17.79

17.87

17.91

ary 12

26,400

26,700

27,109

27,100

ji 

&

6

6

1

2

6

10

2

10

3

9

3

9

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

5

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 13

17.88

17.63

27,100

26,000

January 14

17.65

17.75

18.08

18.46

18.83

19.76

26,000

26,700

27,900

29,600

30,900

35,800

January 15

20.26

20.73

20.97

21.08

38,600

40,900

42,700

43,300

January 16

21.14

21.23

21.41

21.67

22.06

22.43

Jan

22.73

22.94

23.10

23.24

23.33

23.44

43,300

43,900

45,300

47,400

50,300

52,700

uary 17

55,100

56,700

58,400

59,300

60,200

61,100

January 18

23.50

23.50

23.51

62,000

62,000

62,000

t,

§

M

7

10

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

6

8

10

2

6

10

2

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

Feet

23.50

23.49

23.45

23.39

23.31

Sec. ft.

62,000

62,000

61,100

61,100

60,200

January 19

23.14

22.97

22.75

22.53

58,400

57,500

55,900

53 , 500

January 20

22.25

22.01

21.68

21.55

21.56

21.52

51,100

49,500

47,400

46,700

46,700

46,000

January 21

21.62

21.58

21.51

21.41

21.07

46,700

46,700

46,000

45,300

43,300

January 22

20.92

20.75

20.61

20.49

20.35

20.22

42,100

41,500

40,300

39,700

39,100

38,000

January 23

20.12

20.09

37,400

37,400

u

g 

W

10

6

6

6

2

6

10

2

6

10

M

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

6

6

Feet

20.11

20.27

Sec.ft.

37,400

38,600

January 24

20.50

20.62

39,700

40,300

January 25

20.63

20.60

20.52

20.41

20.30

20.17

20.04

40,300

40 ,300

39,700

39,100

38,600

38,000

36,900

January 26

20.00

19.80

19.52

19.27

18.99

Janu:

18.73

18.45

18.15

17.79

36,900

35,800

34,300

33,300

31,800

ary 27

30,400

29,100

28,300

26,700

January 28

17.38

16.90

16.45

16.00

25,300

23,700

 22,200

21,200

January 29

15.40

14.66

19,600

18,000

h 

I

3

9

3

9

M

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

2

6

10

6

6

6

6

6

Feet Sec.ft.

January 30

14.14

13.86

13.64

13.47

13.43

Jant

13.44

13.55

13.69

13.83

Febi

13.93

14.03

14.11

14.24

16,700

16,300

15,800

15,600

15,400

lary 31

15,400

15,800

15,900

16,100

ruary 1

16,300

16,500

16,700

16,900

February 2

14.38

14.55

14.67

14.78

17,300

17,800

18,000

18,200

February 3

14.84

14.84

14.78

14.57

Feb

13.92

12.77

18,200

18,200

18,200

17,800

puary 4

16,300

14,300

February 5

11.15

9.78

11,800

9,750
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

White River at Hazleton, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 38°29'23 n , long. 87°32'44 11 , in sec. 29, T. IN., R. 10 W., a quarter of 

a mile above highway bridge at Hazleton, 400 feet above Robb Creek, and 3.8 miles below Deshee River. Zero of gage is 383.23 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 11,300 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths below 

and to tenths above 3.8 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 150,000 second-feet; 

extended with aid of comparison with results of current-meter measurements to peak 

stage at Petersburg 29 miles above. Because of break in highway embankment below 

gage, discharge record period Jan. 21-31 determined from hydrographic comparison with 

record at Petersburg.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 183,000 second-feet 2 a.m. Jan. 22 (gage 

height, 31.58 feet).

1924-36: Discharge observed, 139,000 second-feet Jan. 17, 1930 (gage height, 30.2 

feet at former site).

Maximum discharge known, about 235,000 second-feet Mar. 29, 1913 (gage height, 

29.6 feet, from floodmarks).

Remarks.- Gage-height uHgo-iio_i.grn, recordoa collected coj.j.ecuea in 111cooperation cooperation with wunTJ. u.S. oWeather noauri Bureau.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to Februa 

1C. Jan. Feb. DBTT flee. Jnn. Weh. Dmr Tter..

iry 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3,340

3,340

3,200

3,060

3,000

3,000

2,860

2,860

2,860

2,930

Jan.

9,440

17,000

21,800

24,200

25,700

26,500

26,500

23,700

23,000

27,800

Feb.

89,800

79,700

71,700

65,500

60,800

56,700

51,500

43,600

36,200

31,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,930

2,860

2,860

2,800

2,740

2,740

2,670

2,610

2,550

2,490

Jan.

31,800

35,000

38,300

44,500

60,000

78,500

93,800

116,000

142,000

164,000

Feb.

29,000

29,300

30,500

32,400

33,800

33,100

29,000

24,600

21,700

19,700

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

2,430

2,430

2,320

2,260

2,210

2,160

2,160

2,260

2,260

2,550

4,420

2 747

0.28

Jan.

180,000

182,000

174,000

161,000

158,000

156,000

152,000

142,000

125,000

112,000

100,000

8.80

Feb.

19,200

19,400

20,200

21,200

22,200

22,700

21,700

18,000

3.41

(lean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.62

3.60

3.51

3.40

3.37

3.35

3.26

3.24

3.27

3.29

Jan.

7.36

11.10

13.16

14.21

14.77

15.13

15.10

14.01

13.70

15.55

Feb.

25.84

25.01

24.27

23.68

23.18

22.72

21.95

20.55

18.59

17.11

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.28

3.26

3.24

3.21

3.16

3.13

3.11

3.05

3.02

2.94

Jan.

17.08

18.18

19.19

20.90

23.08

24.90

26.12

27.62

29.32

30.61

Feb.

16.44

16.51

16.92

17.51

17.91

17.72

16.43

14.89

13.76

13.00

Day

21

22

23

84

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2.88

2.89

2.81

2.76

2.72

2.64

2.65

2.74

2.73

3.01

4.34

Jan.

31.40

31.50

31.01

30.30

30.08

29.90

29.68

29.00

28.01

27.29

26.56

Feb.

12.77

12.88

13.18

13.60

14.03

14.22

13.75

12.34

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1957

FH

g 

M

6

6

6

6

6

6

4

N

8

3

9

3

9

4

N

8

6

6

6

6

3

Feet Sec. ft.

January 10

15.09

16.07

26,500

29,100

January 11

16.80

17.37

31,000

32,600

January 12

17.90

18.44

Janu

18.85

19.19

19.53

34,100

35,600

ary 13

37,000

38,300

39,400

January 14

20.00

20.64

21.18

21.85

Janu

22.40

23.08

23.80

Janu

24.59

25.23

41,200

43,600

46,600

50,100

ary 15

54,300

60,000

66,500

ary 16

75,000

82,100

January 17

25.80

26.44

89,800

98,000

January 18

27.04 106,000

it 

Z 

o 

a

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

5

7

9

3

5

7

9

3

6

9

3

6

9

2

3

4

5

Feet

27.40

27.80

28.28

Sec. ft.

112,000

118,000

126,000

January 19

28.72

29.15

29.52

29 .89

133,000

141,000

146,000

152,000

January 20

30.30

30.41

30.43

30.50

30.66

30.72

30.86

30.98

159,000

161,000

161,000

163,000

166,000

166,000

170,000

171,000

January 21

31.28

31.34

31.38

31.46

31.52

31.56

177,000

178,000

179,000

179,000

180,000

182,000

January 22

31.58

31.57

31.56

31.55

183,000

183,000

183,000

183,000

fc 

I

7

9

3

5

7

9

3

6

9

3

6

9

3

6

9

3

6

9

3

9

3

9

3

6

9

3

6

Feet

31.53

31.52

31.50

31.48

31.47

31.44

Sec. ft.

183,000

183,000

182,000

181,000

181,000

181,000

January 23

31.32

31.21

31.12

30.90

30.78

30.70

179,000

178,000

176,000

172,000

171,000

169,000

January 24

30.50

30.42

30.37

30.25

30.19

30.13

165,000

164,000

163,000

160,000

160,000

159,000

January 25

30.06

30.06

30.05

30.05

158,000

157,000

158,000

158,000

January 26

30.00

29 . 96

29.95

29.87

29.86

158,000

158,000

157,000

156,000

155,000

FH

§ 

W

9

3

6

9

3

6

9

3

6

9

3

6

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet

29.82

Janu

29.79

29.77

29.74

29.62

29.54

29.48

Sec. ft.

155,000

ary 27

154,000

154,000

153,000

151,000

150,000

149,000

January 28

29.36

29.28

29.19

28.90

28.72

28.60

147,000

146,000

144,000

141,000

139,000

137,000

January 29

28.32

.28.12

27.92

27.72

132,000

127,000

123,000

120,000

January 30

27.54

27.37

27.19

30.05

116,000

114,000

111,000

108,000

January 31

26.84

26.62

26.46

26.28

104,000

102,000

100,000

97,000

& 

o

W

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

February 1

26.12

25.95

25.72

25.55

93,800

92,400

88,500

87,200

February 2

25.32

25.12

24.90

24.72

83,300

80,900

78,500

76,100

February 3

24.52

24.37

24.17

24.02

73,900

72,800

70,600

68,500

February 4

23.88

23.74

23.58

23.48

67,500

65,500

64,500

63,600

February 5

23.32

23.21

23.14

23.05

61,800

60,900

60,000

59,100

February 6

22.94

22.79

22.65

22.50

58,300

57,500

55,900

55,100
WABASH RIVER BASIN 28] 

Fall Creek at Millersville, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°51', long. 86°05', in sec. 9, T. 16 N., R. 4 E., at highway bridge 

just south of Millersville, Marion County, and 8.5 miles above mouth. Zero of gage 

is 722.16 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 327 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 5.5 feet prior to and including Jan. 13 and between 3.8 and 6.8 

thereafter; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 10,300 second-feet 1 p.m. Jan. 15 (gage 

height, 11.33 feet).

1925-26, 1929-36: Discharge, 6,900 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 11.77 

feet).

Maximum stage known, about 16.3 feet Mar. 25 or 26, 1913, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Gage-height record furnished by Indianapolis Water Company.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

73

62

66

65

65

67

65

69

61

65

Jan.

1,240

712

565

396

268

223

243

818

2,180

2,380

Feb.

1,520

790

553

459

390

348

324

549

1,740

1*440

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

64

61

72

58

57

58

57

56

58

57

Jan.

1,680

1,030

730

4,050

9,480

5,080

2,040

1,740

1,820

1,190

Feb.

695

516

462

591

516

480

431

421

553

865

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

76

57

55

57

56

59

70

130

152

390

1,480

124

0.44

Jan.

2,680

3,300

1,740

1,080

1,490

1,460

915

695

672

915

1,660

6.19

Feb.

1,050

865

553

412

333

290

269

254

2.01

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.76

1.67

1.71

1.69

1.69

1.71

1.69

1.72

1.65

1.68

Jan.

5.72

4,38

3.90

3.30

2.80

2.59

2.68

4.65

7.46

7.73

Feb.

5.81

4.55

3.98

3.74

3.52

3.40

3.32

3.87

6.12

5.65

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.67

1.64

1.73

1.61

1.60

1.60

1.59

1.58

1.60

1.59

Jan.

6.48

5.00

4.14

8.30

11.02

8.97

6.47

6.051

6.20

5.29

Feb.

4.36

3.90

3.76

4.10

3.88

3.79

3.66

3.63

4.00

4.69

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.74

1.58

1.56

1.58

1.57

1.60

1.70

2.13

2.27

3.17

6.27

Jan.

7.16

7.70

6.10

5.09

5.74

5.69

4.80

4.36

4.29

4.80

6.02

Feb.

5.06

4.69

3.99

3.60

3.35

3.20

3.12

3.06

Oage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fn 

g

pq

10

3

9

2

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

2

6

8

10

M

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 7

2.43

2.40

2.42

2.53

2.60

3.20

190

184

188

210

225

370

January 8

3.68

4.22

4.94

5.65

506

678

930

1.240

January 9

6.38

7.14

7.80

8.20

8.28

8.28

8.26

1,580

2,000

2,380

2,680

2,760

2,760

2,760

January 10

8.17

7.90

7.56

7.26

2,760

2,520

2,310

2,120

January 11

6.99

6.62

6.32

5.91

1,940

1,780

1,630

1,430

January 12

5.60

5.21

1,290

1,110

ipq

3

9

3

9

4

6

8

M

3

6

9

3

6

9

3

6

11

N

1

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet

4.84

4.48

Sec. ft.

970

835

January 13

4.20

4.05

3.88

3.84

4.04

5.00

748

695

642

625

695

1,050

January 14

5.80

6.62

7.40

9.37

10.00

10.52

1,520

2,140

2,860

5,610

6,810

8,190

January 15

10.99

11.09

11.29

11.30

11.33

11.28

11.02

10.67

9,210

9,480

10,000

10,300

10,300

10,000

9,480

8,440

January 16

10.10

9.44

8.70

7.86

7,250

5,800

4,620

3,420

January 17

7.13

6.52

2,660

2,060

fn

Hpq

3

9

10

11

3

9

3

9

3

8

9

10

2

6

10

3

9

3

7

8

9

1

3

6

10

3

9

3

Feet

6.14

5.97

5.92

5.93

Sec. ft.

1,780

1,630

1,600

1,630

January 18

5.98

6.07

6.11

6.20

1,660

1,700

1,740

1,820

January 19

6.31

6.38

6.38

6.37

6.30

6.10

5.82

Jam

5.50

5.23

5.07

5.01

5.08

5.20

1,900

1,980

1,980

1,940

1,900

1,740

1,520

jary 20

1,320

1,160

1,050

1,020

1,080

1,130

January 21

6.38

6.69

6.90

7.10

7.40

7.58

Jan

7.22

1,980

2,240

2,460

2,660

2,860

3,080

lary 22

2,760

3 

o

W

9

2

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

8

N

4

5

9

3

9

3

9

M

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet

7.82

7.83

7.81

7.52

Sec.ft.

3,420

3,420

3,420

3,080

January 23

6.90

6.26

5.72

5.40

2,460

1,860

1,460

1,250

January 24

5.17

5.03

5.01

5.00

5.01

5.07

1,100

1,050

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,050

January 25

5.37

5.67

5.90

5.98

6.01

1,220

1,420

1,600

\,660

1,660

January 26

6.01

5.95

5.81

5.60

5.34

1,660

1,630

1,520

1,380

1,220

January 27

5.07

4.83

4.68

4.56

1,050

940

865

790

fn

g

M

3

9

3

9

3

9

2

9

3

9

1

3

9

3

9

2

5

7

8

10

3

9

3

9

6

N

6

Feet Sec.ft.

January 28

4.45

4.36

4.30

4.28

Jam

4.25

4.26

4.26

4.35

Jam

4.48

4.61

4.67

4.78

5.32

740

695

672

672

aary 29

650

650

650

695

j»ry 30

765

815

840

915

1,190

January 31

5.71

5.94

6.14

6.20

6.22

6.23

6.22

1,460

1,630

1,780

1,820

1,820

1,860

1,820

February 1

6.19

6.04

5.73

5.32

Peb

4.76

4.49

4.31

1,820

1,700

1,490

1,190

ruary 2

890

765

672
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Eel River at Bowling Green, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 39°23'02", long. 87°01'12", in sec. 24, T. 11 N., R. 6W., at highway 

 bridge at Bowling Green, Clay County, a quarter of a mile below Jordan Creek. Zero

of gage is 548.79 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 832 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Feb. 17-28, when there

was one gage reading daily, and period Feb. 11-16, when there was no record. Gage

heights used to half tenths between 2.4 and 4.2 feet prior to and including Jan. 15

and between 2.3 and 3.8 feet thereafter; hundredths below and tenths above these

limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 9,000 second-feet;

extended with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 13,400 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage

height, 21.79 feet).

1931-36: Discharge observed, 12,&00 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 21.26

feet, at former aite and datum).

Maximum known stage, 29.4 feet in 1875, from floodmarks. 

Remarks.- Discharge for period of missing gage-height record determined from weather

records and comparison with records for West Fork of White River.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

185

172

185

191

196

206

225

223

193

188

Jan.

6,210

3,720

2,070

1,260

870

725

1,520

5,900

7,590

7,840

Feb.

5,170

2,180

1,440

1,230

1,120

1,060

1,020

1,040

5,380

2,500

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

193

191

165

165

168

160

155

155

152

150

Jan.

5,110

2,750

2,300

10,100

13,200

11,700

8,700

4,500

2,770

1,990

Feb.

1,800

1,400

1,150

1,030

960

910

924

1,020

1,300

1,370

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches. ............................................

Dec.

150

148

133

136

140

162

214

340

444

1,940

7,260

474

Or66

Jan.

8,300

9,300

6,400

2,900

3,710

3,540

2,860

2,550

2,550

2,820

4,800

6.73

Feb.

1,610

3,540

1,720

1,160

891

713

665

618

2.01

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.64

1.59

1.64

1.66

1.68

1.72

1.79

1.78

1.67

1.65

Jan.

13.66

9.75

6.59

4.77

3.82

3.40

5.19

13.26

15.53

15.84

Feb.

12.72

7.61

5.63

5.03

4.69

4.49

4.39

4.43

13.02

8.42

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.67

1.66

1.56

1.56

1.57

1.54

1.52

1.52

1.51

1.50

Jan.

12.08

8.02

7.03

18.28

21.56

20.02

17.05

11.99

9.03

7.16

Feb.

_

-

_

_

-

-

4.13

4.41

5.17

5.43

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.50

1.49

1.43

1.44

1.46

1.55

1.75

2.20

2.56

5.85

14.89

Jan.

16.47

17.56

14.34

9.24

10.74

10.46

9.22

8.48

8.46

9.09

12.30

Feb.

6.13

10.50

6.39

4,83

3.97

3.43

3.29

3.17

Oage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

o 

w

1

5

8

2

7

9

3

8

10

N

2

10

11

U

2

6

10

3

9

11

M

2

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

3.27

3.41

3.59

4.69

7.51

8.59

Jam;

12.29

13.73

13.86

13.89

13.84

13.33

13.29

13.31

Jam]

13.49

14.50

15.40

16.27

16.93

16.98

16.98

672

725

795

1,230

2,500

3,050

ary 8

5,230

6,210

6,350

6,350

6,280

5,930

5,930

5,930

ary 9

6,070

6,780

7,500

8,220

8,720

8,810

8,810

January 10

16.92

16.40

15.69

14.71

8,720

8,300

7,740

6,940

January 11

13.64

12.59

11.89

10.61

6,140

5,440

4,960

4,180

8W

3

9

3

9

3

9

N

1

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

1

7

8

9

10

11

1

5

9

3

9

2

6

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

9.08

8.21

7.60

7.08

3,300

2,850

2,550

2,300

January 13

6.67

6.35

6.25

6.22

6.25

6.80

9.30

2,120

1,980

1,890

1,890

1,890

2,160

3,400

January 14

14.75

18.22

19.12

20.90

7,020

9,890

10,700

12,500

January 15

21.33

21.74

21.78

21.79

21.78

21.78

21.71

21.54

21.28

Jan

20.78

20.27

19.82

19.50

19.13

12,900

13,300

13 , 400

13,400

13,400

13,400

13,300

13,100

12,900

uary 16

12,600

12,000

11,500

11,200

10,800

o 

a

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

4

5

6

7

10

1

4

9

2

7

8

9

10

11

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

18.57

17.77

16.69

15.27

10,300

9,500

8,430

7,170

January 18

13.67

12.26

11.26

10.61

5,790

4,710

4,020

3,600

January 19

10.02

19.38

8.67

7.95

3,260

2,960

2,640

2,330

January 20

7.34

6.85

6.48

6.47

6.49

6.78

8.72

2,050

1,870

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,830

2,640

January 21

10.98

14.28

16.57

17.98

18.35

18.37

18.39

18.37

18.35

18.32

3,840

6,270

£,340

9,700

10,100

10,100

10,100

10,100

10,100

10,000

IM

3

9

3

7

10

3

9

3

5

9

3

6

10

3

4

5

9

3

9

5

6

7

11

6

6

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 22

18.30

17.87

17.42

16.95

16.64

Janus

16.15

15.52

15.02

12.93

11.62

10,000

9,600

9,100

8,700

8,340

iry 23

7,980

7,350

6,900

5,150

4,220

January 24

10.15

9.54

8.79

8.48

8.47

8.51

9.12

3,360

3,010

2,680

2,550

2,550

2,550

2,820

January 25

10.02

10.66

11.20

11.24

11.23

11.16

3,260

3,660

3,960

3,960

3,960

3,960

January 26

10.83

10.12

3,720

3,310

January 27

9.63

9.27

3,060

2,910

t,

a

3

9

3

9

3

6

9

11

2

9

3

7

11

6

6

3

9

3

9

10

11

1

4

7

8

11

3

9

Feet

9.07

8.86

Sec. ft.

2,820

2,730

January 28

8.66

8.53

8.43

8.40

8.40

8.40

2,640

2,550

2,500

2,500

2,500

2,500

January 29

8.40

8.44

8.48

8.54

8.63

2,500

2,500

2,550

2,550

2,590

January 30

8.85

9.33

2,680

2,910

January 31

9.86

11.63

13.61

14.18

14.20

14.19

Feb

14.12

13.93

13.68

13.67

13.17

11.16

9.82

3,210

4,220

5,710

6,190

6,190

6,190

ruary 1

6,110

5,950

5,790

5,790

5,390

3,900

3,160
WABASH RIVER BASIN 283

East Fork of White River at Seymour, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 38 58'57", long. 85 53'57", in sec. 7, T. 6 N., R. 6 E., 1,700 feet

below highway bridge, 1 mile north of Seymour, 9.4 miles above Sand Creek, and 18

miles below White Creek. Zero of gage is 550.67 feet above mean sea level (general

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,340 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Dec. 1 to 17, when

there was no record. Gage heights used to-half tenths below and tenths above 3.1

feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 25,000 second-feet;

extended with aid of velocity-area study. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 53,800 second-feet 2 a.m. Jan. 16 (gage

height, 19.50 feet).

1923-36: Discharge observed, 47,200 second-feet (revised) 11 p.m. Jan. 10, 1930

(gage height, 18.9 feet, determined from relation to Weather Bureau gage 1,200 feet

upstream).

Maximum stage known, about 22.5 feet Mar. 26, 1913, ffom floodmarks. 

Remarks.- Discharge for period Nov. 28 to Dec. 17 determined from partial gage-height

record and comparison with record at Shoals, Ind.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

880

790

870

990

950

940

1,030

1,130

1,060

990

Jan.

7,600

8,680

7,840

5,400

3,800

2,980

3,310

8,720

10,700

17,700

Feb.

10,800

10,600

7,800

5,700

4,800

4,250

3,980

3,890

7,520

10,700

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

970

990

1,060

970

880

800

820

836

862

836

Jan.

19,400

15,200

10,300

13,800

47,200

49,400

34,500

29,400

27,800

21,100

Feb.

11,300

8,180

5,500

5,200

5,300

4,900

4,520

4,250

4,430

4,700

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

810

784

758

758

758

758

810

1,020

1,460

1,790

5,210

0.53

Jan.

33,400

46,200

36,300

25,700

31,000

27,800

19,500

12,600

9,580

9,190

9,710

9.63

Feb.

5,500

5,900

5,300

4,340

3,620

3,210

2,890

2,730

5

I7I7Q

2.57

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

* 56

7

8

9

10

Dec.

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jan.

9.97

10.87

10.15

7.88

6.19

5.18

5.55

10.94

12.44

15.13

Feb.

12.50

12.26

10.14

8.24

7.33

6.74

6.38

6.28

9.86

12.38

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.86

1.88

1.86

Jan.

15.49

14.45

12.09

13.14

18.92

19.06

17.57

17.04

16.80

15.75

Feb.

12.78

10.43

8.02

7.73

7.80

7.40

6.96

6.66

6.90

.7.22

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.81

1.75

1.71

1.70

1.69

1.72

1.78

2.21

2.95

3.47

7.59

Jan.

17.40

18.85

17.82

16.47

17.16

16.81

15.50

13.44

11.61

11.28

11.66

Feb.

7.96

8.41

7.75

6.77

6.05

5.48

5.09

4.89

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fc 3 

o

W

3

9

11

3

9

3

9

N

3

9

3

9

3

9

1

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 8

9.82

11.08

11.25

11.42

11.59

7,380

8,930

9,060

9,320

9,580

January 9

11.80

12.02

12.17

12.44

13.40

Jam

14.38

15.12

15.45

15.58

9,850

10,100

10,400

10,700

12,400

lary 10

14,800

17,400

18,900

19,900

January 11

15.62

15.60

15.56

15.45

lb.32

Jam

15.12

14.72

14.30

13.75

Jan;

13.16

12.44

11.74

11.07

19,900

19,900

19,900

18,900

18,400

lary 12

17,400

15,800

14,500

13,200

lary 13

12,000

10,700

9,710

8,930

fc

g 

M

1

3

5

9

3

9

1

5

9

1

5

9

11

1

2

3

5

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

4

5

11

3

Feet Sec.ft.

January 14

10.72

10.64

10.82

11.62

13.68

16.22

8,440

8,320

8,560

9,580

13,000

23,600

January 15

17.65

18.53

18.95

19.18

19.32

19.43

19.46

34,500

43,200

48,300

50,500

51,600

52,700

53,800

January 16

19.48

19.50

19.49

19.45

19.28

18.94

18.56

Jam

18.16

17.71

17.33

16.96

Jam

16.73

16.74

16.70

16.92

17.18

53,800

53,800

53,800

52,700

51,600

47,200

44,200

lary 17

40,200

35,400

31,800

29,400

lary 18

27,100

27,100

27,100

28,600

31,000

fc

gw

7

9

11

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

5

8

9

3

9

11

3

9

11

1

4

6

9

3

9

3

7

9

Feet

17.37

17.41

17.42

Sec.ft.

32,700

32,700

32,700

January 19

17.33

16.99

16.64

16.30

31,800

29,400

26,400

24,300

January 20

16.00

15.83

15.63

15.58

15.58

15.64

22,300

21,100

19,900

19,900

19,900

19.900

January 21

16.02

16.84

17.23

18.02

18.74

18.86

22,300

27,800

31,000

38,200

45,200

47,200

January 22

18.93

19.03

19.03

18.99

18.85

18.62

47,200

48,300

48,300

48,300

46,200

44,200

January 23

18.29

18.11

18.02

41,200

39,200

38,200

fc

§ 

M

3

5

9

1

5

9

10

11

3

5

7

9

3

9

3

5

7

9

3

5

7

11

3

9

3

9

11

1

5

11

Feet

17.71

17.60

17.33

Sec.ft.

35,400

34,500

31,800

January 24

16.88

16.66

16.57

16.57

16.54

16.36

16.28

16.26

16.30

28,600

27,100

26,400

26,400

25,700

25,000

24,300

24,300

24,300

January 25

16.60

17.16

17.44

17.48

17.47

17.44

26,400

31,000

32,700

33,600

33,600

32,700

January 26

17.29

17.22

17.08

16.84

16.70

16.34

Jan

15.94

15.56

15.53

15.62

15.35

14.75

31,800

31,000

30,200

27,800

27,100

24,300

aary 27

21,700

19,900

19,400

19,900

18,900

16,200

fc

g

M

3

3

3

9

3

9

5

9

3

9

3

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

N

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 28

14.36

13.12

14,800

11,800

January 29

12.03

11.66

11.43

11.28

10,100

9,710

9,320

9,190

January 30

11.23

11.27

11.33

11.31

9,060

9,190

9,190

9,190

January 31

11.32

11.41

11.76

12.14

9,190

9,320

9,850

10,300

February 1

12.37

12.49

12.56

12.60

Febn

12.57

12.43

12.22

11.79

Febn

11.22

10.09

9.14

10,700

10,800

11,000

11,000

lary 2

11,000

10,700

10,400

9,850

lary 3

9,060

7,720

6,610
284 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

East Pork of White River at Shoals, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 38°40'0211 , long. 86°47 I 32'1 , in sec. 30, T. 3 N., R. 3 W., at highway 

bridge at Shoals, 1 mile above Beaver Creek and 6j miles below Indian Creek. Zero 

of gage Is 442.97 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 4,940 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.0 and 5.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 99,800 second-feet noon Jan. 25 (gage height, 

37T02 feet).

1903-6, 1908-16, 1923-36: Discharge, about 136,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 1913 (gage 

height, 42.2 feet).

Remarks.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1,480

1,440

1,440

1,400

1,260

1,370

1,420

1,450

1,440

1,490

Jan.

8,800

10,800

11,700

11,300

11,300

10,200

7,600

8,800

11,700

19,000

Feb.

44,600

39 , 600

35,500

30,800

25,000

18,400

12,100

8,600

9,990

11,500

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

i7

18

19

20

Dec.

1,560

1,540

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,500

1,480

1,380

1,340

1,440

Jan.

22,200

23,300

25,OOO

32,300

42,400

46,300

53,000

76,400

87,400

81,800

Feb.

12,600

13,500

14,400

14,400

12,100

9,990

9,000

8,200

7,600

7,390

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,310

1,300

1,300

1,170

1,170

1,340

1,270

1,360

1,600

2,440

5,080

0.36

Jan.

83,200

84,600

82,500

91,000

99,000

93,400

84,600

77,000'

69,200

59,800

51,300

11.11

Feb.

8,000

8,800

8,800

8,600

7,800

6,760

5,710

5,080

3.05

Mean daily gage height, In feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.42

3.39

3.39

3.35

3.23

3.32

3.37

3.39

3.38

3.41

Jan.

6.96

8.03

8.50

8.30

8.32

7.69

6.38

7.03

8.53

12.68

Feb.

27.14

25.30

23.18

20.25

16.41

12.34

8.70

6.90

7.65

8.40

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.46

3.44

3.44

3.45

3.45

3.40

3.38

3.29

3.26

3.33

Jan.

14.57

15.27

16.42

21.20

26.40

27.58

29.28

33.78

35.35

34.63

Feb.

8.99

9.48

10.02

9.97

8.69

7.60

7.12

6.72

6.38

6.34

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.23

3.21

3.21

3.10

3.10

3.24

3.17

3.26

3.44

3.95

5.19

Jan.

34.76

35.03

34.68

35.94

36.92

36.18

35.00

33.90

32.60

30.83

28.87

Feb.

6.64

6.96

7.02

6.86

6.50

5.98"

5.52

5.21

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

fc§M

1

5

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

1

3

5

9

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 9

7.41

7.49

7.82

8.73

10.02

Janu

11.31

12.37

13.21

13.84

Janu

14.21

14.51

14.73

14.87

9,600

9,800

10,400

12,100

14,400

ary 10

16,700

18,500

19,900

20,900

ary 11

21,500

22,000

22,300

22,600

January 12

15.00

15.17

15.31

15.56

22,800

23,100

23,300

23,800

January 13

15.87

16.22

16.57

16.97

24,200

24,700

25,400

26,000

January 14

17.53

17.87

18.68

20.56

22.32

24.12

26,800

27,400

28,600

31,400

34,000

37,100

fc 3 

o 

W

2

6

10

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

1

5

9

1

5

9

2

6

10

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 15

25.31

25.88

26.32

26.70

27.00

27.27

39,600

41,000

42,100

43,300

44,200

45,200

January 16

27.46

27.57

27.58

27.69

46,000

46,300

46,300

46,600

January 17

27.83

28.12

28.60

29.25

29.98

30.85

47,000

48,100

50,100

52,500

56,100

59,800

January 18

32.10

32.98

33.69

34.24

34.72

35.12

66,300

71,600

75,800

79,000

82,500

85,300

January 19

35.35

35.48

35.42

35.21

87,400

88,100

87,400

86,000

January 20

35.00 84,600

fc

g 

M

10

2

6

8

10

3

9

3

9

2

4

6

10

3

9

2

6

10

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

2

10

N

Feet

34.66

34.48

34.31

34.30

34.36

Sec. ft.

82,500

81,100

79,700

79,700

80,400

January 21

34.55

34.68

34.80

35.02

81,800

82,500

83,200

84,600

January 22

35.14

35.17

35.15

35.12

35.02

34.82

85,300

86,000

86,000

85,300

84,600

83,200

January 23

34.66

34.60

34.60

34.64

34.78

34.97

82,500

81,800

81,800

81 ,800

83,200

84,600

January 24

35.25

35.70

36.22

36.61

Janua

36.85

37.00

37.02

86,000

89,500

93,400

96,600

ry 25

98,200

99,800

99,800

S-,

I

2

10

3

3

3

3

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet

37.00

36.86

Sec. ft.

99,800

99,000

January 26

36.66

36.03

97,400

91,800

January 27

35.42

34.86

87,400

83,900

January 28

34.35

34.07

33.78

33.49

80,400

78,300

76,400

74,600

January 29

33.15

32.81

32.42

32.03

72,800

70,400

68,000

65,800

January 30

31.57

31.09

30.58

30.08

63,800

61,300

58,800

56,600

January 31

29.59

29.10

28.64

28.20

54,300

52,100

50,100

48,500

February 1

27.79

27.38

47,000

45,600

!-, 

I

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

26.94 43,900

26.45 42,400

February 2

25.98

25.53

41,300

40,000

25.04 38,900

24.54 37,900

February 3

24.02 36,900

23.49 36,000

22.92 35,000

22.24 33,800

February 4

21.54 32,800

20.73 31,600

19.78 30,200

18.88 28,800

February 5

17.92 27,400

16.92 25,800

15.98 24,400

14.96 22,800

February 6

13.92 21,000

12.90 19,400

11. 8C 17,500

10.80 15,800

Febr uary 7

9.82 14,000

8.96 12,600

8.28 11,300

7.70 10,200
WABASH RIVER BASIN 

Flatrock Creek at St. Paul, Ind.

285

Location.- Lat. 39°25', long. 85°38', In sec. 10, T. 11 N., R. BE., on highway bridge 

h«1f » mile southwest of St. Paul, Decatur County, li miles below Mill Creek and 2 

miles above Conns Creek.

Drainage area.- 303 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.-; Two gage readings dally except for period Jan. 7 to Feb. 3, when 

It was determined from graph based on two gage readings dally. Gage heights used 

to half tenths between 1.8 and 3.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 16,600 second-feet 4 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage 

"height, 13.0 feet).

1930-36: Discharge observed, 10,000 second-feet (revised) May 14, 1933 (gage 

height, 9.85 feet).

Maximum stage known occurred in March 1913; not definitely determined.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

98

111

125

121

117

123

159

147

125

123

Jan.

1,430

940

668

430

341

262

1,350

2,060

3,930

4,890

Feb.

1,230

615

452

370

314

262

262

296

1,440

1,520

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

136

136

123

111

103

101

100

94

101

91

Jan.

2,170

1,590

1,430

9,990

13,300

4,090

1,600

5,060

3,190

1,800

Feb.

566

431

370

474

390

370

332

332

410

615

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

84

98

101

81

85

84

113

262

300

281

1,280

0.63

Jan.

10,400

7,440

2,280

3,050

5,230

2,910

1,230

855

800

975

1,160

11.89

Feb.

692

519

390

314

246

230

200

186

1.70

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.66

1.73

1.80

1.78

1.76

1.79

1.94

1.88

1.81

1.79

Jan.

4.32

' 3.60

3.17

2.72

2.50

2.32

4.25

5.00

6.38

7.02

Feb.

3.98

2.94

2.59

2.40

2.24

2.10

2.08

2.22

4.30

4.40

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.86

1.84

1.79

1.73

1.69

1.68

1.67

1.64

1.68

1.62

Jan.

5.06

4.50

4.30

9.71

11.42

6.44

4.48

7.08

5.93

4.55

Feb.

2.83

2.53

2.38

2.64

2.47

2.42

2.30

2.29

2.50

2.94

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.58

1.66

1.68

1.56

1.59

1.58

1.74

2.31

2.38

2.36

4.12

Jan.

10.05

8.40

5.20

5.85

7.20

5.68

4.05

3.38

3.33

3.55

3.90

Feb.

3.12

2.73

2.47

2.24

2.05

1.98

1.89

1.84

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 1937

I

4

7

10

N

4

10

M

2

10

4

7

M

4

10

4

10

2

6

10' 4

M

3

9

3

9

2

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

2.30

2.60

3.66

4.25

5.40

6.28

6.27

262

384

1,000

1,350

2,520

3,780

3,780

January 8

6.20

5.20

4.28

4.17

4.48

3,630

2,280

1,430

1,350

1,590

January 9

5.00

6.00

7.08

8.00

Jam

8.25

7.90

7.14

6.40

5.73

2,060

3,330

5,060

6,620

lary 10

6,980

6,440

5,060

3,930

2,910

January 11

5.50

5.18

4.95

4.67

Jam

4.15

2,650

2,280

2,060

1,770

lary 12

1,350

1

6

10

6

M

3

7

N

5

8

M

2

4

8

N

4

8

M

4

8

4

8

M

4

10

4

10

4

Feet

4.02

4.22

4.83

5.15

Sec. ft.

1,210

1,350

1,860

2,280

January 13

5.18

5.00

4.30

3.40

3.32

4.00

2,280

2,060

1,430

815

755

1,210

January 14

6.00

7.75

8.95

9.86

10.83

12.22

12.80

Jam

13.00

12.58

10.81

9.62

8.60

3,330

6,260

8,460

10,200

12,000

14,900

16,200

iary 15

16,600

15,800

12,000

9,600

7,700

January 16

7.73

6.60

5.80

5.08

Jam

4.55

6,080

4,250

3,050

2,170

iary 17

1,680

o

10

2

4

8

M

2

4

8

6

8

M

2

6

N

4

M

4

10

2

4

8

10

M

4

8

N

4

8

Feet

4.00

3.85

3.90

4.60

6.80

Sec. ft.

1,230

1,100

1,160

1,680

4,570

January 18

7.40

7.58

7.26

6.75

6.78

6.92

5,570

5,910

5,400

4,570

4,570

4,730

January 19

6.92

6.70

6.00

5.55

4.73

4,730

4,410

3,330

2,780

1,770

January 20

4.40

3.92

3.75

3.80

4.90

6.40

7.58

1,520

1,160

1,100

1,100

1,960

3,930

5,910

January 21

9.10

9.90

10.20

10.38

10.95

8,650

10,200

10,800

11,200

12,400

1

B

10

M

3

8

N

4

8

M

4

10

2

5

8

M

4

10

4

8

10

M

2

4

8

2

10

3

9

Feet

11.05

11.00

Sec. ft.

12,400

12,400

January 22

10.72

9.38

8.12

7.22

6.60

6.05

11,800

9,220

6,800

5,230

4,250

3,330

January 23

5.69

5.18

4.88

4.80

4.81

4.90

2,910

2,280

1,960

1,860

1,860

1,960

January 24

5.10

5.52

6.00

6.60

7.12

7.45

2,170

2,650

3,330

4,250

5,060

5,570

January 25

7.60

7.67

7.54

7.15

6.65

5,910

6,080

5,740

5,230

4,250

January 26

6.13

5.80

3,480

3,050

B

4

7

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

M

3

9

3

9

1

6

10

4

10

8

4

10

1

1

Feet

5.60

5.40

5.00

Jam

4.60

4.20

3.78

3.48

Sec. ft.

2,780

2,520

2,060

aary 27

1,680

1,370

1,100

915

January 28

3.37

3.30

3.35

3.52

3.57

855

800

855

915

975

January 29

3.45

3.27

3.35

3.60

Jan

3.68

3.52

3.42

3.53

3.75

855

800

855

975

uary 30

1,040

915

855

915

1,100

January 31

3.82

3.95

4.20

1,100

1,230

1,370

February 1

4.22

3.95

1,370

1,230
286 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Muscatatuck River near Austin, Ind.

Location.- Lat. 38°46' , long. 85°49', in sec. 23, T. 4 N. , R. 6 E. , at bridge on TJ. S. 

Highway 31, 2 miles north of Austin, Scott County, ij- miles below White Oak Branch 

and 4 miles above Stucker Creek. Zero of gage is 493.96 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 368 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.8 and 6.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. Affected by shifting 

control prior to and including Jan. 10.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 25,100 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 15 (gage 

height, 26.36 feet).

1932-36: Discharge observed, 22,000 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 26.60 

feet)

Maximum known stage occurred in March 1913, not definitely determined.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

23

22

25

28

29

32

41

45

51

60

Jan.

1,960

1,220

1,170

705

266

148

192

653

1,150

2,730

Feb.

1,440

957

610

436

287

172

144

210

1,510

1,480

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

63

64

62

62

56

50

47

46

46

46

Jan.

4,870

2,200

1,350

2,800

21,700

10,600

3,000

6,040

10,900

3,540

Feb.

606

265

189

316

550

333

245

245

478

450

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

46

44

39

38

39

41

50

103

333

212

539

0.24

Jan.

10,400

21,900

11,700

4,300

15,200

9,730

3,180

1,840

3,040

1,500

1,380

16.30

Feb.

409

370

235

176

148

126

108

105

1.27

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.80

2.78

2.85

2.93

2.94

3.01

3.22

3.32

3.47

3.66

Jan.

16.48

12.62

12.29

9.57

6.38

5.09

5.60

9.24

12.12

18.48

Feb.

13.82

11.13

8.99

7.78

6.57

5.40

5.04

5.74

14.15

13.94

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.71

3.73

3.69

3.68

3.58

3.46

3.38

3.35

3.34

3.35

Jan.

20.04

17.22

13.30

16.32

25.55

22.30

18.54

20.13

22.37

19.20

Feb.

8.94

6.38

5.62

6.78

8.61

6.98

6.21

6.19

8.10

7.89

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.35

3.29

3.18

3.15

3.19

3.24

3.46

4.38

6.94

5.81

13.25

Jan.

22.07

25.56

22.70

19.73

23.80

21.99

18.73

15.90

18.84

14.12

13.50

Feb.

7.58

7.30

6.10

5.45

5.11

4.78

4.54

4.48

Sage height, in feet, arid discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

fc

§ 

«

1

3

9

3

9

3

9

2

6

9

10

11

3

5

7

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

1

5

6

7

11

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

4.88

4.92

5.25

5.73

6.48

Jam

7.48

8.88

9.69

10.16

10.42

10.43

10.42

133

136

160

202

276

lary 8

396

595

720

800

834

834

834

January 9

10.06

9.96

9.96

10.44

12.24

16.52

784

768

768

834

1,150

1,960

January 10

17.44

18.10

18.80

19.60

Janv

20.09

20.32

20.33

20.33

20.24

20.00

19.42

2,160

2,430

3,040

4,130

lary 11

5,070

5,490

5,490

5,490

5,280

4,870

3,820

S-,

g

w

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

1

5

9

1

5

9

3

7

8

9

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

January 12

18.74

17.82

16.78

15.64

2,930

2,300

2,020

1,780

January 13

14.60

13.70

12.81

12.10

1,590

1,420

1,260

1,130

January 14

11.74

11.62

14.50

17.58

18.40

20.00

1,060

1,040

1,580

2,230

2,640

4,870

January 15

25.35

26.26

26.32

26.36

26.33

25.95

24.98

21,100

24,700

24,700

25,100

24,700

23,500

19,500

January 16

23.89

22.75

21.72

20.74

15,600

12,000

8,910

6,390

January 17

19.77

18.91

4,480

3,160

FH

O 

«

3

9

10

1

5

9

3

9

M

1

2

3

5

9

3

9

3

9

3

8

9

10

3

9

3

9

1

7

Feet

18.00

17.28

17.29

Sec. ft.

2,380

2,140

2,140

January 18

17.73

18.22

18.70

20.53

23.18

23.48

2,260

2,490

2,930

5,930

13,300

14,200

January 19

23.50

23.51

23.47

23.35

22.95

22.12

21.19

14,200

14,200

14,200

13,900

12,600

10,000

7,610

January 20

20.29

19.36

18.72

18.50

18.48

18.54

5,490

3,820

2,930

2,730

2,730

2,730

January 21

19.13

20.28

23.08

24.96

3,410

5,490

13,000

19,500

January 22

25.42

25.74

21,100

22,300

b

§

W

10

11

N

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

6

9

1

3

5

7

11

3

9

11

N

1

2

3

5

9

3

9

3

9

Feet

25.77

25.78

25.77

25.69

25.13

Sec. ft.

22,700

22,700

22,700

22,300

19,900

January 23

24.18

23.15

22.18

21.26

16,600

13,300

10,300

7,860

January 24

20.43

20.08

19.79

19.56

19.55

19.60

19.70

2Q.17

5,710

5,070

4,480

4,130

4,130

4,130

4,300

5,280

January 25

21.45

24.44

24.70

24.80

24.80

24.81

24.79

24.66

24.22

8,120

17,300

18,400

18,700

18,700

18,700

18,700

18,400

16,600

January 26

23.32

22.38

21.50

20.73

13,600

10,900

8,380

6,390

b

Sw

6

6

3

.9

3

9

6

3

9

3

9

6

3

7

8

3

11

1

6

7

8

3

9

6

6

Peet Sec. ft.

January 27

19.50

17.96

3,970

2,380

January 28

16.80

16.09

15.53

15.24

2,020

1,880

1,760

1,710

January 29

15.02

14.73

14.59

1,670

1,610

1,590

January 30

14.48

14.28

13.88

1,580

1,540

1,460

January 31

13.44

13.31

13.30

13.43

13.90

1,370

1,350

1,350

1,370

1,460

February 1

14.04

14.28

14.29

14.27

13.85

13.10

1,480

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,440

1,310

February 2

11.83

10.43

1,080

834
WABASH RIVER BASIN 287

Patoke River at Patoka, Ind.

Location*- lat. 38°24', long. 87°35', In aeo. 25, T. IS., R. 11 W., at highway bridge 

at Patoka, Glbaon County, 4 miles below Indian Creek and 9^ miles above Wabash River. 

Zero of gage Is 387.87 feet above mean sea level fState Highway Commission datum;.

Drainage area.- 843 square miles (revised).

Gage-height "record.- One gage reading daily except for periods Jan. 10-17, Jan. 28 to 

Feb. 10, when there were two gage readings dally, and for period Jan. 18-27, when 

there were three gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between 1.9 

and 2.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge, relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 12,000 second-feet; 

extended with aid of velocity-area study. Affected by shifting control prior to and 

Including Feb. 25, and by backwater for periods Jan. 3-24, Feb. 1-8, 16, 17, 23-28.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 18.700 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 26 (gage 

height, 26.80 feet, verified by floodmarks).

1934-36: Discharge observed, 6,180 second-feet Mar. 20, 1935 (gage height, 22.43 

feet},

Maximum stage previously known, 23.9 feet in March 1913.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean dally discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

tiay nov

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.90

1.89

1.94

1.92

1.89

2.02

2.13

2.19

2.16

3.04

3.12

3.32

3.34

3.32

3.12

2.94

2.74

2.70

2.69

2.63

2.58

2.47

2.52

2.56

2.60

2.55

2.67

3.12

3.80

3.82

8.70

Second-feet

48

47

51

49

47

57

67

72

72

166

179

206

206

206

179

153

129

124

124

118

112

102

107

112

112

107

124

179

279

279

1,180

January

Feet

9.87

10.76

11.21

11.75

11.95

12.05

12.12

11.82

12.38

14.10

14.45

14.87

15.18

18.62

19.43

20.74

21.88

23.21

24.20

24.61

25.43

26.08

26.20

26.20

26.54

26.71

26.27

25.90

25.54

25.06

24.50

Second-feet

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

4

4

5

7

9

11

12

13

15

16

16

17

18

17

17

16

15

14

Run-off, in inches ................................

,420

,610

,710

,810

,860

,860

,880

,780

,940

,410

,470

,620

,680

,200

,590

,740

,310

,530

,200

,000

,800

,500

,100

,500

,700

,500

,700

,100

,300

,300

,200

February

Feet

23.92

23.19

22.66

22.07

21.29

20.86

20.28

19.85

19.60

19.20

18.62

18.28

17.88

17.44

17.02

16.53

15.99

15.37

14.99

13.03

12.42

11.34

10.62

10.00

8.89

7.69

6.56

5.99

Second-feet

12,900

11,700

10,700

9,690

8,150

7,590

6,660

6,180

5,960

5,540

4,980

4,660

4,320

4,020

3,820

3,500

3,260

3,080

2,900

2,290

2,140

1,840

1,610

1,400

1,140

890

674

572

December January February

161 8,365 4,720

0.22 11.44 5.83
288 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Little Wabash River at Wilcox, 111.

Location.- Lat. S8°S8'10 11 , long. 88°17«40", in SE£ sec. Z, T. 2 N., R. 8 E., at highway

bridge at Wilcox, Clay County, a quarter of a mile below mouth of Big Muddy Greek.

Zero of gage is 392.10 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 1,150 square miles. 

Sage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily. Sage heights used to half tenths between

3.0 and 3.8 feet; hundredtha below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by ice Dec. 8, 9, 20-2S. Defined by current-meter

measurements to 9,500 aecond-feet. Discharges corrected for effect of rapidly

changing stage for periods Dec. 31, Jan. 1, 3-5, 7-9, 11, 12, 17-19, 23-27, Jan. 29

to Feb. 6, Feb. 9, 10, 12-17, 19-25, Mar. 19-25. 

Maxima.- January-March 1937: Discharge, 8,720 second-feet 9 p.m. Jan. 15 (gage height,

21.80 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1914-36: Discharge (estimated), 16,300 second-feet Aug. 22, 1915.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to March 1937

in second-feet,

Dav XS0.J

i

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.73

2.80

2.76

2.75

2.74

2.89

2.81

2.88

2.76

2.72

2.68

2.72

2.93

2.74

2.68

2.65

2.66

2.64

2.64

2.67

2.92

2.93

2.73

2.62

2.61

2.60

2.66

2.68

2.66

3.15

10.69

Second-feet

28

32

30

29

28

37

33

31

28

27

25

27

40

28

25

23

24

22

22

22

21

21

21

21

21

20

24

25

24

56

1,290

January

Feet

16.82

17.35

17.17

16.60

12.98

7.81

10.84

18.13

19.51

20.34

20.10

19.70

19.42

19.94

21.33

21.62

21.44

20.98

20.30

19.84

19.88

20.47

19.78

18.60

15.90

14.36

13.01

10.12

13.00

16.48

18.58

Second-feet

3,380

3,320

3,170

2,660

1,520

630

1,340

4,270

5,260

6,430

6,080

5,480

5,080

5,830

7,940

8,410

8,060

7,370

6,330

5,680

5,830

6,730

5,520

3,85Q

2,340

1,880

1,530

1,040

1,880

3,150

4,340

February .

Feet

19.52

19.50

18.84

18.56

17.90

14.32

9.83

8.56

17.40

19.16

19.09

18.71

18.54

17.92

16.02

13.36

10.95

8.93

10.94

12.82

13.88

14.82

15.00

13.72

10.82

7.32

5.88

5.32

Second-feet

5,250

5,150

4,240

4,040

3,420

1,820

982

762

3,420

4,830

4,630

4,200

4,000

3,520

2,380

1,570

1,140

813

1,260

1,700

1,95O

2,180

2,130

1,670

1,110

556

353

270

December January

67.9 4,398

0.07 4.48

March

Feet

5.14

5.06

4.96

4.90

4.95

5.22

5.25

5.00

4.72

4.48

4.27

4.16

4.10

4.21

4.44

4.90

5.54

9.98

14.09

15.82

17.49

17.60

16.52

13.74

12.45

9.96

6.84

5.76

5.18

4.80

4.60

Second-feet

244

244

231

219

231

257

257

231

195

172

151

141

131

141

161

219

297

1,020

2,040

2,680

3,480

3,390

2,640

1,670

1,410

1,020

480

339

257

207

183

February March

2,477 785

2.28 0.80
WABASH RIVER BASIN 289

Skillet Fork at Wayne City, 111.

Location.- Lat. 38°21»45", long. 88°35«25 n in SWi sec. 7, T. 2 S., R. 6 B., at highway

bridge 1 mile north of Wayne Oity, Wayne County, and 2 miles below Brush Creek.

Zero of gage is 380.4 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 475 square miles. 

gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Sage heights used to half tenths between

4.1 and 5.2 feet} hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 4,500 second-feet.

Discharge corrected for effect of falling stage for periods Jan. 1, 2, 11, 12,

16-19, 23-27, Feb. 2-4, 10-13, Mar. 21-22. 

Maxima.- January-March 1937s Discharge, 7,750 second-feet 2 p.m. Jan. 15 (gage height,

23.38 feet, from graph based on gage readings.

1908-12, 1914-21, 1928-36: Discharge observed, 15,800 second-feet Aug. 22,

1915.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.55

3.55

3.53

3.53

3.53

3.59

3.62

3.75

3.93

3.86

3.70

3.64

3.57

3.55

3.55

3.53

3.53

3.50

3.52

3.53

3.53

3.52

3.51

3.51

3.51

3.53

3.59

3.61

3.80

4.32

14.26

Second-feet

4.7

4.7

4.3

4.3

4.3

5.6

6.2

9.5

15

12

8.2

6.8

5.2

4.7

4.7

4.3

4.3

3.7

4.1

4.3

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.9

3. a

4.3

5.6

6.0

11

30

1,180

January February

Feet

15.82

12.03

9.06

6.73

5.63

4.97

9.06

20.85

22.12

22.22

21.76

20.62

15.28

21.15

23,28

22.78

22. OB

21.15

16.51

10.22

21.26

22.27

21.53

19.95

17.62

15.86

12.74

10.77

14.76

18.18

21.09

Second-feet

1,320

696

504.

229

121

74

504

3,430

4,760

4,920

4,260

2,810

1,350

3,750

7,450

6,000

4,670

3,380

1,160

636

3,840

5,090

3,870

2,600

1,670

1,220

800

714

1,260

2,150

3,660

Feet

21.61

20.78

20.13

14.47

7.02

5.70

5.56

6.08

20.04

20.33

19.53

16.11

8.71

10.25

9.64

8.16

6.67

6.34

7.72

8.71

9.13

11.06

9.60

7.47

6.03

5.27

4.89

4.74

Second-feet

4,120

3,300

2,560

820

262

129

121

166

2,940

3,070

2,380

1,070

380

636

564

396

229

186

339

456

504

753

564

317

156

98

71

62

December January

44.4 2,545

0.11 6.18

March

Feet

4.85

4.96

5.05

4.97

5.08

5.71

5.47

5.18

4.86

4.62

4.45

4.35

4.32

4.43

4.65

5.05

6.06

9.53

12.88

16.48

18.73

13.55

7.74

7.28

10.09

8.07

6.28

5.29

4.99

4.78

4.68

Second-feet

68

74

80

74

105

129

113

91

68

53

44

38

35

44

56

80

166

552

987

1,620

2,100

777

339

295

624

384

186

98

77

65

59

February March

952 306

2.08 0.74
290 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Tradewater River near Dalton, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 37°16'35", long. 87°47'45", at Wilson Bridge, 3 miles southwest of

Dalton, Hopkins County, and 1-| miles above Donaldaon Creek. Zero of gage is 351.78 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1918).

Drainage are a. - 284 square miles (revised).

Sage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights for period Dec. 30 to Feb. 

36 determined from graph based on two gage readings daily. Sage heights used to 

half-tenths between 3.3 and 3.9 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 3,300 second-feet; 

extended on basis of slope-area determination for peak stage at Olney, 9^ miles upstream. Affected by backwater for period Jan. 37 to Feb. 11; discharge determined 

with aid of study of relation between stage at gage and stage at Dam 50 on Ohio 

River, 41 mile's downstream.

Maxima.- January-March 1937: Discharge, 17,500 second-feet about 6 p.m. Jan. 22 (gage 

height, 34.10 feet, from floodmarks).

1938-31: Discharge observed, 4,150 second-feet 4:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 1930 (gage 

height, 30.53 feet) .

Maximum stage previously known, about 33.1 feet in January 1913.

Remarks.- Gage height record and data for slope-area determination furnished by Corps 

of Engineers, U.S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

23

24

25

26

27

28

39

30

31

December

Feet

1.65

1.70

1.71

1.69

1.68

1.88

7.39

10.71

9.33

6.30

4.81

4.75

4.60

4.03

3.60

3.38

3.11

3.07

4.09

5.68

5.71

4.86

4.13

3.61

3.48

3.25

3.19

3.35

4.02

5.15

9.82

Second-feet

10

11

11

11

10

17

363

740

561

369

158

' 158

146

111

91

76

66

66

116

331

331

165

116

91

86

71

71

71

111

186

638

January

Feet

13.00

13.45

13.60

13.85

10.10

7.00

8.00

10.30

13.50

15.10

16.30

17.00

17.10

16.85

16.95

16.90

16.90

17.60

18.10

18.10

30.17

33.59

33.34

33.34

33.47

31.36

30.00

18.80

18.35

18.15

18.35

Second-feet

1,100

1,160

1,300

1,060

660

337

430

673

1,010

1,540

3,010

3,400

3,470

3,380

3,400

3,340

3,340

3,830

3,330

3,230

6,160

15,600

14,300

11,300

11,900

8,830

4,500

3,300

1,800

1,600

1.600 J

February

Feet

18.50

18.60

18.60

18.55

18.35

18.10

17.75

17.40

17.35

17.15

16.55

15.85

15.00

14.35

13.60

13.90

13.10

11.40

10.90

10.50

10.10

9.40

8.65

7.90

7.10

6.50

5.84

5.38

Second-feet

1,600

1,600

1,700

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,500

1,700

3,000

2,100

1,790

1,510

1,310

1,200

1,080

947

840

768

713

660

573

482

410

336

385

329

200

December January

Run-off, in inches............................ 0.66 14.99

March

Feet

5.00

4.75

4.64

4.59

4.98

5.80

5.98

5.79

5.35

5.15

4.78

4.35

4.04

4.18

4.93

6.91

6.81

6.03

5.44

5.08

4.78

4.56

4.34

4.07

4.36

5.13

5.01

4.36

4.03

3.70

3.59

Second-feet

172

158 '146

146

172

329

345

339

300

186

158

122

111

122

165

318

309

345

200

179

158

146

122

116

128

179

172

128

111

96

91

February March

1,140 170

4.18 0.69

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1957

f-,

gw

6

6

8

N

6

10

4

2

8

8

N

10

10

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 8

10.00

10.55

647

726

January 9

11.50

13.10

13.75

14.30

855

947

1,340

1,330

January 10

14.75

15.15

Jam

16.20

16.65

1,450

1,570

lary 11

1,960

2,170

January 13

17.00

17.10

2,400

2,470

January 13

17.05

17.00

2,400

2,400

f< 

3

0

w

8

N

7

10

2

6

10

4

8

2

2

N

M

6

10

8

Feet Sec. ft.

January 14

16.95

16.85

16.65

16.70

Jan

16.80

17.10

17.15

17.02

16.85

Jan

16.85

16.95

2,400

3,280

2,170

2,230

nary 15

2,280

2,470

3,530

3,400

3,280

nary 16

2,280

2,400

January 17

16.85

17.10

3,280

2,470

January 18

17.55

17.70

17.75

2,820

2,890

2,970

f< 

3 

o

to

2

6

2

4

4

10

4

8

3

6

10

4

6

10

1

4

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 19

17.90

18.10

18.15

3,050

3,220

3,310

January 20

18.05

18.04

18.30

3,140

3,140

3.400

January 21

19.05

19.52

20.38

21.00

21.72

4,210

4,940

6,560

7,860

9,610

January 22

22.90

23.30

23.82

24.00

24.02

24.10

13,200

14,500

16,300

17,100

17,100

17,500

g 

w

9

2

2

2

11

11

10

6

M

4

7

10

2

4

N

4

Feet

24.00

Sec. ft.

17,100

January 23

23.83

23.10

16,300

13,800

January 24

22.48

22.22

22.42

11,900

11,000

11.600

January 25

22.58

22.47

22.14

12,200

11,900

10,700

January 26

21.86

21.62

21.41

21.19

10,200

9,340

8,830

8,340

January 27

20.45

20.00

19.74

5,600

4,500

4,000

?-,

to

M

4

4

8

N

6

2a>

6p

4a

M

N

N

M

Feet

19.25

Sec.fti

3,200

January 28

19.10

18.64

2,900

2,100

January'29

18.15

18.15

18.25

1,800

1,800

1.700

January 30

18.20

18.20

Janu

18.25

1,600

1,600

ary 31

1.600

February 1

18.60

Febr

18.65

1,600

nary 2

1.600

February 3

18.60

18.50

1,700

1,600
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 291

Cumberland River at Cumberland Falls, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 36°50'14", long. 84°20'36", 1200 feet above falls at Cumberland Palls

post office, Whitley County, and 13 miles east of Cumberland Palls railroad station.

Zero of gage is 825.49 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum). 

Drainage area.- 2,010 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths

between 3.1 and 5.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge 'relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 30,000 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-Pebruary 1937s Discharge, 36,300 second-feet 11 p.m. Jan. 2 (gage

height, 11.27 feet).

1907-11, 1915-36: Discharge, about 59,600 second-feet Jan. 28, 1918 (gage height,

12.5 feet at former site and 15.5 feet at present site).

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

107

112

112

112

107

181

7,840

13,100

10,200

4,140

Jan.

11,600

27,500

32,000

25,800

20,000

11,200

4,300

2,970

2,460

2,120

Feb.

8,120

8,280

6,540

4,940

3,900

3,200

2,860

4,040

18,000

24,800

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,220

1,670

1,440

1,280

1,160

1,080

960

877

918

1,370

Jan.

2,040

2,160

3,200

5,080

17,300

22,400

26,200

31,500

30,400

30,400

Feb.

22,800

18,600

9,120

4,800

3,900

3,420

2,970

2,650

2,500

2,760

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,850

2,140

2,120

1,800

1,550

1,360

1,210

1,830

3,660

3,660

7,280

2 498

1.43

Jan.

28,400

22,800

24,800

23,300

31,000

30,400

25,300

20,400

12,300

8,280

7,160

1 7 R7O

10.08

Feb.

3,420

3,780

4,030

4,160

3,900

3,540

2,970

2,760

3.46

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.29

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.29

1.40

4.84

6.54

5.68

3.74

Jsn.

6.12

9.55

10.47

9.33

8.13

5.96

3.80

3.26

3.01

2.84

Feb.

5.11

5.14

4.58

4.05

3.66

3.35

3.22

3.70

7.60

9.07

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2.89

8.60

2.46

2.36

2.29

2.23

2.15

2.09

2.12

2.42

Jan.

2.80

2.86

3.33

4.10

7.41

8.62

9.39

10.37

10.15

10.24

Feb.

8.68

7.78

5.37

4.01

3.65

3.43

3.24

3.11

3.03

3.17

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2.70

2.85

2.84

2.67

2.53

2.41

2.32

2.68

3.54

3.57

4.83

Jan.

9.82

8.70

9.13

8.84

10.30

10.15

9.18

8.21

6.29

5.16

4.81

Feb.

3.43

3.61

3.72

3.74

3.66

3.48

3.27

3.16

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

o

W

N

H

3

6

9

1

6

H

9

N

H

N

6

H

6

N

H

N

H

N

H

N

9

H

Feet

Dec

1.37

1.71

Dec

2.10

4.05

5.07

5.69

5.82

6.34

Dec

6.64

6.61

6.42

Dec

5.80

5.24

4.63

Dec

4.08

3.65

3.14

Dec

2.32

2.33

Dec

2.65

3.15

Dec

3.60

3.71

3.70

Sec. ft.

. 6

154

428

. 7

890

4,940

7,960

10,100

10,500

12,300

. 8

13,500

13,500

12,700

. 9

10,500

8,610

6,690

. 10

5,080

3,900

2,760

. 27

1,210

1,230

. 28

1,760

2,760

. 29

3,780

4,030

4,030

ft

I

N

8

H

3

9

3

9

N

M

3

6

9

N

3

11

9

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

Dec

Sec. ft.

. 30

3.57 3,660

3.47 3,420

3.5C

Dec

3,540

. 31

3.64 3,900

4.78 7,160

5.26 8,610

5.64 9,800

Jari. 1

6.18 12,000

6.26 12,300

Jari. 2

6.37 12,700

7.4C

10. OC

) 16,800

29 . 400

10.98 34 '.700

10.7'I 33.100

11.27 36,300

Jan. 3

10.35 31,500

10.29 31,000

10. IS3 30.400

Jan. 4

9.27 25,800

8.6S

Jar

j 22,400

i. 5

8.21 20,400

7.39 16.800

Jai

5.9f

i. 6

3 11.200

4.50 6.240

i

M

6

N

H

N

H

6

N

H

6

6

H

3

6

9

N

8

H

4

N

H

6

9

N

4

9

Feet

Jai

4.03

3.72

3.42

Jai

3.26

3.12

Sec. ft.

i. 7

4,940

4,030

3,310

i. 8

2,970

2,650

Jan. 13

3.07

3.26

3.87

3,590

2,970

4,410

Jan. 14

4.04

4.17

4.38

Jai

5.40

7.10

7.65

7.76

8.53

8.63

Jai

8.65

8.70

8.31

Jai

8.18

8.35

9.37

10.67

10.45

4,940

5,220

5,940

i. 15

9,120

15,500

17,700

18,600

21,900

22 , 400

i. 16

22,400

22,800

20,900

i. 17

20,400

21,400

26,300

33,100

31,500

ft

2

7

N

H

4

N

H

5

1

H

l

N

M

6

N

10

H

6

N

6

H

N

H

6

N

M

Feet

Ja

10.44

10.29

10.56

10.16

Sec. ft.

n. 18

31,500

31,000

32,500

30,400

Jan. 19

10.14

10.24

9.88

Ja

9.77

10.65

10.30

29,900

30,400

28,900

n. 20

28,400

32,500

31,000

Jan. 23

8.03

9.57

9.34

Ja

9.02

8.80

8.53

8.75

Ja

10.13

19,500

27,300

25,800

n. 24

24,300

23,300

21,900

23,300

n. 25

29,900

10.55 32,500

10.83

10.54

33,600

32,000

Jan. 26

10.24

9.59

Ja

9.32

9.17

30,400

27,300

n. 27

25,800

25,300

8.88 23,800

ft

g

M

N

H

N

H

N

M

N

9

M

3

6

N

M

8

N

M.

N

M

N

M

N

H

N

H

Feet

Jar

8.27

7.38

Jar

6.20

5.42

Sec. ft.

i. 28

20,900

16,800

i. 29

12,000

9,120

Feb. 7

3.18

3.35

Pel

3.67

3.96

4.62

2,860

3,200

>. 8

3,900

4,670

6,540

Feb. 9

6.12

7.06

7.85

8.86

11,600

15,500

18,600

23,800

Feb. 10

9.17

9.20

8.86

Pel

8.68

8.49

Pel

7.85

6.68

25,300

25,300

23,800

>. 11

22,800

21,900

3. 12

18,600

13,900

Feb. 13

5.26

4.34

8,610

5.790

Feb. 14

3.97

3.78

4,670

4,280
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Cumberland River at Burnside, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 36°59'21", long. 84°36'35", at bridge on U. S. Highway 27, 100 feet 

above mouth of South Fork of Cumberland River at Burnslde, Pulaskl County, In pool 

formed by Dam 21, 28 miles downstream. Zero of gage Is 585.60 feet above mean sea 

level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 4,890 square miles, Including area of South Pork.

Gage-height 'record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 1 p.m. Jan. 23 to 

8 a.mT Jan.' 30, when graph based on U. S. Weather Bureau dally gage readings was 

drawn. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.3 and 4.7 feet; hundredths below 

and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 100,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage with aid of hydrographlc comparison with nearby stations.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 117,000 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 3 (gage 

height, 54.35 feet).

1914-36: Discharge, about 164,000 second-feet Jan. 29, 1918 (gage height, 69.5 

feet).

1884-1936: Maximum stage and discharge, those of Jan. 29, 1918. 

Flood of March 1826 reached a stage of 72.4 feet.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

341

349

349

366

358

450

18,700

32,800

20,100

12,100

Jan.

37,900

64,400

111,000

73,400

41,000

24,500

15,600

12,500

9,650

8,370

Feb.

20,300

19,700

16,200

12,900

10,500

8,530

7,410

8,530

31,400

56,600

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

6,770

5,120

4,560

3,900

3,380

3,010

2,700

2,460

3,010

5,120

Jan.

10,300

11,200

11,200

17,600

45,300

69,700

55,800

90,700

93,100

81,000

Feb.

40,300

30,200

21,400

13,300

10,300

9,010

8,050

7,090

6,770

7,250

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

8,370

8,050

6,930

6,010

5,120

4,420

3,900

5,710

13,700

16,400

22,500

1.73

Jan.

87,200

78,400

75,300

78,700

78,900

78,900

55,000

37,400

30,300

23,700

19,100

11.65

Feb.

9,330

11,000

11,200

10,700

9,810

8,850

7,570

6,770

3.20

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.13

2.14

2.14

2.16

2.15

2.26

13.16

20.86

14.79

10.51

Jan.

23.22

33.93

52.13

37.90

24.55

16.96

12.48

10.75

9.11

8.30

Feb.

14.89

14.65

12.80

11.03

9.60

8.45

7.69

8.42

19.93

31.18

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

7.28

6.22

5.83

5.32

4.90

4.58

4.34

4.16

4.60

6.25

Jan.

9.47

9.96

10.04

13.48

26.10

36.47

30.79

44.65

45.58

40.93

Feb.

24.23

19.70

15.42

11.22

9.51

8.70

8.06

7.52

7.30

7.59

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

8.30

8.13

7.45

6.75

6.16

5.67

5.33

6.55

11.34

12.88

15.89

Jan.

43.35

39.93

38.68

40.02

40.08

40.08

30.47

23.00

19.75

16.60

14.26

Feb.

8.90

9.90

9.99

9.68

9.24

8.58

7.77

7.32

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

December 1936 to

in second-feet, at indicated time, 

February 1937

fn 

O

7

11

9

11

1

11

11

9

9

9

9

6

6

N

M

N

4

M

N

M

6

2

6

10

Feet

Dec

3.70

13.40

22.90

23.80

Dec

24.10

21.20

17.30

Dec

15.20

13.30

Dec

11.05

8.90

Dec

7.72

6.86

Dec

6.23

7.34

Dec

8.55

8.70

8.55

Dec

6.55

7.77

Dec

8.65

12.85

13.85

14.10

Sec. ft.

. 7

1,920

17,400

37,200

39,200

. 8

39,900

33,400

25,100

. 9

20,900

17,200

. 10

12,900

9,330

. 11

7,410

6,160

. 20

5,120

6,770

. 21

8,850

9,010

8,850

. 28

5,710

7,570

. 29

8,850

16,200

18,100

18,700

M

6

6

6

6

2

6

10

10

3

11

11

5

7

9

11

5

11

9

9

6

6

6

6

6

6

Feet

Dec

13.55

12.20

Dec.

12.60

19.00

Jan

22.70

24.05

24.40

21.50

Jan.

20.5

30.3

51.1

Jan.

53.9

54.3

54.3

54.0

51.4

47.2

Jan

39.8

31.9

Jan.

26.9

22.1

Jan.

18.40

15.48

Jan.

13.22

11.74

Sec. ft.

30

17,700

15,100

31

15,800

28,700

1

36,700

39,700

40,600

34,100

2

31,900

54,500

108,000

3

116,000

117,000

117,000

116,000

109,000

97,300

4

78,000

58,400

5

46 , 400

35,400

6

27,400

21,500

7

17,000

14,200

g

M

N

M

3

N

M

N

M

6

N

6

M

3

9

1

11

2

6

10

10

3

9

11

1

5

11

3

Peet

Jan

9.50

10.20

Jan.

10.23

9.90

9.54

Jan.

9.55

12.53

Jan.

13.58

13.67

13.40

13.80

Jan.

15.40

22.7

28.5

36.4

Jan.

37.6

38.4

38.0

33.0

Jan.

30.3

27.9

27.8

28.2

31.1

37.3

Jan.

40.2

Sec. ft.

11

10,300

11,500

12

11,500

11,000

10,300

13

10,500

15,600

14

17,700

17,900

17,400

18,100

15

21,300

36,700

50,200

69,500

16

72,500

74,500

73,500

61,000

17

54,500

48,800

48,500

49,500

56,400

71,800

18

79,000

ow

11

7

9

2

10

10

6

8

2

10

2

N

8

2

10

10

6

10

6

M

6

6

2

10

10

2

6

Peet

44.7

48.1

48.2

Jan

47.9

46.4

42.4

Jan

39.1

39.0

40.7

43.6

Jan

43.8

43.1

43.2

Jan

42.6

40.6

37.1

Jan.

36.3

37.3

41.1

42.2

Jan.

41.9

38.1

Jan.

35.1

39.2

44.7

Jan.

45.0

44.5

Sec.ft.

90,700

99,800

100,000

19

99,200

95,200

84,700

20

76,200

76,000

80,300

87,900

21

88,400

86,600

86,800

22

85,300

80,100

71,200

23

69,200

71,800

81,400

84,200

24

83,400

73,800

25

66,200

76,500

90,700

26

91,500

90,200

iM

6

10

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

4

N

M

4

8

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

36.4

35.2

Jan

32.8

28.1

Jan

23.9

22.0

Jan

14.44

14.00

Feb

14.45

15.33

Peb

7.69

9.00

Peb.

11.85

20.5

30.4

Peb

32.3

32.8

32.1

27.9

Peb.

24.0

21.4

Sec.ft.

69,500

66,500

27

60,500

49,200

28

39,500

35,200

31

19,300

18,500

1

19,300

21,100

8

7,410

9,490

9

14,300

31,900

54,800

10

59,300

60,500

58,800

48,800

11

39,700

33.900

Feb. 12

19.78

17.90

Feb.

15.47

12.83

30,400

26,400

13

21,500

16,200
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 293

Cumberland River at Celina, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36°33'20 n , long. 85°30'47", at bridge on State Highway 52 at Celina, 

Clay County, 600 feet below mouth of Obey River. Zero of gage is 489.46 feet above 

mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum). 

Drainage area.- 7,320 square miles. 

Sage-he1ght "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.2 and 3.6 feetj hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 112,000 second-feet;

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 134,000 second-feet 6 p.m. Jan. 23 to 8 a.m. 

Jan. 24; maximum, gage height, 53.83 feet 1 to 2 a.m. Jan. 24.

1922-36: Discharge, about 153,000 second-feet Dec. 29, 1926 (gage height, 57.2 

feet).

1903-36: Maximum stage and discharge, those of Dec. 29, 1926. 

Flood of March 1826 reached a stage of 59.2 feet.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

529

520

529

529

538

601

4,210

14,300

32,700

28,500

Jan.

35,600

60,000

82,400

93,400

94,300

93,700

84,000

57,000

26,500

17,300

Feb.

44,400

31,300

28,900

23,100

19,000

15,500

13,100

12,700

23,300

45,800

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

19,000

11,900

8,100

6,650

5,810

4,870

4,220

3,830

4,740

6,790

Jan.

17,100

16,600

18,000

18,800

37,100

60,400

76,500

95,500

104,000

110,000

Feb.

58,100

59,100

49,800

35,400

22,700

15,900

13,100

11,700

10,700

10,300

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inche s .............................................

Dec.

7,650

9,780

10,900

9,620

8,400

7,210

6,370

8,700

12,200

15,900

28,000

1.44

Jan.

122,000

128,000

132,000

133,000

130,000

126,000

117,000

111,000

105,000

89,900

67,200

rtQ "I'll")

12.45

i Feb.

11,200

12,700

14,200

14,600

14,100

13,100

11,900

10,600

o1* nftn

3.28

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.31

1.30

1.31

1.31

1.32

1.39

4.26

10.86

19.98

18.16

Jan.

21.21

30.81

39.39

43.27

43.60

43.44

40.00

29.74

17.34

12.67

Feb.

24.74

19.39

18.37

15.73

13.58

11.70

10.31

10.12

15.79

25.28

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

13.57

9.57

7.22

6.20

5.55

4.94

4.43

4.11

4.81

6.27

Jan.

12.65

12.33

13.12

13.47

21.75

31.00

37.15

43.99

46.70

48.44

Feb.

30.13

30.48

26.90

21.13

15.46

11.93

10.33

9.48

8.91

8.59

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6.91

8.28

8.95

8.20

7.37

6.58

5.99

7.55

9.81

11.89

17.98

Jan.

51.24

52.49

53.44

53.60

53.02

52.11

50.24

48.63

46.86

42.13

33.62

Feb.

9.23

10.14

11.05

11.16

10.91

10.32

9.61

8.83

Sage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

f,§«

2

6

6

10

2

6

10

2

10

3

9

4

9

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

N

M

N

M

N

Feet Sec. ft.

December 7

1.74 964

1.98 1,230

6.59 7,210

7.97 9,300

December 8

8.64 10,300

8.71 10,400

8.29 9,780

9.77 12,200

16.29 24,300

December 9

18.70 29,600

20.22 33,200

20.70 34,400

20.47 33,900

December 10

19.25 30,800

17.08 26,000

December 11

14.72 21,100

12.39 16,800

December 12

10.38 13,200

8.75 10,600

December 13

7.55 8,700

6.84 7,500

December 19

4.68 4,610

5.79 6,090

December 20

6.34 6,790

6.55 7,210

December 21

6.86 7,650

ft

gw

M

N

M

3

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

3

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

7.44 8,400

December 22

8.32 9,780

9.00 10,900

December 28

6.11 6,510

7.73 8,850

8.95 10,900

December 29

9.80 12,200

10.61 13,600

December 30

11.60 15,300

14.09 19,900

December 31

18.50 29,200

20.00 38,700

January 1

21.10 35,400

22.65 39,100

January 2

32.12 63,300

36.18 73,900

January 3

39.40 82,400

42. §2 90,500

January 4

43.50 94,000

43.42 93,700

January 5

43.55 94,300

43.80 94,900

January 6

43.80 94,900

43.62 94,300

42.61 91,300

H 

§

w

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

6

6

M

N

M

N

M

8

N

M

N

M

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

40.35 85,100

36.10 73,700

January 8

30.00 57,800

22.80 39,600

January 9

16.88 25,600

13.60 19,000

January 10

12.75 17,500

12.30 16,600

12.58 17,100

12.82 17,500

January 11

12.71 17,300

12.24 16,400

January 14

13.58 19,000

13.30 18,400

13.92 19,600

January 15

22.58 39,100

27.18 50,600

January 16

31.25 60,900

34.05 68,200

January 17

35.50 72,100

36.50 74,700

40.65 86,700

January 18

44.15 96,100

45.95 102,000

January 19

46.85 105,000

H 

0

w

M

5

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

2

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

47.12 106,000

January 20

47.32 106,000

48.55 111,000

50.00 117,000

January 21

51.28 122,000

52.20 126,000

January 22

52.54 128,000

52.70 128,000

January 23

53.56 133,000

53.82 134,000

January 24

53.83 134,000

53.60 133,000

53.30 131,000

January 25

53.04 130,000

52.72 128,000

January 26

52.20 126,000

51.25 122,000

January 27

50.15 117,000

49.30 114,000

January 28

48.55 111,000

48.09 109,000

January 29

47.03 105,000

45.20 99,200

January 30

42.38 90,800

38.30 79,400

JH 

§

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

10

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

5

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 31

33.65 67,200

28.95 55,200

February 1

24.50 43,800

21.15 35,600

February 2

19.15 30,800

18.30 28,700

February 8

10.14 12,700

10.30 13,100

10.58 13,600

February 9

15.95 23,700

20.80 34,600

February 10

25.60 46,600

28.90 54,900

February 11

30.14 58,100

39.90 60,100

February IS

30.96 60,400

30.68 59,600

29.30 56,000

February 13

27.00 50,100

24.20 43,100

February 14

21.20 35,600

18.10 28,200

February 15

15.28 22,300

13.18 18,200

77596 O 38 20
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Cumberland River at Carthage, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°14<42«, long. 85°57'15", at Cordell Hull Bridge on State Highway 80 

at Carthage, Smith County, 1 mile below mouth of Caney Pork, and 8j miles above Lock 

and Dam 7. Zero of gage is 437.83 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 10,700 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 9.5 and 11.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Base curve defined by current-meter measurements to 150,000 

second-feet; extended to crest stage with aid of velocity-are-a study. Affected 

by rapidly changing stage for periods Jan. 2-9, 15-31, Feb. 1, 2, 10-14.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 168,000 second-feet 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 

26; maximum gage height, 54.66 feet 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 26.

1922-36: Discharge, about 183,000 second-feet Dec. 30, 1926 (gage height, 59.8 

feet).

1885-1936: Maximum discharge, that of Dec. 30, 1926.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1,200

1,160

1,360

1,340

1,200

2,040

11,300

21,600

41,800

41,800

Jan.

53,300

112,000

138,000

145,000

131,000

122,000

116,000

101,000

67,000

38,200

Feb.

98,000

70,300

49 , 900

35,800'

31,000

25,700

22,700

23,800

53,300

72,800

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

32,200

22,300

15,500

12,000

10,300

9,280

8,640

8,320

9,280

11,600

Jan.

26,100

27,200

35,800

42,200

66,500

95,000

117,000

129,000

133,000

143,000

PetJ.

81,000

76,000

68,000

53 , 500

40,200

28,400

22,700

19,600

17,400

17,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

12,300

13,400

15,200

15,200

13,700

11,000

9,940

15,200

19,600

23,100

41,000

1.58

Jan.

150,000

152,000

158,000

161,000

165,000

166,000

154,000

144,000

140,000

133,000

122,000

112 400

12.11

Feb.

17,700

20,000

22,300

23,100

21,900

21 , 500

19,300

17,700

 zp of^n

3.72

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

8.66

8.64

8.76

8.75

8.66

9.07

12.50

15.28

20.47

20.50

Jan.

23.30

33.04

42.53

47.13

46.72

43.88

41.70

38.65

31.23

19.60

Feb.

39.49

31.50

22.50

19.04

17.85

16.39

15.62

15.89

23.30

27.14

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

18.06

15.50

13.70

12.68

12.24

11.94

11.69

11.55

11.94

12.56

Jan.

16.51

16.83

19.05

20.59

25.00

31.97

37.33

41.98

44.29

46.53

Feb.

29.92

29.38

27.70

23.97

20.07

17.11

15.55

14.81

14.25

14.16

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

12.75

13.06

13.57

13.62

13.18

12.39

12.07

13.55

14.83

15.71

20.31

Jan.

48.68

50.19

51.40

52.56

53.64

54.45

53.98

51.76

49.58

47.29

44.50

Feb.

14.34

14.94

15.46

15.73

15.39

15.29

14.67

14.31

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February'1937

b

K

3p

M

K

M

2

N

M

N

8

M

N

M

K

M

K

M

N

M

4

N

M

8

8

M

N

M

Peet Sec. ft.

December 6

8.78 1,400

11.30 7,390

December 7

12.90 12,700

12.10 9,940

December 8

12.07 9,940

15.57 22,700

18.61 34,200

December 9

20.82 43,000

21.43 45,400

21.38 45,400

December 10

20.62 42,200

19.40 37,400

December 11

18.00 31,800

16.60 26,500

December 12

15.50 22,300

14.46 18,500

December 27

11.82 8,960

12.74 12,000

December 28

13.23 13,700

13.38 14,400

14.43 18,100

December 30

15.20 21,200

16.33 25,300

17.80 31,000

December 31

20.60 42,200

21.96 47,800

§ 

W

N

M

K

M

K

M

K

6

9

M

N

M

K

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

K

M

3

N

Feet Sec. ft.

January 1

83.32 53,300

24.80 64,100

January 2

33.70 114,000

39.40 130,000

January 3

42.54 137,000

45.56 148,000

January 4

47.40 146,000

47.72 142,000

47.75 141,000

47.71 139,000

January 5

46.87 131,000

45.30 124,000

January 6

43.80 122,000

42.70 120,000

January 7

41.80 116,000

40.53 111,000

January 8

38.90 102,000

36.04 87,600

January 9

31.50 67,100

25.35 48,800

January 10

18.60 34,200

16.59 26,500

January 11

16.59 26,500

16.37 25,700

January 12

16.27 25,300

16.79 27,200

IN 

3 

O

ffi

M

K

M

K

9

M

K

M

K

M

K

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

K

M

N

M

N

Peet Sec. ft.

17.79 31,000

January 13

19.11 36,200

20.18 40,600

January 14

20.78 43,000

20.44 41,400

20.82 43,000

January 15

25.25 69,000

29.34 84,200

January 16

32.05 95,100

34.43 103,000

January 17

37.50 122,000

40.12 124,000

January 18

42.12 128,000

43.41 131,000

January 19

44.31 133,000

45.15 136,000

January 20

46.70 145,000

47.70 145,000

January 21

48.68 151,000

49.70 152,000

January 22

50.25 152,000

50.56 154,000

January 23

51.45 158,000

52.10 158,000

January 24

52.54 160,000

IN 

3

&

M

K

M

8

1

8

10

M

K

M

N

M

K

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

Peet Sec. ft.

53.10 165,000

January 25

53.74 164,000

54.05 165,000

January 26

54.35 168,000

54.32 168,000

54.66 165,000

54.66 165,000

54.62 162,000

January 27

54.10 151,000

52.95 149,000

January 28

51.78 147,000

50.72 142,000

January 29

49.62 140,000

48.51 136,000

January 30

47.33 132,000

46.00 128,000

January 31

44.60 122,000

42.63 112,000

February 1

39.62 98,500

.35.88 85,700

February 2

31.50 70,700

26.54 56,300

February 3

22.17 48,600

19.88 39,400

February 4

18.97 35,800

gffi

M

N

M

N

M

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

4

M

N

M

N

M

K

M

N

M

K

M

Peet Sec. ft.

18.55 34,200

February 5

17.88 31,400

17.17 28,800

February 6

16.34 25,300

15.72 23,100

February 8

15.66 23,100

15.69 23.100

18.76 35,000

February 9

23.90 55,800

25.51 63,700

February 10

27.00 73,200

29.16 81,600

February 11

30.14 81,300

30.20 80,800

29.98 78,400

February 12

29.40 76,100

28.77 73,900

February 13

27.78 68,700

26.27 62,100

February 14

23.85 55,400

21.90 47,400

February 15

20.04 39,800

18.40 33,400

February 16

17.03 28,000

16.11 24,600
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 295

Cumberland River at Dam 3, near Old Hickory, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36 16'36", long. 86 38'42", at old intake tower 300 feet above Dam 3, 

1 mile north of Old Hickory, Davidson County, and 4 miles below mouth of Drake 

Creek. Zero of gage is 390.85 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 11,700 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period Z p.m. Jan. 24 to Z 

p.m. Jan. 26, when it was estimated from partial record. Gage heights used to 

half tenths between 8.6 and 10.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these 

limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- JanuarT-February 1937: Discharge, 173,000 second-feet 9 p.m. Jan. 27 to 11 

a.m. Jan. 29; maximum gage height, 47.40 feet 1 a.m. Jan. 29

1931-36: Discharge-, 150,000 second-feet Feb. 7, 1932 (gage height, 41.6 feet). 

1908-36: Discharge, 200,000 second-feet Dec. 31, 1926 (gage height, 51.2 feet).

Remarks.- Prom 30 to 60 second-feet diverted above gage and returned to river below 

dam is included in discharge record. Deily diversion record furnished by Du Pont 

Hayon Co.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1,280

1,180

1,160

1,290

1,350

1,470

7,110

18,700

30,600

40,400

Jan.

47,800

77,800

106,000

116,000

121,000

127,000

130,000

128,000

122,000

106,000

Feb.

152,000

140,000

120,000

87,600

48,200

30,100

25,600

25,600

39,000

60,800

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

37,200

29,600

21 , 400

15,000

12,100

11,000

9,870

9,250

9,660

12,100

Jan.

69,300

33,000

35,800

40,900

57,000

76,000

92,900

119,000

127,000

137,000

Feb.

69,700

75,700

75,700

70,900

54,400

34,900

26,600

22,500

19,800

18,700

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dee.

13,100

13,600

14,500

16,000

15,500

13,600

11,200

14,500

19,800

23,500

39,000

1.48

Jan.

148,000

153,000

161,000

166,000

169,000

172,000

172,000

173,000

172,000

167,000

160,000

11.76

Feb.

19,200

19,200

22,500

23,500

23,500

22,500

21 , 400

19,200

AP Ron

4.39

Mean daily gage height

Day

1

2

Z

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dee.

7.50

7.44

7.43

7.51

7.54

7.60

9.36

11.93

14.24

16.27

Jan.

17.86

25.28

33.30

35.83

37.05

38.33

38.95

38.54

37.23

33.34

Feb.

43.43

41.05

36.75

28.20

18.00

14.07

13.17

13.16

16.01

20.90

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Dec.

15.62

13.95

12.36

11.25

10.64

10.33

10.12

9.93

10.06

10.57

Jan.

22.97

14.69

15.28

16.37

19.95

24.82

29.68

36.36

38.31

40.33

Feb.

23.08

24.73

24.73

23.36

19.37

15.14

13.35

12.62

12.11

11.91

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

10.84

10.89

11.11

11.41

11.30

10.90

10.39

11.06

12.14

12.78

16.02

Jan.

42.53

43.58

45.11

46.09

46.57

47.07

47.19

47.31

47.21

46.21

44.95

Feb.

11.98

12.04

12.56

12.77

12.80

12.64

12.42

13.02

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

fn 

g

X

N

6

M

N

M

4

2

M

N

M

6

2

M

N

M

6

N

M

N

7

M

4

H

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

7.52

7.61

8.00

1,310

1,470

2,370

December 7

9.33

10.77

6,810

13,100

December 8

10.85

10.70

11.97

13,100

12,600

19,200

December 9

14.40

15.81

31,600

38,100

December 10

16.23

16.44

16.22

40,000

40,900

40,000

December 11

15.66

14.87

37,600

34,000

December 28

10.55

11.15

11.74

Deoen

12.68

12.75

13.96

12,100

15,000

17,600

iber 30

23,000

23,500

29,600

December 31

15.19

16.20

17.20

Janua

17.78

18.55

35,400

40,000

44,600

ry 1

47,300

50,900

1 

X

3

N

M

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

6

2

M

H

M

N

M

N

M

6

H

6

M

6

4

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 2

19.62 55,300

25.98 80,100

30.53 95,700

January 3

33.60 107,000

34.70 112,000

35.28 114,000

January 4

35.81 116,000

36.33 118,000

January 6

38.35 127,000

38.80 129,000

January 7

38.94 130,000

39.01 130,000

38.91 130,000

January 8

38.61 128,000

38.09 126,000

January 9

37.33 123,000

36.05 117,000

January 10

33.74 108,000

29.40 91,800

January 11

26.27 81,200

23.00 69,300

19.55 55,300

16.54 41,300

January 12

14.75 33,500

14.25 30,600

14.69 33,000

o

X

N

M

N

10

M

N

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

3

N

M

N

M

H

M

Feet See. ft.

January 13

15.33 35,800

15.80 38,100

January 14

16.34 40,400

16.79 42,700

17.17 44,600

Janus rv 15

19.93 56,600

22.90 68,900

January 16

24.20 73,900

25.03 76,700

25.57 78,800

26.13 80,500

January 17

26.88 83,200

29.22 91,100

34.31 110,000

January 18

36.68 120,000

37.73 124,000

January 19

38.40 127,000

38.63 128,000

January 20

38.78 129,000

40.58 138,000

41.76 144,000

January 21

42.60 148,000

43.09 151,000

January 22

43.60 153,000

44.20 156,000

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6

H

M

N

M

H

M

N

M

H

M

N

M

1

N

M

H

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

Feet See. ft.

January 23

44.78 159,000

45.16 161,000

45.78 164,000

January 24

46.16 167,000

46.2 167,000

January 25

46.6 169,000

46.9 170,000

January 26

47.1 172,000

47.13 172,000

Januarv 27

47.19 172,000

47.26 173,000

January 28

47.34 173,000

47.39 173,000

January 29

47.40 173,000

47.25 172,000

46.78 170,000

January 30

46.21 167,000

45.54 163,000

January 31

44.96 160,000

44.30 157,000

February 1

43.50 153,000

42.46 148,000

February 2

41.14 141,000

39. 38 132,000

February 3

38.29 127,000

FH 

1

N

M

6

N

6

M

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

36.93 121,000

33.26 106,000

February 4

30.90 97,200

28.33 88,000

25.52 78,400

22.66 68,100

February 5

17.56 46,400

15.58 37,200

14.72 33,000

February 9

15.94 38,600

19.27 54,000

February 10

21.06 61,600

21.94 64,900

February 11

23.13 69,700

24.18 73,900

February 12

24.86 76,400

24.97 76,700

February 13

24.80 76,000

24.31 74,200

February 14

23.49 71,200

21.93 64,900

February 15

19.54 54,800

16.78 42,700

February 16

15.03 34,400

13.97 29,600
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36°31'20 n , long. 87°22'40'T , at Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge 

at Clarksville, Montgomery County, li miles above mouth of Red River, and 19 miles 

above Lock and Dam C. Zero of gage is 330.84 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 16,000 square miles, including Red River.

Gage-height record.- One gage reading daily except for period Jan. 22 to Feb. 18 when 

additional readings mere taken. Gage heights for period Dec. 28 to Feb. 20 from 

graph based on gage readings.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements. Affected by changes 

in slope or by backwater from Ohio River for period Jan. 23 to Feb. 20, when daily 

current-meter measurements were made.

Maxima.- 3anuary-Fe6ruary 1937J Discharge, 290,000 second-feet 5 p.m. Jan. 24; maximum'gage height, 65.7 feet 3 a.m. Jan. 25.

1924-36: Discharge oDserved, about 216,000 second-feet Jan. 2, 1927 (gage 

height, 60.0 feet).

1900-36: Maximum discharge and gage height, those of Jan. 2, 1927.

Remarks.- Daily gage-height record furnished by TJ. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge : 

December 1936 to Msreh 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

15. S

15.4

15.7

16.1

16.0

15.8

16.3

21.1

20.0

22.5

25.7

25.4

23.0

20.5

18.7

17.6

17.1

16.5

17.1

17.4

18.3

18.3

18.1

18.1

18.4

18.1

17.8

17.7

19.5

21.9

25.8

Second-feet

2,400

1,680

2,980

4,270

4,040

6,320

10,500

27,700

23,700

32,700

44,500

43,400

34,500

25,500

19,000

15,100

13,300

11,200

13,300

14,4QO

17,600

17,600

16,900

16,900

17,900

16,900

15,800

15,300

21,900

30,600

45,000

January February March

Feet

30.9

34.0

41.3

44.8

46.5

47.0

47.6

48.3

49.0

49.5

49.5

46.7

41.5

37.7

38.1

40.6

43.4

50.6

54.3

55.6

58.8

62.4

64.6

65.0

65.3

64.0

62.6

61.5

60.7

60.1

59.4

Second-feet

63,600

75,300

102,000

116,000

122,000

124,000

127,000

130,000

133,000

136,000

136,000

123,000

103,000

88,900

90,400

99,800

110,000

142,000

164,000

173,000

199,000

235,000

270,000

281,000

265,000

234,000

220,000

211,000

206,000

202,000

199,000

Mean monthly discharge, in aecond-feet. .......

Feet

58.8

57.8

56.5

54.7

51.8

47.0

40.7

35.3

32.7

35.6

37.5

38.2

39.0

39.0

38.1

34.9

29.4

24.4

22.6

21.5

20.5

20.8

20.8

21.1

21.3

21.4

21.0

20.6

Second-feet

195,000

187,000

173,000

153,000

124,000

86,200

54,800

41,300

46,200

73,000

81,800

85,000

86,700

85,500

79,500

64, 500

45,300

33,000

28,400

26,300

25,500

26,600

26,600

27,700

28,400

28,700

27,300

25,900

December January

18,800 157,500

1.36 11.35

Feet

20.1

19.8

19.3

18.7

18.4

18.2

17.9

17.8

18.0

18.0

18.2

18.4

18.2

18.0

17.8

17.8

17.6

17.6

17.8

18.5

18.8

18.8

18.7

18.3

18.1

18.0

17.9

17.8

17.9

18.1

17.9

Second-feet

24,100

23,000

21,200

19,000

17,900

17,200

16,100

15,800

16,500

16,500

17,200

17,900

17,200

16,500

15,800

15,800

15,100

15,100

15,800

18,300

19,400

19,400

19,000

17,600

16,900

16,500

16,100

15,800

16,100

16,900

16,100

February March

70,220 17,480

4.57 1.26

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

IH

§

W

4a

8p

4a

8p

4a

8p

4a

8p

4a

8p

4a

8p

4a

8p

4a

8p

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 30

21.1 27,700

22.8 33,800

Dec. 31

23.9 37,800

27.9 52,600

Jan. 1

29.9 60,000

31.6 66,300

Jan. 2

32.1 68,200

36.5 84,400

Jan. 3

39.5 95,600

42.9 108,000

Jan. 4

44.0 112,000

45.6 119,000

Jan. 5

46.1 121,000

46.8 123,000

Jan. 6

46.9 124,000

47.1 125,000

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 7

47.3 126,000

47.8 128,000

Jan. 8

48.1 129,000

48.5 131,000

Jan. 9

48.7 132,000

49.2 134,000

Jan. 10

49.3 135,000

49.6 136,000

Jan. 11

49.7 137,000

49.2 134,000

Jan. 12

48.3 130,000

45.1 117,000

Jan. 13

43.3 110,000

39.8 96,700

Jan. 14

38.4 91,500

37.2 87,000

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 15

37.4 87,800

38.9 93,300

Jan. 16

40.0 97,400

41.2 102,000

Jan. 17

41.5 103,000

45.8 119,000

Jan. 18

48.5 131,000

52.5 152,000

Jan. 19

53.6 159,000

54.8 168,000

Jan. 20

55.0 169,000

56.5 180,000

Jan. 21

57.6 189,000

60.0 210,000

Jan. 22

61.1 220,000

63.6 252,000

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 23

64.4 266,000

64.8 275,000

Jan. 24

64.8 274,000

65.4 288,000

Jan. 25

65.6 278,000

65.0 250,000

Jan. 26

64.5 241,000

63.6 228,000

Jan. 27

63.1 224,000

62. S 217,000

Jan. 28

61.8 214,000

61.2 209,000

Jan. 29

6O.9 207,000

60.4 204,000

Jan. 30

60.2 203,000

59.9 201,000

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 31

59.6 200,000

59.2 198,000

Feb. 1

59.0 197,000

58.5 193,000

Feb. 2

58.2 190,000

57.4 183,000

Feb. 3

57.0 178,000

56.0 168,000

Fab. 4

55.4 160,000

54.0 144,000

Feb. 5

53.0 135,000

50.6 112,000

Feb. 6

49.0 100,000

45.0 73,500

Feb. 7

42.9 63,000

38.4 47,000

Feet Sec. ft.

Feb. S

36.7 43,000

34.0 40,000

Feb. 9

33.0 40,000

32.8 56,500

Feb. 10

34.4 66,500

36.7 78,500

Feb. 11

37.2 80,500

37.7 83,000

Feb. 12

37.9 83,500

38.6 86,000

Feb. 13

38.8 87,000

39.1. 86,000

Feb. 14

39.2 86,000

38.9 84,500

Feb. 15

38.6 82,500

37.4 76,000
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

New River at New River, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36 23'04", long. 84 33'30", 1,000 feet below bridge on U. S. Highway 27 

at New River, Scott County, 1,000 feet below mouth of Phillips Creek, and If miles 

below mouth of Brimstone Creek. Zero of gage is 1,092.67 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 383 square miles.

Gage-height i-ecord.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 4.1 and fa.l feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 22,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 31,200 second-feet 6 p.m. Jan. 2 (gage 

height, 26.46 feet).

1934-36: Discharge, 22,200 second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 21.48 feet). 

1908-36: Gage height, 41.2 feet Mar. 23, 1929, on U. S. Weather Bureau gage 1,000 

feet upstream.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

17

18

18

18

18

4,220

12,800

2,080

920

548

Jan.

3,600

20,700

7,320

2,220

1,270

890

698

567

488

435

Feb.

2,380

1,610

1,140

890

688

557

915

1,680

12,400

4,040

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

426

365

316

285

255

233

209

192

340

1,340

Jan.

435

1,060

5,320

2,620

11,500

4,510

4,990

9,270

5,940

3,610

Feb.

1,860

1,240

920

800

644

557

483

435

448

597

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dee.

1,110

800

592

474

389

331

298

3,420

3,940

2,140

7,170

4.39

Jan.

2,980

2,140

4,970

4,410

15,400

4,040

1,940

1,580

1,980

1,540

1,960

12.68

Feb.

920

1,270

1,170

1,010

890

715

634

607

4.03

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.74

1.75

1.76

1.76

1.76

7.03

15.08

6.10

4.43

3.78

Jan.

7.82

20.00

11.07

6.32

5.01

4.40

4.07

3.82

3.65

3.53

Feb.

6.48

5.49

4.82

4.40

4.05

3.80

4.41

5.62

14.96

8.30

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.51

3.36

3.23

3.14

3.05

2.98

2.90

2.84

3.27

5.11

Jan.

3.53

4.52

9.60

6.85

14.40

8.76

9.08

13.03

10.10

7.91

Feb.

5.84

4.94

4.46

4.24

3.97

3.80

3.64

3.53

3.56

3.88

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4.76

4.23

3.87

3.62

3.42

3.27

3.18

7.24

8.18

6.23

11.14

Jan.

7.22

6.18

9.13

8.66

17.06

8.27

5.94

5.43

5.99

5.40

5.92

Feb.

4.46

5.02

4.83

4.61

4.40

4.12

3.95

3.90

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

£H 

O

w

3

6

10

6

10

2

5

8

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

N

M

N

M

2

6

N

4

8

M

Feet Sec.ft.

December 6

1.80 21

1.95 34

2 . 97 230

11.73 7,670

16.81 14,600

December 7

20.26 20,200

20.93 21,200

19.72 19,200

15.56 12,800

10.07 5,870

7.94 3,610

December 8

5.90 1,900

4.94 1,240

December 9

4.39 890

4.02 671

December 19

3.19 302

4.07 698

December 20

4.88 1,200

5.48 1,610

5.17 1,370

December 21

4.72 1,080

4.46 920

December 28

3.38 373

3.87 592

7.06 2,890

10.19 5,980

11.10 6,970

10.43 6,200

£H

3 

o

W

6

6

6

6

10

2

6

N

2

4

M

N

7

M

3

9

3

6

9

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

December 29

9.01 4,710

7.23 2,980

December 30

6.56 2,460

5.87 1,860

5.72 1,750

December 31

6.86 2,710

8.93 4,610

14.05 10,600

14.59 11,400

14.18 10,900

10.12 5,870

January 1

7.47 3,250

6.82 2,620

7.57 3,340

January 2

9.95 5,760

19.80 19,400

25.76 29,900

26.46 31,200

25.13 28,700

21.15 21,700

January 3

12.51 8,630

9.77 5,540

8.38 4,110

7.47 3,250

January 4

6.21 2,140

5.48 1,610

January 5

4.97 1,240

4.64 1,040

£H 

g

sn

6

N

6

M

4

8

H

M

N

11

6

N

3

6

M

N

M

6

N

6

11

3

9

3

8

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 12

3.61 470

3.87 592

4.80 1,140

8.62 4,310

January 13

10.28 6,090

10.67 6,530

10.10 5,870

8.01 3,710

January 14

6.71 2,540

6.14 2,060

January 15

12.09 8,150

18.13 16,600

18.85 17,700

17.44 15,500

12.47 8,630

January 16

8.37 4,110

6.92 2,710

January 17

6.53 2,380

7.98 3,710

11.59 7,550

13.45 9,790

January 18

12.41 8,510

11.03 6,860

13.13 9,400

15.63 12,800

14.38 11,100

January 19

9.60 5,320

7.89 3,610

1w

6

6

6

6

6

6

M

2

10

2

6

M

N

8

M

4

9

11

1

6

M

N

M

N

M

6

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 20

7.72 3,430

8.07 3,810

January 21

7.42 3,160

6.96 2,800

January 22

6.38 2,300

5.90 1,900

5.90 1,900

January 23

6.04 2,020

9.27 5,010

10.66 6,530

10.99 6,860

10.12 5,870

January 24

8.33 4,010

7.69 3,430

10.37 6,200

January 25

16.12 13,600

21.99 23,100

22.37 23,800

21.49 22,200

15.62 12,800

10.79 6,640

January 26

8.07 3,810

6.75 2,620

January 27

5.89 1,900

5.33 1,500

January 28

5.17 1,370

5.63 1,720

£H 

g

td

6

6

6

6

2

N

M

N

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

7

M

3

9

N

3

9

6

6

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 29

6.15 2,140

5.87 1,860

January 30

5.55 1,640

5.26 1,440

January 31

5.13 1,370

5.89 1,900

6.78 2,620

February 1

6.51 2,380

5.99 1,980

February 7

3.76 538

4.31 830

5.08 1,340

5.38 1,540

February 8

5.55 1,640

5.53 1,640

5.46 1,580

6.97 2,800

February 9

8.97 4,710

18.80 17,700

20.18 20,000

18.85 17,700

13.15 9,530

February 10

9.18 4,910

7.26 3,070

6.65 2,460

February 11

5.76 1,780

5.29 1,470
FLOODS OF OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

South Pork of Cumberland River at Hevelsville, Ky.

Location.- Lat. 36 50'50", long. 84°35'14B , half a mile west .of Hevelsville, McCreary 

County, three-quarters of a mile below Turkey Creek Ferry on Greenwood-Montioello 

Pike, and 2j miles below mouth of Little South Fork. Zero of gage is 637.29 feet 

above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 1,260 square miles.

Gase-helght record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.1 and 5.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 32,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage on basis of velocity-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 81,600 second-feet 11 p.m. Jan. 2 (gage

 height, 46.38 feet).

1915-36: Discharge, about 160,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 23, 1929, from 

curve extended above 32,000 second-feet on basis of area-velocity study (gage 

height, 69'.0 feet, from floodmarks at former site half a mile upstream).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

107

109

114

121

128

192

28,400

11,400

3,940

2,250

Jan.

15,100

46,500

49,400

10,000

5,280

3,670

3,060

2,570

2,180

1,950

Feb.

7,630

6,000

4,310

3,320

2,650

2,180

2,020

4,060

21,100

20,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,610

1,420

1,220

1,020

920

845

770

720

1,020

2,100

Jan.

2,100

2,180

5,720

8,330

26,800

23,900

17,400

32,800

24,300

17,800

Feb.

7,400

4,780

3,580

2,980

2,570

2,250

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

1,950 27

1,720 ,. 28

1,690 29

1,950 30

31

Dec.

3,230

2,490

1,950

1,500

1,250

1,060

945

1,540

9,420

6,630

12,700

2.99

Jan.

15,800

12,100

18,500

19,100

28,700

21,800

7,980

5,780

9,310

7,180

5,780

13.37

Feb.

3,060

3,320

3,230

2,890

2,650

2,250

1,950

1,800

3.70

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.89

1.90

1.92

1.95

1.98

2.15

23.86

13.86

7.56

5.62

Jan.

16.56

31.31

33.32

13.10

9.02

7.30

6.57

6.02

5.50

5.20

Feb.

11.18

9.71

7.98

6.93

6.13

5.48

5.30

7.73

19.95

19.45

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.77

4.52

4.21

3.88

3.70

3.53

3.41

3.31

3.88

5.44

Jan.

5.42

5.50

9.16

11.76

23.07

21.63

17.81

26.63

22.06

18.37

Feb.

11.02

8.48

7.21

6.52

6.05

5.59

5.25

4.88

4.83

5.23

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6.80

5.90

5.15

4.61

4.25

3.96

3.77

4.63

12.60

10.30

14.84

Jan.

17.21

14.70

18.60

19.18

24.30

20.53

11.50

9.54

12.59

10.80

9.53

Feb.

6.55

6.94

6.85

6.41

6.06

5.59

5.15

5.01

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

S-i gw

H

M

3

9

5

9

6

N

II

H

M

H

M

6

6

6

N

6

M

6

9

H

3

6

II

N

6

10

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 6

2.05

2.93

D«

16.10

26.40

28.96

25.75

D<

16.40

12.82

9.28

D«

7.45

6.33

152

544

>c. 7

14,200

32,400

37,600

31,200

so. 8

14,600

9,560

5,580

)C. 9

3,760

2,810

Dec. 19

3.90

4.52

Dec

7.03

6.67

1,020

1,420

,. 21

3,400

3,140

Dec. 28

4.11

4.52

4.93

6.62

Dec

12.75

14.22

14.48

14.11

13.52

12.20

1,150

1,420

1,760

3,060

. 29

9,560

11,400

11,800

11,200

10,400

8,810

Dec. 30

10.13

9.47

9.18

6,420

5,780

5,480

!-,

g 

W

3

6

H

6

10

2

6

H

9

1

6

H

6

9

11

3

9

3

9

6

H

6

II

H

M

N

II

6

N

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 31

10.45

11.48

15.06

17.88

19.50

6,740

7,980

12,600

16,900

19,600

Jan. 1

20.62

19.55

16.40

12.90

21,600

19,800

14,600

9,680

Jan. 2

12.23

17 55

34.10

44.25

46.15

46.38

Ja

45.20

39.35

28.70

20.24

Ja

14.58

12.68

11.38

10.38

8,810

16,500

49,200

75,200

81 ,000

81,600

in. 3

78,000

62,200

37,000

20,900

n. 4

11,900

9,440

7,860

6,740

Jan. 5

8.94

7.94

Jai

5.47

5.75

5,180

4,220

i. 12

2,180

2,410

Jan. 13

6.16

7.71

2,730

4,030

t-t 

K

6

11

3

H

6

10

II

6

H

6

11

3

H

6

M

5

7

H

M

2

5

9

2

M

3

6

N

M

6

H

Feet

12.65

13.60

Sec.ft.

9,310

10,600

Jan. 14

13.20

11.50

10.87

10.65

11.00

Jan

18.00

25.15

28.45

29.50

10,100

7,980

7,290

6,960

7,400

. 15

17,100

30,100

36,400

38,600

Jan. 16

28.55

21.10

16.85

14.40

Jan

13.55

12.88

15.50

26.20

Jan

26.30

26.30

27.10

27.50

24.95

36,800

22,500

15,200

11,700

. 17

10,600

9,680

13,200

"32,000

. 18

32,200

32,200

33,800

34,600

29,700

Jan. 19

24.60

24.55

22.30

17.25

28,900

28,900

24,600

15,800

Jan. 20

15.93

18.57

13,800

18,100

!-,

g

W

6

M

6

H

6

M

N

6

II

3

6

N

6

10

6

N

10

3

H

6

10

3

N

6

II

H

M

H

6

Feet

20.45

19.40

Sec.ft.

21,200

19,500

Jan. 21

17.65

16.68

16.70

16.48

16,500

15,000

15,000

14,800

Jan. 22

14.77

13.72

13.02

12,200

10,700

9,810

Jan. 23

13.45

14.80

19.07

22.45

22.97

Jan

21.50

19.05

15.98

10,300

12,200

19,000

24,800

25,900

. 24

23,200

18,800

14,000

Jan. 25

18.00

24.00

29.70

31.07

Jan

28.30

19.10

15.78

13.82

Jan

11.35

9.77

17,100

27,800

39,000

42,000

. 26

36,200

19,000

13,700

10,800

. 27

7,860

6,100

Jan. 28

8.88

9.53

5,180

5,780

S-i

I

II

3

H

II

6

N

II

6

N

M

H

M

6

H

6

M

6

H

6

9

M

3

H

6

M

6

N

6

M

Feet

11.70

Sec.ft.

8,210

Jan. 29

12.45

12.88

12.08

Jas

9.35

9.25

10.38

9,060

9,680

8,690

. 31

5,680

5,480

6,740

Feb. 1

11.25

11.52

10.80

7,630

7,980

7.180

Feb. 7"

5.18

5.78

1,950

2,410

Feb. 8

6.77

8.08

8.58

9.83

3,230

4,400

4,880

6,100

Feb. 9

15.90

21.15

24.10

26.35

27.10

Fet

26.05

18.50

15.30

13.30

Feb

11.90

10.87

10.00

9.34

13,800

22,700

28,000

32,400

33,800

. 10

31,600

18,000

13,000

10,200

. 11

8,450

7,290

6,310

5,580
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 299

Obey River near Byrdstown, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°32'10", long. 85°10'43", at bridge on State Highway 42, if miles

above mouth of Eagle Creek and 3| miles southwest of Byrdstown, Pickett County. Zero 

of gage is 577.08 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 452 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 8 p.m. Dec. 14 to 

8 a.m.Dec.16, 3 a.m. Jan. 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 6, when gage heights were estimated 

from known limits of range in stage and partial records. Gage heights used to halftenths between 3.3. and 4.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 8,200 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 24,600 second-feet 7 p.m. Jan. 2 (gage 

height, 33.68 feet).

1919-36: Discharge, aoout 35,000 second-feet June 29, 1928, Mar. 23, 1929 (gage 

height, 35.9 feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

35

38

39

41

42

304

5,920

1,840

880

588

Jan.

3,190

14,300

11,800

2,420

1,530

1,100

955

835

745

678

Feb.

2,750

1,880

1,430

1,160

930

812

1,180

2,710

12,300

5,370

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 .

20

Dec.

467

423

383

323

273

245

224

220

294

534

Jan.

632

745

2,420

2,360

10,600

6,590

6,130

10,600

6,520

6,770

Feb.

2,310

1,630

1,280

1,100

980

880

768

722

700

858

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

588

556

488

427

383

331

308

1,230

2,640

1,480

4,480

2.14

Jan.

6,510

5,280

8,210

6,640

8,920

5,050

2,420

2,420

3,900

2,530

2,310

11.99

Feb.

1,380

1,260

1,060

930

858

768

678

655

4.06

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.67

1.69

1.70

1.71

1.72

2.42

12.90

5.92

3.99

3.33

Jan.

8.44

24. S3

21. SI

7.02

5.30

4.45

4.13

3.91

3.68

3.53

Feb.

7.57

6.03

5.09

4.54

4.11

3.83

4.62

7.50

21.94

11.96

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.08

2.97

2.87

2.72

2.58

2.50

2.44

2.43

2.64

3.23

Jan.

3.44

3.72

7.00

6.92

19.42

13.54

13.02

19.81

13.82

14.21

Feb.

6.85

5.48

4.78

4.45

4.20

4.00

3.77

3.66

3.62

3.95

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.36

3.38

3.13

2.98

2.87

2.74

2.68

4.63

7.44

5.25

10.48

Jan.

13.75

11.94

16.30

14.00

17.43

11.44

7.00

7.01

9.55

7.20

6.76

Feb.

4.95

4.74

4.35

4.12

3.93

3.74

3.57

3.49

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

I

N

6

M

6

8

10

N

6

H

6

N

H

3

9

N

6

H

2

5

8

N

H

N

10

H

6

N

3

6

9

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 6

1.88

2.32

7.98

71

184

2,970

Dec. 7

14.18

15.11

15.49

15.30

12.40

8.60

Dec

6.66

5.67

4.52

6,770

7,360

7,620

7,480

5,600

3,300

. 8

2,260

1,730

1,130

Dec. 28

3.20

3.67

4.15

5.66

7.83

Dec

8.22

8.37

8.18

7.60

6.04

520

722

955

1,730

2,860

. 29

3,080

3,190

3,080

2,750

1,880

Dec. 30

5.17

4.72

5.18

Dec

7.65

11.50

13.10

13.57

13.25

1,480

1,230

1,480

. 31

2,750

5,040

6,060

6,380

6,120

oW

M

H

6

9

M

6

N

5

7

9

M

N

6

M

6

N

M

N

M

6

N

3

M

3p

7

10

M

6

N

Feet

12.32

Jan

7.90

6.86

6.60

7.50

Sec. ft.

5,540

. 1

2,920

2,360

2,200

2,700

Jan. 2

16.10

26.70

33.30

33.68

33.30

31.92

Jan

22.20

14.60

9.10

8,010

16,600

24,000

24,600

24,000

22,000

. 3

12,600

7,030

3,600

Jan. 4

7.56

6.86

5.85

Jan

3.60

4.46

Jan

6.37

7.79

7.96

7.34

Jan

6.22

7.28

7.42

9.00

Jan

15.60

21.75

2,750

2,360

1,780

. 12

700

1,100

. 13

2,090

2,860

2,970

2,580

. 14

1,980

2,580

2,640

3,540

. 15

7,680

12,200

W

3

5

8

H

N

M

3

5

8

H

M

2

N

5

M

N

6

M

3

H

7

M

H

4

8

1

6

N

6

10

Feet

23.60

23.98

23.57

21.70

Jan

12.97

8.60

Jan

8.12

7.94

8.70

12.63

20.56

Jan

20.70

19.60

19.30

18.60

Jan

13.25

11.30

10.18

Jan

9.83

15.10

17.04

16.33

Jan

12.77

12.78

13.45

Jan

13.90

13.28

11.82

10.55

10.10

Sec. ft.

13 , 700

14,100

13,700

12,200

. 16

5,990

3,300

. 17

3,020

2,920

3,360

5,730

11,300

. 18

11,400

10,500

10,200

9,760

. 19

6,120

4,920

4,260

. 20

4,020

7,360

8,640

8,150

. 21

5,860

5,860

6,250

. 22

6,580

6,180

5,220

4,500

4,200

o

6

N

5

8

H

6

H

6

8

M

6

H

3

6

M

6

N

M

H

M

4

7

N

M

3

5

8

H

M

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 23

13.44

17.30

19.38

19.68

19.00

6,250

8,850

10,300

10,600

10,000

Jan. 24

16.40

13.50

11.20

10.66

12.50

8,220

6,320

4,860

4,560

5,660

Jan. 25

15.65

19.40

19.96

19.53

16.83

Jar

13.33

10.75

8.22

7,680

10,300

10,800

10,400

8,500

x. 26

6,180

4,620

3,080

Jan. 27

6.90

6.06

Jar

5.84

5.77

6.27

9.80

2,360

1,930

i. 28

1,780

1,780

2,040

4,020

Jan. 29

10.25

10.32

10.20

9.78

8.24

4,260

4,320

4,260

4,020

3,080

g

ffi

N

M

3

6

N

M

3

H

M

4

H

M

2

N

6

8

M

6

9

H

3

6

M

6

N

M

H

M

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 30

7.15

6.36

2,530

2,090

Jan. 3l

6.26

6.28

2,040

2,040

6.51 2,140

7.90 2,920

Feb. 1

8.05 2,970

7.65 2,750

6.75 2,310

Feb. 7

3.72 745

4.05 905

6.90 2,360

Feb. 8

7.00 2,420

6.65

6.30

7.33

15.80

2,200

2,040

2,580

7,810

Feb. 9'

22.72

23.84

24.12

23.58

13,000

13,900

14,200

13,700

22.44 12,700

18.78 9,900

Fe

14.40

11.05

8.07

b. 10

6,900

4,740

3,020

Feb. 11

6.73 2,260

5.95 1,880
300 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Caney Pork near Rock Island, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°48'26 11 , long. 85°37'44", 180 feet below power house of Tennessee

Electric Power Co., half a mile downstream from storage dam at mouth of Collins

River, and 1 mile northwest of Rock Island, Warren County. Zero of gage is 649.46

feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum). 

Drainage, area.- 1,640 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined to 47,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 80,000 second-feet 5 p.m. Jan. 2 (gage

height, 24.9 feet).

1911-36: Discharge, about 210,000 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 40.6

feet).

Maximum stage and discharge known, that of Mar. 23, 1929. 

Remarks.- Low-water flow considerably regulated by hydroelectric plant lust above gage:

flood flows only slightly affected. ° '

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

542

434

153

105

92

960

22,300

17,400

7,410

4,510

3,690

3,480

3,300

3,300

3,300

3,300

3,300

3,180

2,960

2,830

3,300

3,300

3,390

3,130

1,640

2,330

2,050

2,700

5,620

6,910

19,300

January

16,100

62,200

48,100

18,300

8,600

6,580

5,830

4,960

3,540

4,230

4,490

7,750

15,900

10,600

35,200

21,500

14,400

22,400

21,100

20,700

16,600

10,800

16,500

16,600

20,400

22,900

12,000

7,960

8,110

6,700

6,100

Decembei

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet 4,523

Run-off, in inches. ................... 3.18

February

7,500

5,960

4,290

4,840

3,630

3,020

4,060

4,680

28,000

17,900

9,050

7,000

5,110

5,130

3,830

3,900

3,550

3,150

3,180

3,020

4,670

4,360

4,770

3,770

4,420

3,620

3,480

3,980

 January February

16,040 5,852

11.28 3.72
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 301

Caney Pork near Silver Point, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°02'00", long. 85°45'30", at Johnson's ferry, 4 miles below mouth 

of Palling Water River and 4 miles southwest of Silver Point, Putnain County. Zero 

of gage is 499.60 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 2,100 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Dec. 6-7, 9-10, 

li>-20, 25-26, 29-31, Jan. 2-7, 10-14, 22-23, 30-31, Feb. 1-4, 9, 16, 18-23, when 

it was determined from partial graph and occasional staff gage readings. Gage 

heights used to half tenths between 8.4 and 4.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths 

above these limits prior to midnight Jan. 26 and to tenths thereafter.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 100,000 secondfeet; extended to crest stage on basis of determination of flood flow by slopeares method.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 121,000 second-feet 11 a.m. Jan. 3 (gage 

height, 45.1 feet).

1922-36: Discharge, about 220,000 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929, determined by 

slope-area method, (gage height, 60.1 feet). 

Highest stage known, that of Mar. 23, 1929.

Remarks.- Flow largely regulated by Great Falls hydroelectric plant near Rock 

Island, 36 miles upstream, and to some extent by small plant on Felling Water 

River.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

480

640

586

298

237

1,650

7,560

28,300

12,700

6,690

Mean monthly 

Run-off, in i

Jan.

23,000

54,700

113,000

60,300

17,400

9,900

7,670

7,390

6,550

5,850

Feb.

10,200

8,520

6,730

6,600

5,950

4,580

4,700

5,560

21,000

31,300

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dee.

4,200

4,070

3,810

3,560

3,440

3,440

3,440

3,440

3,200

3,200

Jan.

5,020

6,970

17,300

16,900

32,600

46,000

24,000

26,500

31,900

27,000

Feb.

15,800

10,200

7,540

6,860

5,820

5,180

5,180

4,460

4,340

4,460

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3,440

3,560

3,560

3,560

2,490

1,840

2,720

2,380

3,780

8,700

13,700

4,667 

2.56

Jan.

28,100

18,700

19,200

24,800

37,300

48,400

26,200

12,600

11,000

10,000

9,250

25,210 

13.84

Feb.

4,700

6,860

5,950

5,060

5,690

4,940

4,700

4,820

7,775 

3.85

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.80

2.10

2.01

1.47

1.31

3.07

7.99

20.00

11.60

7.65

Jan.

17.47

28.30

43.54

30.49

14.32

9.85

8.28

8.10

7.47

7.05

Feb.

9.93

8.83

7.47

7.35

6.87

5.75

5.90

6.62

16,11

21.22

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

5.82

5.67

5.50

5.30

5.22

5.18

5.16

5.15

5.00

4.95

Jan.

6.37

7.85

14.40

14.22

21.50

26.70

17.97

19.15

21.46

19.36

Feb.

13.51

9.93

8.10

7.61

6. "83

6.30

6.33

5.66

5.55

5.66

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

5.25

5.30

5.30

5.29

4.34

3.75

4.62

4.32

5.48

9.03

12.19

Jan.

19.90

15.24

15.52

18.36

23.30

27. '50

16.84

11.50

10.48

9.87

9.30

Feb.

5.86

7.64

6.90

6.15

6.70

6.14

5.89

5.98

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

%O

M

3

11

9

6

5

4

7

N

N

M

N

M

N

8

8a

M

N

M

9a

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

1.21 203

1.90 520

5.80 4,200

December 7

6.2 4,730

6.4 5,010

December 8

SI. 35 31,700

21.75 32,600

21.05 30,700

December 9

10.78 11,400

8.75 8,400

December 10

7.7 6,830

6.27 4,870

December 29

5.47 3,810

5.45 3,680

December 30

9.69 9,750

8.55 8,100

December 31

11.55 12,700

17.10 22,200

January 1

18.50 25,000

15.50 19,200

January 2

29.00 53,SOO

41.5 103,000

j^.

o

M

5

11

5

M

N

M

N

M

N

6

3

N

6

6

M

3

3

2

2

6

N

10

Feet Sec. ft.

January 3

44.0 116,000

45.1 121,000

43.8 115,000

40.2 97,300

January 4

30.50 58,300

20.75 30,200

January 5

13.90 16,400

10.50 11,000

January 6

10.15 10,500

9.77 9,900

January 7

7.61 6,690

8.4 7,810

January 10

7.97 7,250

6.85 5,570

7.63 6,690

January 11

7.40 6,410

4.45 2,540

January 12

7.95 7,250

6.70 5,430

January 13

13.25 15,300

14.50 17,400

16.25 20,500

f<

g

M

N

4

8

M

N

M

7

N

9

4

3

S

M

11

10

4

11

2

2

N

M

N

M

Feet See. ft.

January 14

13.60 15,900

13.45 15,600

13.85 16,300

13.60 15,900

January 15

22.15 33,600

27.70 49,000

January 16

28.90 52,900

27.85 49,400

January 17

16.90 21,800

18.40 24,800

January 18

16.80 21,600

19.20 26,500

21.45 31,700

January 19

22.30 33,900

20.00 28,300

January 20

18.60 25,200

19.50 27,200

19.50 27,200

January 21

20.45 29,300

20.50 29,500

17.95 24,000

January 22

15.10 18,500

13.45 15,600

f<

g

M

N

M

10

10

8

8

4

4

4

N

8

6

3

6

6

3

10

10

9

4

6

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 23

15.45 19,000

17.75 23,600

January 24

19.25 26", 500

17.20 22,400

January 25

20.25 28,800

28.55 51,900

January 26

29.85 55,900

26.50 45,400

January 27

20.00 28,300

16.05 20,100

14.40 17,300

January 28

12.40 14,000

10.60 11,200

January 30

10.20 10,600

9.6 9,700

January 31

8.73 8,380

9.43 9,400

9.56 9,700

February 1

9.2 9,100

10.85 11,500

February 2

9.13 8,950

8.35 7,960

h 2

o 

M

6

6

4

10

4

M

4

8

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

10

6

4

2

M

9

5

10

Feet See. ft.

February 3

6.6 8,240

6.20 5,060

February 7

5.22 3,860

5.80 4,580

5.38 4,100

7.25 6,340

February 8

7.00 6,080

7.1 6,210

5.40 4,100

February 9

10.7 11,400

20. S5 28,800

February 10

23.45 36,700

19.40 27,000

February 11

15.15 18,700

12.00 13,400

February 12

10.00 10,300

9.80 10,000

February 13

8.70 8,380

8.48 8,100

6.45 5,300

February 14

8.10 7,540

7.45 6,600

7.75 7,120
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 193V 

Collins River near McMinnville, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°42'32 n , long. 85°43'46", at bridge on U. S. Highway 70 (alternate), 

half s mile "below mouth of Barren Pork, and Z\ miles northeast of McMinnville, 

Warren County. Zero of gage is 825.78 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area-- 624 square miles.

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 10 a.m. Peb. 13 to 

noon Peb. 15, when, graph was drawn on basis of partial record. Gage heights used to 

half tenths between 2.4 and 4.7 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 37,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage with aid of slope-area study.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 39,600 second-feet 10 p.m. Jan. 2 (gage 

height, 26.86 feet).

1925-36: Discharge, about 75,300 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 39.1 

feet).

Maximum stage known, that of Mar. 23, 1929.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

167

170

188

157

179

2,000

13,300

7,250

2,900

1,840

Jan.

5,760

25,100

23,800

7,580

3,630

2,630

2,210

1,840

1,570

1,450

Feb.

2,130

1,770

1,570

1,420

1,250

1,120

1,180

1,900

11,100

7,060

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,390

1,180

1,010

855

775

695

635

615

780

1,570

Jan.

1,630

3,260

5,760

4,030

12,800

8,330

4,830

6,960

7,440

8,060

Peb.

3,830

2,630

1,980

1,700

1,480

1,310

1,150

1,060

1,040

1,100

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

1,510

1,280

1,080

922

815

735

675

1,310

2,130

2,130

5,830

3.34

Jan.

6,120

4,030

5,700

5,640

13,000

9,230

4,530

3,170

2,900

2,290

2,050

11.76

Peb.

1,310

1,450

1,360

1,360

1,700

1,510

1,340

1,280

3.52

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.45

1.49

1.52

1.41

1.50

4.39

15.06

10.48

6.53

5.16

Jan.

9.26

20.53

20.00

10.77

7.33

6.20

5.73

5.23

4.82

4.58

Peb.

5.59

5.14

4.79

4.53

4.26

4.02

4.08

5.12

13.51

10.39

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.48

4.10

3.74

3.42

3.21

3.00

2.87

2.80

3.21

4.76

Jan.

4.93

6.84

9.27

7.73

14.51

11.39

8.51

10.30

10.70

11.22

Peb.

7.47

6.19

5.43

5.00

4.66

4.33

4.05

3.86

3.80

3.96

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4.70

4.29

3.90

3.56

3.31

3.09

2.94

4.23

5.64

5.63

9.23

Jan.

9.65

7.70

9.19

9.21

14.73

12.14

8.21

6.78

6.54

5.82

5.51

Peb.

4.37

4.61

4.44

4.46

5.01

4.68

4.40

4.31

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

fc

gw

6

9

N

6

M

6

9

N

3

M

N

M

6

N

M

6

N

6

M

6

H

6

M

N

M

N

3

9

M

N

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

1.70

2.28

2.57

6.78

11.72

Dece

14.98

16.03

16.46

16.25

13.68

Dece

10.42

7.84

Dece

7.00

6.41

5.66

Dece

2.81

3.20

3.60

4.13

231

416

516

3,170

8,710

iiber 7

13,200

14,800

15,700

15,200

11,400

nber 8

7,080

4,130

nber 9

3,350

2,810

2,210

nber 19

615

775

945

1,200

December 20

4.69

4.86

4.88

4.83

1,510

1,630

1,630

1.570

December 21

4.71

4.50

Dece

3.12

2.90

3.15

3.12

Dece

3.01

1,510

1,390

mber 26

735

655

755

735

nber 27

695

fc 2 

oW

6

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

N

10

M

6

N

3

6

M

N

3

6

M

6

N

6

10

M

6

N

6

M

N

Feet

2.69

2.95

Sec. ft.

575

675

December 28

3.21

4.11

5.34

5.50

Decei

5.65

5.75

775

1,180

1,910

2,050

nber 29

2,130

2,290

December 30

5.65

5.48

5.73

2,130

2,050

2,210

December 31

7.26

10.18

10.84

11.09

10.53

3,630

6,840

7,560

7,930

7,200

Janua ry 1

B.97

8.61

8.54

10.33

5,400

4,940

4,830

6,960

January 2

16.23

21.28

25.83

26.86

25.60

15,200

25,700

36,700

39,600

36,200

January 3

23.63

19.50

16.54

14.24

31,000

21,700

15,700

12,100

January 4

10.35 7,080

fc

3

w

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

N

M

6

N

6

M

 Z

7

N

M

H

10

M

6

2

6

M

6

N

6

M

Feet

9.28

8.37

Sec. ft.

5,760

4,730

January 5

7.26

6.59

3,630

2,990

January 6

6.15

5.90

2,630

2,370

January 10

4.49

4.69

1,390

1,510

January 11

4.95

4.89

5.12

Jam

5.72

6.67

7.86

9.13

1,700

1,630

1,770

lary 12

2,210

3,080

4,230

5,520

January 13

9.53

9.75

9.51

8.41

6,000

6,360

6,000

4,730

January 14

7.60

7.35

8.26

3,930

3,730

4.630

January 15

12.27

16.63

17.51

15.73

Jam

12.74

10.85

9.83

9.03

9,490

15,900

17,600

14,300

lary 16

10,000

7,560

6,360

5,400

fH

3

w

6

2

10

3

N

6

10

M

6

N

6

M

2

N

4

7

M

N

M

N

M

1

N

3

7

M

6

N

7

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 17

8.45

8.28

8.67

4,730

4,630

5,050

January 18

8.45

10.09

11.83

12.35

12.19

4,730

6,720

6,840

9,620

9,360

January 19

11.17

10.55

10.25

9.65

Janu

9.60

11.57

12.31

12.50

11.62

Janu

9.46

8.51

8,060

7,320

. 6,840

6,120

ary 20

6,120

8,580

9,490

9,750

8,580

ary 21

6,000

4,830

January 22

7.66

7.04

4,030

3,350

January 23

7.02

9.60

10.27

10.68

10.29

3,350

6,120

6,960

7,440

6,960

January 24

9.48

8.93

8.53

10.06

6,000

5,280

4,830

6,720

1

6

N

5

M

N

M

N

M

5p

M

3

N

M

N

M

N

8

M

6

N

4

8

M

N

M

N

M

Peet Sec. ft.

January 25

13.32

15.93

16.79

15.27

10,800

14,600

16,200

13,700

January 26

12.02

9.59

9,100

6,120

January 27

8.09

7.20

4,430

3,530

January 28

6.60

6.72

2,990

3,080

January 29

6.78

6.56

6.16

3,170

2,990

2,630

January 31

5.43

5.69

Pebn

4.66

4.80

10.00

1,980

2,210

aary 8

1,480

1,570

6,600

February 9

12.74

14.49

15.20

14.47

12.81

10,000

12,500

13,500

12,500

10,100

February 10

10.24

8.60

Febri

7.40

6.65

6,840

4,940

lary 11

3,730

2,990
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 303 

Stone River near Smyrna, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°00'00", long. 86°27'35", at highway bridge at Jefferson Springs, 1 

mile below confluence of East and dfest Porks and 4 miles east of Smyrna, Rutherford 

County. Zero of gage is 459.76 feet above mean sea level (Sandy Hook datum).

Drainage area.- 552 square miles.

Sege-height record.- Water stage recorder graph. Gsge heights used to half tenths 

between 2.6 and 4.6 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 24,000 second-feet; 

extended to orest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937 1 Discharge, about 36,700 second-feet 10 p.m. Jan. 2 

fgage height, 35.76 feet).

1925-36: Discharge, about 37,600 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 36.5 

feet) .

Maximum stage known, 43.4 feet March 1902.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

108

103

103

94

94

5,720

13,400

3,060

1,780

1,320

Jan.

3,710

26,300

18,600

4,110

2,710

2,160

2,430

1,920

1,620

1,500

Feb.

2,810

2,020

1,660

1,430

1,260

1,120

1,260

1,400

13,200

4,110

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,290

1,430

1,080

870

750

660

588

534

1,490

1,860

Jan.

2,250

4,000

6,590

3,410

16,500

5,630

7,790

12,200

5,960

9,990

Feb.

2,340

1,820

1,500

1,400

1,180

1,040

905

840

810

1,120

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches .............................................

Dec.

1,260

975

780

666

564

486

450

3,060

3,010

2,200

9,000

3.95

Jan.

6,800

4,320

11,600

5,960

12,400

4,540

2,810

4,140

3,810

2,430

3,310

6,500

13.61

Feb.

1,400

1,180

1,010

940

940

810

744

726

3.44

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.24

1.22

1.22

1.19

1.19

7.38

14.95

5.44

4.07

3.44

Jan.

6.10

26.68

19.72

6.47

5.10

4.51

4.75

4.26

3.86

3.69

Feb.

5.21

4.34

3.91

3.61

3.33

3.15

3.34

3.55

14.82

6.52

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.38

3.58

3.11

2.82

2.60

2.45

2.33

2.24

3.66

4.13

Jan.

4.63

6.38

8.77

5.77

17.85

7.94

9.87

13.90

8.20

11.90

Feb.

4.74

4.10

3.68

3.53

3.26

3.03

2.87

2.76

2.72

3.16

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.35

2.93

2.67

2.46

2.29

2.16

2.10

5.30

5.39

4.56

11.00

Jan.

9.04

6.73

13.39

8.19

14.12

6.91

5.23

6.43

6.22

4.84

5.70

Feb.

3.53

3.27

2.98

2.91

2.89

2.70

2.59

2.56

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

s 

a

U

2

6

M

3

5

7

N

M

N

M

3

9

4

M

N

M

6

N

4

7

M

N

M

N

8

M

6

Feet Sec.ft.

Dec. 6

1.33

1.46

13.00

20.35

De

21.75

22.03

21.12

15.24

6.90

De

5.30

4.52

De

2.48

4.07

3.73

4.62

136

176

11,200

19,300

c. 7

20,900

21,100

20,100

13,600

4,540

n. 8

2,910

2,160

0. 19

678

1,780

1,540

2,250

Dec. 20

4.12

3.66

De

3.27

5.45

6.98

7.72

6.86

De

5.18

4.87

1,820

1,460

c. 28

1,180

3,010

4,650

5,420

4,540

0. 29

2,810

2,520

Dec. 30

4.46

4.20

4.90

De

10.30

2,120

1,900

2,520

c. 31

8,230

g Feet

a

9 14.94

N 16.20

2 15.10

6 11.05

If 7.73

Jan

N 5.85

9 5.28

M 5.83

Jan

6 SI. 40

N 30.30

6 34.80

10 35.76

M 35.10

Jan

6 29.80

H 18.00

6 9.60

M 7.68

Jan

N 3.60

M 4.32

Jan

4 5.10

N 4.51

M 4.47

Jan

6 5.50

10 6.33

3 6.19

6 6.58

M 10.17

Jan

4 11.06

7 10.40

N 8.50

Sec.ft.

13,300

14,700

13,500

9,000

5,420

. 1

3,410

2,910

3,410

. 2

20,400

30,300

35,500

36,700

35,900

. 3

29,700

16,700

7,460

5,420

. 10

1,430

1,980

. 11

2,710

2,160

2,120

. 12

3,110

3,910

3,810

4,210

8,120

. 13

9,110

8,340

6,280

o

S3

6

M

N

9

M

6

M

3

6

M

6

N

M

4

N

5

7

9

M

3

5

7

N

2

5

7

M

6

N

M

Feet

7.30

6.60

Ja

5.66

5.26

5.87

Sec.ft.

4,980

4,210

i. 14

3,310

2,910

3,510

Jan. 15

14.90

22.30

23.40

21.40

13.50

13,300

21,400

22,600

20,400

11,800

Jan. 16

8.67

7.29

6.03

Ja

5.80

8.40

15.00

16.10

15.50

12.90

6,480

4,980

3,610

i. 17

3,410

6,170

13,400

14,600

14,000

11,100

Jan. 18

10.58

10.06

10.52

15.30

17.23

18.13

17.10

12.20

Ja

8.94

7.67

6.51

8,560

8,010

8,450

13,700

15,800

16,800

15,700

10,300

i. 19

6,700

5,420

4,110

o

2

6

N

3

6

M

6

9

2

6

M

N

9

M

6

N

3

6

M

N

8

M

6

9

11

1

6

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft*

Jan. 20

6.42

8.10

15.35

17.00

15.60

10.73

4 , 010

5,860

13,800

15,600

14,100

8,670

Jan. 2l

8.48

8.13

8.96

9.82

8.34

6,280

5,860

6,800

7,680

6,060

Jan. 22

6.54

5.96

6.38

4,110

3,610

4,010

Jan. 23

10.50

17.45

18.10

16.50

11.25

8,450

16,000

16,800

15,000

9,220

Jan. 24

7.75

6.96

7.72

5,530

4,650

5,420

Jan. 25

17.85

19.60

20.10

18.50

12.10

8.70

16,500

18,500

19,000

17,200

10,200

6,480

Jan. 26

6.75

5.80

4,430

3,410

a

7

B

6

9

M

6

N

M

3

N

3

6

M

N

M

6p

M

6

8

11

2

6

M

6

N

M

N

8

Feet Sec.ft.

Jan. 28

4.66

5.72

8.40

9.33

8.70

2,340

3,310

6,170

7,130

6.480

Jan. 29

6.62

5.91

5.23

4,210

3,510

2,810

Jan. 31

4.47

5.70

6.65

6.96

6.10

Fe

5.13

4.67

2,120

3,310

4,210

4,650

3,710

b. 1

2,710

2,340

Feb. 8

3.34

5.50

Fe

17.60

19.55

20.56

18.80

13.60

8.70

1,260

3,110

b. 9

16,300

18 , 500

19,600

17,600

11,900

6,480

Feb. 10

7.16

6.28

5.31

4,870

3,910

2,910

Feb. 20

3.16

4.63

1,120

2,250
304 FLOODS OF OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Harpeth River at Belleview, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36°05'00", long. 86°56'08", at bridge on State Highway 100, three-eighths 

of a mile below mouth of Little Harpeth River and 1 mile southeast of Belleview, 

Davidson County.

Drainage area.- 404 square miles.

Gage-height Record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenthg between 2.8 and 4.4 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 15,400 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1957: Discharge, 17,500 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 3 (gage 

height, 19.30 feet).

1920-29, 1932-36: Discharge observed, about 24,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 23, 

1929 (gage height, 22.3 feet, former site).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

40

59

57

59

59

670

942

860

888

590

Jan.

2,500

8,190

15,100

5,680

1,610

1,540

1,670

1,400

1,140

1,220

Feb.

1,800

1,510

1,110

970

860

778

860

942

5,420

2,040

Day

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

570

565

495

405

555

315

272

252

517

400

Jan.

1,400

1,860

2,890

1,950

4,290

2,820

5,840

11,700

5,640

8,590

Feb.

1,280

1,050

915

888

778

675

590

565

550

650

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Run -of f . in Inche s ............................................

Dec.

575

509

268

256

217

192

195

813

1,050

1,150

5,410

con

1.68

Jan.

9,520

5,640

10,200

6,610

4,060

2,400

1,800

2,120

2,610

1,610

2,060

12.34

Feb.

750

700

610

580

545

475

455

450

2.45

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.24

1.25

1.22

1.23

1.23

2.68

5.36

3.22

3.26

2.68

Jan.

5.82

15.48

18.51

7.52

4.52

4.04

4.57

4.14

5.71

3.84

Feb.

4.79

4.02

3.66

3.42

5.19

5.05

5.19

5.55

7.06

5.16

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2.64

2.65

2.49

2.51

2.20

2.10

2.00

1.95

2.11

2.50

Jan.

4.15

4.91

6.59

5.05

8.28

6.31

10.27

16.61

10.09

14.04

Feb.

3.95

5.57

5.51

5.27

5.05

2.85

2.68

2.65

2.60

2.80

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Dec.

2.24

2.09

1.99

1.91

1.86

1.79

1.80

3.10

5.53

3.67

9.77

Jan.

15.07

10.06

15.58

11.36

8.02

5.71

4.77

5.50

6.05

4.47

5.22

Feb.

5.00

2.89

2.72

2.66

2.59

2.45

2.37

2.36

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1956 to February 1957

I

4

11

2

6

10

4

N

8

4

11

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

4

M

N

6

M

3

9

N

3

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 6

1.32

2.09

2.00

5.90

3.66

55

309

272

2,540

1,110

Dec. 7

3.64

3.50

2.88

1,110

1,020

700

Dec. 8

3.15

3.47

3.08

832

998

805

Dec. 9

3.13

3.24

3.43

Dec

3.00

2.39

2.64

Dec

2.28

3.28

3.65

3.58

832

888

998

. 10

750

445

570

. 28

391

915

1,110

1,080

Dec. 30

3.28

3.20

6.88

Dec

7.68

10.46

11.54

11.88

915

860

3,240

. 31

3,840

5,940

6,680

6,980

0

9

M

4

N

10

2

6

10

2

6

M

2

6

N

M

4

N

M

6

6

6

6

6

N

6

N

M

Feet

9.50

8.12

Jar

6.99

5.58

4.81

Sec. ft.

5,180

4,140

i. 1

3,510

2,350

1,800

Jan. 2

5.43

11.80

14.82

15.00

15.77

17.77

Jar

18.60

19.30

18.75

15.62

Jar

8.45

5.81

4.91

Jar

4.60

4.24

2,190

6,910

9,240

9,420

10,400

14,000

i. 3

15,800

17,300

16,200

10,200

i. 4

4,360

2,470

1,860

i. 5

1,670

1,460

Jan. 6

3.90

4.17

Jar

4.60

4.70

4.56

1,250

1,400

i. 7

1,670

1,740

1,670

Jan. 8"

4.09

3.84

1,370

1,220

gW

N

M

4

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

N

M

4

10

N

M

N

M

2

10

4

M

4

N

M

4

8

Feet

Jan

3.69

3.75

Jan

4.02

3.78

3.61

4.00

Jan

4.38

4.09

4.01

4.37

Jan

4.76

5.83

Jan

6.32

6.78

6.66

5.72

Jan

5.00

4.52

Jan

4.50

8.85

10.32

8.30

Jan

7.15

6.22

5.24

Jan

5.12

6.00

Sec. ft.

. 9

1,140

1,160

. 10

1,310

1,190

1,080

1,310

. 11

1,550

1,370

1,310

1,520

. 12

1,800

2,470

. 13

2,820

3,170

3,100

2,400

. 14

1,930

1,610

. 15

1,610

4,660

5,780

4,280

. 16

3,460

2,750

2,060

. 17

2,000

2,610

I

N

6

M

4

8

N

M

6

N

6

M

2

9

1

5

M

4

N

8

M

6

N

4

8

M

4

N

10

4

Feet

10.60

14.71

15.72

Sec. ft.

6,010

9,150

10,300

Jan. 18

16.60

17.22

16.74

15.11

11,700

12,800

11,900

9,520

Jan. 19

12.60

8.86

7.42

6.70

Ja

6.68

16.40

16.99

16.53

17.20

7,510

4,740

3,610

3,100

n. 20

3,100

11,400

12,500

11,600

12,800

Jan. 21

17.35

16.44

13.85

13.60

13,000

11,400

8,430

8,270

Jan. 22

12.50

8.12

7.80

7.90

11.25

7,440

4,140

3,910

3,980

6,460

Jen. 23

14.50

15.39

16.20

8,990

9,880

11,100

Jan. 24

15.62 10,200

g

N

7

M

6

N

M

4

N

10

M

4

N

M

4

N

7

M

4

N

M

2

8

N

4

M

6

N

M

Feet

10.42

8.35

8.53

Sec. ft.

5,860

4,360

4.440

Jan. 25

8.29

8.11

6.80

Jar

4.30

5.05

7.45

7.69

4,280

4,140

3,170

i. 28

1,490

1,930

3,610

3,840

Jan. 29

7.46

5.68

4.77

Jar

4.26

5.30

6.05

5.59

3,680

2,400

1,800

. 31

1,460

2,120

2,610

2,330

Feb. 1

5.19

4.67

4.27

2,060

1,740

1,460

Feb. 9

4.10

7.97

8.63

8.27

6.77

Fet

5.80

4.94

4.20

1,370

4,060

4,510

4,280

3,170

. 10

2,470

1,860

1,430
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 305

Harpeth River near Kingston Springs, Tenn.

____ C'07'20", long. 870 05'56 n , at bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 2 miles 

northeast of Kingston Springs, Cheatham County, and 3 miles below mouth of Turnbull 

Creek. Zero of gage is 447.81 feet above mean sea level (Ssndy Hook datum).

Location.- Lat. 50'

Drainage area.- 687 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between

1.5 and 2.8 feat; hundredths below and tenths above these limits until Jan. 20, after

which they were used to half tenths below and to tenths above 2.9 feet. Gage-height

record for periods Dec. 31, Jan. 2-4, 17-24 computed from graph based on observed

gage readings. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 20,100 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 26,000 second-feet 5 p.m. Jan. 20

(gage height, 24.4 feet).

1925-36: Discharge observed, about 28,000 second-feet Mar. 13, 1927 (gage

height, about 25 feet, revised).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

78

78

78

78

75

115

1,210

1,420

680

530

Jan.

4,130

11,000

13,900

8,980

2,510

1,710

2,510

1,790

1,640

1,560

Feb.

3,050

1,930

1,690

1,550

1,280

1,150

1,280

1,480

3,860

3,500

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

580

840

630

507

422

364

330

347

507

555

Jan.

1,790

2,690

4,490

3,320

7,100

5,210

9,190

18,900

10,800

18,700

Feb.

1,850

1,620

1,410

1,340

1,210

1,090

916

862

862

862

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

530

422

347

315

285

270

255

785

1,560

1,350

5,910

1.16

Jan.

17,200

12,400

15,900

12,300

6,600

4,490

3,050

2,870

4,310

2,600

2,600

11.70

Feb.

1,090

1,030

916

862

810

706

654

628

2.13

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.08

1.30

3.78

4.10

2.91

2.59

Jan.

7.15

12.95

15.65

12.90

5.35

4.53

5.38

4.64

4.35

4.30

Feb.

5.95

4.70

4.40

4.20

3.85

3.63

3.78

4.06

6.88

6.51

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

L Dec.

2.72

3.25

2.78

2.54

2.34

2.18

2.08

2.14

2.54

2.66

Jan.

4.64

5.60

7.58

6.34

10.40

8.45

11.75

20.13

13.87

18.03

Feb.

4.62

4.34

4.00

3.92

3.69

3.48

3.23

3.09

3.06

3.09

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2.58

2.36

2.17

2.07

1.97

1.89

1.83

3.12

4.26

3.98

9.70

Jan.

18.40

15.03

17.85

14.85

9.90

7.61

5.96

5.75

7.42

5.50

5.53

Feb.

3.48

3.45

3.16

3.06

3.02

2.83

2.69

2.67

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1957

So

X

9

4

6

5

6

4

6

4

6

5

6

4

6

4

2

6

10

2

6

10

Feet Sec.ft.

Dec. 6

1.16

1.44

88

146

Dec. 7

2.25

5.30

De

4.46

3.73

De

3.04

2.78

De

2.83

3.40

383

2,420

:. 8

1,710

1,140

3. 9

732

630

:. 28

630

960

Dec. 29

4.40

4.13

1,640

1,420

Dec. 30

4.04

3.93

1,350

1,280

Dec. 31

4.8

9.2

10.4

10.7

10.2

9.4

1,970

5,940

7,100

7,400

6,900

6,130

!H

p 

o 

X

8

4

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

6

4

6

5

Feet Sec.ft.

Jan. 1

7.90

6.40

4,760

3,410

Jan. 2

6.4

9.2

14.0

17.3

17.4

16.5

Jai

15.0

14.8

14.9

15.7

17.2

18.8

3,410

5,940

11,200

15,500

15,700

14,400

i. 3

12,400

12,200

12,300

13,300

15,400

17,600

Jan. 4

19.0

17.8

10.2

8.3

7.2

6.5

Jai

5.70

5.00

17,900

16,200

6,900

5,120

4,220

3,500

-L. 5

2,780

2,150

Jan. 11

4.48

4.80

1,710

1,970

!H30

w

6

4

6

5

6

4

6

5

6

5

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

Feet Sec.ft.

Jan. 12

5.30

5.90

2,420

2.960

Jan. 13

7.46

7.70

Jar

6.68

6.00

Jar

9.90

10.90

Jar

9.50

7.40

4,400

4,580

. 14

3,680

3,050

. 15

6,600

7,600

. 16

6,220

4,310

Jan. 17

7.2

8.4

10.1

12.4

15.3

18.3

4,130

5,210

6,800

9,280

12,800

16,900

Jan. 18

20.0

20.8

20.7

20.0

19.0

17.6

19,400

20,600

20,400

19,400

17,900

15,900

h 

3 0 

X

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

5

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

6

6

2

6

10

2

Feet Sec.ft.

Jan. 19

16.8

15.8

14.0

12.4

11.5

11.0

14,800

13,400

11,200

9,280

8,250

7,700

Jan . 20

10.9

13.0

20.0

24.0

24.4

24.2

23.1

7,600

10,000

19,400

25,400

26,000

25,700

24,000

Jan. 21

20.4

17.8

17.8

18.9

18.7

17.3

20,000

16,200

16,200

17,800

17,500

15,500

Jan. 22

15.4

14.5

12,900

11,800

Jan. 23

14.6

17.8

18.9

18.5

11,900

16,200

17,800

17,200

h

g

w

6

10

6

6

6

5

6

5

6

5

<5

o

6

5

6

5

6

5

6

4

Feet

18.0

17.3

Ja

15.8

14.0

Sec.ft.

16,500

15,500

n. 24

13,400

11,200

Jan. 25

10.40

9.40

7,100

6,130

Jan. 26

8.10

7.12

4,940

4,040

Jan. 27

6.24

5.68

3,230

2,780

Jan. 28

5.30

6.20

2,420

3,230

Jan. 29

7.93

6.90

4,760

3,860

Feb. 8

4.18

3.93

1,550

1,340

Feb. 9

5. .47

8.30

Fe

7.42

5.60

2,600

5,120

b. 10

4,310

2,730
306 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Red River near Adams, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°35'07", long. 87°05'40", at site of former highway bridge 2,200 feet 

below U. S. Highway 41E, 1 mile below mouth of Elk Creek and l| miles northwest of 

Adams, Robertson County. Zero of gage is 398.34 feet above mean sea level (Sandy 

Hook datum)

Drainage area.- 678 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 2 a.m. Dec. 13 to 

noon Dec. 19, 10 p.m. Jan. 22 to midnight Jan. 23, 5 a.m. Feb. 11 to 9 a.m. Feb. 13, 

when graph was based on known limits of fluctuation in stage and on floodmarks. CJage 

heights used to half tenths between 3.3 and 4.7 feet; hundredths below and tenths 

above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 24,600 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage with aid of a comparison with measured run-off of Red River 

at Clarksville, Term.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 42,000 second-feet noon Jarr. 23 (gage height, 

35.94 feet, from floodmark).

1920-36: Discharge, 23,500 second-feet (revised) Dec. 22, 1926 (gage height, 31.0 

feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

120

106

108

120

116

339

1,850

1,200

780

619

Jan.

3,200

4,090

6,240

3,130

2,340

1,850

1,720

1,660

1,490

3,620

Feb.

4,800

3,850

3,380

3,050

2,790

2,530

2,390

2,330

2,720

2,330

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

545

505

488

449

410

367

335

330

1,110

1,300

Jan.

6,390

4,150

3,340

2,980

5,780

5,360

6,880

21,500

22,800

14,300

Feb.

2,000

1,870

1,740

1,800

1,740

1,610

1,540

1,450

1,450

 1,450

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off in inches. .............................................

Dec.

990

810

714

625

562

505

505

678

1,050

1,050

3,310

1.21

Jan.

22,600

30,400

40,100

26,900

21,100

15,300

8,760

6,520

5,750

4,730

5,000

16.95

Feb.

I', 510

1,450

1,320

1,290

1,260

1,190

1,130

1,100

3.13

Mean dail

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.84

1.77

1.78

1.84

1.82

2.39

4.98

4.02

3.30

3.03

Jan.

6.92

8.09

11.04

6.79

5.66

5.04

4.79

4.70

4.45

7.45

y gage height

Feb.

9.53

8.14

7.37

6.91

6.46

6.14

5.93

5.8Q

6.37

5.78

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Dec.

2.90

2.83

2.80

2.73

2.66

2.58

2.52

2.51

3.85

4.13

Jan.

11.22

8.15

7.09

6.56

10.39

9.83

11.90

28.81

29.90

21.85

Feb.

5.30

5.07

4.93

4.98

4.87

4.72

4.58

4.47

4.45

4.46

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.66

3.37

3.19

3.04

2.93

2.83

2.83

3.13

3.76

3.73

7.01

Jan.

29.93

33.50

35.55

32.20

29.15

23.05

15.00

12.01

10.88

9.44

9.79

Feb.

4.54

4.43

4.27

4.21

4.13

4.03

3.95

3.92

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

^

oW

N

M

3

9

3

9

6

6

3

9

3

9

2

6

10

2

6

10

6

N

6

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 30

3.65

4.20

990

1,330

Dec. 31

4.53

5.65

8.30

9.55

1,560

2,S70

4,220

5,180

Jan. 1

7.74

6.10

Ja;

5.75

7.00

8.54

11.07

Ja

13.18

13.63

12.28

10.20

8.85

8.10

Ja

7.12

6.71

6.37

6.08

3,780

2,620

1. 2

2,410

3,270

4,370

6,290

i. 3

7,850

8,140

7,180

5,630

4,590

4,070

i. 4

3,340

3,050

2,840

2.620

Jan. 5

5.65

5.32

2,270

2,060

ti

§W

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

4

N

8

6

6

6

N

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 10

4.93

6.24

8.27

10.35

Jar

11.75

12.00

11.14

10.00

1,780

2,690

4,220

5,780

1. 11

6,810

6,960

6,290

5,480

Jan. 12

8.70

8.00

7.65

Jai

7.23

6.94

4,520

4,000

3,710

i. 13

3,420

3,200

Jan. 14

6.62

6.45

6.38

6.70

2,980

2,840

2,840

3,050

Jan. 15

7.37

8.30

9.70

11.50

12.70

12.78

3,560

4,220

5,260

6,590

7,480

7,550

Jan. 16

12.04

11.05

6,960

6,220

^ 3 

o

«

10

2

6

10

1

3

5

7

11

3

7

11

1

5

9

1

5

9

11

I

3

7

11

3

7

11

2

6

Feet

10.10

9.20

8.55

8.06

Sec.ft.

5,550

4,890

4,440

4,070

Jan. 17

7.84

7.74

7.86

8.10

8.80

12.46

16.80

21.00

Jan

22.90

25.70

27.80

29.70

31.50

32.60

32.92

Jan

33.00

32.85

32.10

30.90

29.25

27.20

24.80

Jan

22.70

19.75

3,850

3,780

3,930

4,070

4,590

7,330

10,500

13,600

. 18

15,100

17,600

19,600

21, TOO

24,400

27,000

28,000

. 19

28,400

27,700

25,700

23 , 400

21,100

19,000

16,800

. 20

15,000

12,600

§ W

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

3

9

N

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet

19.15

21.30

23.20

25.00

Sec.ft.

12,100

13,800

15,400

16,900

Jan. 21

B6.40

27.70

29.60

31.40

32.10

32.40

Jar

32.55

33.30

34.00

34.55

Jar

35.35

35.85

35.94

35.85

35.15

18,200

19,500

21,600

24,200

25,700

26,400

i. 22

27,000

29,400

32,200

35,000

i. 23

39,200

41,400

42,000

41,400

38,100

Jan. 24

34.20

32.90

31.30

30.30

Jar

29.90

29.80

29.10

27.80

33,100

28,000

24,000

22,500

i. 25

22,000

21 , 900

21,000

19,600

^ 

I

2

6

10

2

6

10

3

9

3

9

4

N

8

4

N

8

6

6

4

N

8

6

6

Feet Sec.ft.

Jan. 26

26.35

25.15

24.00

22.70

21.00

19. 10

Jai

17.05

15.40

14.20

13.30

18,200

17,100

16,100

15,000

13,500

12,000

i. 27

10,300

9,070

8,170

7,500

Jan. 28

12.48

11.87

11.60

Ja

11.50

10.88

10.30

6,900

6,450

6,240

i. 29

6,170

5,750

5,340

Jan. 30

9.68

9.17

Jai

9.10

9.65

10.75

Fe

9.95

9.02

4,940

4,600

i. 31

4,530

4,870

5,680

b. 1

5,140

4,460
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Red River at Clarksville, Term.

307

Location.- At bridge on State highway 13 between Clarksville and Guthrie, 400 feet below 

Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, three-quarters of a mile above mouth of West 

Pork, 1 mile northeast of Clarksville, Montgomery County, and 2 miles above mouth of 

Red River.

Dra inage are a.- 933 square miles.

Stage-dlscha7Ke relation.- Discharge during flood period determined from a discharge 

hydrograph drawn through daily current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- Jan. 22 to Feb. 18, 1937: Discharge, 57,600 second-feet 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Jan. 24.

Remarks.- Discharge does not include flow of West Pork of Red River.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 19-37

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

January

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

February

7690

6750

6130

6020

6500

6210

4910

3870

3840

2840

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

January

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

February

2500

2320

2220

2430

2530

2750

2600

2110

_

_

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

January

-

40,000

51,300

57,000

44,100

25,500

15,400

10,700

8,800

7,400

7,200

February

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

Discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 1937

Day

Jan. 22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb. 1"2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

2 a.m.

37,600

45,200

56,800

53,400

31,700

18,500

12,000

9,340

7,980

7,000

7,650

7,200

6,300

5,970

6,330

6,470

5,650

4,040

3,890

3,350

2,550

2,400

2,210

2,340

2,500

2,660

2,740

2,340

6 a.m.

38,300

47,700

57,400

50,000

28,800

17,100

11,300

9,120

7,700

7,030

7,740

6,960

6,210

5,960

6, -460

6,400

5,380

3,900

3,940

3,040

2,530

2,380

2,200

2,390

2,500

2,720

2,710

2,240

10 a.m.

39,200

50,400

57,600

46,000

26,300

15,700

10,800

8,900

7,420

7,110

7,780

6,790

6,140

5,970

6,530

6,300

5,030

3,830

3,950

2,810

2,510

2,340

2,200

2,430

2,500

2,760

2,650

2,150

2 p.m.

40,200

53,200

57,500

42,200

24,000

14,700

10,300

8,710

7,220

7,220

7,770

6,630

6,080

6,000

6,570

6,180

4,720

3,800

3,900

2,660

2,480

2,310

2,200

2,450

2,520

2,790

2,580

2,050

6 p.m.

41,600

54,900

57,000

38,400

22,000

13,600

10,000

8,490

7,080

7,340

7,680

6,510

6,040

6,060

6,570

6,030

4,440

3,800

3,780

2,600

2,460

2,270

2,230

2,470

2,550

2,800

2,520

1,970

10 p.m.

43,300

56,200

55,700

34,800

20,200

12,800

9,580

8,240

7,020

7,500

7,500

6,400

5,990

6,170

6,530

5,870

4, -220

3,840

3,600

2,570

2,440

2,230

2,270

2,490

2,590

2,780

2,430

1,900
308 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

French Broad River near Newport, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°58'3411 , long. 830 09'40", at bridge on State Highway 35 at Oldtown, 

2-g miles northeast of Newport, Cocke County, and 4 miles above mouth of Pigeon 

River. Zero of gage is 1,011.61 feet above mean sea level (SoLitheastern 

supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,858 squsre miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 1 a.m. Jan. 10 to 

9 p.m. Jan. 12, 4 p.m. Jan. 20 to 11 a.m. Jan. 22, 6 p.m. Jan. 27 to 11 p.m. Jan. 

28, 9 p.m. Jan. 30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 31, 8 a.m. Feb. 8 to noon Feb. 9, when gage 

heights were computed from an imperfect graph. Gage heights used to half tenths 

between 2.8 a«d 4.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 34,500 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 32,100 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 3 (gage 

height, 11.43 feet).

1900-5, 1907, 1920-36: Discharge observed, about 62,200 second-feet Apr. 8, 

1903 (gage height 12.0 feet, former datum).

Maximum stages known, about 23 feet, present da-cum, Feb. 28, 1902, from floodmark and about 22.5 feet, present datum, July 17, 1916, from floodmark.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1,570

1,550

1,650

2,010

1,980

1,800

4,790

6,620

4,360

3,320

Jan.

10,900

17,600

27,400

17,600

12,400

10,900

8,860

7,520

6,620

5,830

Feb.

7,230

6,780

5,980

5,380

4,940

4,640

4,500

4,500

6,900

10,400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2,970

3,200

3,080

2,970

2,540

2,400

2,400

2,360

2,970

5,740

Jan.

5,530

5,680

9,120

6,930

6,930

7,800

6,620

7,380

12,400

15,700

Feb.

8,340

6,620

5,680

5,380

4,940

4,640

4,500

4,220

4,080

4,080

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

5,530

4,220

3,560

3,320

2,970

2,860

2,750

2,970

3,820

4,640

6,710

2.08

Jan.

12,700

10,700

8,340

6,930

7,520

7,800

6,620

5,830

6,930

6, .460

5,980

5.91

Feb.

4,500

6,780

5,980

5,230

4,790

4,220

3,950

4,080

3.07

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.16

2.15

2.21

2.42

2.40

2.30

3.52

4.20

3.46

3.07

Jan.

5.82

7.74

10.32

7.79

6.34

5.75

5.02

4.51

4.18

3.96

Feb.

4.42

4.24

3.99

3.80

3.67

3.55

3.52

3.49

4.36

5.59

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2.92

3.01

2.93

2.89

2.70

2.63

2.63

2.61

2.90

3.93

Jan.

3.85

3.89

5.09

4.28

4.29

4.57

4.20

4.46

6.26

7.32

Feb.

4.84

4.19

3.91

3.78

3.66

3.54

3.48

3.41

3.35

3.34

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.83

3.41

3.17

3.03

2.92

2.86

2.82

2.89

3.24

3.57

4.28

Jan.

6.43

5.67

4.85

4.32

4.52

4.56

4.19

3.95

4.28

4.15

3.98

Feb.

3.48

4.25

4.01

3.74

3.58

3.41

3.32

3.33

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at Indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

t-, §

1

8

N

6

10

6

6

2

10

7

3

6

2

M

N

M

8

2

M

Feet Sec.ft.

December 7

2.32

2.72

4.05

3.98

4.64

Dec en

4.39

4.01

1,840

2,580

6,140

5,980

7,800

iber 8

7,230

5,980

December 19

2.61

2.97

3.01

2,360

3,080

3,200

December 20

3.28

3.79

4.22

4.08

3,950

5,380

6,620

6,300

December 21

3.83

3.58

5,530

4,790

December 31

3.71

4.02

5.76

5,080

5,980

10,900

fn

§

HI

3

N

M

3

9

3

8

M

4

7

9

11

11

N

M

N

10

3

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 1

6.03

5.81

5.59

11,500

10,900

10,400

January 2

5.64

7.20

7.96

10.07

10.21

10,400

15,400

18,300

26,500

26,900

January 3

10.15

11.10

11.43

11.29

9.10

26,900

30,700

32,100

31,600

22,500

January 4

7.70

6.90

Janus

6.29

6.02

17,200

14,300

iry 5

12,400

11,500

January 6

6.05

5.77

5.35

11,500

10,900

9,870"

g

4

4

9

4

M

N

M

N

5

8

4

7

N

N

M

K

6

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 12

3.8

3.8

5,380

5,380

January 13

5.55

5.01

4.68

Janu

4.24

4.03

10,400

8,860

8,070

iry 14

6,780

6,140

January 15

4.12

4.43

4.91

Janus

4.70

4.70

4.56

Janu

4.14

4.18

Janus

4.28

4.52

5.50

6,300

7,380

8,600

iry 16

8,070

8,070

7,800

iry 17

6,460

6,620

iry 18

6,930

7,520

10,100

fn

3 

O 

HI

5

N

8

M

6

N

M

2

2

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

5

10

4

Feet Sec.ft.

January 19

5.29

5.82

7.53

7.66

Jam

7.69

7.32

6.8

9,620

10,900

16,400

17,200

isry 20

17,200

15,700

14,000

January 25

4.16

4.71

4.71

6,460

8,070

8,070

January 26

4.55

4.39

Jam

4.19

4.0

7,800

7,230

lary 27

6,620

5,980

January 28

3.9

4.05

Jam

4.32

4.25

4.31

5,680

6,140

iery 29

6,930

6,780

6,930

i

N

M

N

11

2

6

H

3

N

M

8

6

N

M

6

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 30

4.15

4.0

6,460

5,980

January 31

3.9

4.22

5,680

6,620

February 1

4.39

4.33

4.47

7,230

7,080

7,380

February 9

3.51

4.11

5.75

Febm

5.79

5.44

4,500

6,300

10,900

lary 10

10,900

9,870

February 21

3.40

3.86

4,220

5,530

February 22

4.29

4.32

4.21

6,930

6,930

6,620
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 309 

Tennessee River at Knoxville, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°57'47", long. 83°54'27", at old pumping plant of city of Knoxville,

half a mile above Gay Street Bridge in Knoxville, Knox County, and 4 miles below

confluence of French Broad and Holston Rivers. Zero of gage is 797.68 feet above

mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). 

Drainage area.- 8,931 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths below

and tenths above 2.8 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 121,000 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 90,900 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 4 (gage height,

15797 feet).

1899-1936: Discharge observed, about 195,000 second-feet Mar. 1, 1902 (gage height,

36.4 feet).

1887-1936: Discharge observed, that of Mar. 1, 1902. 

Maximum stage known, 44.4 feet Mar. 10, 1867. 

Remarks.- Diurnal fluctuation during low stages caused by operation of water-power plants

above station.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3,580

4,540

4,540

4,540

4,850

5,870

13,100

20,200

19,400

15,000

Jan.

26,600

42,000

77,200

85,800

60,000

40,100

31,200

25,700

21 , 800

19,400

Feb.

31,200

32,600

28,400

24,400

21,800

19,800

19,800

22,700

42,900

61,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

12,200

11,400

11,400

9,670

8,960

8,960

7,700

7,700

10 , 900

17,900

Jan.

17,500

21,400

37,300

38,700

42,500

47,700

43,400

48,600

60,500

65,600

Feb.

59,500

45,300

31,200

26,200

23,100

21,400

19,800

18,600

17,900

17,500

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

2.7

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

21,000

18,600

14,100

11,700

10,400

9,190

8,960

10,400

13,600

15,900

19,800

1.49

Jan.

64,600

56,500

44,800

34,500

44,300

51,000

42,900

33,100

28,800

29,300

29,300

5.45

Feb.

17,100

17,500

20,200

20,200

20,600

20,200

18,300

16,700

3.06

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

0.17

.68

.69

.68

.85

1.23

3.0(3

4.73

4.48

3.41

Jan.

6.18

9.49

16.53

18.14

13.18

9.08

7.15

6.01

5.13

4.52

Feb.

7.25

7.46

6.63

5.73

5.07

4.60

4.56

5.29

9.68

13.42

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

2.79

2.66

2.66

2.30

2.16

2.13

1.84

1.85

2.54

4.13

Jan.

4.01

5.00

8.52

8.76

9.65

10.68

9.83

10.90

13.32

14.28

Feb.

13.09

10.15

V.23

6.06

5.40

5.03

4.60

4.31

4.07

3.97

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4.93

4.28

3.18

2.72

2.46

2.20

2.17

2.43

3.07

3.56

4.55

Jan.

14.14

12.46

10.12

7.92

10.01

11.36

9.68

7.62

6.66

6.79

6.82

Feb.

3.94

4.02

4.67

4.73

4.83

4.71

4.16

3.80

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1957

fn 

g

w

N

6

M

N

5

6

10

6

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

4

M

N

M

N

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

1.08

1.21

2.17

Dece

3.25

3.04

5,440

5,700

8,960

mber 7

14,100

13,100

December 8

4.60

4.60

5.03

19,800

19,800

21,400

December 9

4.48

4.62

4.02

19,400

19,800

17,500

December 10

3.41

3.03

15,000

13,100

December 19

2.44

3.50

Dece

4.16

4.10

5.00

10,400

15,400

mber 20

18,300

17,900

21,400

December 21

4.85

4.76

20,600

20,600

December 22

4.36 19,000

& 

ow

M

N

M

N

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

3

6

9

9

4

N

8

N

M

Feet

3.70

Dece

4.57

5.38

Janu

6.28

6.98

Sec. ft.

16,300

nber 31

19,800

23,100

ary 1

27,000

30,200

January 2

7.54

9.28

10.81

13.46

32,600

41,000

48,100

61,500

January 3

15.27

16.92

17.79

18.53

Janu

18.85

18.97

18.86

16.80

70,800

79,300

84,200

88,100

ary 4

89,800

90,900

90,300

78,800

January 5

15.21

13.03

11.21

70,300

59,000

50,100

January 6

9.03

7.83

39,600

34,000

fn

O

w

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

8

M

N

M

3

N

M

6

N

8

M

N

M

3

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

7.18

6.40

31,200

27,500

January 8

6.17

5.40

26,600

23.100

January 12

5.00

6.58

21,400

28,400

January 13

8.86

9.22

9.18

39,200

40,600

40,600

January 14

8.73

8.38

38,200

36,800

January 15

8.38

9.73

10.87

36,800

42,900

48,600

January 16

11.08

10.91

10.08

9.89

49,600

48,600

44,800

43,900

January 17

9.90

9.50

43,900

42,000

January 18

9.48 42,000

1U

1

N

M

6

2

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

11

N

M

4

N

M

N

Feet

11.20

12.70

Sec. ft.

50,100

57,500

January 19

13.27

13.55

13.10

60,500

62,000

59,500

January 20

14.63

14.57

67,200

67,200

January 21

14.22

13.35

65,100

61,000

January 22

12.51

11.30

56,500

50,500

January 23

10.14

8.79

44,800

38,700

January 24

7.84

7.20

Janua

9.98

11.77

34,000

31,200

ry 25

44,300

53,000

January 26

12.08

11.36

10.40

54,500

51,000

46,200

January 27

9.65 42,500

fc

§w

M

N

M

3

N

M

N

M

9

9

M

6

N

6

6

N

6

6

N

6

N

M

Feet

8.48

Janu

7.62

6.79

Febr

4.68

5.43

5.70

Febr

9.98

12.73

Sec.ft.

37,300

ary 28

33,100

29,300

uary 8

20,200

23,100

24,400

uary 9

44,300

57,500

February 10

13.68

13.19

13.27

62 , 500

60,000

60,500

February 11

13.38

13.22

12.80

61,000

60,000

58,000

February 12

11.17

10.16

9.17

Febr

7.70

7.17

6.76

Febr

6.09

5.57

50,100

45,300

40,600

uary 13

33,500

31,200

29,300

uary 14

26,200

23,900
310 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Tennessee Elver at London, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°44'33 I< , long. 84°19'56", at highway bridge at Loudon, Loudon County. 

Zero of gage is 726.29 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 12,220 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.5 and 4.8 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 151,000 second-feet; 

extended to creststage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 132,000 second-feet 1 to 6 a.m. Jan. 4; 

maximum gage height, 21.12 feet 3 a.m. Jan. 4.

1922-.36: Discharge, 169,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 1936 (gage height, 25.75 feet). 

1867-36: Discharge, 225,000 second-feet Mar. 5, 1917 (gage height, 32.9 feet, 

referred to present site and datum from 0. S. Weather Bureau gage 1,600 feet downstream). Flood of Mar. 10 or 11, 1867, reached stage of 49.7 feet, referred to 

present site and datum; that of Feb. 27, 1875, 42.7 feet; and that of Mar. 31, 1886, 

34.9 feet.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

7,300

7,090

7,740

8,180

8,180

8,620

19,400

29,300

27,400

23,500

Jan.

47,100

58,300

111,000

127,000

99,000

66,800

50,600

41,500

34,600

31,300

Feb.

48,500

47,800

44,300

38,700

34,000

31,300

30,600

34,000

53,400

93,400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

19,100

16,700

16,100

14,900

13,700

13,100

12,600

11,800

14,000

28,700

Jan.

27,400

30,600

56,900

59,700

59,700

75,400

64,600

70 , 400

98,300

96,800

Feb.

85,000

71,100

52,000

41 , 500

36,700

34,000

31,300

28,000

28,000

26,700

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

30,600

28,000

22,200

18,500

16,100

14,600

13,700

15,200

18,500

24,800

29,300

1.64

Jan.

93,800

82,700

68,900

54,800

63,200

82,000

66,800

54,100

45,700

43,600

43,600

6.11

Feb.

28,000

29,300

30,000

32,000

32,600

30,600

28,000

26,700

3.44

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.21

3.16

3.32

3.42

3.40

3.52

5.42

6.97

6.71

6.07

Jan.

9.58

11.20

18.42

20.52

16.81

12.37

10.07

8.79

7.84

7.28

Feb.

9.78

9.73

9.18

8.37

7.74

7.26

7.16

7.74

10.53

15.92

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

5.35

4.99

4.90

4.72

4.49

4.42

4.28

4.17

4.55

6.87

Jan.

6.70

7.17

10.95

11.45

11.42

13.64

12.07

12.92

16.66

16.48

Feb.

14.87

13.03

10.32

8.83

8.11

7.66

7.30

6.85

6.75

6.59

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

7.24

6.78

5.92

5.29

4.94

4.66

4.50

4.74

5.33

6.32

7.00

Jan.

16.10

14.63

12.73

10.67

11.94

14.46

12.45

10.58

9.35

9.08

9.12

Feb.

6.75

7.04

7.07

7.35

7.48

7.24

6.85

6.57

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

§W

N

4

M

N

10

M

6

2

9

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

9

3

H

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

December 6

3.46

3.46

4.00

Decei

5.16

7.00

7.00

Decen

6.84

7.09

6.96

Decen

6.68

6.50

Decen

6.05

5.69

8,400

8,400

11,000

iber 7

17,900

29,300

29,300

iber 8

28,000

30,000

29,300

iber 9

27,400

26,100

iber 10

22,900

21,000

December 19

4.46

5.52

Decen

7.09

7.40

Decen

7.19

7.30

7.07

Decen

6.80

6.46

13,400

19,800

iber 20

30,000

32,000

iber 21

30,600

31,300

30,000

ber 22

28,000

26,100

I

1

N

M

H

M

9

N

M

6

3

M

H

8

M

1

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

December 30

5.92

6.40

6.46

Dece

6.86

8.47

Janu

9.79

9.82

9.66

22,200

25,400

26,100

nber 31

28,700

39,400

sry 1

48,500

48,500

47,800

January 2

9.78

11.33

14.62

Janu

18.41

20.65

21.05

48,500

59,000

82,700

ary 3

111,000

128,000

131,000

"January 4

21.09

21.07

20.70

19.15

Janu

16.87

14.25

Janu

12.24

11.01

132,000

132,000

129,000

117,000

ary 5

99,800

79,800

ary 6

65,300

56,900

SH 

g

w

N

M

N

M

H

M

N

9

M

N

M

N

M

8

N

M

N

M

6

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 7

9.95

9.40

49,900

45,700

January 8

8.70

8.37

Janu

6.90

8.65

40,800

38,700

sry 12

28,700

40,100

Janupry 13

11.23

12.13

12.15

58,300

64,600

65,300

January 14

11.49

10.62

60,400

54,100

January 15

11.14

13.16

57,600

72,500

January 16

13.90

13.90

12.95

77,600

77,600

71,100

January 17

11.90

11.85

63,200

62,500

Janus ry 18

11.86

12.58

15.30

63,200

68,200

87,800

SH 

§

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

H

M

N

M

8

N

M

W

M

H

Feet

Janu

17.02

16.75

Sec.ft.

iry 19

100,000

99,000

January 20

16.35

16.50

96,100

96,800

January 21

16.14

15.51

93,800

89,400

January 22

14.60

13.73

Janu

12.73

11.67

Janui

10.65

10.16

82,700

76,100

ary 23

68,900

61,800

ary 24

54,100

51,300

January 25

11.77

14.11

62,500

79,000

January 26

14.73

14.72

13.59

Janu

12.42

11.49

Janu!

10.54

83,500

83,500

75,400

ary 27

66,800

60,400

iry 28

53,400

SH 

g

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

4

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

9.80

Febr

6.99

7.61

Febr

7.69

7.87

Febr10.10

14.36

Febr16.30

16.35

15.76

Sec.ft.

48,500

uary 7

29,300

33,300

uary 8

34,000

35,300

uary 9

50,600

81,300

uary 10

95,300

96,100

91,600

February 11

14.80

14.18

Febr13.11

11.59

Febr10.24

9.26

84,200

79,800

nary 12

71,800

61,100

uary 13

51,300

45,000

February 14

8.76

8.51

41,500

39,400

February 15

7.99

7.80

36,000

34,600
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 311

Tennessee River at Breedenton, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°32'47 n , long. 84°48'02 n , at Breedenton, Meigs County, ij miles below 

mouth of Sewee Creek and Z\ miles north of Decatur. Zero of gage is 666.24 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 17,450 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge re'latlon.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 160,000 second-feet 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 4; 

maxi-num gage height, 23.22 feet noon Jan. 4.

1934-36: Discharge, 205,000 second-feet Mar. 29, 1936 (gage heighi,, 27.70 feet).

Remarks.- Plow affected by storage in Norris Reservoir. (See p. 327.)

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

13,500

15,400

15,400

16,900

15,400

19,600

53,700

53,700

40,500

32,700

Jan.

61,500

93,600

148,000

159,000

142,000

102,000

69,600

55,100

46,100

39,900

Feb.

56,500

63,000

67,400

63,000

57,900

57 , 200

55,800

56 , 500

94,100

128,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

26,500

21,300

19,600

18,500

16,900

15,400

15,900

15,400

16,400

23,600

Jan.

35,900

35,300

56,500

78,800

83,600

99,600

93,600

97,900

121,000

126,000

- Feb.

118,000

110,000

101,000

84,400

77,200

75,700

71,900

71,200

71,200

64,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

37,200

35,900

31,500

25,300

20,700

18,000

16,400

18,500

30,200

35,300

46,700

oc o'zn

Jan.

117,000

106,000

92,000

81,200

97,900

115,000

99,600'

75,700

62,200

55,100

53,000

Feb.

57,200

55,100

48,800

40,500

43,900

48,100

46,000

44,600

aeandaily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

4.22

4.59

4.57

4.88

4.62

5.38

10.72

10.68

8.75

7.56

Jan.

11.78

15.84

22.00

23.06

21.32

16.86

12.88

10.88

9.61

8.66

Feb.

11.08

12.05

12.56

12.03

11.29

11.18

11.02

11.10

15.92

19.80

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

6.55

5.74

5.36

5.19

4.91

4.59

4.70

4.59

4.76

6.09

Jan.

8.09

7.99

11.08

14.08

14.69

16.65

15.92

16.41

19.13

19.61

Feb.

18.72

17.79

16.78

14.80

13.88

13.74

13.20

13.14

13.13

12.15

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

8.30

8.12

7.38

6.39

5.58

5.12

4.81

5.21

7.24

7.95

9.67

Jan.

18.63

17.38

15.67

14.38

16.42

18.38

16.63

13.73

11.90

10.90

10.65

Feb.

11.16

10.91

10.04

8.76

9.34

9.91

9.65

9.42

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

SH

§

M

N

4

M

7

4

M

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

4

H

8

4

N

8

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 5

4.39 14,400

4.26 14,000

4.81 16,400

December 6

5.20 18,500

5.23 18,500

6.95 29,000

December 7

11.61 60,000

12.25 64,400

11.76 61,500

December 8

10.75 54,400

9.57 46,000

December 9

8.69 39,900

8.10 35,900

December 20

5.06 18,000

5.92 22,400

7.23 30,200

December 21

8.11 35,900

8.39 37,900

8.36 37,900

December 22

8.13 35,900

7.78 34,000

December 23

7.38 31,500

6.91 28,400

December 24

6.31 24,700

6.01 23,000

&

0

K

4

N

8

6

4

M

N

M

4

N

8

N

M

4

N

8

4

N

8

8

N

4

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 28

4.74 15,900

5.11 18,000

5.83 21,800

December 29

6.70 27,100

7.71 33,400

7.86 34,700

December 30

7.93 34,700

8.24 36,600

December 31

8.54 38,500

9.83 47,400

10.65 53,000

January 1

11.77 61,500

12.51 66,700

January 2

12.92 69,600

15.54 90,200

18.97 120,000

January 3

21.20 141,000

22.21 150,000

22.66 155,000

January 4

23.16 160,000

23.22 160,000

23.16 160,000

January 5

21.42 143,000

19.36 124,000

January 6

16.80 101,000

14.44 81,200

M1

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

3

3

M

N

6

M

N

M

4

N

M

N

M

6

6

Feet Sec. ft.

January 7

12.82 68,900

11.63 60,000

January 8

10.87 55,100

10.16 50,200

January 12

7.88 34,700

8.75 40,500

January 13

11.10 56,500

13.52 74,200

January 14

14.25 79,600

13.85 76,500

January 15

13.87 77,200

14.83 84,400

16.03 94,500

January 16

16.79 101,000

16.91 102,000

16.73 100,000

January 17

15.92 93,600

15.21 87,700

January 18

15.30 88,600

16.38 97,900

17.94 111,000

January 19

19.23 122,000

19.93 129,000

January 20

19.91 129,000

19.32 123,000

SH

o

K

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

9

6

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

9

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 21

18.65 117,000

18.11 112,000

January 22

17.41 106,000

16.52 98,800

January 23

15.65 91,100

14.96 86,000

January 24

14.41 81,200

13.75 76,500

January 25

15.31 88,600

17.74 109,000

18.19 113,000

January 26

18.54 116,000

18.14 112,000

January 27

16.64 99,600

14.97 86,000

January 28

13.69 75,700

12.66 68,100

January 29

11.85 61,500

11.27 57,900

February 8

11.04 55,800

11.14 56,500

11.95 63,000

February 9

16.19 96,200

18.37 115,000

fH 

g

M

6

N

6

M

N

8

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

February 10

19.39 124,000

20.09 130,000

20.29 132,000

20.01 130,000

February 11

18.65 117,000

17.81 110,000

17.69 109,000

February 12

17.86 111,000

17.71 109,000

February 13

16.82 101,000

15.68 92,000

February 14

14.72 83,600

14.11 78,800

February 15

13.84 76,500

13.80 76,500

February 16

13.75 76,500

13.70 75,700

February 17

13.07 71,200

13.01 70,400

February 23

10.09 49,500

9.09 42,500

February 24

8.69 39,900

8. .67 39,900

February 25

9.35 44,600

10.02 48,800
FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°05'25", long. 85°18'24", at Walnut Street Bridge at Chattanooga,

Hamilton County, 3f miles above mouth of Chattanooga Creek and 4 miles below mouth

of Chickamauga Creek. Zero of gage is 621.12 feet above mean sea level (general

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 21,390 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope subsequent to Jan. 1; slope

determined by use of auxiliary gage 3.4 miles upstream. Base rating curve defined

by current-meter measurements to 259,000 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1957: Discharge, 204,000 second-feet 6 p.m. Jan. 4 to 1 a.m.

Jan. 5; maximum gage height, 52.96 feet 11 p.m. Jan. 4.

1874-1956: Discharge observed, about 410,000 second-feet Mar. 1, 1875, from

rating curve extended above 250,000 second-feet (gage height, 55.8 feet).

1867-1956: Discharge, about 459,000 second-feet Mar. 11, 1867 (gage height, 57.9

feet). 

Remarks.- Chattanooga recorder graph furnished by TJ. S. Weather Bureau. Plow affected

by operations at Hales Bar Lock and Dam, 53 miles downstream, and by storage in

Horris Reservoir. (See p. 327.)

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Pec.

16,100

16,000

17,800

17,700

18,700

18,100

37,800

69,500

57,200

45,200

Jan.

77,100

110,000

176,000

199,000

197,000

166,000

113,000

80 , 600

65,700

54,500

Peb.

68,900

75,200

78,900

77,400

73,700

68,600

67,000

65,500

96,600

147,000

Day

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

56,000

30,400

25,900

23,100

22,500

20,700

19,300

19,700

23,200

31,700

Jan.

47,600

45,700

61,400

90,400

106,000

122,000

127,000

122,000

147,000

160,000

Fob.

150,000

134,000

125,000

112,000

94,800

89,200

87,300

82,600

81,900

80,200

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

42,400

47,100

43,000

56,000

28,600

24,000

21,400

20,900

29,900

42,000

58 , 100

Jan.

155,000

140,000

124,000

109,000

120,000

145,000

139,000

112,000

88,700

73,300

66,400

Peb.

72,200

68,000

64,900

55,000

51,300

58,600

56,600

54,500

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

7.09

7.11

7.54

7.50

7.45

7.40

10.56

16.09

14.95

12.94

Jan.

17.25

21.57

29.75

52.62

32.39

29.02

23.20

18.25

15.60

14.05

Feb.

15.97

16.77

17.50

17.42

16.52

15.78

15.56

15.55

18.80

25.50

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

11.72

10.77

9.86

9.23

8.91

8.51

8.11

8.13

8.68

10.38

Jan.

12.88

12.49

14.43

18.50

21.08

23.46

24.01

25.84

26.82

28.62

Feb.

27.43

25.54

24.18

22.19

19.99

19.03

18.58

17.92

17.85

17.56

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Dec.

12.24

13.11

12.60

11.64

10.32

9.50

8.60

8.59

9.81

12.14

14.64

Jan.

28.05

26.28

24.03

21.84

23.27

26.56

26.36

25.06

19.48

17.02

15.82

Feb.

16.60

15.92

15.44

14.24

13.47

14.17

14.18

13.95

Gage height, in feet, at Indicated time, December 1936 to February 1957

Hour ] Peet

Dec. 6

H 7.25

M 7.96

Dec. 7

N 10.14

M 14.50

Dec. 8

N 16.50

M 16.05

Dec. 9

N 15.00

M 13.77

Dec. 19

4 8.24

N 8.68

M 9.43

Dec. 20

N 10.38

M 11.25

Dec. 21

N 12.27

M 13.04

Dec. 22

N 15.17

M 12.94

Dec. 25

N 12.62

M 12.15

Dec. 24

N 11.66

M 11.02

Dec. 29

N 9.74

Hour 1 Peet

M 11.16

Dec. 50

N 12.22

M 12.77

Dec. 51

N 15.50

M 15.95

Jan. 1

N 17.28

M 18.47

Jan. 2

N 20.90

M 26.21

Jan. 3

N 30.08

M 51.84

Jan. 4

N 52.72

11 32.96

Jan. 5

N 32.52

M 51.29

Jan. 6

N 29.15

M 26.30

Jan. 7

N 23.21

M 20.37

Jan. 8

N 18.16

M 16.59

Jan. 9

N 15.58

Hour Peet

M 14.69

Jan. 10

H 14.00

M 13.40

Jan. 11

N 12.86

M 12.48

Jan. 12

N 12.42

M 12.85

Jan. 13

N 14.35

M 16.56

Jan. 14

N 18.76

M 19.87

Jan. 15

N 21.08

M 22.42

Jan. 16

N 25.57

M 24.18

Jan. 17

6 24.20

N 24.10

M 25.51

Jan. 18

6 25.20

N 25.40

M 25.16

Jan. 19

N 26.91

M 28.09

Hour 1 Peet

Jan. 20

N 28.74

6 28.80

M 28.67

Jan. 21

N 28.05

M 27.28

Jan. 22

N 26.52

M 25.21

Jan. 25

N 24.07

M 22.85

Jan. 24

N 21.80

10 21.17

M 21.27

Jan. 25

6 21.99

N 25.27

M 25.59

Jan. 26

N 26.72

9 27.06

M 27.04

Jan. 27

6 26.86

N 26 . 52

M 25.06

Jan. 28

N 23.06

M 21.10

Hour Feet

Jan. 29

N 19.46

M 18.01

Jan. 30

N 17.02

M 16.16

Jan. 51

N 15.82

8 15.68

M 15.75

Peb. 1

N 15.97

M 16.16

Peb. 2

N 16.75

H 17.05

Peb. 5

N 17.51

H 17.50

Feb. 4

N 17.48

M 17.10

Peb. 5

N 16.52

M 15.97

Peb. 6

N 15.78

M 15.66

Peb. 7

N 15.56

M 15.48

Peb. 8

N 15.52

Hour Peet

M 15.62

Feb. 9

6 16.56

N 18.64

M 25.00

Feb. 10

N 25.65

M 27.54

Peb. 11

6 27.65

9 27.70

H 27.65

M 26.68

Peb. 12

N 25.43

M 24.74

Peb. 13

N 24.28

M 25.37

Peb. 14

N 22.20

M 20.96

Feb. 15

M 19.93

M 19.32

Peb. 16

H 19.04

M 18.79

Peb. 17

N 18.68

M 18.14

Peb. 18

5 17.93

Hour Peet

If 17.88

M 17.84

Feb. 19

N 17.85

M 17.83

Peb. 20

H 17.60

M 17.07

Feb. 21

H 16.59

M 16.26

Peb. 22

N 15.88

M 15.67

Peb. 23

H 15.54

M 14.95

Peb. 24

N 14.14

M 15.54

Feb. 25

H 15.55

M 13.58

Peb. 26

N 14.22

4 14.36

M 14.33

Feb. 27

H 14.10

M 14.00

Peb. 28

H 13.92

M 13.69
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°01'43", long. 85°32'48", at bridge on U. S. Highways 41 and 64,

ij- miles "below Hales Bar Lock and Dam, Marion County, 5^ miles southeast of Jasper, 

7 miles above mouth of Sequatchie River, and 34J- miles "below Chattanooga. Zero of 

gage is 588.63 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 21,790 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined "by current-meter measurements to 830,000 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 209,000 second-feet 6 to 8 a.m. Jan. 5 (gage 

TieTght, 28.39 feet).

1930-36: Discharge, 264,000 second-feet Dec. 31, 1932, Jan. 1, 1933; maximum gage 

height, 31.2 feet Dec. 31, 1932, Jan. 1, 1933, Mar. 30, 1936.

1867-1936: Discharge, 345,000 second-feet Mar. 8, 1917, from rating curve extended about 261,000 second-feet (gage height, 37.4 feet). Flood of Mar. 11, 1867, 

reached a stage of 44.6 feet.

Remarks.- Flow affected by regulation at Hales Bar Lock and Dam and by storage in 

Norris Reservoir. (See p. 327.)

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

16 , 400

16,400

18,000

18,000

19,300

18,900

28,800

64,100

64,800

49,000

Jan.

75,200

108,000

174,000

205,000

207,000

187,000

147,000

100,000

72,900

60,500

Feb.

70,600

74,400

78,200

79,800

75,200

69,900

67,700

67,700

84,600

134,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

39,500

33,300

27,800

24,800

23,300

22,400

20,200

20,600

22,400

28,300

Jan.

53,000

49,600

59,100

83,800

108,000

125,000

133,000

132,000

149,000

166,000

Feb.

157,000

148,000

134,000

120,000

102,000

91,800

88,600

83,800

82,200

81,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches . ...........................................

Dec.

39,500

47,100

45,200

39,500

32,200

26,700

24,300

22,900

26,200

38,800

55,000

1.66

Jan.

167,000

155,000

139,000

120,000

127,000

151,000

156,000

137,000

105,000

83,000

71,400

-i QQ QOO

6.50

Feb.

76,000

71 , 400

68,400

61,900

55,700

57,800

59,800

57,800

4.09

Mean daily gage height,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

4.33

4.26

4.73

4.66

4.99

4.93

7.05

12.47

12.57

10.30

Jan.

14.05

18.01

25.11

27.95

28.22

26.42

22.30

17.11

13.69

12.00

Feb.

13.40

13.86

14.44

14.64

14.04

13.30

13.04

12.98

15.18

20.87

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

8.80

7.79

6.80

6.22

5.90

5.69

5.19

5.27

5.72

6.93

Jan.

10.87

10.40

11.81

15.11

17.95

19.94

20.85

20.70

22.55

24.30

Feb.

23.40

22.46

20.92

19.31

17.30

16.09

15.69

15.11

14.91

14.79

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

8.80

10.00

9.70

8.84

7.64

6.56

6.10

5.78

6.49

8.74

11.15

Jan.

24.42

23.20'

21.39

19.29

20.08

22.75

23.30

21.18

17.73

14.97

13.52

Feb.

14.11

13.54

13.09

12.19

11.27

11.59

11.87

11.60

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

gM

3

N

M

N

M

N

9

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

H

N

M

6

6

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

5.08

4.67

5.60

Dece

6.70

9.69

Dece

12.94

13.50

Dece

12.62

11.39

Dece

10.27

9.43

Dece

8.80

8.30

Dece

7.77

7.35

Dece

5.76

6.20

Dece

6.87

7.90

Dece

8.30

9.30

19 , 700

18,000

22,000

mber 7

27,300

45,200

mber 8

67,000

71,400

mber 9

64,800

56,400

mbe r 10

49,000

43,200

mber 11

39,500

36,400

mber 12

33,300

31,000

mber 19

22,900

24,800

mber 20

28,300

33,900

mber 21

36,400

42,600

m

6

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

8

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 29

6.04

6.89

23,800

28 , 300

December 30

8.84

9.68

39,500

45,200

December 31

11.14

12.80

54,400

66,200

January 1

14.04

15.33

75,200

85,400

J&nua ry 2

17.65

22.00

105,000

144,000

January 3

25.39

26.96

177,000

194,000

January 4

28.02

28.30

205,000

208,000

January 5

28.39

28.39

28.29

27.71

Janu

26.55

24.74

209,000

209,000

208,000

202,000

ary 6

190,000

170,000

January 7

22.36

19.64

148,000

122,000

I

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

Jt

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 8

17.07

14.92

100,000

82,200

January 9

13.70

12.73

72,900

65,500

January 10

11.96

11.40

60,500

56,400

January 11

10.86

10.43

53,000

49,600

January 12

10.30

10.72

49,000

51,600

January 13

11.74

13.29

58,400

69,900

January 14

15.20

16.70

84,600

97,000

January 15

17.98

19.08

108,000

118,000

January 16

20.00 .126,000

20.65 131,000

Janu

20.95

20.71

ary 17

135,000

132,000

January 18

20.61

21.28

131,000

138,000

|

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

10

N

M

N

M

N,

M

N

M

N

-Feet Sec. ft.

January 19

22.62

23.67

Janus

24.37

24.70

149,000

160,000

ry 20

167,000

170,000

January 21

24.45

23.98

Januf

23.25

22.31

Janus

21.45

20.26

Janus

19.16

18.60

167,000

163,000

iry 22

155,000

147,000

iry 23

139,000

129,000

iry 24

119,000

113,000

January 25

20.00

21.62

126,000

140,000

January 26

22.90

23.44

Janu

23.43

22.61

Janu

21.21

19.48

Janu

17.66

152,000

157,000

iry 27

157,000

149,000

iry 28

137,000

122,000

iry 29

105,000

gm

M

6

N

M

N

M

3p

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet

16.06

Sec. ft.

91,800

February 9

13.60

14.78

18.51

72,200

81,400

112,000

February 10

21.00

22.74

135,000

150,000

February 11

23.60

23.36

159,000

157,000

February 12

22.45

21.55

148,000

140,000

February 13

20.95

20.30

135,000

129,000

February 14

19.34

18.23

120,000

110,000

February 15

17.23

16.51

101,000

95,200

February 16

16.04

15.86

91,000

90,200

February 25

11.21

11.19

55,000

55,000

February 26

11.60

11.97

57,800

60,500
314 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Tennessee River near Scottsboro, Ala.

Location.- Lat. 34°38<20 1', long. 85°58'30", at bridge on State Highway 35, 4 miles southeast of Scottsboro, Jackson County, l| miles below mouth of Johnson Creek, and 4 miles 

above mouth of Roseberry Creek. Zero of gage is 568.79 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 23,430 square miles (revised).

Sage-height record'.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changing stage. Base rating curve defined by 

current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 215,000 second-feet 6 and 7:30 

a.m. Jan. 6 (gage height, 24.40 feet).

1935-36: Discharge observed, 247,000 second-feet Mar. 31, 1936 (gage height, 26.30 

feet).

Remarks.- F_low affected by storage in Norris Reservoir. (See p. 327.)

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

16,700

16,700

17,700

18,200

18,200

20,200

27,800

58,300

74,600

56,800

Jan.

77,000

107,000

176,000

197,000

211,000

215,000

188,000

137,000

93,000

70,300

Peb.

74,600

74,600

77,700

79,200

77,700

69,600

68,400

69,200

82,600

122,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

44,400

36,800

30,700

27,500

25,200

24,600

22,400

21,300

22,400

29,200

Jan.

58,100

52,700

59 , 500

78,700

106,000

124,000

132,000

138,000

147,000

162,000

Feb.

145,000

152,000

140,000

128,000

110,000

96,000

90,400

87,200

83,200

82,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

38,800

47,100

47,000

42 , 400

36 , 500

29,300

26,900

24,600

26,300

35,500

55,200

Jan.

171,000

169,000

154,000

136,000

140,000

153,000

161,000

153,000

126,008

96,300

78,500

~\ "^n or\r\

Feb.

79,200

73,500

68,500

64,400

57,400

56,400

59 , 400

59,400

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.50

2.50

2.70

2.82

2.82

3.22

4.34

8.45

11.15

9.20

Jan.

11.15

14.45

21.25

23.10

24.05

24.35

23.05

19.65

14.65

11.05

Feb.

11.15

11.15

11.55

11.80

11.60

10.75

10.40

10.50

11.85

16.00

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

7.28

6.15

5.18

4.52

4.12

3.95

3.58

3.35

3.65

4.65

Jan.

9.20

8.30

8.90

11.20

14.55

16.85

18.05

18.55

19.15

20.65

Feb.

19.05

19.90

19.10

17.80

15.95

14.10

13.20

12.75

12.30

12.15

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6.15

7.35

7.50

6.97

6.10

4.95

4.38

4.05

4.18

5.55

8.20

Jan.

21.50

21.50

20.45

18.70

18.50

19.80

20.70

20.30

18.25

14.70

12.10

Feb.

11.85

11.25

10.60

10.05

9.10

8.75

9.25

9.20

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, December 1936 to February 1937

Hour | Feet

Dec. 6

8 3.30

3:45 3.15

Dec. 7

6:45 3.72

3:45 4.95

Dec. 8

6 *6.90

4:30 10.00

Dec. 9

6:15 11.10

4:15 11.20

Dec. 10

6:15 9.90

3:45 8.50

Dec. 11

7:30 7.40

3:45 7.15

Dec. 30

6 5.20

3 5.90

Dec. 31

6 7.50

4 8.90

Jan. 1

6 10.50

4 11.80

Jan. 2

7:30 13.70

4 15.20

Jan. 3

7:30 20.40

Hour

5

Feet

22.10

Jan. 4

6

4

Jai

6

4

Jai

6

7:30

4

22.90

23.30

i. 5

23.90

24.20

i. 6

24.40

24.40

24.30

Jan. 7

6

4

Jar

6

4:30

23.60

22.50

i. 8

20.80

18.50

Jan. 9

6

5

15.80

13.50

Jan. 10

6:30

4:30

11.60

10.50

Jan. 11

6

5

9.50

8.90

Jan. 12

5:30

2

8.40

8.20

Jan. 13

6

4

8.50

9.30

Hour Feot

Jan. 14

5:30

5:45

10.40

12.00

Jan. 15

6:30

5

13.90

15.00

Jan. 16

6

4

Jai

8

3

16.50

17.20

i. 17

17.90

18.20

Jan. 18

6

5

#18.50

18.60

Jan. 19

5:30

4

#18.80

#19.50

Jan. 20

5:30

4

20.30

21.00

Jan. 21

6

5

Jar

5:30

2

21.40

21.60

i. 22

21.60

21.40

Jan. 23

7

3

Jar

6:30

5

20.70

20.20

i. 24

19.10

18.30

Hour Feet

Jan. 25

5:45

5

18.30

18.70

Jan. 26

5:45

3:45

19 .'50

20.00

Jan. 27

5:30

5

Jar

5:30

5

20.60

20.80

. 28

20.70

19.90

Jan. 29

6

5

18.80

17.70

Jan. 30

8

4

15.20

14.20

Jan. 31

8

2:30

#12.40

11.80

Peb. 1

6

2:30

Feb

8

4:30

11.20

11.10

. 2

11.10

11.20

Feb. 3

6

4

Peb

6

4

11.50

11.60

. 4

11.80

11.80

Hour Feet

Feb. 5

6

4:30

11.70

11.50

Peb. 6

7:30

4

10.90

10.60

Feb. 7

8

4

Pet

7

2:30

10.40

10.40

. 8

10.30

10.20

Feb. 9

8

5

11.20

12.50

Feb. 10

7:30

4

15.40

16.60

Feb. 11

6

5

18.60

19.50

Feb. 12

6

4

Peb

8

4

Feb

8

4:30

Peb

6

4

19.90

19.90

. 13

19.30

18.90

. 14

18.10

17.50

. 15

16.40

15.50

Hour 1 Feet

Feb. 16

6 14.40

4 13.80

Feb. 17

7 #13.30

4 #13.10

Feb. 18

6 #12.90

4 #12.60

Feb. 19

6 #12.30

2 #12.30

Feb. 20

7 #12.20

8 #12.10

Fe.b. 21

8 11.90

4 11.80

Feb. 22

6 11.40

5 11.10

Feb. 23

7 10.70

4 10.50

Peb. 24

6 10.20

4 9.90

Feb. 25

6 9.30

5 8.90

Feb. 26

7 8.70

4 8.80

#0bserved reading corrected by comparison with stages at Widows Bar and Guntersville
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 315

Tennessee River at Guntersville, Ala.

Location.- Lat. 34°22'23", long. 86°17'221', In BEi sec. 2, T. 8 S., R. 3 E., at bridge 

on U. S. Highway 241 at mouth of Big Spring Creek at Guntersville. Zero of gage Is 

546.31 feet above mean sea.level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 24,330 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 2 a.m. Jan 10 to 3 

p.m. Jan.14, 8 a.m. Jan. 18 to 8 a.m. Jan. 19, when gage heights were determined 

from graph based on partial record and daily gage readings. Gage heights used to 

tenths..

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope; slope determined by use of 

auxiliary gage at Guntersville Dam, 8.9 miles downstream, for period Dec. 1-10 and 

recording gage 8.3 miles downstream for period Dec. 31 to Feb. 28. Base rating 

curve defined to 236,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements; extended to 

crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 210,000 second-feet '1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jan 6; 

maximum gage height, 31.94 feet 11 p.m. Jan. 6.

1930-36: Discharge, 260,000 second-feet Apr. 2, 1936 (gage height, 35.53 feet). 

1904-36: Discharge, about 350,000 second-feet Mar. 10, 1917 (gage height, 39.4 

feet, on TJ. S. Weather Bureau gage, 1,200 feet downstream.

Flood of Mar. 13 or 14, 1867, reached stage of 48.0 feet (Weather Bureau gage).

Remarks.- Gage-height records at auxiliary gages furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority. Flow affected by storage in Horrls Reservoir. (See p. 327.)

Mean dally discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

18,100

17,200

17,100

19,000

18,900

20,600

23,500

44,000

72,500

66,000

Jan.

71,500

103,000

159,000

180,000

198,000

209,000

202,000

172,000

128,000

87,800

Feb.

79,400

78,700

80,600

83,300

81,500

75,600

72,400

70,600

92,000

117,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

51,400

41,900

35,700

29,800

27,200

25,400

23,800

21,700

22,600

26,300

Jan.

66,000

59,300

61, 600

75,400

104,000

125,000

134,000

138,000

149,000

159,000

Feb.

140,000

151,000

148,000

138,000

121,000

106,000

95,100

89,800

85,300

84,800

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec,

33,600

44,200

49,300

46,000

40,300

32,400

27,500

25,500

24,100

29,800

51,700

Jan.

166,000

170,000

164,000

148,000

148,000

152,000

158,000

160,000

144,000

114,000

90,200

Feb.

86,500

81,200

76,100

71,700

64,000

60,400

63,800

64,800

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

4.80

4.64

4.64

5.00

5.00

5.34

6.31

10.32

15.24

14.75

Jan.

16.25

20.75

27.17

29.58

30.95

31.78

31.64

29.81

25.92

21.0

Feb.

18.94

18.18

18.05

18.30

18.12

17.03

15.96

15.28

17.97

21.70

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

12.62

10.93

9.66

8.64

7.96

7.58

7.50

7.07

7.54

8.43

Jan.

17.0

14.8

14.4

16.18

20,22

23.11

24.48

25.50

26.55

27.55

Feb.

24.62

26.11

26.20

25.37

23.62

21.47

19.47

18.36

17.53

17.22

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

9.86

11.64

12.64

12.64

12.23

11.45

10.76

10.16

9.54

9.88

12.95

Jan.

28.45

28.91

28.62

27.52

27.52

27.91

28.33

28.38

27.23

24.43

21.03

Feb.

17.49

17.08

16.21

15.46

14.43

13.57

13.77

14.14

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, December 1936 to February 1937

Hour 1 Feet

Dec. 7

N 6.03

M 7-62

Dec. 8

K 10.08

M 13.65

Dec. 9

8 15.11

4 15.70

M 15.63

De c . 10

K 14.83

M 13.65

Dec. 11

N 12.61

M 11-64

Dec. 12

K 10.93

M 10.24

Dec. 13

K 9.66

M 9.07

Dec. 14

N 8.59

M 8.29

Dec. 19

N 7.54

M 8.04

Dec. 20

N 8.39

M 9.00

Dec. 21

N 9.84

M 10.75

Hour Feet

Dec. 22

N 11.67

M 12.40

Dec. 30

8 9.61

4 9.92

M 10.92

Dec. 31

N 12.94

M 14.67

Jan. 1

H 16.23

M 17.95

Jan. 2

N 20.38

M 24.58

Jan. 3

N 27.45

M 28.71

Jan. 4

H 29.63

M 30.37

Jan. 5

N 31.00

M 31.50

Jan. 6

6 31.70

1 31.87

11 31.94

Jan. 7

1 31.93

6 31.89

N 31.74

M 31.09

Hour Feet

Jan. 8

8 30.39

4 29.40

M 28.18

Jan. 9

N 25.97

M 23.52

Jan. 10

N 21.02

M 18.7

Jan. 11

N 16.9

M 15.6

Jan. 12

N 14.69

M 14.33

Jan. 13

N 14.5

M 15.1

Jan. 14

N 16.1

M 17.60

Jan. 15

N 20.45

M 22.22

Jan. 16

N 23.16

M 23.88

Jan. 17

N 24.54

M 24.98

Jan. 18

M 25.50

M 26.05

Hour Feet

Jan. 23

N

M

Jai

N

9

M

28.67

28.15

i. 24

27.49

27.03

27.13

Jan. 25

N

M

Jar

N

M

Jai

N

M

Jai

N

M

Jai

N

M

Pel

N

M

Pel

N

M

Pel

N

M

27.58

27.73

i. 28

28.43

28.10

i. 29

27.32

26.11

i. 30

24.45

22.65

i. 31

20.95

19.73

3. 2

18.14

18.00

3. 4

18.28

18.40

3. 5

18.16

17.65

Feb. 6

N

M

17.03

16.40

Hour Feet

Feb. 7

N

M

Fe

N

10

M

15.94

15.55

b. 8

15.21

15.10

15.56

Feb. 9

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

18.14

19.81

b. 10

21.71

23.38

b. 11

24.67

25.59

b. 12

26.18

25.40

b. 13

26.26

25.90

b. 14

25.42

24.65

b. 15

23.66

22.56

b. 16

21.48

20.31

Feb. 17

N

M

19.43

18.81

Hour Feet

Feb. 18

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

18.39

17.88

b. 19

17.51

17.30

b. 20

17.20

17.26

Feb. 21

8

4

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

Fe

N

M

17.49

17.70

17.52

b. 22

17.05

16.66

b. 23

16.19

15.86

b. 24

15.52

14.94

b. 25

14.44

13.86

b. 26

13.51

13.49

b. 27

13.76

14.10

Feb. 28

N

M

14.19

14.04
316 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Wheeler Reservoir at Wheeler Dam, Ala.

Location.- Lat. 34°47'52", long. 87°22'52", In SW-| sec. 16, T. 3 S. , R. 8 w., at Wheeler 

Dam, Lawrence County, 0.9 mile above Big Nance Creek, 9.0 miles below Elk River, and 

14.7 miles above Wilson Dam. Zero of gage is 0.31 foot above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2y,590 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage indicator. Table gives midnight readings used to 

hundredths.

Remarks.- Fixed crest of spillway is at gage height 541.00 feet; Tainter gates raise 

effective crest to gage height 556.00 feet. Dead storage, 32,670,000,000 cubic 

feet, below gage height 550.00 feet; total storage capacity, 54,890,000,000 cubic 

feet at gage height 558.00 feet. Capacity tables for level storage computed from 

drawing by Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army, dated Aug. 29, 1932, modified for area of 

69,016 acres below 556 contour as determined by Tennessee Valley Authority Survey. 

Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

542.09

542.13

542.20

542.26

542.29

543.25

546.63

548.84

549.86

550 . 57

550.49

550.06

549.99

549.80

549 . 42

549.90

549.65

549.94

550.50

551.25

551.87

552.53

553.53

554.26

554.67

554.78

554.28

553.43

552.63

551.97

552.22

Millions of

cubic feet

19,030

19,090

19,180

19,270

19,310

20,670

26,260

30,470

32,670

34,290

34,110

33,110

32,950

32,540

31,710

32,760

32,210

32,840

34,130

35,890

37,400

39,090

41,730

43,730

44,890

45,200

43,790

41,460

39,340

37,650

38,290

January

Feet

553.23

554.07

553.82

554.27

554.44

554.69

554.62

555.05

554.81

553.23

552.18

550.79

550.03

550.04

550.01

550.12

550.64

550.75

551.12

552.43

553 . 63

554.35

555.28

555.92

556.00

555.67

555.49

555.26

555.04

S54.66

554.41

Millions of

cubic feet

40,920

43,190

42,510

43,760

44,240

44,950

44,V50

45,970

45,280

40 , 920

38,180

34,800

33,040

33,070

33,000

33,250

34,450

34,700

35,580

38,830

42,000

43,980

46,650

48,550

48,790

47,810

47,280

46,600

45,940

44,860

44,150

February

Feet

554.16

554.06

554.04

553.33

551.67

549.57

547.14

547.14

547.14

547.62

547.94

548.15

548.19

548.19

547.77

547.48

547.08

547.03

547.04

547.07

547.18

547.15

547.13

547.01

547.02

547.01

547.03

547.06

Millions of

cubic feet

43,450

43,160

43,110

41,190

36,920

32,040

27,180

27,180

27,180

28,080

28,680

29,090

29,170

29 , 170

28,360

27,820

27,070

26,980

26,990

27,050

27,260

27,200

27,160

26,940

26,960

26,940

26,980

27,030

December January February

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet.. +7,232 +2,189 -7,076
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 317 

Wilson Reservoir at Wilson Dam, Ala.

Location.- Lat. 34°47'46 tt , long. 87°37'28", in sec. 18, T. 33., R. 10 W. , at Wilson 

Dam, 2.7 miles above Southern Railway bridge at Florence, Lauderdale County. Zero 

of gage is 0.24 foot above mean aea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 30,740 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage indicator. Table gives midnight readings used to 

hundredths.

Remarks.- Fixed crest of spillway is at gage height 487.06 feet; Stoney gates raise

effective crest to gage height 505.06 feet; flashboard extensions raise top of gates 

to 505.80 feet. Useable storage between gage heights 503.10 and 505.80 feet, 

1,882,000,000 cubic feet. Capacity tables for level storage computed froir. maps of 

Corps of Engineer. U. S. Army, dated 1916. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Authority.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

504.62

504.39

504.18

504.08

504.40

505.53

505.23

505.16

505.13

505.18

505.03

505.03

504.98

505.41

505.62

505.68

505.77

505.84

505.74

505.75

505.73

505.80

505.87

505.84

505 . 83

505.77

505.81

505.80

505.66

505.76

505.92

Millions of 

cubic feet

7,113

6,952

6,808

6,739

6,961

7,749

7,540

7,492

7,471

7,505

7,401

7,401

7,366

7,667

7,810

7,854

7,915

7,963

7,893

7,902

7,889

7,937

7,985

7,963

7,958

7,915

7,945

7,937

7,841

7,910

8,019

January

Fset

505.80

505.74

505.75

505.33

505.74

505.67

505.81

505.92

505.76

505.72

505.70

505.70

505.72

505.83

505.67

505.81

505.65

505.71

505.74

505.92

505.81

505.70

505.90

505.82

505.77

505.78

505.61

505.53

505.50

505.82

505.73

Millions of 

cubic feet

7,937

7,893

7,902

7,610

7,893

7,845

7,945

8,019

7,910

7,880

7,867

7,867

7,880

7,958

7,845

7,945

7,832

7,876

7,893

8,019

7,945

7,867

8,006

7,950

7,915

7,924

7,806

7,749

7,728

7,810

7,889

February

Feet

505.79

505.65

505.72

505.60

505.58

505.29

505.12

505.42

505.05

505.18

505.09

505.23

505.15

505.14

504.89

505.17

505.10

505.20

505.19

505.16

505.22

505.16

505.18

505.17

505.20

505.10

505.14

505.16

Millions of 

cubic feet

7,928

7,832

7,880

7,797

7,784

7,579

7,462

7,671

7,414

7,505

7,440

7,540

7,484

7,475

7,301

7,497

7,449

7,518

7,510

7,492

7,532

7,492

7,505

7,497

7,518

7,449

7,475

7,492

December January February

Gain or loss in storage, in equivalent mean second-feet.. +320 -48.8 -164
318 FLOODS OP OHIO AND. MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala.

Location.- Lat. 34°47'12«, long. 87°40'08", in SW£ sec. 14, T. 33., R. 11 W,, at lower

 end of Fatten Island, 700 feet above bridge for Southern Railway and U. S. Highway

72, 1 mile south of Florence, and Z\ miles below Wilson Dam. Zero of gage is 401.12

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 30,810 square miles (revised). 

Gage-helghT"record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to tenths except for

periods when discharges are computed by integration. *....*.. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 320,000 second-feet,

extended to crest stage. . Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 247,000 second-feet 3 p.m. Jan. 4 (gage

1871-1938: Discharge observed, about 444,000 second-feet Mar. 19, 1897 (-gage 

height, 32.5 feet). . ,_ Remarks.- Flow affected by storage at Norris, Wheeler, and Wilson Reservoirs. (See

 ppT~31S, 317, 387.) Discharges computed by integration Dec. 1-30.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

15

17

18

19

20

21

28

23

24

25

25

87

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

7.57

Second-feet

19,200

21,000

19,400

20,000

19,100

18,200

23,800

35,100

69,500

70,500

55 , 500

63,000

47,800

35,600

43,800

20,800

29,800

24,500

15,500

15,200

21,600

29,500

25,600

29,400

33,200

35,400

45,800

52,200

51,400

52,400

71 , 700

January

Feet

9.21

14.11

18.48

19.48

19.43

19.38

19.09

18.05

17.43

17.13

14.07

12.58

12.38

11.27

13.58

15.43

16.21

17.48

17.64

17.58

17.38

17.58

17.58

17.85

18.57

19.16

18.76

18.26

17.58

15.80

14.55

Second-feet

78,300

152,000

818,000

234,000

232,000

232,000

22

21

3,000

2,000

201,000

195,000

152,000

133,000

129,000

115,000

145,000

171,000

18

20

3,000

2,000

204,000

205,000

201,000

20 6,000

206,000

20 3,000

204,000

229,000

223,000

21 5,000

204,000

19 2,000

159,000

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ...........

Run-off, in inches. ...............................

February

Feet

12.49

11.21

10.20

10.54

13.23

13.44

13.27

9.65

12.95

13.88

14.82

15.03

15.49

15.38

15.12

13.85

12.80

11.13

10.46

9.89

9.45

10.20

9.56

9.32

8.60

8.17

7.58

7.82

Second-feet

131,000

114,000

102,000

106,000

140,000

143,000

141,000

95,600

137,000

150,000

162,000

165,000

172,000

171,000

166,000

148,000

134,000

112,000

105,000

98,000

92,000

102,000

94,000

90,800

82,700

78,300

71,700

73,900

December January February

37,380 189,400 120,600
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 319

Tennessee River at Savannah, Tenn.

Location.- Let. 35°13'29", long. 88°15'36", at bridge on U. S. Highway 64 at Savannah,

Hardin County. Zero of gage is 341.42 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 33,130 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods Jan. 6-31, Feb. 16-21,

when gage heights were determined from graph drawn on basis of partial record. Gage

heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope or by backwater from Ohio River

for period Jan. 3 to Feb. 28. Base rating curve defined by current-meter measurements to 311,000 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 234,000 second-feet 4 a.m. to noon Jan. 27;

maximum gage height, 42.26 feet 3 to 9 p.m. Jan. 27.

1930-36: Discharge, 314,000 second-feet Apr. 9, 10, 1936 (gage height, 47.44

feet).

1898-1936: Discharge, 349,000 second-feet Jan. 2, 1927 (gage height, 51.1 feet). 

1897-1936: Discharge, 450,000 second-feet Mar. 21, 1897 (gage height, 59.6 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for period Jan. 28 to Feb. 21 determined by comparison with hydrographs at other stations. Flow affected by regulation at Norris, Wheeler, and

Wilson Reservoirs. (See pp. 316, 317, 327.)

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

19,600

21 , 500

22,700

21,900

21,900

26,300

43,800

41,900

53,700

74,000

Jan.

88,800

134,000

190,000

210,000

221,000

226,000

228,000

225,000

222,000

208,000

Feb.

192,000

174,000

155,000

138,000

137,000

142,000

144,000

138,000

130,000

141,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

76,200

74,000

67,400

54,700

48,200

39,000

25,900

32,600

29,200

21,500

Jan.

195,000

168,000

157,000

148,000

139,000

169,000

177,000

198,000

215,000

215,000

Feb.

153,000

164,000

170,000

174,000

174,000

170,000

152,000

139,000

125,000

114,000

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

19,900

25,900

32,200

30,500

31,800

36,200

38,600

62,400

74,500

72,800

77,800

Jan.

220,000

221,000

225,000

219,000

223,000

232,000

226,000

222,000

217,000

213,000

207,000

Feb.

107,000

102,000

102,000

97,800

95,000

87,300

80,200

77,000

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.54

3.98

4.32

4.14

4.10

5.16

9.12

8.70

11.06

14.93

Jan.

17.55

25.30

33.63

36.37

38.02

39.09

39.86

40.12

40.16

39.34

Feb.

37.96

34.85

31.36

28.10

27.80

28.80

29.30

27.88

26.33

28.67

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

15.30

14.92

13.70

11.31

10.00

8.07

5.14

6.72

5.94

4.01

Jan.

38.57

36.25

34.10

31.54

30.22

31.92

33.80

35.87

37.40

39.00

Feb.

30.36

31.48

32.16

32.61

32.68

32.16

30.92

28.23

25.27

22.93

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.56

5.10

6.60

6.18

6.51

7.52

8.04

12.79

15.00

14.70

15.60

Jan.

39.84

40.02

40.84

41.44

41.64

41.99

42.21

42.12

41.61

40.96

40.04

Feb.

21.40

20.58

20.58

19.81

19.29

17.87

16.66

16.07

gage height, in feet, at Indicated time, December 1936 to February 1937

Hour Feet

Dec. 6

6 4.09

N 4.76

M 7.73

Dec. 7

N 9.41

M 9.50

Dec. 8

6 9.40

N 8.90

M 7.56

Dec. 9

8 9.93

4 12.56

M 13.98

Dec. 10

8 14.83

4 15.24

M 15.32

Dec. 11

N 15.34

M 15.19

Dec. 12

N 14.90

M 14.58

Dec. 13

N 13.75

M 12.48

Dec. 14

N 11.01

Hour Feet

M 10.30

Dec. 15

9 8.53

N 9.00

9 11.48

M 11.07

Dec. 16

N 7.97

M 5.99

Dec. 17

N 5.11

M 4.52

Dec. 18

4 4.56

3 8.22

M 7.23

Dec. 19

N 5.96

M 4.66

Dec. 20

N 3.83

M 3.62

Dec. 21

N 3.55

M 3.60

Dec. 22

N 5.24

9 6.12

Dec. 23

5 6.08

Hour Feet

5 7.09

M 6.87

Dec. 24

N 5.80

10 6.30

Dec. 25

6 6.00

4 6.91

M 7.12

Dec. 26

N 7.51

M 7.92

Dec. 27

N 7.92

6 8.06

M 9.11

Dec. 28

N 13.33

M 14.77

Dec. 29

N 15.07

M 14.89

Dec. 30

N 14.57

6 14.52

M 14.98

Dec. 31

10 15.65

8 15.82

Hour Peet

M 16.21

Jan. 1

N 17.60

9 18.40

M 19.10

Jan. 2

N 25.70

M 30.83

Jan. 3

N 33.34

M 35.31

Jan. 4

N 36.39

M 37.34

Jan. 5

N 38.06

M 38.58

Jan. 6

N 39.11

M 39.53

Jan. 11

N 38.69

M 37.6

Jan. 12

N 36.21

M 35.03

Jan. 13

N 34.15

M 33.00

Hour Feet

Jan. 14

N 31.54

M 30.26

Jan. 15

N 30.05

M 30.86

Jan. 16

N 32.0

M 32.7

Jan. 17

N 33.86

M 34.92

Jan. 18

N 35.88

M 36.7

Jan. 19

N 37.44

M 37.97

Jan. 20

N 39.07

M 39 . 70

Jan. 26

N 42.0

M 42.0

Jan. 27

4 42.1

3 42.26

9 42.26

M 42.25

Hour Peet

Jan. 28

N 42.1

M 41.9

Jan. 29

N 41.6

M 41.3

Jan. 30

N 41.0

M 40.6

Jan. 31

N 40.11

M 39.20

Feb. 1

N 38.05

M 36.55

Feb. 2

N 34.83

M 33.17

Fteb. 3

N 31.33

M 29.59

Feb. 4

N 28.02

M 26.94

Feb. 5

N 27.85

M 28.59

Feb. 8

6 29.10

N 28.00

Hour Feet

M 25.88

Feb. 9

6 25.45

N 26.01

M 27.76

Feb. 16

N 32.14

M 31.6

Feb. 17

N 31.0

M 30.0

Feb. 18

N 28.07

M 26.47

Feb. 19

N 25.16

M 24.14

Feb. 20

N 22.78

M 22.1

Feb. 21

N 21.4

M 20.61

Feb. 22

6 20.27

6 20.97

Feb. 23

N 20.71

M 20.00
320 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Tennessee River near Johnsonville, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36°01'02 n , long. 87°59'59", at bridge on 0. S. Highway 70, 4 miles upstream from Johnsonville, Humphreys County, 6 miles east of Camden, and 10 miles 

below mouth of Duck River. Zero of gage is 319.61 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 38,510 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 8 a.m. Dec. 4 to 4 

p.m. Dec. 6, 7 a.m. to noon Dec. 7, when gage heights were computed on basis of known 

limits of fluctuations in stage. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 335,000 second-feet 

at present site and to 295,000 second-feet at former site; extended to crest stage 

Affected by changes in slope for period Dec. 31 to Feb. 28; slope determined from 

auxiliary gage at Johnsonville.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 318,000 second-feet 1 to 3 a.m. Jan. 23; 

maximum gage height, 42.51 feet 4 a.m. Jan. 25.

1889-1936: Discharge, 460,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 24, 1897 (gage height, 

48.0 feet, at former site at Johsonville).

1875-1936: Maximum discharge, "that of Mar. 24, 1897.

Remarks.- Gage height record for auxiliary gage at Johnsonville furnished by 0. S. 

Weather Bureau. Flow affected by regulation at Morris, Wheeler, and Wilson 

Reservoirs. (See pp. 316, 317, 327.)

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

20,400

20,800

22,300

23,200

23,700

23,700

33,600

48,000

59,200

78,100

Jan.

108,000

145,000

200,000

235,000

249,000

251,000

258,000

246,000

244,000

238,000

Feb.

244,000

217,000

195,000

169,000

155,000

148,000

158,000

155,000

141,000

157,000

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

85,800

83,000

79,500

71,100

58 , 500

53,000

41,300

33,000

36,300

33,000

Jan.

238,000

227,000

221,000

214,000

204,000

197,000

207,000

232,000

249,000

270,000

Feb.

161,000

179,000

180,000

185,000

184,000

185,000

174,000

167,000

142,000

131,000

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

27,200

26,200

29,800

34,600

33,600

35,200

38 , 500

47,300

71,800

82,300

91,100

Jan.

268,000

283,000

301,000

298,000

295,000

290,000

271,000

268,000

266,000

250,000

245,000

Feb.

125,000

112,000

109,000

107,000

105,000

94,100

88,600

87,800

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.76

3.88

4.20

4.43

4.48

4.53

6.45

9.50

10.62

13.31

Jan.

16.53

20.74

26.48

30.08

32.30

33.45

34.08

34.07

33.76

33.76

Feb.

39.58

38.84

37.65

36.10

34.60

33.65

33.21

32.80

32.03

31.68

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

14.40

14.00

13.48

12.28

10.54

9.71

7.75

6.26

6.93

6.30

Jan.

33.78

33.72

33.05

32.02

31.29

30.78

31.78

34.65

35.60

37.25

Feb.

31.88

32.12

32.02

31.76

31.43

31.00

30.30

29.05

27.02

24.64

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

5.24

4.97

5.67

6.60

6.45

6.70

7.30

8.78

12.45

13.92

15.10

Jan.

38.97

40.57

41.87

42.20

42.48

42.28

41.64

41.23

40.79

40.38

40.02

Feb.

22.35

20.50

19.50

18.64

17.87

16.93

15.82

14.84

Hour Feet

Dec. 7

N 6.41

M 8.22

Dec. 8

N 9.60

M 10.32

Dec. 9

N 10.44

M 11.59

Dec. 10

N 13.48

8 14.25

M 14.40

Dec. 11

9a 14.48

M 14.23

Dec. 15

N 10.57

M 9.70

Dec. 16

N 9.91

M 9.08

Dec. 17

N 7.79

M 6.78

Hour Feet

Dec. 18

N 6.09

6 5.94

M 6.30

Dec. 19

W 7.12

3 7.15

M 6.94

Dec. 20

N 6.30

M 5.67

Dec. 23

N 5.70

M 6.25

Dec. 24

N 6.70

M 6.57

Dec. 28

6 7.87

N 8.52

M 10.90

Dec. 29

N 12.66

M 13.51

Dec. 30

N 13.89

Hour Feet

M 14.26

Dec. 31

N 15.16

M 15.74

Jan. 1

N 16.47

M 17.51

Jan. 2

5 18.23

N 20.81

M 24.14

Jan. 3

N 26.61

M 28.57

Jan. 4

N 30.10

M 31 . 40

Jan. 5

N 32.40

M 33.03

Jan. 6

N 33.47

M 33.81

Jan. 7

N 34.09

Hour Feet

M 34.26

Jan. 8

N 34.07

M 33.86

Jan. 13

N 33.06

M 32.58

Jan. 14

N 32.02

M 31.57

Jan. 15

N 31.31

M 30.95

Jan. 16

N 30.75

M 30.77

Jan. 17

6 30.89

N 31.40

M 33.66

Jan. 18

N 34.78

M 35.23

Jan. 19

N 35.63

Hour Fe e t

M 35.97

Jan. 20

6 36.28

N 37.30

M 38.30

Jan. 21

N 38.92

M 39 . 58

Jan. 22

N 40 . 60

M 41 . 53

Jan. 23

6 41.84

N 41.93

M 41.94

Jan. 24

N 42.19

M 42.48

Jan. 25

4 42 . 51

¥ 42.46

M 42.40

Jan. 26

N 42.18

M 41.90

Hour Feet

Jan. 27

N 41.63

M 41 . 40

Feb. 2

N 38.88

M 38.33

Feb. 3

N 37.67

M 36.92

Feb. 4

N 36.12

M 35.30

Feb. 5

H 34.50

M 33.96

Feb. 6

N 33.61

M 33.38

Feb. 18

N 29.07

M 28.18

Feb. 19

H 27.02

M 25.84

Feb. 20

N 24.65

Hour Fe e t

M 23.41

Feb. 21

N 22.33

M 21.38

Feb. 22

N 20.43

M 19.84

Feb. 23

N 19 . 50

M 19.14

Feb. 24

N 18.62

M 18.23

Feb. 25

N 17.87

M 17.47

Feb. 26

N 16.96

M 16.33

Feb. 27

N 15.85

M 15.30

Feb. 28

N 14.83

M 14.51
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 321 

Tennessee River near Buchanan, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36°26'38", long. 88°03'43", at bridge on State Highway 76, 1 mile below 

mouth of Big Sandy River and 8 miles east of Buchanah, Henry County. Zero of gage 

is 303.04 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 35,720 square miles.(revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 9 a.m. Jan. 16 to 10 

a.m. Jan. 24, when gage heights were computed from graph based on two gage readings 

daily at Port Henry, 4.8 miles downstream, and Shannon Dam site, 7-J miles downstream. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined throughout by current-meter measurements. Affected 

by changes in slope for periods Dec. 7-20, Dec. 24 to Mar. 31; slope determined 

from gage at Port Henry except for period Feb. 2-16, when gage at Shannon Dam site 

was used to determine slope to Port Henry.

Maxima.- January-March 1937: Discharge, 328,000 second-feet 4 p.m. Jan. 24; maximum 

gage height, 51.49 feet noon Jan. 25.

1930-36: Discharge, 335,000 second-feet Apr. 13, 1935 (gage height, 47.10 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings).

Remarks.- Discharge affected by storage at Norris, Wheeler, and Wilson Reservoirs.

 (See pp. 316, 317, 327.)

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge. 

December 1936 to March 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

7.48

7.41

7.65

8.03

8.06

8.29

9.50

12.54

14.32

15.91

18.03

18.07

17.60

16.74

15.18

14.94

12.65

10.77

10.62

10.72

9.59

8.91

9.09

10.16

10.40

10.36

10.89

11.86

15.32

17.68

19.08

Second-feet

21 , 400

21,000

21,900

23,900

24,400

25,400

31,700

43,600

56,600

66 , 700

80,900

83,100

78,200

70,400

62,300

57,100

46,000

35,500

36,900

35,700

32,000

28,400

29,400

33,500

34,900

34,100

39,500

43,900

69,500

87,500

96,400

January

Feet

20.42

23.18

28.50

32.05

34.51

36.07

37.16

37.82

38.05

38.41

38.68

38.74

38.60

38.12

37.81

37.5

38.2

40.8

41.8

42.9

45.6

48.2

49.7

50.7

51.46

51.33

51.02

50.79

50.62

50.37

50.27

Second-feet

108,000

131,000

172,000

202,000

224,000

242,000

245,000

249,000

245,000

244,000

245,000

245,000

234,000

226,000

211,000

214,000

219,000

239,000

248,000

257,000

280,000

304,000

320,000

327,000

319,000

309,000

294,000

287,000

282,000

260,000

260,000

February

Feet

50.16

49.88

49.28

48.49

47.49

46.65

46.07

45.54

44.98

44.19

43.52

42.96

42.36

41.71

40.92

40.19

39.25

38.07

36.48

34.26

31.88

29.68

27.83

26.31

25.02

23.74

22.30

21.12

Second-feet

256,000

247,000

232,000

202,000

187,000

178,000

175,000

167,000

158,000

162,000

171,000

183,000

191,000

195,000

190,000

185,000

186,000

176,000

166,000

152,000

128,000

120,000

116,000

108,000

109,000

104,000

98,900

98,400

December January

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet. ........ 46,830 246,500

March

Feet

20.20

19.84

19.48

18.75

18.13

17.46

17.01

16.24

15.71

15.61

16.07

16.31

16.21

16.09

15.93

15.44

15.08

15.37

16.03

16.79

17.25

17.24

16.66

15.79

15.40

15.63

16.70

16.02

15.02

14.08

13.61

Second-feet

90,500

90,500

91,200

85,900

82,400

78,400

75,300

71,800

68 , 700

70 , 400

71,600

72,600

72,100

71,000

70,600

65,400

63,800

67,600

71,100

77,300

77,600

77,000

71,800

64,300

63,800

68,000

70,000

66,500

58,800

55,100

53,900

February March

165,800 72,100

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, December 1936 to January 1937

Hour I Peet

Dec. 10

6:20 15.20

4:26 16.45

Dec. 11

6:30 17.92

4:10 18.20

Dec. 12

6:40 18.20

5:00 17.96

Dec. 18

7:00 11.06

4:30 10.42

Dec. 19

7:00 10.30

4:30 10.90

Dec. 20

7:00 10.99

5:00 10.58

Dec. 21

6:00 9.88

5:30 9.32

Hour

Dec

7:00

5:40

Dec

7:00

6:00

Dec

6:50

4:30

Dec

7:00

4:30

Dec

6:30

5:00

Dec

7:00

5:00

Dec

6:55

5:00

Feet

. 22

8.95

8.80

. 23

8.82

9.32

. 24

9.96

10.38

. 25

10.47

10.37

. 26

10.28

10.43

. 27

10.72

11.03

. 28

11.42

12.13

Hour Peet

Dec. 29

7:00

6:15

De

6:30

6:20

De

7:00

6:00

Jai

7:00

5:00

Jai

7:15

5. -00

Jai

6:30

5:00

14.70

16.27

3. 30

17.40

18.00

3. 31

18.83

19.45

i. 1

20.09

20.66

i. 2

22.40

24.25

i. 3

27.37

29.47

Jan. 4

7:00

5:30

31.42

32.70

Hour Peet

Jan. 5

7:00

5:30

Jar

7:00

5:30

Jar

7:00

5:40

Jan

7:00

5:30

Jan

6:45

5:30

Jan

7:10

4:30

34.12

34.96

. 6

35.84

36.40

. 7

37.00

37.40

. 8

37.77

37.90

. 9

38.00

38.08

. 10

38.30

38.52

Jan. 11

7:05

5:20

38.68

38.70

Hour Peet

Jan. 12

6:30

5:20

Jar

7:00

5:30

Jar

7:10

5:50

Jar

7:00

5:15

Jar

9:40

9:OO

Jan

N

M ._._.

38.75

38.78

i. 13

38.68

38.52

i. 14

38.21

37.96

u 15

37.90

37.74

. 24

50.49

51.25

. 25

51.49

51.44

Jan. 26

11:15

4:30

51.35

51.28
322 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1J37 

Pigeon River at Hartford, Term.

Location.- Lat. 350 48'52", long. 83°08'42 n , 600 feet below highway bridge at Hartford,

Cocke County. Zero of gage is 1,245.84 feet above mean aea level (Tennessee River

Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 547 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Wster-stage recorder graph except for period Feb. 5-16, when there

was no record and gage heights were computed from hourly readings at tallwater gage

at Watervllle Dam 5 miles upstream. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 18,700 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 17,400 second-feet 6 a.m. Jan. 3 (gage

height, 8.99 feet).

1925-36: Discharge, 26,500 second-feet Jan. 19, 1936 (gage height, 10.68 feet). 

Remarks.- Flow affected by operation of Waterville hydroelectric plant.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

564

543

521

532

268

204

1,650

1,570

1,470

1,390

1,380

1,290

808

1,070

1,220

1,030

1,010

933

861

598

1,080

1,130

1,130

994

783

819

502

1,270

1,140

1,150

1,660

January

3,200

8,210

12,600

4,250

3,760

3,090

2,760

2,140

1,920

1,650

1,700

1,720

2,620

2,030

2,680

2,670

2,460

3,630

5,590

5,190

3,790

3,090

2,460

2,270

3,240

2,900

2,320

2,000

2,490

1,900

2,110

December

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet.. 986

February

2,590

2,010

1,930

1,710

1,600

1,530

1,600

1,740

2,680

3,260

2,360

2,040

1,890

2,120

1,820

1,670

1,500

1,460

1,510

1,440

1,120

1,390

1,420

1,460

1,410

1,370

1,340

1,160

January February

3,305 1,755

6.96 3.34
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 323

Nollchucky River near Morristown, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°07'59 B , long. 83°10'31" (revised), at Jones Bridge on main MorrlstownNewport Road, 3 miles below mouth of Bent Creek and 9 miles southeast of Morristown, 

Hamblen County. Zero of gage Is 1,004.40 feet above mean sea level (Tennessee River 

Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 1,684 square miles (revised).

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 23,800 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 20,500 second-feet midnight Jan. 3 to 1 a.m. 

Jan. 4; maximum gage height, 14.98 feet midnight Jan. 3.

1920-36: Discharge, 37,400 second-feet Mar. 26, 1935 (gage height, 22.00 feet).

Remarks.- Low-water flow considerably regulated by operation of power plant 22 miles 

upstream; medium and high-stage discharges only slightly affected.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

1,010

790

790

892

926

1,430

3,460

3,450

2,960

2,050

2,160

2,320

1,610

1,560

1,760

1,190

1,450

1,400

4,030

3,620

4,230

3,030

2,040

1,810

1,350

1,590

1,480

2,440

2,660

2,650

4,270

January

5,800

9,110

17,600

15,700

8,080

5,250

4,560

4,100

3,580

3,080

3,190

5,550

7,250

8,020

9,000

8,000

7,700

8,880

9,720

13,800

10,800

7,850

5,750

4,760

8,590

7,250

6,330

4,670

4,940

5,320

5,120

December

Mean monthly discharge, In second-feet- . 2,142

February

5,760

5,570

4,460

3,950

3,590

3,290

4,280

4,960

9,440

10,300

8,930

5,540

4,380

3,880

3,920

3,530

3,300

3,140

2,990

2,980

2,960

3,700

3,730

3,790

4,080

3,390

2,760

2,620

January February

7,398 4,472

5.06 2.77
324 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

HoIston River near Rogersville, Tenn.

Location.- Lato 36°22'13n , long. 82°59«58", 300 feet downstream from bridge on State 

Highways 66 and 70, half a mile above Southern Railway Bridge, arid 3 miles south of 

Rogersville, Hawkins County. Zero of gage is 1,054.83 feet above mean sea level 

(Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 3,034 square miles (revised).

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 6 a.m. Feb. 21 to 

midnight Feb. 28, when there was no record. Gage heights used to half tenths between 1.0 and 3.2 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 50,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 30,100 second-feet 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 

10; maximum gage height, 10.10 feet 1 p.m. Feb. 10.

1902-36: Discharge observed, about 70,900 second-feet Jan. 29, 1918 (gage height, 

20.0 feet, former site and datum).

1867-1936: Maximum stage known, 38.4 feet Mar. 10, 1867, former site and datum 

(discharge not determined).

Remarks. Discharge during period of missing gage-height record determined by comparison 

with hydrographs at other stations. Some diurnal fluctuations during low water 

caused by operation of power plants upstream.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

.10

Dec.

1,090

1,120

1,130

1,140

1,190

1,560

6,480

6,870

5,090

3,590

Jan.

7,680

12,600

24,000

21,800

12,500

8,760

7,140

6,090

5,330

4,630

Feb.

11,600

10,700

9,030

7,950

6,870

6,220

7,140

10,700

19,200

28 , 400

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3,120

3,300

3,120

2,760

2,500

2,240

2,160

2,080

5,060

8,490

Jan.

4,090

5,940

11,000

12,800

13,800

16,800

15,100

19,500

23,700

22,900

Feb.

21,000

13,100

10,100

8,760

7,680

6,870

6,610

5,960

5,700

5,450

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

6,090

3,990

3,690

3,120

2,940

2,850

2,850

3,690

5,700

5,210

5,830

1.35

Jan.

24,000

18,500

13,500

10 , 400

15,700

17,800

12,800

10,100

10,100

10,400

10,400

T "^ C>C>A

5.03

Feb.

5,450

5,600

5,600

5,800

6,200

6,100

5,500

5,500

3.12

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

0.33

.35

.36

.37

.42

.67

3.13

3.34

2.58

1.88

Jan.

3.61

5.32

8.62

8.00

5.27

4.04

3.43

2.98

2.68

2.38

Feb.

5.01

4.74

4.14

3.66

3.32

3.04

3.36

4.71

7.26

9.74

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.64

1.75

1.63

1.46

1.28

1.17

1.09

1.05

2.52

3.86

Jan.

2.17

2.91

4.82

5.35

5.73

6.56

6.06

7.43

8.50

8.29

Feb.

7.75

5.47

4.52

3.99

3.64

3.33

3.18

2.94

2.83

2.76

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.00

2.12

1.93

1.66

1.53

1.48

1.51

1.96

2.83

2.63

2.91

Jan.

8.55

7.07

5.56

4.65

6.29

6.92

5.42

4.49

4.52

4.58

4.58

Feb.

2.75

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

30

a

N

M

N

M

7

N

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

Feet Sec.ft.

December 31

3.06 6,220

3.15 6,480

January 1

3.61

3.99

7,680

8,760

January 2

4.35 9,860

5.34 12,500

7.23 18,800

January 3

8.23 22,500

8.82

9.13

3.24

Janu

8.94

8.07

7.09

6.31

Janu

5.70

5.21

4.82

24,800

26,000

26,400

ary 4

25,200

22,100

18,500

15,700

ary 5

13,800

12,200

11.000

£<

N

M

1

N

M

4

H

8

N

M

4

N

6

M

6

1!

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 6

4.04

3.73

8,760

7,950

January 12

2.16

2.87

3.96

4,090

5,700

8,760

January 13

4.15

4.87

5.33

9,300

11,300

12,500

January 14

5.36

4.99

12,800

11,600

January 15

4.84

6.11

6.08

6.40

Janu

6.88

6.74

6.08

11,000

15,100

15,100

16,100

ary 16

17,800

17,100

15,100

(H

2

a

8

U

6

M

8

H

6

M

9

N

M

3

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 17

5.76

6.12

6.26

6.21

14,100

15,100

15,700

15,400

January 18

6.77

7.41

8.30

8.40

17,400

19,500

22,900

23,300

January 19

8.83

8.73

7.90

24,800

24,400

21,400

January 20

7.87

8.34

8.68

21,400

22,900

24,400

January 21

8.58

8.27

24,000

22,900

January 22

6.98

6.16

18,100

15,400

£< 

3

N

M

N

M

6

9

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

9

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 23

5.52

5.03

13,100

11,600

January 24

4.62

4.34

10,400

9,580

January 25

6.12

6.46

6.44

7.25

15,100

16,400

16,100

18,800

January 26

7.01

6.14

18,100

15,100

January 27

5.39

4.77

12,800

11 ,000

January 28

4.36

4.40

9,860

9,860

February 7

2.96

3.43

4.06

5,960

7,140

9,030

i-, 

3

0

a

8

N

M

2

N

4

M

3

11

1

2

9

4

N

8

N

M

U

M

Feet Sec.ft.

February 8

4.75

4.82

4.83

11,000

11,000

11,000

February 9

4.91

7.98

7.92

8.80

11,300

21,800

21,400

24,800

February 10

9.25

10.07

10.10

10.08

9.69

26,400

30,100

30,100

30,100

28,400

February 11

8.91

7.68

6.67

25,200

20,600

17,100

February 12

5.42

4.91

Febri

4.50

4.20

12,800

11,300

nary 13

10,100

9,300
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 325

Little River near Walland, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°45I 48 n , long. 83°51'00", half a mile above concrete bridge over 

Little River on State Highway 73, 1-^ mllea above mouth of Ellejoy Creek, and 3 

miles below Walland, Blount County. Zero of gage Is 877.31 feet above mean sea 

level (southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 192 square mllea ("revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths oetween 3.3 and 5.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 8,500 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 6,610 second-feet 4 a.m. Jan. 3 (gage 

height, 7.37 feet) .

1931-36: Discharge, 16,200 second-feet Feb. 4, 1936 (gage height, 13.18 feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

S

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

96

95

106

124

115

188

1,330

614

400

314

Jan.

1,060

3,250

4,210

1,660

1,010

762

627

533

454

399

Feb.

715

613

546

490

438

399

490

496

2,510

1,800

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

Dec.

S97

281

242

222

203

191

183

178

996

984

Jan.

378

1,180

2,550

1,250

2,370

1,660

1,260

3,060

2,500

1,610

Feb.

1,100

827

678

627

520

508

426

410

384

426

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

599

454

368

316

278

258

S42

414

504

495

1,310

2.40

Jan.

1,260

1,000

802

655

2,100

1,560

1,070

827

708

592

641

8.32

Feb.

526

533

478

566

572

472

421

421

3.56

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.36

1.35

1.40

1.47

1.44

1.61

3.35

2.53

2.18

2.00

Jan.

3.08

4.9S

5.73

3.68

3.03

2.74

2.56

2.42

2.29

2.19

Feb.

2.68

2.54

2.44

2.35

2.26

2.19

2.34

2.36

4.38

3.82

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.97

1.92

1.84

1.77

1.73

1.69

1.66

1.65

2.92

2.99

Jan.

2.15

3.12

4.47

3.28

4.29

3.72

3.32

4.80

4.44

3.66

Feb.

3.13

2.82

2.63

2.56

2.40

2.38

2.24

2.21

2.16

2.24

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2.52

2.29

2.13

2.02

1.93

1.86

1.84

2.18

2.36

2.35

3.28

Jan.

3.32

3.02

2.79

2.60

4.07

3.60

3.09

2.82

2.67

2.51

2.58

Feb.

2.41

2.42

2.33

2.47

2.48

2.32

2.23

2.23

Gage height, in feet, and dlacharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

!H 

O

a

N

2

6

M

5

N

M

N

M

3

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

4

N

8

6

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

1.44

1.65

1.55

2.67

Dece

4.22

3.39

2.82

Dece

2.51

2.31

Dece

1.91

3.45

3.28

3.31

Dece

2.96

2.71

Dece

2.51

2.40

114

175

144

708

mber 7

2,200

1,360

827

mber 8

592

466

mber 19

269

1,410

1,250

1,260

mber 20

949

738

mber 21

592

520

December 28

1.88

2.14

2.50

257

373

585

December 29

2.38

2.31

2.44

508

466

546

IH

g

1

N

M

2

1

M

N

M

6

N

6

11

2

4

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

2.48

2.34

2.25

572

484

432

December 31

2.28

4.20

3.41

449

2,200

1,360

January I

3.04

2.98

1,020

967

January 2

3.30

4.67

7.07

6.54

1,260

2,740

6,160

5,260

January 3

6.86

7.37

5.60

4.28

5,860

6,610

3,990

2,320

January 4

3.64

3.26

1,610

1,230

January 5

3.00

2.93

985

922

January 6

2.73

2.64

754

685

IH

g

N

M

4

N

8

2

N

M

N

M

2

N

2

M

4

N

8

7

N

M

7

N

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 11

2.14

2.19

373

399

January 12

2.32

2.79

4.13

472

802

2,140

January 13

5.52

4.35

3.63

3,850

2,380

1,610

January 14

3.26

3.02

1,230

1,000

January 15

3.00

5.08

5.22

4.29

985

3,320

3,450

2,320

January 16

4.03

3.68

3.45

2,040

1,660

1,410

January 17

3.25

3.31

3.32

1,220

1,260

1,260

January 18

3.40

4.57

6.95

5.46

1,360

2,620

6,010

3,850

IH§M

4

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

H

N

11

4

11

6

H

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 19

4.94

4.35

3.90

3,120

2,380

1,870

January 20

3.66

3.47

1,610

1,410

January 21

3.31

3.16

1,260

1,130

January 22

3.02

2.88

1,000

878

January 23

2.79

2.69

802

722

January 24

2.60

2.54

655

613

January 25

3.28

5.06

4.36

4.00

1,250

3,260

2,380

1,980

January 26

3.58

3.30

1,560

1,260

January 27

3.09

2.92

1,070

913

January 28

2.81

2.79

818

802

I

8

N

11

N

M

6

5

M

1

N

3

M

4

N

8

N

M

N

6

M

N

H

Feet Sec. ft.

January 31

2.44

2.56

2.80

546

627

810

February 1

2.68

2.62

715

670

February 7

2.19

2.50

2.44

399

585

546

February 9

2.34

5.20

5.78

4.55

484

3,450

4,270

2,620

February 10

4.20

3.76

3.50

Febri

3.13

2.96

2,200

1,710

1,460

lary 11

1,100

949

February 21

2.37

2.54

2.52

502

613

599

February 22

2.41

2.36

526

496

T7596 O 38 23
326 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Little Tennessee River at Calderwood, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°30'24", long. 84°00 l 14n , at Scona Lodge Ferry, 0.6 mile west of Caldarwood, Blount County, and 2j miles below Calderwood Dam. Zero of gage is 861.41 

feet above mean sea level (southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,862 square miles (revised).

Sage-height record. - Water-stage recorder graph.. Gage heights used to half tenths between 1.8 and 4.2 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 40,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 42,700 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 3 (gage" 

height, .7.66 feet).

1912-18, 1921-36: Discharge observed, about 82,000 second-feet 2 p.m. Mar. 4, 

1917 (gage height, 11.0 feet); maximum gage height observed, 11.8 feet noon Mar. 4, 

1917, before breaking of levee near gage (from records of Aluminum Company of 

America).

Remarks.- Low-water flow regulated by power plants upstream; flood flows only slightly 

affected.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

2,460

2,270

2,760

2,710

2,360

2,440

8,080

5,530

4,020

4,000

3,400

3,170

2,710

3,360

2,890

2,810

2,870

2,860

5,240

7,660

5,170

4,010

3,950

3,390

3,200

3,240

3,220

3,600

5,180

6,850

12,400

January

13,200

20,700

34,200

18,500

12,200

11,100

9,640

8,190

7,180

6,940

5,710

7,940

10,000

7,390

10,400

10,000

8,970

14,900

18,700

18,100

14,300

11,800

9,950

8,630

14,500

12,100

9,680

8,690

8,810

8,620

9,440

Decembai

Mean monthly discharge, in second- f eet. . 4,123

Run-off, in inches. ..................... 2.55

February

10,200

8,760

7,700

7,240

6,700

6,330

8,180

7,480

16,000

15,600

11,100

9,340

8,580

8,420

7,360

7,200

6,280

6,050

6,080

6,150

8,180

8,170

6,850

7,170

6,520

5,660

5,510

6,020

1 January February

11,950 8,030

7.40 4.49
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 327 

Norris Reservoir at Norris Dam, Tenn.

Location.- Let. 360 13 l 29 n , long. 84°05'29", at Norris Dam, Anderson County, 2j miles

northeast of Norris and 3j|- miles east of Coal Creek. Zero of gage is 0.11 foot above 

mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 2,912 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Table gives midnight readings used to 

hundredths.

Remarks.- Fixed crest of spillway at gage height 1,020.00 feet; drum gates raise

effective crest to gage height 1,034.00 feet. Total controlled storage at gage height 

1,034.00 feet, 111,800,000,000 cubic feet. Extreme flood flows can be temporarily 

stored to gage height 1,052.00 feet (capacity, 146,700,000,000 cubic feet.). Dead 

storage, 21,300,000,000 cubic-feet, below gage height 950 feet. Capacity table computed from Tennessee River Survey maps and survey of 940 to 1,020 foot contours. 

Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Elevation, in feet, and contents, in millions of cubic feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

979.00

978.21

977.36

976.60

975.76

976.07

977.63

980.34

981.67

982.27

982.72

983.07

983.46

983.78

983.92

983.99

984.07

984.22

984.45

984.85

985.40

985.87

986.26

986.58

986.85

987.08

987.33

987.77

988.21

988.68

989.62

Millions of

cubic feet

41,470

40,780

40,070

39,440

38,740

39,000

40,290

42,650

43,840

44,370

44,780

45,110

45,480

45,790

45,920

45,990

46,060

46,200

46,410

46,770

47,300

47,750

48,130

48,450

48,730

48,950

49,190

49,610

50,040

50,510

51,460

January

Feet

990.68

993.93

997.09

999.62

1,000.90

1,001.58

1,002.08

1,002.47

1,002.77

1,003.06

1,003.34

1,003.85

1,004.55

1,005.21

1,006.73

1,008.28

1,010.14

1,012.64

1,015.49

1,017.65

1,018.88

1,020.02

1,021.20

1,022.34

1,024.61

1,026.72

1,028.12

1,028.91

1,029.56

1,030.08

1,030.59

Millions of

cubic feet

52,550

55,940

59,430

62,300

63,780

64,610

65,220

65,680

66,030

66,370

66,710

67,340

68,190

69,000

70,920

72,890

75,330

78,700

82,660

85,740

87,550

89,200

91,000

92,730

96,220

99,600

101,900

103,200

104,300

105,100

106,000

February

Feet

1,030.77

1,030.58

1,030.29

1,029.79

1,029.13

1,028.37

1,027.92

1,027.25

1,028.78

1,030.83

1,030.95

1,030.26

1,029.25

1,028.00

1,026.39

1,024.97

1,023.13

1,021.34

1,019.96

1,019.01

1,018.19

1,018.07

1,018.24

1,018.00

1,017.76

1,017.38

1,016.93

1,016.24

Millions of

cubic feet

106,300

106,000

105,500

104,600

103,500

102,300

101,500

100,500

103,000

106,400

106,600

105,400

103,700

101,700

99,070

96,790

93,940

91,210

89,110

87,740

86,530

86,350

86,610

86,250

85,900

85,360

84,710

83,720

December January February

Gain or loos In storage, In equivalent mean second-feet.. +3,464 +20,360 -9,201
328 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Clinch River below Norris Dam, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36°12'56", long. 84°04'56 n , 0.5 mile above mouth of Clear Creek, 0.9 

~ mile below Sorria Dam, Anderson County, and 1^ miles north, of Norris. Zero of gage

is 819.11 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936). 

Drainage area.- 2,912 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Graph constructed from two gage readings daily and compared with

chart of water-stage recorder 2.7 miles downstream for period Dec. 1 to Jan. 27;

water-stage recorder graph thereafter. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.9

and 5.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 41,300 second-feet;

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 42,500 second-feet 9 p.m. Feb. 16 (gage 

 height, 17.13 feet).

1927-36: Discharge, about 70,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height,

33.7 feet, at site 2.7 miles downstream). 

Remarks.- Flow completely regulated by storage in Norris Reservoir. (See p. 327.)

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

December

8,410

8,490

9,200

8,240

8,790

5,590

340

162

19

18

114

189

19

363

1,510

1,600

1,320

979

39

19

690

498

103

20

19

19

21

23

20

20

22

January

20

27

23

22

22

22

55

24

23

22

22

27

79

309

382

191

125

83

40

63

70

70

70

70

104

64

58

84

64

58

2,520

December

Jfean monthly discharge, in second-feet... 1,834

Adjusted monthly discharge,

Run-off, in inches. ...................... 2.10

February

8,200

14,900

14,900

16,700

20,000

20,300

16,400

25,100

13,900

4,430

27,500

30,200

29,900

32,900

37,800

32,900

39,200

37,700

28,400

21,800

19,000

7,110

1,640

9,380

9,290

11,300

12,800

15,800

January February

155 19,980

20,520 10,780

8.13 3.85
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 329

Hlwassee River near Reliance, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°13 I 20 11 , long. 84°31'34", just above notch between rock bluffs, half 

a mile below mouth of Spring Creek, and 3 miles below highway bridge at Reliance, 

Polk County. Zero of gage is 718.34 feet above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 1,221 square miles.

gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half-tenths between 3.3 and 5.9 feet; hundredihs below and tenths above these limits subsequent to 

and including Jan. 3, after which they were used to half-tenths below.and tenths 

above 6.1 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 42,500 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937s Discharge, 26,300 second-feet noon Jan. 3 (gage height, 

16.16 feet).

1926-36: Discharge, 45,300 second-feet Feb. 4, 1936 (gags height, 23.01 feet).

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

762

780

905

1,120

1,080

1,050

3,180

3,200

2,070

1,670

Jan.

8,450

12,500

22,900

10,500

6,230

5,710

4,890

4,130

3,690

3,270

Feb.

5,540

4,430

3,980

3,550

3,270

3,130

3,410

3,690

9,500

10,600

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,580

1,620

1,440

1,270

1,230

1,190

1,270

1,310

5,400

6,460

Jan.

3,060

4,010

5,710

4,580

6,040

6,620

5,210

8,730

11,500

9,570

Feb.

6,230

4,890

4,280

4,130

3,690

3,480

3,270

3,060

2,990

3,130

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ............................................

Dec.

3,700

2,740

2,280

1,970

1,770

1,620

1,530

1,770

3,370

4,280

6,220

2 253

2.13

Jan.

7,340

5,710

4,890

4,280

6,900

7,170

5,210

4,580

4,730

4,130

4,280

6.30

Feb.

4,130

4,280

3,830

3,690

3,480

3,130

2,990

2,990

4 242

3.61

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.27

3.30

3.48

3.78

3.75

3.71

5.76

5.80

4.84

4.43

Jan.

8.95

10.65

14.92

9.88

7.76

7.46

6.96

6.52

6.18

5.91

Feb.

7.37

6.72

&. 3 7

6.12

5.92

5.78

6.00

6.19

9.31

9.93

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.33

4.38

4.18

4.02

3.93

3.91

4.02

4.07

7.10

7.91

Jan.

5.74

6.30

7.46

6.82

7.64

8.01

7.23

9.05

10.44

9.48

Feb.

7.80

7.03

6.65

6.48

6.24

6/03

5.88

5.76

5.71

5.80

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6.20

5.45

5.03

4.75

4.54

4.40

4.29

4.53

5.93

6.58

7.70

Jan.

8.35

7.53

6.99

6.60

8.11

8.30

7.25

6.78

6.88

6.50

6.60

Feb.

6.47

6.62

6.27

6.19

6.07

5.81

5.68

5.72

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

gta

N

6

M

9

2

11

6

N

M

6

5

M

8

1

8

M

N

M

1

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 6

3.53

3.57

4.60

De

5.45

5.38

6.91

De

6.50

5.43

5.15

938

938

1,820

c. 7

2,740

2,680

4,730

c. 8

4,130

2,740

2,400

Dec. 18

4.01

3.97

4.52

1,270

1,230

1,720

Dec. 19

6.03

6.29

9.61

9.30

3,430

3,840

9,780

9,150

Dec. 20

7.88

6.79

De

4.29

4.43

4.94

6,410

4,580

c. 28

1,530

1,670

2,180

ow

4

6

10

6

2

N

11

6

N

3

M

2

N

11

6

6

3

5

10

N

2

M

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 29

5.36 2,620

6.07 3,560

5.70 3,040

6.19 3,700

Dec. 30

7.00

6.58

6.08

4,890

4,280

3,560

Dec. 3i

6.43

7.60

7.72

10.17

3,980

5,880

6,050

11,100

Jan. 1

10.24

8.79

7.81

11,100

8,130

6,230

Jan. 2

8.22

12.69

6,960

17,000

Jan. 3

14.77 22,600

14.70

16.02

22,300

25,800

16.16 26,300

15.95

12.50

25,800

16,600

gta

N

M

N

M

8

8

2

10

2

6

3

3

N

M

2

2

6

11

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 4

9.61 9,780

8.34 7,150

Jan. 5

7.67 6,050

7.46 5,710

Jan. 6

7.70 6,050

7.21 5,210

Jan. 12

5.66

5.83

2,920

3,200

6.85 4,580

6.82 4,580

Jan. 13

7.54

7.49

Ja

5,710

5,710

n. 14

6.80 4,580

6.51

Ja

4,130

n. 15

6.47 4,130

7.98 6,590

7.92

9.13

6,410

8,730

Jan. 16

7.90 6,410

7.32 5,370

| Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 17

N 7.16

8 7.20

5,210

5,210

Jan. 18

9 8.10

5 10.32

8 10.20

6,770

11,300

11,100

Jan. 19

2 11.30

N 10.25

5 9.90

9 10.18

13,600

11,100

10,400

11,100

Jan. 20

N 9.49

M 8.89

Jan

N 6.60

10 6.45

9,570

8,330

. 24

4,280

3,980

Jan. 25

4 .6.79

11 8.05

3 8.30

8 9.65

Jan

N 8.19

M 7.61

4,580

6,590

7,150

9,780

. 26

6,960

5,880

?-

ta

4

N

M

5

4

1

N

M

N

M

N

10

N

M

9

6

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 31

6.29 3,830

6.49 4,150

7.10 5,050

Feb . 1

7.72 6,050

7.25 5,210

Feb. 7

5.76

5.99

3,060

3,410

6.34 3,830

Feb . 8

6.12 3,550

6.08 3,550

Feb. 9"

9.13

11.91

Feb

8,730

15,100

. 10

9.70 9,990

8.46 7,530

Feb . 20

5.68 2,990

5.90 3,270

Feb

6.54

. 21

4,130

6.68 4,430
330 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Ocoee River at Parksvllle, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°05'48", long. 84°39'15 n , 1,500 feet downstream from dam and power 

plant No. 1 of Tennessee Electric Power Co. at Parksvllle, Polk County. Zero of 

gage Is 717.58 feet above mean sea level (Tennessee River Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 595 square miles (revised).

Qage-helgat "record.- Water-stage recorder graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 14,900 second-feet} 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 4,960 second-feet 7 a.m. Jan. 4 (gage height,

 9754 feet).

1911-16, 1921-36: Discharge, 19,000 second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 18.32 

feet).

Remarks.- Flow regulated at Blue Ridge and Parksvllle Reservoirs. Oage-helght record 

collected In cooperation with Tennessee Electric Power Co.

Mean dally discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

862

1,010

464

872

664

790

852

1,720

1,030

1,250

1,530

769

440

1,120

932

1,090

858

1,540

1,170

576

2,100

2,390

2,040

196

222

767

308

1,460

862

850

1,010

January

1,550

1,670

1,950

3,250

2,130

1,720

1,410

1,580

1,640

710

2,080

2,090

2,060

2,020

1,960

1,780

1,160

2,310

2,540

2,390

2,170

2,340

2,400

1,770

2,040

2,440

2,430

2,390

962

446

520

December

Mean monthly discharge, In second-feet.. 1,024

February

1,580

1,560

1,760

1,450

1,710

958

846

1,430

1,320

1,320

1,590

1,760

1,430

1,120

1,670

1,870

1,830

986

1,150

1,240

732

1,200

1,170

1,290

1,620

1,490

1,380

822

January February

1,868 1,367
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Sequatchie River near Whitwell, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°12'22 lt , long. 85°29'48", at highway bridge l| miles east of Whitwell, 

Marion County, and 3 miles upstream from bridge on State Highway 27. Zero of gage 

is approximately 632.7 feet above mean sea level (southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

Drainage area.- 384 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 10 p.m. Dec. 31 to 

5 a.mT Jan. 1 and midnight Feb. 8 to 5 a.m. Feb. 9, when gage heights were computed 

from estimated graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.6 and 4.0 feetj 

hundredths below and tenths above these limits prior to Jan. 3 and to tenths thereafter.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 14,700 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 16,000 second-feet midnight Jan. 2 to 1 a.m. 

Jan. 3 (gage height, 15.55 feet).

1920-36: Discharge, about 19,000 second-feet Mar. 24, 1929 (gage height, 16.0 

feet, from floodmark).

Mean daily discharge, in se"cond-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

55

53

55

58

56

395

4,320

3,500

1,790

921

Jan.

4,280

8,020

11,100

6,840

4,130

2,370

1,880

1,540

1,200

1,070

Feb.

1,430

1,300

1,170

1,040

940

876

908

1,040

5,340

6,150

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

654

560

498

436

385

340

310

298

463

1,180

Jan.

1,000

1,300

2,370

2,520

3,980

5,300

4,080

3,790

5,010

4,500

Feb.

3,660

2,200

1,600

1,330

1,130

1,000

908

812

748

748

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1,210

953

746

607

530

452

406

545

1,240

1,560

3,290

2.70

Jan.

3,590

2,670

2,200

2,590

7,100

7,380

5,440

3,050

2,230

1,740

1,540

3,736

11.22

Feb.

1,100

1,400

1,200

1,270

1,430

1,300

1,130

1,040

4.28

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1

1

1

1

1

2

12

11

6

.14

.12

.14

.16

.15

.35

.27

.10

.95

4.29

Jan. Feb.

12.37 6.00

13.81 5.59

15.00 5.18

14.00 4.84

11.98 4.52

8.68 4.27

7.30 4.35

6.33 4.82

5.32 12.58

4.88 13.66

Gage height, in feet,

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.43

3.17

2.93

2.73

2.58

2.43

2.33

2.29

2.83

5.12

Jan.

4.72

5.57

8.72

9.13

11.82

13.15

L2.20

11.80

12.98

12.55

and discharge,

December 1936

o

M

N

4

M

6

N

8

M

N

V

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec

December

1

1

.25

.38

9.58

I

11

IE

)ece

.72

.62

13.17

13.02

2

mber

3

4

5

5

December

11.07

9.14

3

2

December

e .84

5.18

I)ece

1

1

mber

4.20

3.68

December

£ .61

4.03

December

£

c

.31

.44

1

1

December

5.21

A .78

1

1

ft.

6

68

85

700

7

660

500

300

010

8

280

520

9

730

210

10

889

731

19

391

825

20

240

r 270

21

210

080

g

W

N

M

N

M

N

M

4

N

8

6

6

M

N

9

M

2

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

December 28

2.92

4.15

483

889

December 29

5.37

6.27

1,270

1,560

December 30

6.30 1,560

6.78 1,730

December 31

8.60 2,340

11.31 3,400

12.31 4,180

January 1

12.63

12.06

4,500

3,990

12.04 3,900

January 2

13.77

15.42 1

3,380

4,200

15.55 16,000

January 3

15.52 1

14.97 1

5,100

1,100

14.38 8,040

January 4

14.00 6,840

13.52 5,800

g

a

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

6

M

N

5

M

4

N

8

6

N

M

N

M

to

Feet

Feb.

11.54

8.24

6.51

5.74

5.13

4.74

4.35

4.10

3.92

3.92

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

in second-feet, at

Dec.

5.19

4.39

3.73

3.32

3.03

2.82

2.67

3.10

5.31

6.33

10.71

Jan.

11.58

9.56

8.21

9.29

13.84

14.22

13.28

10.40

8.27

6.91

6.27

indicated time,

Feb.

4.96

5.90

5.30

5.52

5.99

5.60

5.06

4.83

February 1937

Sec. ft.

January 5

12.

10.

11

02

3,9£

2,84

0

W

January 6

8.

7.

58

78

Janu

5.34

7. 20

2,34

2,oe

iry 12

to

0

1,200

1,84 0

January 13

8.96

9. 33

9.36

2,480

2,5S 0

2,620

January 14

9.

8.

05

B6

9.25

Janu

10.47

12. 16

12.94

2,4£

2,44

0

0

2,550

iry 15

3,020

4,06 0

4,870

January 16

13.

13.

34

22

12.70

5,46

5,3C

0

0

4,620

January 17

12. 36

11.46

4,18 0

3,520

oa

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

6

M

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 18

1]

1]

L.08

L.75

12.73

,

<

£

'anua

).56

5.51

3,280

3,740

4,620

ry 22

2,700

2,300

January 23

£3.07

8.67

2,160

2,370

January 24 i >.10

9.10

1]

t

1'

L.63

Fanus]

1.16

14.67

14.65

2,520

2,520

3,590

py 25

7,380

9,330

8,860

January 26

1'1.21

13.80

7,380

6,380

January 27 i;

1£

5.42

>.22

5,620

4,080

January 28

10.27

£J.88

2,950

2,440

iM

N

M

N

M

N

8

M

N

6

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 29

8.28

7.63

2,230

1,990

January 30

6.89

6.37

1,740

1,570

February 8

4.68

4.73

6.7

1,000

1,000

1,670

February 9

13.28

14.11

14.27

Febr

13.74

5,460

7,100

7,690

 uary 10

6.180

12.85 4,740

February 11

11.70 3,660

9.75

Febr

8.13

7.11

2,770

uery 12

2,160

1,810

February 21

4.78

5.99

1,040

1,430
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Elk River near Prospect, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°01'39", long. 860 56'52 n , at highway bridge 1 mile below mouth of 

Richland Creek, 3g miles east of Prospect, Giles County, and 6 miles above mouth of 

Fords Creek. Zero of gage is 563.29 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,784 square miles (revised).

GaRe-helght records.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.4 and 3.7 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits prior to 

midnight Jan. 1 and to tenths thereafter.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- Dlscharge, 45,200 second-feet 4 to 9 p.m. Jan. 3; maximum gage height, 31.85 

feet 7 p.m. Jan. 3.

1934-36: Discharge, 42,100 second-feet Mar. 4, 1934 (gage height, 31.12 feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

442

442

488

488

471

6,100

20 , 200

21,500

9,900

6,070

Jan.

15,000

26,300

40,000

36,600

25,200

16,300

7,880

6,170

5,260

5,530

Feb.

7,020

6,080

5,260

4,640

4,120

3,680

3,680

4,960

19,300

19,900

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4,160

3,330

2,750

2,400

2,120

1,910

1,700

1,840

2,540

2,610

Jan.

6,920

9,720

16,700

15,200

21,600

23,300

21,400

20,400

19,900

20,300

Feb.

13,400

8,350

5,990

5,080

4,290

3,860

3,340

3,000

2,750

2,750

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2,470

2,470

2,190

1,910

1,740

1,600

1,570

5,180

5,620

5,270

13,600

2.81

Jan.

21,000

16,200

14,500

16,300

20,600

19,900

15,900

12,800

9,300

7,210

7,210

10.85

Feb.

3,180

3,180

3,000

4,380

4,550

4,290

3,860

3,600

3.36

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.70

1.70

1.78

1.78

1.75

8.58

21.41

22.21

13.32

9.30

Jan.

18.02

25.96

30.98

30.07

25.60

18.44

10.46

8.73

7.72

7.95

Feb.

9.61

8.58

7.71

6.99

6.36

5.90

5.91

7.24

21.09

21.60

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

7.00

5.91

5.12

4.61

4.25

3.91

3.62

3.83

4.83

4.91

Jan.

9.54

12.30

18.90

17.60

22.97

24.40

22.75

22.05

21.65

21.93

Feb.

15.97

11.03

8.52

7.49

6.04

6.08

5.49

5.09

4.83

4.81

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4.70

4.67

4.28

3.93

3.63

3.43

3.43

8.34

8.75

8.44

16.87

Jan.

22.47

18.52

17.01

18.62

22.18

21.61

18.17

15.52

11.96

9.82

9.83

Feb.

5.29

5.30

5.08

6.68

6.91

6.58

6.08

5.75

Cage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1956 to February 1957

hgK

6

N

M

6

N

M

8

N

3

M

N

M

N

M

N

8

2

8

6

N

10

8

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

1.82

6.70

19.45

Dece

21.15

21.70

22.24

Dece

22.70

22.74

22.63

19.30

Dece

12.53

10.48

Dece

9.42

7.92

512

3,930

17,000

mber 7

19,900

20,700

21,500

mber 8

22,300

22,300

22,200

16 , 900

mber 9

9,100

7,180

mber 10

6,160

4,850

December 18

3.50

4.51

1,630

2,330

December 19

4.79

4.55

5.10

2,540

2,400

2,750

December 27

3 . 28

3.89

1,490

1,910

December 28

8.35

8.33

9.60

Dece

8.64

8.24

5,270

5,180

6,340

mber 29

5,440

5,100

h

K

N

7

6

N

M

6

N

5

M

N

M

N

4

9

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

11

8

M

Feet

Decei

8.12

7.88

Sec. ft.

nber 30

5,020

4,850

December 31

15.94

17.33

18.64

12,500

14,100

15,800

January i

18.37

17.38

16.58

20.78

15,500

14,200

13,300

19,300

January 2

26.31

29.23

26,200

33 , 500

January 3

31.33

31.75

31.83

31.70

Janu

30.30

27.82

Janu!

25.66

23.27

41,200

43,200

43,200

42,800

ary 4

37,300

29,500

jry 5

25,100

22,000

January 6

19.20

12.08

17,000

9,400

January 7

10.37

9.41

Janui

6.99

9.49

9.55

7,780

6,830

ary 10

4,640

6,920

7,020

%

0

m

8

7

M

7

N

M

N

4

M

6

1

5

9

M

N

6

MN

8

M

N

M

3

N

5

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 11

9.83

9.27

9.30

Janu

9.34

11.23

17.48

Janu

19.30

19.40

18.94

7,210

6,740

6,740

ary 12

6,740

8,540

15,100

ary 13

17,200

17,300

16,700

January 14

18.22

17.00

16.95

16.73

18.80

15,900

14,500

14,500

14,200

16,600

January 15

23.60

24.22

24.35

22,300

23,100

23,300

January 16

24.40

24.46

24.29

23,300

23,400

23,200

January 17

22.75

21.50

21,400

19,800

January 18

21.25

22.43

22.60

22.20

19,400

20,900

21,100

20,600

January 19

21.80

20.67

20,200

18,800

3 

o 

W

N

M

N

6

M

N

M

1

2

N

M

6

3

M

N

M

8

N

M

N

M

9

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 20

22.15

22.60

20,600

21,100

January 21

22.70

22.37

21.49

21,200

20,900

19,800

January 22

18.52

15.30

16,200

12,600

January 23

15.18

15.21

17.40

18.30

12,500

12 , 500

15,000

16,000

January 24

18.43

18.13

20.50

16,100

15,800

18,600

January 25

22.55

22.41

21,100

20,900

January 26

22.29

21.97

19.80

20,800

20,400

17,800

January 27

18.09

16.86

15,800

14,400

January 28

15.73

15.61

13.94

Janu

11.81

10.42

13,100

13,000

11,200

ary 29

9,110

7,780

h

g

w

N

M

5

N

M

N

M

N

6

M

9

6

M

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

2

11

4

11

Feet Sec. ft.

January 30

9.80

9.29

7,210

6,740

January 31

9.15

10.17

10.21

6,640

7,590

7.590

February 1 .

9.58

8.95

7,020

6.450

February 8

5.87

5.81

16.85

3,680

3,600

14.300

February 9

21.17

22.10

22.28

19,400

20,500

20.800

February 10

22.38

22.11

19.26

20,900

20,500

17.200

February 11

15.85

12.96

13,200

10.200

February 12

10.90

9.41

8,260

6.830

February 13

8.44

7.93

4,900

5.440

February 24

5.13

7.15

7.13

7.48

3,000

4,820

4,730

5,080
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 333

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala.

Location.- Lat. 54°59'21 n , long. 88°07'21", in SE^ sec. 5, T. 53., R. 15 W., at highway bridge half a mile below mouth of Little Bear Creek and three-quarters of a mile

southwest of Bishop. Zero of gage is 419.85 feet above mean sea level (Tennessee

River Survey datum).

Dra inage are a. - 667 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height "record. - Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.1 and 4.2 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by shifting control for periods Dec. 7 to Jan. 1,

Jan.6-15; base rating curve defined by current-meter measurements. 

Maxima.- January-February 1957: Discharge, 12,400 second-feet 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 2;

maximum gage height, 15.69 feet 7 p.m. Jan. 2.

1926-56: Discharge, about 21,400 second-feet Dec. 26, 1926, from rating'curve

extended above 12,000 second-feet (gage height, 22.0 feet, from floodmark).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1956 to February 1937

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

140

150

187

265

275

1,950

5,510

2,120

1,550

768

Jan.

2,510

9,870

9,130

4,6SO

4,180

2,410

1,980

1,620

1,350

1,390

Feb.

1,750

1,570

1,510

1,150

1,050

972

953

1,040

4,240

6,220

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

716

614

502

426

570

544

318

357

471

412

Jan.

2,050

2,270

2,710

2,460

4,570

5,210

4,940

6,220

5,590

6,840

Feb.

5,050

3,830

2,120

1,890

1,620

1,390

1,220

1,090

1,010

1,050

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Dec.

570

344

318

287

270

257

265

344

412

428

1,950

1.15

Jan.

7,580

5,880

7,120

5,980

5,780

5,780

5,680

3,580

2,410

1,890

1,750

7.52

Feb.

1,150

1,090

972

1,180

1,150

1,010

972

1,260

2.75

Mean dally gage height, In feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.28

1.55

1.59

1.97

2.02

6.11

9.46

7.07

5.82

5.95

Jan.

7.32

14.56

14.34

11.00

10.45

7.60

6.80

5.96

5.45

5.54

Feb.

5.95

5.56

4.97

4.62

4.40

4.22

4.15

4.56

10.15

12.58

Day

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

5.76

5.46

5.07

2.80

2.60

2.46

2.34

2.52

2.93

2.74

Jan.

6.95

7.56

8.15

7.74

10.65

11.66

11.44

12.74

11.87

15.15

Feb.

11.51

9.85

6.81

6.28

5.73

5.25

4.78

4.51

4.30'

4.44

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Dec.

2.57

2.44

2.28

2.17

2.10

2.04

2.07

2.46

2.71

2.79

6.68

Jan.

15.70

12.40

15.40

12.54

12.29

12.50

12.25

9.54

7.40

6.26

5.97

Feb.

4.60

4.51

4.24

4.71

4.65

4.29

4.21

4.92

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1957

I

1

6

N

9

6

N

6

M

6

N

M

4

N

8

N

M

N

6

M

6

2

6

N

6

M

6

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

2.15

3.42

6.50

9.19

Dece

9.52

9.72

9.59

8.55

506

682

1,980

5,580

mber 7

3,580

5,700

5,580

2,810

December 8

7.14

6.86

6.75

2,170

2,030

1,940

December 9

6.65

5 '.95

4.89

1,890

1,570

1,130

December 10

5.85

5.68

Dece

2.55

2.84

2.92

Dece

2.55

2.57

2.62

Dece

2.59

2.60

4.05

Dece

5.62

755

682

mbe r 18

518

441

456

mber 28

551

551

584

mber 50

570

570

804

mber 51

1,440

3 

o

W

N

6

8

2

M

6

N

7

M

4

N

8

4

N

8

6

6

4

N

8

10

6

M

6

6

4

Feet

7.45

7.85

Sec. ft.

2,520

2,510

January 1

6.14

6.18

11.17

1,660

1,710

4,780

January 2

15.70

15.55

15.69

15.58

7,580

11,500

12,400

12,100

January 5

15.40

14.65

15.06

11,500

9,580

6,700

January 4

11.20

10.76

10.98

4,780

4,460

4,620

January 5

10.96

9.98

4,620

5,900

January 6

8.55

7.27

7.15

2,810

2,220

2,170

January 10

5.08

6.02

6.59

1,220

1,620

1,890

January 11

7.21

6.81

Jam

6.55

2,170

1,980

.iary 12

1,750

g

W

9

2

M

6

N

M

N

9

M

N

M

6

N

6

M

5

N

9

M

2

N

M

N

8

M

N

M

Feet

6.70

7.96

8.50

Janu

8.40

8.19

7.68

Se c . f t .

1,940

2,560

2,760

ary 15

2,810

2,710

2,410

January 14

7.75

7.73

8.18

2,460

2,460

2,710

January 15

10.90

12.29

4,540

5,780

January 16

12.45

11.88

10.78

10.32

5,880

5,590

4,460

4,110

January 17

10.37

11.57

12.28

12.30

4,180

5,120

5,780

5,780

January 18

12.29

12.92

12.76

5,780

6,460

6,540

January 19

11.75

11.27

11.57

5,300

4,860

5,120

January 20

15.52

14.07

6,980

8,300

o W

6

N

M

N

9

M

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

4

N

8

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 21

14.22

14.02

12.58

8,500

8,100

6,100

January 22

12.40

12.27

12.50

Janu

13.06

13.55

13.67

5,880

5,780

5,980

iry 25

6,700

7,420

7,580

January 24

13.38

12.62

11.62

Janus

11.57

12.20

15.05

Janu

15.54

12.17

11.40

Janu

11.57

10.76

Janu

9.55

8.29

7,120

6,100

5,120

iry 25

5,120

5,680

6,580

iry 26

6,980

5,680

4,940

iry 27

4,940

4,460

ary 28

5,640

2,860

January 29

7.52

6.69

Janu

6.25

5.91

2,560

2,080

ary 30

1,850

1,710

o

W

N

4

M

N

M

3

9

9

M

4

N

8

4

N

8

6

6

6

N

7

M

N

N

6

10

6

Feet Sec. ft.

February 8

4.11

4.13

5.96

954

955

1,750

February 9

10.40

13.56

4,180

7,420

February 10

15.76

15.49

10.85

10.76

7,740

7,260

4,460

4,460

February 11

11.03

11.72

11.80

Febr

11.12

9.92

8.52

Febr

7.13

6.44

4,620

5,210

5,500

nary 12

4,700

5,840

2,980

nary 15

2,270

1,940

February 24

4.49

4.67

5.09

4.98

1,090

1,180

1,550

1,510

February 27

4.12

4.52

954

1,090

February 28

4.89

5.08

5.02

1,260

1,550

1,510
334 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Duck River at Columbia, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 350 37'05n , long. 87°01'57", at highway bridge two blocks north of public 

square at Columbia, Maury County, and three-quarters of a mile below Columbia hydroelectric plant. Zero of gage is 535.57 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,207 square miles (revised).

Sage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 4 p.m. Jan. 2 to 6 p.m. 

Jan. 3, when gage heights were determined from graph constructed from gage readings. 

Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.3 and 5.1 feet; hundredths below and 

tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 36,200 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 34,900 second-feet 10 p.m. Jan. 2 (gage 

height, 39.1 feet, from graph based on gage readings).

1904-8, 1920-36: Discharge, about 43.800 second-feet probably on Mar. 25, 1929 

(gage height, 43.1 feet, from floodmark).

1886-19361 Maximum stage Known, 48.0 feet, present datum, Mar. 30, 1902 (discharge not determined).

Remarks.- Low-water flow partly regulated by power plant above gage; flood flows not 

affected.

Mean daily discharge, In second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

202

125

195

260

190

2,900

17,400

19,900

8,480

3,900

Jan.

13,500

27,300

33,800

32.900

23,700

6,780

5,500

4,410

3,600

3,390

Feb.

4,770

3,820

3,240

2,730

2,360

2",070

1,930

2,220

10,100

16,700

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3,090

3,310

2,580

2,000

1,670

1,380

1,220

1,070

1,440

2,800

Jan.

4,260

5,430

12,600

12,500

15,300

21,300

19,900

17,600

15,600

16,500

Feb.

11,400

5,210

3,600

£,950

2,510

2,140

1,820

1,560

1,460

1,490

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2,510

2,140

1,710

1,380

1,180

1,040

924

2,000

4,700

4,550

11,000

3,460

3.31

Jan.

17,300

12,100

15,800

15,600

14,600

17,300

10,400

7,540

7,720

5,430

4,920

13.03

Feb.

1,930

2,000

1,820

1,670

2,070

2,070

1,930

1,710

3,546

3.06

Mean daily gage height, In feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.31

2.14

2.32

2.45

2.26

6.21

23.83

26.43

13.77

7.92

Jan.

19.56

33.0

38.5

37.9

30.00

11.68

10.12

8.63

7.54

7.24

Feb.

9.07

7.84

6.99

6.30

5.76

5.37

5.17

5.65

15.71

23.14

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

6.85

7.08

6.13

5.29

4.84

4.46

4.18

3.96

4.50

6.41

Jan.

8.36

9.98

18.62

18.48

21.56

27.83

26.38

24.00

21.90

22.84

Feb.

17.18

9.66

7.52

6.61

5.98

5.49

5.05

4.72

4.54

4.58

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

6.04

5.50

4.91

4.46

4.15

3.91

3.71

5.27

9.03

8.85

16.76

Jan.

23.73

18.14

22.12

21.92

20.76

23.72

15.96

12.66

12.86

10.02

9.26

Feb.

5.20

5.28

5.07

4.87

5.38

5.42

5.21

4.89

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

I

9

N

M

N

6

M

5

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

10

6

M

5

2

7

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6

2.30

5.20

16.10

174

1,930

10,400

December 7

24.70

26.88

28.00

Deo(

28.24

27.40

21.25

18,300

20,400

21,500

smber 8

21,700

20,900

14,90O

December 9

13.00

9.35

Dec<

7.84

6.91

Dec<

5.17

7.89

Dece

9.21

9.42

9.10

8.62

Dece

8.36

8.71

8.56

12.45

7,800

4,990

smber 10

3,820

3,170

smber 28

1,930

3,900

smber 29

4,850

4,990

4,770

4,410

mber 30

4,260

4,480

4,410

7,290

g

W

9

N

6

M

4

N

9

M

6

N

6

10

6

N

6

M

6

N

6

M

8

10

6

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 31

16.38

16.17

18.10

20.63

10,700

10,500

12,100

14,400

January 1

21.00

19.87

17.53

18.40

14,800

13,800

11,600

12,400

January 2

29.56

35.55

38.3

39.1

Janui

35.07

31.50

25.80

18.15

23,100

29,700

33,500

34,900

iry 5

29,100

25,100

1&,300

12,200

January 6

12.40

10.33

10.18

10.40

7,290

5,660

5,580

5,730

January 7

10.28

10.48

9.82

9.38

5,660

5,800

5,280

4,990

§

W

8

8

M

3

N

6

M

N

M

N

4

8

M

6

N

10

M

N

M

8

1

M

7

3

Feet Sec. ft.

January 10

6.88

7.78

7.70

3,170

3,820

3,750

January 11

7.69

8.53

8.78

8.81

3,750

4,340

4,550

4,550

January 12

9.10

13.58

4,770

8,310

January 13

19.71

20.75

21.07

20.80

Jam.

19.88

18.41

16.43

16.70

13,600

14,600

14,800

14,600

ary 14

13,800

12,400

10,700

10,900

January 15

21.08

26.31

14,800

19,800

January 16

28.07

28.35

27.28

Jami

25.62

27.08

21,600

21,900

20,800

ary 17

19,100

20,600

T, 

I

8

M

4

N

8

M

4

N

M

6

10

5

M

8

1

M

N

9

M

N

5

M

N

M

Feet

26.30

24.90

Sec. ft.

19 ,800

18.500

January 18

23.84

24.73

23.27

23.17

17,400

18,300

16,900

16.800

January 19

23.23

22.43

16,800

16.100

19.01 13 '.000

Janua

22.20

23.90

24.18

24.00

ry 20

15,900

17,500

17,800

17,600

January 21

23.90

24.20

21.95

17,500

17,800

15,700

January 22

17.97

15.43

16.74

12,000

9,840

10,900

January 23

23.26

23.00

23.60

16,900

16,600

17,200

January 24

22.38

18.98

16,100

13,000

o

W

3

7

N

M

5

N

M

5

N

5

M

N

M

N

5

M

6

10

6

M

6

11

6

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 25

19.08

18.72

20.00

24.43

13,000

12,700

13,800

18.000

January 26

24.90

24.28

20.62

18,500

17,900

14.400

January 28

11.11

12.94

13.68

13.23

6,260

7,720

8,400

7.970

January 29

13.27

11.44

Feb

5.30

5.32

8.63

Feb

13.76

13.92

18.87

22.16

Feb]

23.53

23.76

23.11

21.83

8,060

6,480

ruary 8

2,000

2,000

4,410

ruary 9

8,480

8,560

12,900

15,900

ruary 10

17,100

17,400

16,700

15,500
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIH

Duck River at Centerville, Term.

Location.- Lat. 55°47'16", long. 87°27'56", 2,200 feet below bridge on State Highways 

48 and 100 at Centerville, Hiokman County, and l£ miles above Nashville, Chattanooga

6 St. Louis Railway bridge. Zero of gage is 450.8 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,048 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record .- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 11 a.m. Feb. 18 to

7 a.m7 Feb. 23, when there was only a partial record. Gage heights used to half

tenths between 2.4 and 3.9 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits

prior to »Oon Jan. 2, after which they were used to half tenths below and tenths above 4.2 feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 43,000 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 43,900 second-feet 7:30 p.m. Jan. 3 (gage

Eeight, 26.30 feet).

1919-36: Discharge, about 45,400 second-feet Mar. 27, 1929 (gage height, 27.30

feet, from floodmarks); maximum gage height (estimated), 28.0 feet Apr. 2, 1920. 

Remarks.- Discharge record for period Feb. 18-23 determined from partial gage-height

record and from hydrographic comparison with records at other stations.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

Dec.

449

437

425

383

431

504

7,780

18,100

18,700

6,910

Jan.

16,700

27,900

42,700

41,500

37,500

31,000

9,660

7,550

6,200

5,420

Feb.

7,410

6,460

5,550

4,780

4,180

3,700

3,480

3,370

7,500

16,200

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4,470

4,360

4,030

3,260

2,720

2,320

2,030

1,850

1,940

2,370

Jan.

5,940

6,850

11,200

17,400

19,100

22,800

27,400

33,600

29,200

29,300

Feb.

18,700

10,800

6,070

4,900

4,180

3,700

3,260

2,850

2,700

2,500

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off , in inche 3 .............................................

Dec.

3,260

2,930

2,520

2,170

1,900

1,720

1,670

2,370

4,800

6,180

12,200

2.27

Jan.

32,300

27,000

25,900

29,500

23,200

21,100

19,900

12,200

11,500

9,700

7,630

20 940

11.76

Feb.

2,700

3,000

2,900

2,820

2,710

3,040

2,930

2,760

2.63

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.54

1.52

1.50

1.43

1.51

1.63

8.30

15.69

16.01

7.80

Jan.

14.78

20.30

26.00

25.70

24.60

21.92

9.45

7.95

6.96

6.42

Feb.

7.93

7.22

6.46

5.92

5.39

5.00

4.78

4.73

7.85

13.60

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

5.73

5.57

5.32

4.60

4.06

3.72

3.42

3.22

3.28

3.73

Jan.

6.76

7.54

10.50

14.45

15.37

17.60

20.16

23.31

21.25

21.29

Feb.

15.22

10.12

6.92

6.08

5.40

4.96

4.56

_

_

_

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

26

29

30

31

Dec.

4.63

4.26

3.91

3.54

3.26

3.06

2.98

3.73

6.05

7.22

11.81

Jan.

22.85

20.03

19.44

21.45

17.78

16.62

15.94

11.10

10.69

9.46

8.15

Feb.

_

_

_

4.22

4.11

4.35

4.28

4.14

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

fn 

3 

O

2

6

10

2

6

10

3

9

N

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

6

6

4

N

8

6

6

6

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

December 7

1.85

5.30

6.20

10.10

11.55

12.80

660

4,030

7,330

9,570

11,600

13,500

December 8

14.15

15.40

15.90

16.90

15,700

17,600

18,400

20,100

December 9

17.30

17.25

16.20

13.30

20,800

20,700

18,900

14,300

December 10

9.90

8.00

6.96

6.35

9,330

7,100

5,950

5,260

Deoember 11

5.84

5,68

Decei

8.25

3.54

4.33

4,580

4,470

nber 20

1,900

2,170

2,930

December 21

4.66

4.62

Decei

3.12

3.73

4.75

3,370

3,260

nber 28

1,670

2,370

3,480

8x

6

N

6

4

N

6

M

3

9

3

9

4

N

8

2

6

N

6

9

6

6

N

M

N

M

4

N

Feet Sec.ft.

December 29

5.23

6.00

6.90

3,920

4,800

5,840

December 30

7.43

7.19

6.93

7.35

Dece

8.05

11.00

13.55

14.65

Janu

14.56

14.72

15.06

Janu

15.20

16.30

19.50

24.60

25.20

6,410

6,160

5,840

6,410

mber 31

7,100

10,700

14,800

16,400

ary 1

16,400

16,500

17,200

ary 2

17,300

19,100

26,100

37,500

39,600

January 3

25.74

26.30

41,500

43,900

January 4

25.70

25.14

41,500

39,300

January 5

24.66

24.16

37,900

36,200

January 6

23.90

22.95

35,300

32,800

g

X

6

M

4

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

4

N

8

6

N

4

M

4

N

M

N

M

6

N

M

Feet

20.70

14.70

Sec.ft.

28,300

17,900

January 7

10.60

6.90

8.40

11,400

8,810

8,110

January 8

7.98

7.42

Janu

6.80

7.05

7,550

6,720

ary 11

5,940

6.200

January 12

7.54

8.13

6,850

7,690

January 13

8.78

.10.50

12.20

Janu

14.20

14.80

14.90

14.70

8,670

11,200

13,900

ary 14

17,100

18,100

18,200

17,900

January is

14.48

15.16

16.75

Janu

17.55

18.55

17,600

18,700

21,500

ary 16

22,800

24,500

January 17

19.00

20.00

22.60

25,200

27,000

31,800

g

ffi

6

N

M

N

M

4

N

10

M

N

M

N

M

3

N

8

M

4

N

M

N

M

2

N

8

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 18

23.45

23.50

22.85

33,900

34,100

32.300

January 19

21.30

19.35

29,300

25,900

January 20

19.00

20.95

23.95

24.00

25,200

28,800

35,600

35.600

January 21

22.90

21.50

32,600

29.700

January 22

20.20

18.00

Janua

17.80

19.30

21.05

21.30

Janua

21.25

20.70

19.55

27,400

23,500

ry 23

23,200

25,700

28,800

29,300

ry 24

29,200

28,300

26.300

1 January 25

17.75

16.00

23,200

20.100

January 26

16.00

16.65

17.15

17.30

20,100

21,100

22,100

22,300

3 o

X

4

N

M

8

5

M

6

6

6

6

6

6

3

9

3

9

3

9

3

9

6

N

M

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec.ft.

January 27

17.20

16.30

13.10

22,100

20,600

15.400

January 26

11.20

10.34

10.70

12,300

10,900

11,500

January 29

10.90

10.53

Janu

10.00

8.94

Janu

8.18

8.08

11,800

11,200

ary 30

10,400

8,810

ary 31

7,830

7.690

February 9

5.10

6.65

9.10

10.55

3,820

5,680

9,100

11,400

February 10

10.55

13.12

14.50

15.30

11,400

15,400

17,600

18.900

February 11

15.75

15.50

13.48

19 ,800

19,200

16,000

February 12

12.55

10.70

9.15

8.10

14,600

11,500

9,250

7,690
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Duck River near Hurricane Mills, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°56<39", long. 87°49'07 n , at bridge on State Highway 13, 3 miles 

southwest of Hurricane Mills, Humphreys County, and 5 miles above mouth of Buffalo 

River. Zero of gage is 361.73 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1929).

Drainage area.- 2,570 square miles (revised).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Dec. 11, 4 a.m. Dec. 13 to 11 a.m. Dec. 14, 9 a.m. Dec. 16 to 7 p.m. Dec. 18, 2 

p.m. Jan. 4 to 1 p.m. Jan. 5, noon to 9 p.m. Jan. 13, 8 p.m. Feb. 12 to 9 a.m. 

Feb. 13, when graph was constructed from known limits of range in stage and partial 

record. Gage heights used to half tenths between 1.3 and 3.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits prior to midnight Jan. 4 and to tenths at all 

stages thereafter.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 46,500 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 48,500 second-feet midnight Jan. 4 (gage 

height, 23.05 feet).

1925-36: Discharge observed, 65,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 14, 1927 (gage 

height, 24.95 feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

750

750

744

730

698

808

1,640

12,500

19,000

15,300

Jan.

17,500

22,400

35,400

46,200

46,700

42,500

31,900

10 ,400

8,150

7,240

Feb.

9,270

8,570

7,240

6,250

5,530

4,830

4,500

4,280

5,050

11,700

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

6,490

5,170

4,830

4,390

3,530

2,930

2,290

2,290

2,470

2,380

Jan.

7,500

8,570

11,000

16,200

21,600

23,500

30,100

43,900

44,400

43,000

Feb.

17,700

16,600

9,410

6,850

5,770

4,940

4,390

3,840

3,620

3,400

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3,130

3,630

3,230

2,830

2,470

2,200

2,080

2,290

3,950

6,980

10,000

1.91

Jan.

46,200

45,300

44,400

38,400

35,400

27,400

23,800

19,400

13,700

12,600

10,400

12.11

Feb.

3,400

3,510

3,730

3,510

3,400

3,400

3,510

3,400

2.48

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.20

1.20

1.19

1.17

1.12

1.29

2.35

11.35

14.78

12.92

Jan.

14.07

16.16

20.07

22.52

22.58

21.66

18.86

10.08

8.51

7.78

Feb.

9.31

8.79

7.82

7.03

6.38

5.84

5.47

5.30

6.00

10.90

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

7.18

6.10

5.84

5.36

4.63

4.00

3.32

3.27

3.48

3.42

Jan.

8.04

8.80

10.49

13.47

15.90

16.60

18.56

22.04

22.12

21.80

Feb.

14.20

13.68

9.37

7.46

6.58

5.94

5.39

4.94

4.67

4.46

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

4.22

4.68

4.28

3.87

3.51

3.23

3.04

3.32

4.98

7.57

9.70

Jan.

22.48

22.34

22.08

20.81

20.06

17.88

16.74

14.92

12.06

11.49

10.07

Feb.

4.46

4.62

4.78

4.64

4.52

4.47

4.61

4.49

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

w

N

5

M

N

M

N

9

M

2

6

N

M

N

M

2

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 7

1.59

1.64

7.50

Deoe

11.62

13.61

1,010

1,040

6,850

mber 8

12,800

16,400

December 9

14.90

15.40

15.42

19,200

20,400

20,400

December 10

15.38

15.03

13.46

8.88

Dece

7.01

6.25

20,400

19,400

16,200

8,710

mber 11

6,250

5,290

December 21

3.52

4.32

4.77

2,470

3,230

3,730

December 28

3.29

3.72

Dece

4.95

6.26

2,290

2,650

mber 29

3,950

5,410

December 30

7.74

8.21

7,110

7,760

1

3

N

M

N

M

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

6

N

M

6

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

December 31

8.29

9.22

12.57

Janu

14.30

14.68

7,890

9,130

14,600

ary 1

17,900

18,800

January 2

15.09

16.13

18.27

19,700

22,200

28,700

January 3

20.00

21.58

35,000

42,100

January 4

22.63

23.05

46,600

48,500

January 5

22.59

22.05

46,700

43,900

January 6

21.66

21.25

42,500

40,200

January 7

20.90

20.00

12.96

38,900

35,000

15,300

January 8

10.56

9.73

9.08

11,200

9,850

8,990

W

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

8

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 9

8.47

8.00

8,150

7,500

January io

7.72

7.80

Janu

8.01

8.36

7,110

7,240

ary 11

7,500

8.020

January 12

8.67

9.44

Janu

10.35

11.87

8,430

9,410

ary 13

10,900

13,300

January 14

13.51

14.91

Janu

16.06

16.32

Janu

16.60

16.88

16,200

19,200

ary 15

22,200

22,700

ary 16

23,500

24,400

January 17

17.30

17.89

21.49

25,500

27,400

41,600

January is

22.11

22.50

44,400

46,200

1 

W

N

M

6

3

M

N

5

M

6

N

9

6

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

January 19

22.20

21.47

44,800

41,600

January 20

21.25

22.11

22.25

40,200

44,400

44,800

January 21

22.54

22.61

22.52

46,200

46,700

46,200

January 22

22.34

22.30

22.28

45,300

45,300

45,300

January 23

22.60

22.20

21.34

46,700

44,800

40,700

January 24

20.74

20.50

38,000

37,100

January 25

20.13

19.26

35,400

32,200

January 26

17.78

16.78

27,100

24,100

January 27

16.78

16.59

24,100

23,500

3 

o

M

N

M

9

6

M

N

M

N

M

6

3

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

N

M

Feet Sec.ft.

January 28

15.06

12.72

19,700

14,800

January 29

11.94

11.98

11.90

13,300

13,500

13,300

January 30

11.55

10.86

12,800

11,700

January 31

10.00

9.46

10,300

9,550

February 9

5.60s 4,610

5.86

7.86

4,940

7,370

February 10

11.03

12.99

11,800

15,300

February 11

14.36

14.82

18,100

19,000

February 12

13.95

11.50

Febr

9.15

8.06

17,200

12,600

uary 13

9,130

7,630

February 14

7.42

6.97

6,730

6,250
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Piney River at Vernon, Term.

Location.- Lat. 350 52'17", long. 87°30'00", at highway bridge 600 feet above mouth of

Pretty Creek, half a mile west of Vernon, Hickman County, and 2 miles below mouth

of Mill Creek. Zero of gsge Is 470.67 feet above mean sea level (Tennessee River

Survey datum).

Drainage area.- 193 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between S.9 and 5.0 feet prior to and including Jan. 16 and between 3.2 and 4.8 feet

thereafter; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 28,400 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 15,000 second-feet 11 a.m. Jan. 20 (gage

EeTght, 12.53 feet).

1925-36: Discharge observed, 32,500 second-feet Dec. 21, 1926 (gage height, 16.5

feet).

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1956 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

54

54

54

54

54

82

132

105

95

92

Jan.

690

3,200

1,340

760

523

420

385

334

311

503

Feb.

682

588

536

470

417

372

381

399

671

610

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

112

115

105

98

92

88

85

95

135

135

Jan.

760

938

1,200

938

1,970

1,110

5,880

5,570

1,850

7,460

Feb.

520

465

432

456

394

372

324

305

290

287

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in Inches. ...........................................

Dec.

128

118

108

102

98

92

105

236

295

336

1,120

148

0.88

Jan.

3,360

3,900

6,270

2,560

2,000

1,340

1,020

958

800

705

776

11.53

Feb.

283

264

255

246

235

222

212

210

 ZQQ

2.10

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.38

1.54

1.46

1.43

1.42

Jan.

2.86

5.88

4.00

3.00

2.52

2.30

2.22

2.10

2.04

2.46

Feb.

3.00

2.83

2.73

2.60

2.49

2.39

2.41

2.45

2.98

2.87

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.48

1.49

1.46

1.44

1.42

1.41

1.40

1.43

1.55

1.55

Jan.

3.02

3.36

3.78

3.35

4.84

3.66

7.42

8.15

4.72

8.85

Feb.

2.70

2.59

2.52

2.57

2.44

2.39

2.28

2.23

2.19

2.18

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.53

1.50

1.47

1.45

1.44

1.42

1.46

1.84

2.00

2.10

3.66

Jan.

6.62

7.10

8.59

5.59

4.90

4.00

3.55

3.45

3.22

3.04

3.16

Feb.

2.17

2.11

2.08

2.05

2.01

1.96

1.92

1.91

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to January 1937

1

N

6

M

3

6

N

M

N

M

3

6

9

N

Feet Sec. ft.

December 30

2.00

2.00

2.66

Dece

3.64

4.14

3.85

3.23

295

295

590

nber 31

1,110

1,440

1,240

885

January 1

2.82

2.71

Janu

3.15

4.09

7.76

8.42

670

615

ary 2

835

1,400

5,15O

6,140

o

3

6

M

N

M

6

N

8

M

6

6

M

4

8

Feet Sec. ft.

7.74 5,000

6.46 3,480

5.02 2,060

Jan\j

3.89

ary 3

1,270

3.36 938

January 10

2.09 330

2.3S 461

3.00 760

3. OS 810

January 14

3.36

3.16

938

835

3.85 1,240

January 15

4.94 2,020

5.71 2,670

I

N

M

3

8

N

6

9

M

5

8

N

6

6

6

Feet

5.24

4.14

Sec. ft.

2,220

1,440

January 17

3.30

4.00

7.50

11.26

11.65

11.20

910

1,340

4,210

11,500

12,300

11,200

January 18

9.50

9.26

8.18

6.61

7,340

6,950

5,130

3,360

January 19

5.09

4.34

2,160

1,590

I

1

5

9

11

2

6

M

7

10

3

M

5

N

3

Feet

Janus

4.12

6.05

11.82

12.53

11.58

9.41

7.20

Sec. ft.

ry 20

1,410

2,880

12,900

15,000

12,300

7,140

3,890

Janu pry 21

6.11

6.68

7.02

6.03

Janus

5.70

7.62

8.19

2,960

3,440

3,700

2,880

ry 22

2,640

4,330

5,130

I

8

M

3

5

8

N

6

M

3

6

6

1

N

M

Feet Sec. ft.

7.60 4,330

9. IS 6,760

January 23

10.64

.10. 96

10. 46

s.ee

9,780

10,800

9,540

5.900

6.90 3^610

5.9£ 2,880

January 24

5.8C 2,720

5.90 2,809

5.30 2,320

Janu

5.4S

4.8E

sry 25

2,480

1.920

4.36 1,590
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Buffalo River near Flatwoods, Term.

Location.- Lat. 39°29'45 11 , long. 87°49'5811 , a quarter of a mile above bridge on Flatwoods-Linden road, half a mile below mouth of Little Opossum Creek, and ijj miles

north of Flatwoods, Perry County. Zero of gage is 513.58 feet above mean sea level

(general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 447 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 3 p.m. Jan. 2 to

2 p.mT Jan. 11, 2 p.m. Jan. 20 to 4 p.m. Jan. 21, 3 p.m. Jan. 30 to 8 a.m. Feb. 1,

when there was no record. Sage heights used to half-tenths between 2.4 and 4.3

feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 11,000 second-feet;

extended to crest stage with aid of hydrographic comparisons with records at other

stations. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, about 24,000 second-feet night Jan. 2 (gage

height, 24.36 feet, from floodmarks).

1920-36: Discharge observed, about 34,800 second-feet Mar. 13, 1927 (gage height,

29.3 feet). 

Remarks.- Discharge for period Jan. 3-11 determined by hydrographic comparison with

records at other stations and for periods Jan. 20-21, Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 based on

partial record and known limits of range in stage.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

197

197

208

213

208

408

4,370

2,600

1,320

940

Jan.

4,120

13,800

10,000

4,000

2,200

1,700

1,500

1,400

1,500

1,250

Feb.

1,080

962

850

806

741

699

678

678

962

1,570

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

940

1,050

918

784

678

596

520

502

559

520

Jan.

1,250

1,370

2,040

2,280

5,490

4,080

4,060

9,220

5,740

7,160

Feb.

1,220

1,030

985

872

806

720

657

656

596

616

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Dec.

467

433

410

384

366

348

372

1,330

2,340

1,720

3,140

Q^A

2.41

Jan.

7,710

3,460

5,680

6,950

3,600

2,800

1,980

1,570

1,420

1,220

1,120

9.94

Feb.

636

616

596

616

616

596

577

577

1.85

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.54

1.54

1.58

1.60

1.58

2.19

8.98

6.65

4.41

3.62

Jan.

8.71

16.15

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

Feb.

3.90

5.64

5.42

5.50

5.17

5.06

5.01

3.00

3.64

4.88

Day

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

5.62

3.83

3.57

5.26

5.00

2.80

2.60

2.54

2.66

2.58

Jan.

_

4.52

5.85

6.25

7.82

8.62

8.55

13.84

13.00

11.74

Feb.

4.20

3.82

3.68

3.45

3.28

5.11

2.9V

2.88

2.82

2.86

Day

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Dec.

2.44

2.35

2.28

2.20

2.14

2.08

2.16

4.36

6.32

5.16

7.59

Jan.

12.59

7.90

10.29

11.68

8.14

6.98

5.70

4.90

4.60

4.19

4.02

Feb.

2.90

2.86

2.80

2.84

2.86

2.80

2.75

2.76

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1957

o 

w

3

9

3

9

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

2

6

10

4

N

8

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 6 1

1.60

1.72

2.08

3.35

De

6.25

8.90

9.96

10.00

9.65

9.10

213

244

548

828

c. 7

2,280

4,240

5,220

5,220

4,860

4,410

Dec. 8

8.40

7.55

6.75

6.13

5.63

5.25

3,840

3,220

2,660

2,220

1,930

1,720

Dec. 9

4.80

4.37

4.03

1,520

1,320

1,140

iw

N

6

4

N

8

4

N

8

6

6

3

9

3

9

3

9

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 27

2.04 556

2.25 400

De c. 28

2.90 656

4.42

5.75

De

1,320

2,040

c. 29

6.70 2,600

6.48 2,460

5.86 2,100

Dec. 30

5.29

4.86

1,770

1,570

Dec. 31

5.40 1,820

6.40

8.20

9.35

Ja

9.55

9.45

2,400

3,680

4,680

n. 1

4,860

4,680

I

3

9

2

6

10

2

6

10

6

6

6

6

5

9

9

3

9

3

9

Feet

8.45

7.40

Sec. ft.

5,840

3,080

Jan. 2

7.60

11.80

14.60

19.60

23.00

24.50

Jan

5.58

6.55

Jan

6.47

5.98

Jan

6.20

6.80

9.80

Jan

9.75

9.15

8.20

7.40

3,220

7,000

10,100

16,700

21,700

23,800

. 15

1,820

2,540

. 14

2,460

2,160

. 15

2,280

2,660

5,040

. 16

5,040

4,500

5,680

5,080

1

5

9

5

9

5

9

5

9

5

9

5

9

5

9

3

9

5

9

5

9

Feet [Sec. ft.

Jan. 17

6.85

7.25

8.45

11.65

Jai

14.10

14.45

15.85

12.95

2,660

2,940

5,840

6,800

i. 18

9,520

9,880

9,180

8,500

Jan. 19

11.90

11.10

10.00

9.00

7,100

6,500

5,220

4,520

Jan. 20

8.50

10.40

12.90

15.55

Jai

15.00

15.25

11.40

9.90

5,760

5,600

8,190

11,100

l. 21

10,600

8,520

6,600

5,150

I

5

9

5

9

5

9

5

9

3

9

3

9

4

N

8

6

6

Feet

Jan

8.80

8.10

7.50

7.20

Ja

7.45

8.65

11.55

15.50

Sec. ft.

. S2

4,160

5,600

3,150

2,940

n. 23

5,080

4,000

6,800

8,850

Jan. 24

15.60

12.60

11.00

9.50

8,960

7,860

6,200

4,770

Jan. 25

8.47

8.05

7.82

5,920

5,520

5,560

Jan. 26

7.58

6.54

5,080

2,460
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 339 

Buffalo River near Lobelville, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°48'46", long. 87°47'51 n , at Standing Rock Bridge on State Highway 

13, 4 miles north of Lobelville, Perry County, and 13 miles below mouth of Cane 

Creek. Zero of gage is 403.15 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1929).

Drain age area.- 707 square miles (revised).

Gage-height "record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods 2 a.m. Dec. 20 to 

9 a.m. Dec. 21, 4 p.m. Jan. 3 to 2 p.m. Jan. 4, 9 p.m. Jan. 16 to 9 a.m. Jan. 17, 

11 a.m. Feb. 1 to noon Feb. 2, 6 a.m. Feb. 5 to 2 p.m. Feb. 6, 10 p.m. Feb. 15 to 

noon Feb. 18, when there was no record. Gage heights used to half-tenths between 

2.0 and 4.0 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 9,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage by hydrographic comparison with records of Buffalo River 

near Flatwoods.

Maxima.- January-February 19371 Discharge, about 18,400 second-feet 11 p.m. Jan. 3 

(gage height, 16.83 feet, from floodmark inside gage well}.

1927-36: Discharge observed, about 15,200 second-feet Mar. 24, 1929 (gage height, 

16.25 feet).

Remarks.- Gage-height graph for periods of missing gage-height record drawn on basis 

of known range in stage.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

295

291

293

291

300

364

848

3,660

3,040

1,920

Jan.

4,850

8,140

15,300

14,400

5,380

2,900

2,420

2,200

2,040

2,040

Feb.

1,760

1,660

1,510

1,410

1,310

1,240

1,180

1,110

1,410

1,710

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,460

1,310

1,180

1,040

960

1,010

1,010

Jan.

2,420

2,600

3,250

3,670

4,760

5,650

7,320

10,900

10,500

10,700

Feb.

2,090

1,820

1,610

1,510

1,410

1,310

1,210

1,110

1,060

1,040

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

960

885

815

770

725

665

665

1,080

2,800

3,390

3,910

2.14

Jan.

12,000

10,500

8,820

9,000

8,820

5,440

3,990

2,970

2^420

2,140

1,920

6,112

9.96

Feb.

1,040

1,040

1,010

1,010

985

985

960

935

1.92

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.58

1.56

1.57

1.56

1.60

1.86

3.12

8.01

7.18

5.28

Jan.

9.54

12.05

15.57

15.24

9.83

7.02

6.17

5.76

5.46

5.50

Feb.

5.00

4.78

4.50

4.28

4.10

3.94

3.84

3.70

4.28

4.92

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.70

4.71

4.72

4.45

4.11

3.83

3.57

3.42

3.50

3.50

Jan.

6.18

6.50

7.53

8.14

9.40

10.28

11.41

13.72

13.52

13.60

Feb.

5.62

5.12

4.74

4.51

4.29

4.10

3.90

3.70

3.58

3.56

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.42

3.27

3.12

3.00

2.88

2.77

2.76

3.61

6.82

7.68

8.40

Jan.

14.18

13.52

12.65

112.68

12.56

10.08

8.50

7.13

6.22

5.71

5.30

Feb.

3.57

3.56

3.52

3.48

3.47

3.44

3.38

3.33

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in seconi 

December 1936 to February

d-feet, at indicated time, 

1937

ft

§ 

M

6

6

4

N

8

4

N

8

6

6

4

N

8

Feet Sec. ft.

Dec. 6

1.76

1.96

De

2.24

2.98

4.11

De

6.90

8.46

8.90

De

7.94

6.40

De

2.96

3.53

4.25

340

393

:. 7

486

770

1,310

:. 8

2,840

3,990

4,310

:. 9

3,530

2,540

:. 28

748

1,040

1,360

1tn

4

N

8

6

N

M

6

N

6

6

6

4

N

8

Feet

Dec

6.10

Sec. ft.

. 29

2,310

7.00 2,900

7.60

Dec

7.89

3,320

. 30

3,530

7.70 3,390

7.46

Dec

3,250

. 31

7.86 3,530

8.64 4,070

8.93

Jan

9.13

4,310

. 1

4,490

9.98 5,340

Jan. 2

10.70 6,090

11.70 7,360

13.70 10,900

iM

3

9

3

9

11

4

N

8

4

N

8

6

6

4

N

8

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 3

14.83

14.96

15.87

16.70

16.83

13,400

13,900

16,100

18,100

18,400

Jan. 4

16.43

15.40

13.98

17,300

14,900

11,600

Jan. 5

11.83

9.36

8.15

7,500

4,760

3,750

Jan. 6

7.27

6.69

Jar

10.78

11.20

12.79

3,110

2,720

. 17

6,200

6,680

9,180

o

W

6

6

N

M

4

8

N

M

6

N

M

4

N

8

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 18

14.00

13.51

Jar

13.67

13.07

Jar

12.98

13.28

13.40

14.68

Jar

14.42

14.00

14.10

11,600

10,500

i. 19

10,900

9,740

L. 20

9,540

10,100

10,300

13,200

i. 21

12,500

11,600

11,800

Jan. 22

14.08

13.64

12.85

11,800

10,700

9,180

ft

ow

6

6

6

6

M

4

N

M

6

N

6

6

6

Feet Sec. ft.

Jan. 23

12. 5C 8,640

12.78 9,180

Jar . 24

12.38 8,460

12.92 9,360

13. 2O 9,940

Jar . 25

13.23 9,940

12.78 9,180

11.14 9,560

Jar

10.42

. 26

5,760

10.00 5,340

9.68 5,040

Jan. 27

8.91 4,310

s.oe 3,670
340 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Big Sandy River at Bruceton, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°02'19 n , long. 88°13'42 n , at bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 3,200 feet

above mouth of Cherry Creek and 0.9 mile east of Bruceton, Carroll County. Zero of

gage is 380.76 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 206 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- One gage reading daily below and two gage readings daily above

3.5 feet prior to and including Dec. 18; two gage readings at all stages thereafter.

Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.0 and 4.2 feet; hundredths below and

tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 9,000 second-feet;

extended to crest stage by use of a comparison with hydrographs at other stations. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 13,800 second-feet 4 p.m. Jan. 21

(gage height, 14.86 feet).

1929-36: Discharge observed, 21,200 second-feet Jan. 21, 1935 (gage height,

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

75

80

85

85

70

698

1,010

447

118

151

Jan.

157

1,370

1,050

235

151

140

140

140

164

970

Feb.

178

164

171

164

145

151

164

186

311

145

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

171

157

134

112

90

96

90

118

178

112

Jan.

812

1,300

1,320

6D7

1,770

1,450

1,680

5,160

4,340

6,740

Feb.

140

134

140

698

235

140

134

145

140

284

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

112

96

96

90

90

90

96

530

258

151

1,050

1.21

Jan.

12,300

11,800

9,880

8,200

6,080

3,000

1,590

469

297

235

510

15.22

Feb.

425

151

140

134

134

118

118

128

0.96

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.66

2.70

2.74

2.74

2.62

6.02

7.56

4.68

3.04

3.34

Jan.

3.38

9.32

7.76

3.83

3.37

3.24

3.25

3.23

3.46

7.36

Feb.

3.53

3.43

3.51

3.45

3.30

3.37

3.47

3.60

4.16

3.29

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.50

3.42

3.20

2.98

2.80

2.84

2.82

3.06

3.53

2.99

Jan.

6.61

9.03

9.08

5.52

10.91

9.69

10.65

12.83

12.47

13.29

Feb.

3.24

3.21

3.24

6.02

3.83

3.24

3.21

3.28

3.23

4.06

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2.98

2.87

2.87

2.82

2.80

2.82

2.86

5.08

3.94

3.33

7.76

Jan.

14.61

14.48

14.08

13.67

13.07

11.88

10.32

4.80

4.09

3.83

4.99

Feb.

4.60

3.36

3.24

3.21

3.22

3.05

3.07

3.14

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

f-,

§ 

W

8a

4p

6

5

6

4

5p

7

4

7

4

8

4

6

5

7

Feet Sec. ft.

December 5

2.62

Dec«

6.02

70

mber 6

698

December 7

8.54

6.58

1,200

812

December 8

5.98

3.38

D

698

157

December 9

3.04

Dece

2.92

3.20

Dec«

2.84

2.88

Dec«

4.98

5.18

Decc

4.34

3.54

Decc

3.34

118

mber 18

101

134

mber 27

96

101

mber 28

510

550

mber 29

351

178

mber 30

151

Ba

4

8

4

8

4

7

4

7

3

8

4

6

4

7

6

8

3

Feet

3.32

Dece

6.98

8.54

Sec. ft.

145

mber 31

890

1,200

January 1

3.44

3.32

164

145

January 2

9.10

9.54

1,320

1,410

January 3

7.86

7.66

1,070

1,030

January 4

4.08

3.58

297

186

January 5

3.44

3.30

164

145

January 9

3.20

3.72

134

204

January 10

6.94

7.78

870

1,050

I

8

4

8

4

8

4

6

4

10

4

7

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 11

7.02

6.20

890

736

January 12

8.86

9.20

1,280

1,340

January 13

9.30

8.86

1,370

1,280

January 14

6.22

4.82

.736

469

January 15

11.00

10.82

1,800

1,740

January 16

9.84

9.54

1,480

1,410

January 17

9.70

11.60

1,450

2,460

January 18

12.90

12.76

5,460

5,160

January 19

12.60

12.34

4,600

3,840

TT

§

W

8

4

7

4

6

4

8

3

9

5

7

4

8

4

7

4

7

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 20

12.76

13.82

5,160

8,600

January 21

14.36

14.86

11,300

13,800

January 22

14.68

14.28

12,800

10,800

January 23

14.18

13.98

10,300

9,440

January 24

13.52

13.82

7,440

8,600

January 25

13.28

12.86

6,740

5,460

January 26

12.28

11.48

3,840

2,300

January 27

11.34

9.30

2,020

1,370

January 28

5.12

4.48

530

401

f-,

a

7

4

7

4

8

4

7

4

8

4

8

4

7

4

8

4

9

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 29

4.18

4.0C

325

270

January 30

3.88 246

3.78 224

January 31

4.98

5.00

510

510

February 1

3.42

3.64

157

195

February 13

3.22

3.26

134

140

February 14

5.98

6.06

698

717

February 15

3.94

3.72

258

204

February 20

3.90

4.22

246

325

February 21

4.98

4.22

510

325
CACHE RIVER BASIN 341

Cache River at Forman, 111.

Location.- Lat. 37°20'56 n , long. 88°54'50 n , In NEi sec. 31, T. 13 S. , R. 3 E. , at

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad bridge at Porman, 1 mile below Dutchman Creek.

Zero of gage is 332.77 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 242 square miles (revised). 

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily except for periods Jan. 31 to Feb. 9, Feb.

15-2l7 when there was no record. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.1 and

3.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation. - Affected by backwater from Ohio River for period Jan. 25 to

Feb. 25. Defined by current-meter measurements to 8,600 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-March 1937: Discharge, 8,620 second-feet 3 a.m. Jan. 16 (gage height,

17.40 feet, observed crest) .

1922-36: Discharge observed, 9,120 second-feet (revised) Mar. 13, 1935 (gage

height, 17.69 feet). 

Remarks . - Discharge for periods of missing gage-height record and for period in which

discharge was affected by backwater from Ohio River based upon 5 discharge measurements, hydrographie comparison with record of Ohio River at Golconda, 111., weather

records, and notes by gage reader.

Mean dally gage height, In feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to March 1937

In second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.28

1.26

1.25

1.24

1.22

1.68

3.02

3.24

2.73

2.46

2.33

2.01

1.70

1.64

1.57

1.53

1.50

1.65

1.76

1.66

1.61

1.59

1.58

1.56

1.54

1.52

1.50

1.58

3.27

4.29

7.19

Second- feet

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.1

1.9

15

109

127

86

60

54

33

16

13

9.8

8.2

7.0

14

19

14

12

11

10

9.4

8.6

7.8

7.0

10

136

230

666

January

Feet

8.30

7.92

6.65

5.63

4.07

3.55

5.30

7.02

8.08

9.34

9.28

9.15

8.95

10.74

16.27

17.04

15.97

15.22

14.54

13.60

13.21

16.27

15.28

14.48

14.26

14.05

13.78

13.43

13.62

14.02

Second-feet

864

792

558

386

210

163

341

630

828

1,050

1,050

1,030

990

1,350

6,860

7,980

6,380

5,180

4,170

3,040

2,670

6,860

5,330

4,170

3,140

2,500

2,080

1,860

1,660

1,540

1,430

February

Feet

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

12.50

11.52

10.72

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

5.03

4.73

4.23

3.74

3.56

3.41

3.35

Second- feet

1,350

1,280

1,190

1,130

1,070

1,030

972

936

882

864

828

756

684

594

505

420

341

294

261

240

220

200

181

172

163

163

145

145

December January

Run-off, in inches.................. .......... 0.26 11.87

March"

Feet

3.30

3.25

3.20

3.15

3.14

3.11

3.09

2.97

2.90

2.80

2.66

2.60

2.52

2.47

2.43

2.39

2.34

2.29

2.26

2.23

2.45

2.43

2.38

2.33

2.48

2.61

2.55

2.51

2.46

2.33

2.20

Second-feet

136

127

127

127

118

118

118

104

100

91

78

73

64

60

60

57

54

50

47

47

60

60

57

54

64

73

68

64

60

54

44

February March

fir\Q Ol_IO rtrt Q * * . V

2.64 0.37

7T596O 38 23
342 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo.

Location.- Lat. 38°37'4411 , long. 90°10'54", at foot of Washington Street, just downstream from west pier of Eads Bridge, St. Louis, and 15 miles below mouth of Missouri River. Zero of gage Is 379.94 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929) and 379.80 feet above mean Gulf level.

Drainage area.- 701,000 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for period 9 a.m. Mar. 10 to 

10 a.m.Mar.T6, when gage readings at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. were used to construct a 

gage-height graph.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by frequent discharge measurements throughout range 

In stage. Effect on discharge of changes in slope allowed for by correcting stage 

on basis of stage-ratio relation between gage at St. Louis and auxiliary gages at 

Bissell Point and Arsenal Street.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge, 332,000 second-feet 4 to 4:30 p.m. Mar. U 

(gage height, 20.83 feet).-

1933-36: Discharge, 649,000 second-feet June 7, 1935; maximum gage height, 33.52 

feet June 9, 1935.

1886-1932: Discharge observed by current-meter measurement (Mississippi River 

Commission), 1,040,000 second-feet May 20, 1892 (gage height, 35.7 feet); discharge 

observed by float measurement (Mississippi River Commission), 1,150,000 secondfeet May 21, 1892 (gage height, 35.2 feet).

Maximum stage known, 41.39 feet June 28, 1844.

Remarks.- Gage-height record at St. Louis collected in cooperation with 0. S. Weather 

Bureau. Dally readings of auxiliary gages at Bissell Point and Arsenal Street 

furnished by Corps of Engineers, 0. S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet 

December

and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet Sec. -ft.

-0.65

-0.77

-0.86

-0.73

-0.32

0.18

0.38

-0.24

-0.87

-1.05

-0.69

-0.70

-0.90

-1.13

-1.66

-2.47

-3.08

-2.68

-2.18

-2.03

-1.92

-1.99

-2.48

-2.97

-2.78

-2.39

-2.20

-1.94

-1.11

-0.36

0.11

58,500

57,200

56,800

57,600

60,400

63,900

64,900

60,800

56,700

55,400

58,000

57,800

56,500

54,900

50,400

46,400

42,800

45,700

48,100

49,500

50,200

49,600

46,500

43,500

44,900

47,000

48,500

50,200

55,700

60,500

63,500

January

Feet

1.25

3.16

4.86

5.54

5.52

5.07

4.72

5.61

7.62

8.67

8.75

7.68

6.32

6.20

8.50

12.12

12.45

10.90

9.86

9. 32

8.29

7.72

8.12

8.92

9.07

8.37

7.33

6.64

6.12

5.89

6.37

Sec. -ft.

72,100

87,700

102,000

107,000

107,000

102,000

99,500

108,000

127,000

136,000

136,000

123,000

112,000

113,000

138,000

174,000

171,000

152,000

145,000

141,000

131,000

125,000

130,000

140,000

138,000

131,000

119,000

115,000

111,000

110,000

115,000

February

Feet

7.46

9.C)6

9.61

11.48

12.25

11.80

10.24

9.]LO

9.64

10.12

9.79 9. r76

10.01

9.E56

9.50

9.87

11. £38

13.58

14.46

14.67

14.59

15.38

17.]L2

18.52

18.81

18.54

17.71

16.77

Mean monthly discharge in second-feet.....

Sec. -ft.

126,000

140,000

146,000

168,000

174,000

165,000

151,000

139,000

147,000

152,000

146,000

148,000

150,000

149,000

144,000

150,000

172,000

193,000

206,000

206,000

206,000

220,000

256,000

280,000

281,000

273,000

255,000

238,000

December

53,630

3,297

March

Feet

15.95

15.00

14.00

13.34

12.86

12.94

14.65

17.39

19.24

20.10

20.74

20.66

20.38

20.27

20.08

19.80

19.34

18.98

18.55

18.44

18.26

17.46

16.17

14.83

13.96

13.79

14.78

15.80

15.72

15.03

14.23

January

123,200

7,573

Sec. -ft.

229,000

211, 00()

199,000

190,000

185,000

186,000

215,000

263, OOC)

294,000

312,000

330,000

323, OOC}

319,000

31 8, OOC)

313,000

310,000

298, OOC)

291,000

285,000

283,000

279,000

260,000

236, OOC)

214,000

200,000

200,000

218,000

235,000

230, OOC)

219,000

206,000

February

185,000

10,280

April

Feet

13.85

13.17

12.28

11.78

11.49

11.13

10.68

10.98

11.63

12.01

12.08

11.86

11.53

11.26

11.51

11.99

12.20

12.23

12.14

12.13

13.30

14.82

16.35

17.73

17.75

16.59

15.34

14.65

14.70

15.16

March

253,300

15,570

Sec. -ft.

201,000

186,000

180,000

172,000

169,000

166,000

159,000

164,000

172,000

176,000

178,000

174,000

169,000

165,000

170,000

176,000

179,000

179,000

177,000

178,000

189,000

211,000

232,000

252,000

251,000

233,000

216,000

208,000

208,000

216,000

April

190,200

11,320
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM 343 

Miaaiaaippi River at Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Location.- Lat. 37°18 l 06 n , long. 89o 31'05n , at downatream end of concrete 'aeawall 400

feet below St. Louia & San Francisco Railroad atatlon at Cape Girardeau and 52 milea

above mouth of Ohio River. Zero of gage ia 304.65 feet above mean aea level (general

adjuatment of 1929) and 304.43 feet above mean Gulf level.

Drainage area.- 716,000 square milea (authority, Miaaiaaippi River Commlasion). 

Gage-height "record.- Water-atage recorder graph except for period 7:30 a.m. Jan. 17 to

10:30 a.m. Feb. 3, when gage readinga at 7 a.m. were uaed to construct a gage-height

graph. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Occasionally affected by backwater from Ohio River. Discharge determined on basis of slope obtained by uae of auxiliary gagea at Moccaain

Springa and Grays Point, Mo. 

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge 323,000 second-feet 1 to 4 a.m. Mar. 13 (gage

height, 24.84 feet); maximum gage height, 27.63 feet 1 p.m. Feb. 6.

1933-36: Discharge, 623,000 second-feet June 10, 1935; maximum gage height, 36.26

feet June 11, 1935.

1903-32: Discharge observed (Mississippi River Commission), 1,010,000 second-feet

June 14, 1903, at Thebes, 111., measuring section (gage height, 36.3 feet). 

Maximum stage known, 42.53 feet July 4, 1844 (discharge not determined). 

Remarks.- Gage-height record for period Jan. 17 to Feb. 3 and for auxiliary gages furnished by Corps of Sngineera, U. S. Army.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily diacharge, in aecond-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Daj1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

8.44

8.17

8.03

7.92

7.87

8.10

8.33

8.54

8.52

8.14

7.8t>

7.75

7.89

7.84

7.72

7.50

7.13

6.65

6.45

6.66

6.85

6.94

6.98

6.85

6.50

6.28

6.50

6.70

6.83

7.52

9.61

Sec. -ft.

64,400

61,800

60,500

59,400

59,100

61,400

63,400

65,800

65,200

61,100

58,100

58,000

59,100

58,700

57,500

55,400

51,500

47,300

45,800

47,800

49,400

50,200

50,500

49,200

46,100

44,100

46,400

48,200

49,300

55,600

76,600

January

Feet

10.23

10.28

11.18

12.35

13.19

13.51

13.75

14.89

15.78

16.85

17.69

18.02

17.75

19.19

21.30

21.82

22.62

23.58

23.27

22.82

23.33

23.97

24.29

25.18

26.27

26.62

26.17

25.74

25.61

25.82

26.27

See. -ft.

80,800

82,800

94,000

108,000

119,000

123,000

124,000

140,000

146,000

160,000

172,000

172,000 

161,000

181,000

214,000

214,000

236,000

255,000

244,000

224,000

225,000

219,000

198,000

196,000

203,000

205,000

199,000

186,000

173,000

167,000

172,000

February

Feet

26.48

26. {>6

27.03

27.24

27.37

27.61

27.40

26. S)0

26.34

25.69

25.14

24.'19

23.80

23.::L8

22.53

21. (59

21.20

21.19

21.83

22.34

22.40

22.09

22.16

23.16

24.31

24.72

24. 16

23.66

Mean monthly diacharge in aecond-feet.....

Sec. -ft.

174,000

175,000

188,000

199,000

206,000

222,000

220,000

207,000

198,000

196,000

196,000

191,000

190,000

188,000

186,000

179,000

176,000

186,000

210,000

226,000

233,000

232,000

239,000

266,000

294,000

302,000

297,000

283,000

December

55,710

3,425

March

Feet

22.52

21.53

20.62

19.70

18.96

18.42

18.22

19.05

21.06

22.90

23.97

24.64

24.80

24.64

24.49

24.33

24.08

23.80

23.52

23.24

23.14

23.02

22.53

21.62

20.55

19.60

19.12

19.40

20.13

20.38

20.04

January

174,000

10,700

Sec. -ft.

259,000

244, OOC

227,000

211,000

198,000

189,000

188,000

206, OOC

246,000

282,000

304,000

319, OOC

322,000

317, OOC

315,000

308,000

302,000

295,000

288,000

283,000

281,000

278,000

267,000

248,000

236,000

210,000

203, OOC

209,000

222,000

227,000

218,000

'ebruary

216,400

12 t 020

April

Feet

19.44

18.99

18.53

17.97

17.81

17.85

17.58

17.23

17.10

17.34

17.61

17.68

17.60

17.38

17.22

17.15

17.40

17.70

17.78

17.76

18.16

19.73

20.71

21.74

22.75

23.04

22.60

21.78

21.18

21.66

March

254,900

15,670

Sec. -ft.

209,000

200,000

191,000

183,000

180,000

181,000

175,000

169,000

168,000

172,000

179,000

179,000

176,000

174,000

172,000

172,000

175,000

180,000

182,000

181,000

189,000

218,000

235,000

255,000

273,000

277,000

268,000

252,000

240,000

249,000

April

201,800

12,010
344 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Mississippi River at Memphis, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°07'37", long. 90°04'25 n , at Memphis, 50 feet below Harahan Bridge,

 1.3 miles below Beale Street gage, li miles below mouth of Wolf River, 70 miles 

above mouth of St. Francis River, 164 miles above mouth of White River, and 171 

miles above mouth of Arkansas River. Zero of gage is 183.91 feet above mean sea 

level (U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey adjustment of 1929), 184.21 feet above mean 

Gulf level (1912 Mississippi River Commission), and 190.86 feet above Memphis datum 

(1881 Mississippi River Commission).

Drainage area.- 932,800 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission)

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements made daily during 

flood periods and at less frequent intervals during other periods.

Maxima.- January to April: Discharge, 1,980,000 second-feet Feb. 8; maximum gage 

height, 48.69 feet 5 to 8 a.m. Feb. 10.

1934-36: Discharge, 1,340,000 second-feet Apr. 19-21, 1936; maximum gage 

height, 39.33 feet Apr. 21, 1936.

1882-1904, 1931-33: Discharge observed (Mississippi River Commission), 1,620,000 

second-feet Apr. 9, 1904 (gage height, 38.6 feet, Beale Street gage). No observations made during floods in 1912, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1927, and 1929.

1871-1936: Maximum stage, 46.55 feet Apr. 9, 1913 (Beale Street gage); about 

45.2 feet, present site and datum.

Remarks.- To determine corresponding gage heights at Beale Street gage add 0.3 foot 

for each 10 feet of stage. All gages set to same datum.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in thousands of second-feet,

Dec-ember 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Faet

3.96

4.04

4.00

3.68

3.17

3.28

3.51

3.66

4.08

4.84

6.41

8.45

9.76

10.72

11.48

11.91

12.10

12.09

11.79

11.22

10.41

9.50

8.76

8.25

7.25

-6.46

6.60

7.64

8.30

8.67

9.31

M Sec. ft.

138

139

139

136

129

132

134

138

145

158

188

234

263

286

303

312

317

317

307

293

275

252

236

223

202

186

188

208

223

232

247

January

Feet

9.93

11.39

12.91

14.46

16.25

18.67

21.11

23.01

24.71

26.28

27.46

28.43

29.18

29.82

30.42

30.90

31.56

32.47

33.19

33.89

35.07

36.65

38.23

39.90

41.66

42.95

43.85

44.38

44.70

45.10

45.73

M Sec. ft.

261

298

337

379

428

500

579

639

698

755

800

835

854

870

882

902

927

966

1,020

1,040

1,100

1,200

1,300

1,420

1,540

1,600

1,630

1,670

1,700

1,720

1,760

February

Feet

46.32 46.'79

47.18

47.57

47.82

48.07

48.26

48.48

48. (53

48.66

48.53

48.32

48. C

47. e

2

6

47.17

46.57

45 .ii4

45.08

44. £

43. e

0

6

42.51

41. f

40.6

4

4

39.71

38.77

37.75

36.73

35.6

Mean monthly discharge, in thousands

Run-off, in thousands of acre-feet. ......

4

M Sec. ft.

1,790

1,8 20

1,880

1,910

1,920

1,940

1,950

1,970

1,9,50

1,970

1,940

1,900 1,8'

1.8'

to

to

1,810

1,760

1,6£)0

1,640

1,56 0

1,500

1,460

1,4£

1,36

0

0

1,300

1,240

1,160

1,100

1,04

December

Ol K C

AXO . O

13,250

0

March

Feet

34.48

33.23

31.84

30.29

28.66

28.02

25.44

23.88

22.44

21.24

20.66

20.62

20.99

21.49

21.91

22.12

22.17

22.13

21.93

21.68

21.36

21.07

20.92

21.04

21.16

21.15

20.88

20.49

20.12

19.90

19.91

January I

987.4

60,710

t Sec. ft.

980

932

874

815

751

722

639

588

546

512

503

509

521

537

553

562

566

566

559

553

543

537

531

537

540

540

531

518

509

503

506

'ebruary

1 , 668

92,650

April

'Feet

20.06

20.12

19.95

19.66

19.24

18.55

17.87

17.42

16.98

16.48

16.03

15.64

15.52

15.59

15.81

16.05

16.27

16.46

16.63

16.74

16.80

16.78

16.82

17.50

18.38

19.33

20.36

21.29

21.94

22.40

March

599.4

36,860

M Sac. ft.

515

518

512

500

485

462

442

428

414

398

384

373

371

373

382

390

398

403

411

414

417

417

419

442

467

497

524

553

569

582

April

448. 7 

26,700
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM 345

Mississippi River near Arkansas City, Ark. 

(near Chieot, Ark.)

Location.- tat. 330 35'30", long. 91°13'20 11 , in sac. 5, T. 13 S., R. 1 W., on levea at 

Old Kate Adams Landing, about 1§ miles below Arkansas City, &| miles below Chieot, 

and 437.5 miles below Cairo, 111. Zero of gage Is 96.75 feet above mean Gulf level 

(datum of Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army).

Drainage area.- 1,130,700 square miles (from reports of Mississippi River Commission).

gage-height record.- Gage read daily at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Gage heights at 8 a.m. used 

to tenths in the determination of discharge.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope and by scouring and filling of 

channel.Defined by current-meter measurements to crest stage and discharge.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge observed, 2,160,000 second-feet Feb. 16 (gage 

height, 53.7 feet); maximum gage height, 53.86 feet noon Feb. 14.

1884-1936: Discharge observed, 2,010,000 second-feet Apr. 16, 1912 (gage height, 

55.0 feet, affected by crevasses); maximum gage height observed, 60.4 feet Apr. 21, 

1927, affected by a crevasse. No reliable discharge determined Apr. 21, 1927, but 

on Apr. 20, 1927, there was an observed gage height of 59.3 feet and an observed 

discharge of 1,710,000 second-feet (does not include discharge by-passing gage as 

a result of levee breaks above).

Remarks.- Discharge measurements made at Chieot. Computations of mean daily discharge 

are preliminary and were made by Geological Survey from preliminary gage heights and 

discharge measurements furnished by Mississippi River Commission. Final and complete 

records of gage height and discharge to be published in reports of Mississippi River 

Commission.

Daily gage height, in feet, and daily discharge, in thousands of second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

3.1

2.5

2.1

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.7

2.8

3.8

4.5

5.4

6.8

8.4

9.6

10.6

11.3

11.5

11.6

11.4

11.0

10.4

9.7

8.8

7.9

6.9

6.1

5.3

5.4

6.1

M sec. ft.

189

181

176

172

170

167

170

168

174

195

213

227

244

273

301

322

341

353

353

351

339

329

314

297

282

265

251

239

228

232

249

January

Feet M sec. ft.

7.1

8.7

10.4

12.1

13.8

15.3

17.0

19.0

20.8

22.7

24.4

25.9

27.1

28.1

28.9

29.6

30.6

31.4

32.3

33.2

34.2

34.9

35.7

37.1

38.3

39.8

41.7

43.3

44.5

46.0

47.1

265

297

329

365

403

437

482

550

619

682

736

788

834

872

896

916

948

984

1,020

1,070

1,100

1,140

1,200

1,270

1,340

1,430

1,590

1,620

1,670

1,700

1,790

February

Feet

48.0

48. 9

49.8

50. 5

51.2

51. 7

52.2

52.6

53.

53.

1

4

53.7

53.8

53. 8

53.8

53. 8

53.7

53. 5

53.4

53. 1

52.7

52.3

51.9

51. 5

51.1

50. 9

50.3

49.7

49.0

.

Mean monthly discharge, in thousands

Run-off, in inches . ......................

M sec. ft.

1,820

1,900

1,940

1,970

1,880

1,870

1,970

2,000

2,01 0

2,020

2,070

2,120

2,130

2,130

2,120

2,160

2,12 0

2,110

2,04 0

2,050

2,000

1,98

1,88

0

0

1,850

1,820

1,780

1,730

1,690

December

250.5

15,400

0.26

March

Peet

48.2

47.5

46.7

45.7

44.8

43.7

42.4

41.4

40.2

38.9

S7.4

35.7

34.3

33.0

32.1

31.4

30.8

30.5

30.0

29.4

28.9

28.5

27.9

27.6

27.1

26.7

26.4

26.2

26.0

25.7

25.3

January

946.5

6.96

M sec. ft.

1,630

1,540

1,480

1,400

1,360

1,300

1,240

1,170

1,100

1,060

964

893

868

816

781

778

745

742

736

715

703

691

667

652

643

637

628

622

613

607

604

February

1,970.0

109,400

1.81

April

Feet

25.1

24.9

24.8

24.7

24.5

24.1

23.7

23.1

22.4

21.6

20.9

20.3

19.7

19.4

18.9

18.8

18.8

18.8

19.0

19.1

19.1

19.2

19. S

19.5

19.5

20.2

21.5

22.8

23.8

24.7

March

915.6

56,300

0.93

M sec. ft.

601

598

589

586

580

568

558

540

532

512

498

482

462

451

439

437

431

433

453

460

460

465

472

475

475

488

522

560

589

619

April

C~l ~l 0 

OJ.J. £

30,420

0.50
346 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss.

Location.- Lat. 32°18'45", long. 90°54'25n , in T. 16 N., R. 3 E., at combined highway 

afid railway bridge of Vicksburg Bridge & Terminal Co., l| miles below mouth of Yazoo 

Elver, 3 miles southwest of Vicksburg, and 603 miles below Cairo, 111. Zero of gage 

is 46.16 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,144,500 square miles (from reports of Mississippi River Commission).

Gage-helKht "record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by change in slope and by scouring and filling of 

channe1.Defined by current-meter measurements to crest stage and discharge.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge, 2,080,000 second-feet Feb. 17 (gage height, 

52.65 feet); maximum gage height, 53.22 feet Feb. 21.

1930-36: Discharge, 1,420,000 second-feet Apr. 15, 1935; maximum gage height, 

50.27 feet Feb. 29, 1932.

1884-1936: Discharge observed (Mississippi River Commission), 1,830,000 secondfeet Apr. 30, 1922 (gage height, 52.9 feet, present gage, after Weecama Crevasse); 

maximum gage height observed (Mississippi River Commission), 56.6 feet, present 

gage, May 4, 1927 (observed discharge, 1,770,000 second-feet); observed discharge, 

1,810,000 second-feet May 1, 1927 (gage height, 55.2 feet, present gage); observed 

discharges in May 1927 do not include discharge by-passing around gage as result of 

levee breaks above.

Remarks.- Discharge records corroborated by comparison with results of preliminary computations from data furnished by Mississippi River Commission for stations on 

Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Miss., and Arkansas City, Ark.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in thousands of second-feet,

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

4.22

3.55

3.03

2.50

2.10

1.94

1.90

1.76

1.68

1.90

2.50

3.35

4.19

5.09

6.32

7.77

9.03

10.03

10.74

11.14

11.35

11.30

11.03

10.50

9.82

9.02

8.27

7.49

6.62

5.93

5.68

M sec. ft.

224

213

205

198

193

189

189

188

189

196

205

218

233

249

269

296

322

344

356

364

367

364

352

342

326

310

296

283

271

260

258

January

Feet

6.03

6.95

8.22

9.77

11.65

13.47

15.24

17.07

19.20

21.33

23.28

25.19

26.88

28.31

29.52

30.45

31. b3

32.22

33.16

34.27

35.24

36.17

37.09

37.95

38.89

39.83

40.77

41.69

42.63

43.62

44.56

M sec. ft.

264

283

308

338

377

417

461

511

566

628

686

740

790

841

885

921

945

969

996

1,020

1,060

1,090

1,130

1,160

1,200

1,240

1,280

1,350

1,420

1,500

1,560

February

Feet

45.39

46.19

46.9 5

47.69

48.34

48.86

49. E

M sec. ft.

1,630

1,680

1,73C

1,760

1,800

1,830

9 1.87C

50.20 1~920

50.63

50.9 8

51.36

51.75

52.03

52.2 4

52.53

52.65

52.6 5

52.74

52.85

52. £ 4

53.17

53.01

52. S 4

52.79

52.66

52.51

52.39

52.1

Mean monthly discharge, in thousands

Run-off , in inches . .......................

7

1,970

1,980

2,000

1,980

2,020

2,020

2,030

2,040

2,080

2,070

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,020

2,020

2,020

2,000

1,960

1,920

1,910

December

266.7

16,400

0.27

March

Feet. M sec. ft.

51. BO

51.42

50.98

50.60

50.20

49.68

49.13

48.48

47. 6y

46.84

45.89

44.78

43.48

42.27

40.91

39.58

38.40

37.36

36.43

35.55

34.60

33.70

32.81

32.11

31.29

30.50

29.76

29.12

28.57

28.07

1,870

1,830

1,760

1,720

1,670

1,600

1,560

1,510

1,450

1,380

1,310

1,240

1,160

1,110

1,050

1,010

981

951

924

900

873

850

824

804

787

770

751

737

724

713

27.54 702

January

868.9

53,430

0.88

February

1 944.0

108,000

1.77

April

Feet

27.02

26.55

26.07

25.86

25.65

25.29

24.80

24.27

23.57

22.78

21.95

21.12

20.37

19.71

19.08

18.62

18.29

18.08

17.99

17.97

17.98

17.99

17.99

18.21

18.33

18.41

18.84

19.81

20.89

21.90

March

1,146.0

70,450

1.15

M sec. ft.

692

684

673

668

663

655

645

632

618

600

581

564

543

524

508

499

492

492

492

494

497

499

499

504

508

511

524

552

583

612

April

566.9

 z*z ryzn

OO t f O\J

0.55
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM 347

Mississippi River near Angola, La. 

(near Red River Landing, La.)

Location.- Lat. 300 58 l 25 n , long. 91°38'45", in T. 1 S., R. 5 W., a quarter of a mile 

above mouth of Old River, ij miles above Red River Landing, and 771.4 miles below 

Cairo, 111. Zero of gage is 3.57 feet above mean Gulf level (datum of Corps of 

Engineers-, U. S. Army).

Drainage area.- 1,242,700 square miles (from reports of Mississippi River Commission). 

Includes all drainage area above Angola, La.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily, usually about 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Gage 

heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes In slope, by scouring and filling of 

channel, and by tides. Defined by current-meter measurements to crest stage and 

discharge.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge observed (current-meter measurement), 1,470,000 

second-feet Feb. 28, Mar. 1 (gage height, 55.4 feet); discharge observed (float 

measurement), 1,530,000 second-feet Mar. 1, 1937 (gage height, 55.4 feet)j maximum 

gage height observed, 55.5 feet Feb. 27, 28.

1881-1936: Discharge observed. 1,600,000 second-feet (float measurement) Mar. 

31, 1882 (gage height, 48.3 feet); maximum gage height observed, 57.45 feet May 14- 

17, 1927 (discharge, 1,460,000 second-feet, does not include discharge by-passing 

around gage).

Remarks.- Discharge records do not include flow diverted through Old River and

Atchafalaya River. Discharge measurements made at ReM River Landing, 1 mile below 

mouth of Old River. Computations of mean dally discharge are preliminary and were 

made by Geological Survey from preliminary gage heights and discharge measurements 

furnished by Mississippi River Commission. Final and complete records of gage 

height and discharge to be published in reports of Mississippi River Commission.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in thousande of aecond-feet,

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

9.6

8.8

8.2

7.7

7.1

6.8

6.5

6.2

6.2

6.6

6.8

7.1

7.6

8.4

9.2

10.0

11.0

12.0

12.8

13.6

14.0

14.2

14.3

14.2

13.8

13.4

12.9

12.3

11.7

11.1

10.7

M sec. ft.

221

208

198

190

180

176

172

168

172

179

182

187

196

211

226

240

256

274

294

312

321

326

323

315

305

296

281

267

253

238

234

January

Feet

10.3

10.8

11.5

12.6

14.0

15.7

17.3

18.7

20.1

21.8

23.4

25.2

27.0

28.6

30.0

31.2

32.0

33.1

34.3

35.4

36.4

36.9

37.8

38.5

39.3

40.1

40.8

41.4

42.2

43.0

43.8

M sec. ft.

236

251

267

288

315

348

378

406

439

479

520

565

613

657

696

708

715

725

770

810

851

871

880

885

894

921

949

971

1,000

1,040

1,070

February

Feet

44.6

45.4

46.3

47.2

48.0

48.8

49.5

50.2

50.9

51.4

52.0

52.4

52.8

53.2

53.6

53.8

54.1

54.4

54.6

54.8

55.0

55.2

55.2

55.3

55.4

55.4

55.5

55.5

M sec. ft.

1,110

1,130

1,150

1,160

1,180

1,210

1,250

1,290

1,330

1,360

1,360

1,380

1,410

1,410

1,410

1,390

1,380

1,390

1,400

1,4:1,0

1,410

1,420

1,430

1,440

1,420

1,360

1,430

1,430

December

Mean monthly discharge, in thousands

of second-feet. ........................ 238.7

Run-off, In thousands of acre-feet. ....... 14,680

March

Feet M sec. ft.

55.4

55.2

55.0

54.9

54.8

54.6

54.3

54.0

53.6

53.3

52.8

52.4

51.8

51.2

50.6

50.0

49.4

48.6

47.7

47.0

46.2

45.3

44.5

43.6

42.7

41.8

40.9

40.0

39.1

38.2

37.6

January

661.9

40,700

1,470

1,380

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,380

1,290

1,210

1,250

1,240

1,230

1,220

1,180

1,210

1,190

1,150

1,110

997

1,030

lyOOO

974

939

909

880

874

871

835

800

770

740

720

February

1,338.0

74,280

April

Feet

36.8

36.2

35.4

35.0

34.8

34.5

34.0

33.5

32.9

32.3

31.6

31.0

30.2

29.4

28.7

28.1

27.5

26.9

26.5

26.0

25.8

25.6

25.4

25.6

25.7

25.6

25.8

26.0

26.4

27.0

March

1,094.0

67,300

M sec. ft.

694

675

666

661

659

652

641

632

618

607

596

585

572

556

539

527

512

497

489

477

473

471

467

495

499

495

502

506

514

527

April

560.1

33,330
348 H.OODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Mississippi River near New Orleans, La.

Location.- Lat. 29°57', long. 90°10', in T. 13 S., R. 10 E. St. Helena meridian, at 

Huey P. Long Bridge, 5 miles west of Mew Orleans, 126 miles (revised) above mouth, 

and 964 miles below Cairo, 111. Zero of gage is at mean Gulf level (U. S. Coast and 

Geodetic Survey adjustment of 1934); 0.15 foot below mean Gulf level (datum of Corps 

of Engineers, TJ. S. Army).

Drainage area.- 1,243,600 square miles (from reports of Mississippi River Commission). 

Includes all drainage area above New Orleans, La. (see Remarks).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to hundredths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes In slope, by scouring and filling of 

channel, and by Helens. Daily discharges determined by interpolating between 

frequent current-meter measurements except those for Mar. 30, 31, which were 

determined by hydrographlc comparisons with stations upstream.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge, 1,340,000 second-feet at Intervals during

periods Feb. 22, 25-26, Mar. 5; maximum gage height (Geological Survey gage), 19.28 

feet 2:15 a.m. Mar. 1.

1934-36: Maximum gage height, 17.43 feet July 5, 1935 (discharge not determined). 

1879-1936: Maximum stage known, 21.27 feet Apr. 25, 1922 (discharge, 1,280,000 

second-feet); observation made 2£ miles downstream at gage with zero 0.13 foot below 

mean Gulf level (datum of Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army). Maximum discharge 

observed (Mississippi River Commission), 1,560,000 second-feet May 18, 1927 (gage 

height, 20.5 feet, datum of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, after artificial crevasse made Apr. 29, 1927 at Caernarvon); does not include flow diverted from 

Mississippi River below Angola, La., to the Atchafalaya River Basin below Simmesport 

as a result of levee breaks.

Remarks.- Discharge records for 1937 do not include flow diverted through Atchafalaya 

River and Bonnet Carre Floodway. Results of discharge measurementa furnished by 

Mississippi River Commission. Final and complete records of discharge to be published 

in reports of Misaisslppi River Commission under records for Vississippi River at 

Carrollton, La. Bonnet Carre Floodway, 22 miles upstream, diverts floodwaters Into 

Lake Pontchartrain; spillway open for period Jan. 29 to Mar. 17. U. S. Weather 

Bureau gage readings made on Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army, gage at Carrollton, Z\ 

miles downstream; zero of gage 0.13 foot below mean Gulf level (datum of Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army). Geological Survey gage reads same as Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army, gage except at stages above 19.0 feet, when former reads a maximum of 

0.10 foot higher.

Mean dally gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, In thousands of second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.93

2.04

1.95

1.57

1.47

1.85

1.30

1.40

1.48

1.57

1.62

1.26

1.41

1.30

1.37

1.57

1.65

1.97

1.84

1.78

1.88

1.88

2.04

2.17

2.23

2.35

2.46

2.32

2.26

2.42

2.20

M sec. ft.

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

January

Feet

2.08

2.21

2.02

2.19

2.65

2.74

3.15

3.59

3.90

4.26

4.78

5.43

6.34

7.21

7.80

8.42

9.19

9.80

10.37

11.10

11.31

11.71

12.17

12.64

12.99

13.37

13.78

14.12

14.38

14.67

14.90

M sec. ft.

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

*961

*956

-

February

Feet

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

19.

19

19

19.

19

Mean monthly discharge, in thousands

22

53

83

09

34

66

95

28

57

72

99

21

26

40

38

48

66

78

80

96

95

92

98

06

17

21

23

21

M sec. ft.

976

1,07

1,10

1,12

3

3

3

1,150

1,180

1,17 3

1,170

1,22 3

1,190

1,210

1,23 3

1,220

1,24 3

1,240

1,240

1,25

1,23

1,24

3

3

3

1,270

1,260

1,3CX

1,30

1,30

3

3

3

1,300

1,340

1,333

1,320

December

_

-

March

Feet

19.25

19.16

19.15

19.10

19.03

18.93

18.83

18.76

18.72

18.63

18.54

18.45

18.43

18.37

18.36

18.27

18.11

17.73

17.40

17.04

16.62

16.20

15.82

15.59

15.14

14.77

14.45

13.93

13.58

13.36

12.98

January

__

-

M sec. ft.

1,280

1,330

1,290

1,330

1,340

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,280

1,260

1,260

1,250

1,250

1,250

1,260

1,240

1,240

1,210

1,180

1,140

1,120

1,110

1,060

999

969

961

925

879

848

820

800

'ebruary

1 220

67^770

April

Peet

12.71

12.30

12.13

12.14

12.02

11.80

11.68

11.57

11.21

10.90

10.53

10.21

9.86

9.60

9.39

9.00

8.60

8.30

8.00

7.78

7.73

7.63

7.56

7.55

7.53

7.53

7.35

7.35

7.57

7.66

March

1,155

71,030

M sec. ft.

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

April

_

-

» Current-meter measurement.
KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN 349 

Kaskaskia River at Vandalia, 111.

Location.- Let. 3S°57'35 n , long. Sg^OS'SO", in SEi sec. 16, T. 6 N., R. IE., at

Gallatin Street Bridge, Vandalia, 3^ miles above Hickory Creek. Zero of gage is

453.30 feet above mean sea level. 

Drainage area.- 1,9SO square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.3 and 3.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 12,000 second-feet.

Gage heights for different portions of the record not comparable because influence

of levees varied. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 14,900 second-feet about 9 p.m. Jan. 15

(gage height, 24.2 feet, from graph based on gage readings corrected for effect of

levee breaks).

1908-12, 1914-36: Discharge observed, 20,000 second-feet Oct. 4, 1926; maximum

gage height, 25.0 feet June 5, 1917.

Flood of 1875 is said to have reached a stage of 24.8 feet.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

4.03

3.98

3.86

3.81

3.78

3.72

3.69

3.60

3.56

3.54

3.60

3.51

3.42

3.32

3.29

3.42

3.34

3.34

3.32

3.28

3.19

3.06

3.06

3.12

3.18

3.21

3.30

3.62

3.B6

6.42

16.04

Second-feet

296

296

278

260

260

243

243

227

227

211

227

211

196

182

182

196

182

182

182

182

168

147

147

154

168

168

182

227

278

862

4,690

January

Feet

17.16

17.22

16.08

14.50

13.42

12.88

13.86

17.70

19.08

20.10

20.08

19.31

19.23

20.28

23.34

21.24

20.52

20.07

19.'45

19.06

18.70

18.56

18.46

18.41

17.68

16.54

14.94

13.76

12.58

11.44

12.70

Second-feet

5,340

5,340

4,740

3,950

3,430

3,190

3,660

5,640

7,000

8,450

8,450

7,290

7,160

8,750

13,500

14,500

12,700

11,700

10,100

9,450

8,700

8,520

8,340

8,170

7,080

5,660

4,370

3,660

3,060

2,530

3,100

February

Feet

17.00

18.10

17.64

15.28

12.62

11.68

10.74

11.45

16.98

17.74

17.64

15.56

13.13

12.12

11.34

10.47

9.57

9.04

10.10

10.96

13.79

15.49

15.50

14.20

12.75

12.06

11.30

10.68

Second-feet

6,180

7,660

6,940

4,670

3,060

2,650

2,240

2,530

6,180

7,080

6,940

4,900

3,290

2,830

2,490

2,160

1,830

1,640

1,990

2,360

6,660

4,820

4,820

3,900

3,150

2,830

2,490

2,240

December January February

Run-off, in inches............................... 0.22 4.08 2.02
FLOODS OK OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

, Clinton 

an sea level

Kaskaskia River at Carlyle, 111.

Location.- In Set sec. 18, T. 2 N., R. 2 W. , at highway bridge in Carlyle, 

County, 107.8 miles above mouth. Zero of gage is 402.92 feet above mea 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,680 square miles.

Gage-height Record.- One gage reading daily. Gage heights used to tenths.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 18,900 second-feet 8 a.m. Jan. 

[gage height, 26.5 feet).

Remarks.- Records furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Daily gage height, in feet, and daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to Februery 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.6

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.3

6.2

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.1

6.1

5.8

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.1

6.7

14.2

Second- feet

323

300

275

250

230

230

210

210

190

170

170

170

170

150

130

120

120

120

130

120

120

95

95

103

95

95

103

110

120

230

2,350

January

Feet

18.0

18.8

19.0

19.8

19.3

19.3

19.8

19.9

20.7

21.2

21.9

22.6

22.8

23.1

23.9

25.3

26.5

26.3

25.9

25.6

25.2

24.6

24.4

24.0

23.7

23.3

22.9

22.5

22.1

21.7

21.4

Second-feet

3,620

3,920

4,000

1,080

4,120

4,120

4,310

4,350

1,800

5,300

f

5,490

7,680

3,050

3,780

11,100

15,300

18,900

18,300

1 7,100

16,200

15,000

1,5,200

12,600

1]L,400

10,500

9,360

f3,260

7,510

e5,830

6,150

5,640

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet. ...........

Run-off, in inches ................................

February

Feet

21.3

21.4

21.6

21.8

21.9

21.8

21.7

21.4

21.4

21.5

21.7

22.0

22.0

22.0

21.9

21.7

21.2

20.0

17.9

16.3

16.3

17.6

18.5

18.9

19.1

19.1

18.7

17.6

Second-feet

5,470

5,640

5,980

6,320

6,490

6,320

6,150

5,640

5,640

5,810

6,150

6,660

6,660

6,660

6,490

6,150

5,300

4,390

3,580

3,030

3,030

3,480

3,810

3,960

4,040

4,040

3,890

3,480

December January February

236 8,936 5,152

0.10 3.84 2.00
KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN 351 

Kaskaskia River at New Athens, 111.

Location.- Lat. 38°19<22", long. 89°52'57", in SWi aec. 28, T. 2 S. f R. 7 W.,, half a

 mile below highway bridge at New Athens, St. Clair County. Zero of gage is 359.50

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 5,220 square miles. 

Sage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph except for periods of no record, b p.m.

 Jan. 22 to 1 a.m. Jan. 31 and 4 p.m. Feb. 1 to 4 a.m. Feb. 8, when it was determined 

by comparison with an auxiliary gage at Fayetteville, 8f miles upstream. Oage 

heights used to half tenths between 2.6 and 5.0 feet; hundredtha below and tenths 

above these limits. __

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements to 22,000 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 24,600 second-feet 5-11 p.m. Jan. 21 (gage 

height, 26.01 feet).

1907-12, 1914-21, 1935-36J Discharge observed, 63,100 second-feet Aug. 26, 

1915 (gage height, 35.7 feet, former site but same datum).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge) 

December 1936 to February 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet j Second-feet

4.13

4.02

498

463

3.94 452

3.84 I 429

3.76

3.71

3.62

3.54

3.49

3.45

3.42

3.36

3.30

3.27

3.26

3.23

3.18

3.13

3.09

3.06

3.06

3.04

3.00

2.97

2.91

2.87

2.89

2.87

2.89

5.12

14.69

408

398

378

368

358

348

338

329

320

311

311

311

302

293

284

276

276

276

267

258

250

242

250

242

250

915

5,240

January

Feet

15.79

15.83

16.08

Seeond-feet

5,880

5,880

6,060

15.96 6,000

15.12

14.24

16.12

19.30

20.47

20.74

20.73

20.61

20.57

21.48

22.74

23.53

23.92

24.47

25.13

25.69

25.96

25.86

_

-

_

-.

-.

_

22.37

5,460

4,960

6,060

8,140

9,150

9,370

9,370

9,260

9,260

10,300

12,900

15,000

16,200

18,400

20,600

23,300

24,600

23,700

19,800

18,000

16,200

14,400

12,800

11,400

10,900

10,400

12,000

February

Feet

22.51

_

-

_

"

-

21.53

21.89

21.99

22.00

22.16

22.19

21.95

21.65

21.16

20.57

19.97

19.38

18.73

18.16

17.84

17.86

18.09

17.93

17.57

16.86

15.78

Second-feet

12,200

12,200

12,000

11,600

11,200

10,900

10,500

10,400

11,000

11,200

11,200

11,600

11,600

11,200

10,500

9,960

9,260

8,700

8,220

7,690

7,340

7,080

7,080

7,270

7,140

6,960

6,540

5,880

December January February

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet............ 50

................ 0.1

5 12,400 9,579 

1 2.74 1.92
352 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Centralia Reservoir near Centralia, 111.

Location.- Lat. 38°33'34", long. 89°00<23", In »»i KE^ sec. 5, T. 1 N., R. 2 E., at dam 

on Centralia Reservoir Creek, 1 mile above confluence with Crooked Creek and 7§ miles 

northeast of Centralia, Marion County. Zero of gage Is at crest of spillway.

Drainage area.- 7 square miles.

gage-height record.- One gage reading daily about 7 a.m.

Remarks.- Area of reservoir at level of crest of spillway, 261 acres; capacity, 1,063,- 

900,000 gallons. Gage-height record furnished by State Water Survey.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, In million gallons, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Peet

-7.83

-7.85

-7.87

-7.91

-7.94

-7.91

-7.94

-7.96

-7.99

-8.02

-8.05

-8.08

-7.97

-8.00

-8.03

-8.06

-8.09

-8.13

-8.16

-8.19

-8.22

-8.25

-8.28

-8.41

-8.45

-8.48

-8.43

-8.45

-8.48

-8.43

-8.45

Million 

gallons

479.7

478.5

477.4

475.0

473.3

475.0

473.3

472.1

470.4

468.7

466.9

465.2

471.6

469.8

468.1

466.3

464.6

462.3

460.5

458.8

457.1

455.3

453.6

446.5

444.4

442.7

445.4

444.4

442.7

445.4

444.4

January

Feet

-8.01

-7.98

-7.96

-7.98

-8.00

-8.03

-5.97

-5.81

-5.73

-5.71

-4.69

-3.71

-3.15

-2.17

-1.43

-1.41

-1.43

-1.43

_

-

-.77

-.17

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-.01

Million 

gallons

469.2

471.0

-472.1

471.0

469.8

468.1

597.9

608.7

614.3

615.8

689.4

762.0

804.5

879.6

940.2

941.9

940.2

940.2

_

-

997.7

1,049.3

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

1,06^.1

February

Peet

-0.01

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

+.12

+.11

+ .09

_

+ .07

+ .09

+ .07

+.06

+.04

+.02

+.01

-

+ .07

_

_

+.03

Million 

gallons

1,063.1

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

1,074.3

1,073.4

1,071.7

_

1,070.0

1,071.7

1,070.0

1,069.1

1,067.4

1,065.7

1,064.8

_

1,070.0

_

_

1,061.4
KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN 353 

Centralla Reservoir Creek near Centralia, 111.

Location.- Lat. 38°33'34", long. 89°00'23", in NWi NEi sec. 5, T. 1 H., R. 2 E., at 

bridge over outlet of Centralla Reservoir, 1 mile above confluence with Crooked 

Creek and 7i milea northeast of Centralia, Marion County. Zero of gage is 479.74 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 7 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.3 and 4.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 200 second-feet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Mean daily discharge (computed from pumpage, adjusted 

for changes in storage), 203 second-feet 7 a.m. Jan. 6 to 7 a.m. Jan. 7.

Remarks.- Mean daily discharge is observed flow from spillway only and is not adjusted 

for pumpage or changes in storage. Mean monthly discharge adjusted for pumpage and 

for changes in storage in reservoir but not for evaporation and seepage. For daily 

changes in storage see record for Centralla Reservoir near Centralla, 111., (p. 352). 

Pumpage record furni-ahed by city of Centralia.

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jan.

0

0

0

0

C

0

0

0

0

0

Feb.

18.5

10.5

7.3

5.1

2.8

1.8

1.3

60

46

13.5

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jan.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Feb.

9.3

7.6

6.7

8.1

6.6

5.0

3.6

4.9

5.1

4.4

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jan.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

46

116

Feb.

7.2

6.8

5.0

3.2

1.4

.5

0

0

Mean monthly discharge, December 1936 to February 1937

Honth

December 

January 

February

Discharge from 

spillway 

(million 

gallons)

0 

104.1 

163.0

Pumpage 

(million 

gallons)

48.3 

48.2 

45.3

Gain or 

loss in 

storage 

(million 

gallons)

-36.4 

+618.7 

-1.7

Adjusted for storage

Run- off

(million 

gallons}

11.9 

771.0 

206.6

Discharge 

per square mile

Million 

gallons 

per day

0.055 

3.55 

1.05

Secondfeet

0.085 

5.50 

1.63

Run-off 

(inches)

0.10 

6.34 

1.70
354 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Big Muddy River at Plumfield, 111.

Location.- Lat. 37°53'32 n , long. 89°01'll n , in southwest corner of sec. 20, T. 7 S., 

R. 2 E., at highway bridge on Route 149 at Plunrfield, 2.6 milea below mouth of 

Middle Pork. Auxiliary gage 13,000 feet downstream at Zeigler pumping plant used 

after Feb. 13 to determine slope. Zeros of gages are 354.146 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 753 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between 2.1 and 3.3 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 12,000 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Mean daily discharge (estimated), 12-,300 second-feet 

Jan. 17; maximum stage observed, 28.30 feet 10 a.m. Jan. 17.

1914-36: Discharge observed, 16,300 second-feet Feb. 1, 1916 (gage height, 

30.2 feet).

Remarks.- Discharge mostly estimated for period Dec. 31 to Feb. 13 from hydrograph 

baaed upon 5 discharge measurements and hydrograph at station on Big Muddy River 

at Murphysboro.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharg 

December 1936 to February 1937

), in second-feet,

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

4.35

4.34

4.34

4.34

4.34

4.44

4.46

4.47

4.44

4.44

4.44

4.42

4.41

4.42

4.42

4.42

4.41

4.42

4.44

4.42

4.40

4.40

4.39

4.38

4.38

4.38

4.44

4.47

4.57

5.65

10.62

Second -feet

7.4

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

18

19

21

18

18

18

15

14

15

15

15

14

15

18

15

13

15

12

10

10

10

18

21

32

166

906

January

Feet

11.84

12.63

12.94

12.80

11.04

7.92

7.62

10.84

13.08

14.71

16.08

17.88

18.76

21.00

25.32

27.98

28.28

27.94

27.28

26.47

26.25

26.57

26.94

26.74

26.22

25.70

25.01

24.32

23.60

22.89

22.64

Second-feet

1,130

1,270

1,290

1,120

970

375

322

938

1,460

1,950

2,620

3,660

4,400

7,380

11,000

02,000

12,300

9,600

8,080

6,780

6,800

7,600

7,400

6,900

6,500

6,000

5,700

5,200

4,800

4,700

4,700

February

Feet

22.58

22.48

22.19

21.70

20.82

19.67

18.41

16.94

16.07

15.66

15.66

16.24

16.69

16.15

15.78

15.18

14.31

12.62

9.98

7.92

7.38

7.54

8.31

8.32

7.44

6.36

5.74

5.44

Second -feet

4,700

4,600

4,500

4,200

3,800

3,400

3,100

2,800

2,600

2,350

2,180

2,260

2,300

2,340

2,210

2,050

1,860

1,380

835

485

410

425

545

545

410

267

180

140

December January February
BIG JTODDY RIVER BASIN 355

Big Muddy River at Murphysboro, 111.

Location.-Lat. 37° 44'55", long. 89°20'45", In SEi sec. 8, T. 9 S., R 2 W., at Illinois

 Central Railroad bridge across mouth of Lewis Creek, at Murphysboro, Jackson County. 

Zero of gage Is 335.5 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,170" square miles.

Sage -height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to half tenths between 3.0 and 3.5 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-dlsoharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 23,500 second-feet. 

Discharge for all effective stages above 3.0 feet computed on basis of slope as obtained by use of auxiliary gage 7,700 feet upstream.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 25,100 second-feet 4 to 8 a.m. Jan. 18 

(gage height, 33.86 feet).

1917-36! Discharge, 25,000 second-feet Bar. 15, 1935 (gage height, 34.06 

feet, affected by backwater).

Maximum stage known, 34.9 feet Feb. 2, 1916 (discharge, about 28,000 secondfeet).

Remarks.- Gage-height record affected by backwater from Mississippi River for period 

Feb. 20-28.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in 

_________________December 1956 to February 1957

second-feet,

DflV8tJ

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.56

1.56

1.56

1.56

1.58

1.66

1.87

2.07

1.98

1.88

1.83

1.79

1.77

1.74

1.72

1.70

1.69

1.69

1.69

1.70

1.70

1.71

1.72

1.71

1.69

1.68

1.73

1.83

2.18

3.84

9.71

Second-feet

23

23

23

23

25

33

71

127

100

74

63

54

51

45

42

38

37

37

37

38

38

40

42

40

37

36

43

63

162

797

3,300

January

Feet

11.26

11.70

11.16

10.07

9.17

8.12

8-.38

9.96

12.74

14.84

16.04

17.24

18.50

24.11

28.66

31.86

33.53

33.81

33.41

32.77

32.80

32.72

32.64

32.43

32.08

31.57

30.99

30.41

29.79

29.31

29.35

Second-feet

3,950

4,050

3,910

3,340

2,950

2,550

2,520

3,370

4,460

5,680

6,300

7,000

7,950

9,720

14,800

20,200

23,600

24,600

23,100

19,400

21,200

21,000

20,300

20,100

19,200

18,900

17,900

16,600

16,200

15,300

15,100

February

Feet

29.13

28.91

28.67

28.25

27.49

26.40

25.04

23.93

23.27

22.47

21.77

21.09

20.27

19.12

17.67

16.26

14.63

12.94

11.25

9.59

7.86

6.28

5.36

5.71

6.42

6.62

6.20

5.41

Second-feet

15,100

15,000

14,800

14,300

13,600

12,400

11,200

10,800

10,100

10,200

9,770

9,360

8,750

7,460

6,950

6,170

5,130

4,400

3,640

2,670

2,050

1,420

1,150

1,080

992

860

804

6X4

 

December January February

Run-off, in inches.. .............................. 0.09 6.78 3.44
356 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Carbondale Reservoir at Carbondale, 111.

Location.- Lat. 37O 41'56 B , long. 89013'22B , In HEi HWi sec. 33, T. 9 8., R. 1 W., at 

dam on Piles Pork, 4 miles above confluence with Crab Orchard Creek and 1 mile south 

of Carbondale. Zero of gage is at crest of spillway.

Drainage area.- 4.0 square miles.

gage -height "record. - One gage reading daily about 7 a.m.

Remarks. At level of crest of spillway area of reservoir is 145 acres and capacity is 

329,000,000 gallons. Record furnished by State Water Survey.

Gage height, in feet, and contents, in million gallons, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

-3.70

-3.73

-3.72

-3.73

-3.75

-3.67

-3.67

-3.68

-3.69

-3.71

-3.73

-3.75

-3.77

-3.79

-3.81

-3.83

-3.85

-3.87

-3.85

-3.87

-3.89

-3.91

-3.93

-3.95

-3.97

-3.99

-3.97

-3.91

-3.89

-3.67

-2.67

Million 

gallons

243.0

241.8

242.2

241.8

241.0

244.2

244.2

243.8

243.4

242.6

241.8

241.0

240.2

239.4

238.6

237.8

237.0

236.2

237.0

236.2

235.4

234.6

233.8

233.0

232.2

231.4

232.2

234.6

235.4

244.2

284.2

JanuaryFeet

-2.65

-2.63

-2.61

-2.62

-2.63

-2.37

-2.27

-2.23

-1.63

-1.47

-1.43

-1.37

-1.33

+1.49

+.43

.13

.07

.13

.07

.07

.55

.29

.13

.09

.23

.17

.13

.09

.13

.17

.33

Million 

gallons

285.0

285.8

286.6

286.2

285.8

296.2

300.2

301.8

325.8

332.2

333.8

336.2

337.8

451.6

409.2

397.2

394.8

397.2

394.8

394.8

414.0

403.6

397.2

395.6

401.2

398.8

397.2

395.6

397.2

398.8

405.2

February

Feet

+0.23

+.13

+.07

+.03

+ .01

-.01

-.03

-.04

+.13

+.07

+.03

+.01

-.01

+.03

+.01

-.01

-.07

-.08

-.09

-.11

-.13

-.17

-.19

-.21

-.23

-.27

-.29

-.27

Million 

gallons

401.2

397.2

394.8

393.2

392.4

391.6

390.8

390.4

397.2

394.8

393.0

392.4

391.6

393.2

392.4

391.6

389.1

388.7

388.3

387.6

386.7

385.0

384.2

383.4

382.6

380.9

380.1

380.9
MERAMEC RIVER BASIH 357 

Meramec River near Eureka, Mo.

Location.- Lat. 38°30'20", long. 90°35'30 n , In SE J sec. 32, T. 44 N., B. 4 E., at

bridge on U. S. Highway 66, 2 miles east of Eureka. Zero of gage Is 406.14 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 3,800 square miles.

gage-height record.- Two gage readings dally.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements below 62,000 secondfeet.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 29,400 second-feet 8:15 a.m. Jan. 

I? (gage height, 18.85 feet).

1903-6, 1921-36: Discharge observed, 64,000 second-feet Apr. 3, 1927; maximum 

gage height, 30.89 feet Mar. 14, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 40.2 feet, present site and datum, Aug. 22, 1915 (discharge, 

about 175,000 second-feet).

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to March 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

574

574

574

574

542

574

606

606

640

673

640

606

606

606

606

606

574

574

574

574

574

574

574

574

542

542

574

606

1,120

2,530

1,920

January

3,890

3,180

2,860

2,850

3,070

2,220

2,740

7,660

17,700

18,500

15,900

6,600

4,540

7,500

18,500

26,300

27,400

18,100

6,450

5,130

4,250

3,780

3,440

3,100

2,780

2,680

2,480

2,380

2,280

2,780

6,150

December

Mean monthly discharge,

Run-off, in inches......... 0.22

February

11,600

12,700

6,750

4,740

3,660

3,210

2,990

2,780.

5,410

7,820

7,200

4,490

3,550

3,210

2,780

2,480

2,280

2,080

1,900

1,810

2,680

3,210

3,780

3,440

2,880

2,480

2,180

2,080

March

1,900

1,810

1,720

1,640

1,640

1,560

1,560

1,480

1,480

1,400

1,330

1,330

1,330

1,330

1,330

1,400

1,560

2,480

4,010

5,850

5,550

4,870

3,780

3,100

2,680

2,380

2,180

1,990

1,810

1,720

1,.640

January February March

7,651 4,149 2,253

2.32 1.14 0.68

T7S96O 88 24
358 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Castor River at Zalma, Mo.

Location.- Lat. 37008'45", long. 90°04'30 n , in SE i sec. 29, T. 29 N., R. 9 E., at

bridge on State Highway 51 In Zalma. Zero of gage is 350.38 feet above mean sea level

(general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 395 square miles. 

Page-height "record.- One or more gage readings dally. Determined from graph based on

gage readings for period Dec. 30 to Feb. 3. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by backwater from Headwater Diversion Channel for

period Jan. 18-24.Defined by current-meter measurements below 24,500 second-feet. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 40,400 second-feet 9 p.m. Jan. 14 (gage 

 EeTght, 26.32 feet).

1921-36: Discharge, 40,000 second-feet Mar. 11, 1935 (gage height, 28.20 feet).

Mean dally discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

94

94

94

86

86

217

309

262

247

232

232

217

203

189

189

175

161

154

154

154

142

142

130

118

124

118

118

148

142

807

5,440

January

3,600

1,540

1,290

884

621

500

991

4,560

4,630

3,950

1,970

1,240

1,760

20,800

24,800

9,280

4,040

1,580

1,110

1,010

3,100

4,430

3,010

1,810

2,300

1,880

1,420

1,220

1,350

1,720

3,400

February

3,950

1,990

1,290

1,030

815

815

642

621

1,140

1,220

793

621

580

600

540

481

425

407

390

407

407

390

373

356

322

305

288

288

March

272

256

256

240

240

225

210

195

195

181

174

167

160

167

153

153

153

134

128

153

128

167

160

181

195

225

225

225

210

210

195

April

195

160

181

637

2,500

3,020

1,640

1,090

1,090

884

705

540

425

356

322

305

339

305

540

339

580

793

982

749

1,190

1,090

749

621

540

560

December January February March April

Mean monthly discharge, In second-feet. 354 3,735 767 191 781

Run-off, in Inches.... ................. 1.03 10.91 2.02 0.56 2.21
HEADWATER DIVERSION CHANNEL BASIN 359

South Pork of Oblon River near Greenfield, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°07«, long. 8S°49', at bridge on State Highway 43 2j miles south of

Greenfield, Weakley County, and 10 miles above confluence with Middle Pork. 

Drainage are a.- 431 square miles. 

Page-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights for period Jan. 17-27

determined from graph based on seven gage readings, floodmarks, and study of weather

records. Gage heights used to half tenths below and tenths above 3.0 feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affacted by shifting control for periods Dec. 6-S, Jan. 10

to Feb. 28.Base curve defined by current-meter measurements to 13,100 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 25,000 second-feet night Jan. 21-2S (gage

height, 17.82 feet, from floodmarks).

1929-36: Discharge, 21,100 second-feet Jan. 21, 1935 (gage height, 17.1 feet,

from floodmark).

Mean daily discharge, in seeond-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

114

114

114

114

114

960

1,110

591

284

299

Jan.

1,270

2,100

1,590

S95

559

2S4

269

197

434

2,030

Feb.

783

543

404

359

314

299

314

389

783

404

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

284

197

170

157

151

145

145

170

211

314

Jan.

1,440

1,910

1,910

1,790

3,240

2,800

4,360

9,740

12,400

12,400

Feb.

314

254

344

879

434

314

254

254

254

254

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

211

1S3

170

170

157

157

225

751

329

511

2,170

0.93

Jan.

18,400

25,000

18,400

14,800

12,900

11,500

9,300

4,360

1,590

799

1,790

15.68

Feb.

404

314

284

269

254

225

225

239

 zrm

O.S9

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

2.48

2.4S

2.50

2.50

2.50

8. IS

9.16

5.85

3.75

3.90

Jan.

9.90

11.90

11.05

7.70

5.55

3.80

3.70

3.15

4.75

11.70

Feb.

7.85

6.38

5.55

5.20

4.88

4.80

4.88

5.29

7.80

5.45

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

3.75

3.25

3.00

2.90

2.85

2.80

2.80

3.05

3.30

4.00

Jan.

10.55

11.50

11.55

11.25

12.80

12.55

13.48

14.72

15.34

15.30

Feb.

4.75

4.45

4.95

8.45

5.60

4.75

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Dec.

3.32

3.11

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.90

3.45

6.85

4.10

5.30

12.05

Jan.

16.48

17.70

16.55

15.78

15.43

15.08

14.60

13.50

10.85

7.00

11.28

Feb.

5.05

4.45

4.22

4.10

4.00

3.80

3.75

3.88

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

fH 

3

£

10

4

9

3

9

3

8

3

10

4

9

3

8

4

Feet Sec. ft.

December 5

2.50

2.50

114

114

December 6

5.30

11.05

495

1,550

December 7

9.92

8.40

1,250

994

December 8

6.90

4.80

Dec

4.00

3.50

751

419

amber 9

314

239

December 10

3.80

4.00

284

314

December 11

3.90

3.60

299

254

^

§

W

9

4

10

3

9

4

8

4

9

4

9

4

9

4

Feet Sec. ft.

December 27

3.00

3.90

170

299

December 28

6.00

5.70

623

575

December 29

4.20

4.00

344

314

December 30

4.60

6.00

Dece

12.30

11.80

404

623

nber 31

2,440

2,030

January 1

10.50

9.30

1,410

1,160

January 2

12.10

11.70

2,250

1,970

fc3M

9

5

8

3

10

4

9

4

9

4

8

3

9

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 3

11.60

10.50

1,910

1,410

January 4

8.30

7.10

994

799

January 5

5.90

5.20

607

495

January 6

3.80

3.80

Jam

3.90

3.50

284

284

iary 7

299

239

January 8

3.20

3.10

197

183

January 9

4.20

5.30

344

511

3 

3

10

5

10

4

9

4

10

4

10

4

8

4

10

4

Feet Sec.ft.

January 10

11.60

11.80

1,970

2,100

January 11

10.60

10.50

1,480

1,440

January 12

11.10

11.90

1,690

2,170

January 13

11.60

11.50

Janus

11.30

11.20

1,970

1,910

ry 14

1,790

1,740

January 15

12.80

12.80

3,240

3,240

January 16

12.60

12.50

2,940

2,800

wi

9

6

9a

5p

3p

5

4

11

4

9

5

10

4

Feet Sec.ft.

January 17

13.30

14.05

4,240

7,200

January 19

15.37

Janu

16.26

Janu

13.50

Janu

11.10

10.60

12,900

ary 23

17,400

ary 28

4,860

ary 29

1,69O

1,480

January 30

7.10

6.90

Janu

11.40

11.15

Febr

8.60

7.10

S15

783

ary 31

1,850

1,690

uary 1

895

655
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Obion River at Obion, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36 15', long. 89 12', at toll bridge on State Highway 3 a quarter of a 

mile south of Obion, Oblon County, and 7 miles belcw mouth of North Pork of Oblon 

River. Zero of gage is 261.23 feet above mean Gulf level.

Drainage area.- 1,880 squpre miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily except for period Dec. 8-10, when gage was 

not read, and for period Jan. 21-27, when gage heights were determined from graph 

based on three gage readings and floodmarks. Gage heights used to half tenths below 

and tenths above 1.5 feet.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by shifting control for period Dec. 1-7. Base curve 

defined by current-meter measurements to 89,600 second-feet; extended to crest stage. 

Affected by backwater from Mississippi River for period Jan. 27 to Mar. 11; discharge 

determined from graph based on discharge measurements and sum of discharge of tributaries of Oblon River; reverse flow of 57 second-feet measured Feb. 4 (gage height, 

18.76 feet).

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge, 99,500 second-feet morning Jan. 24 (gage height, 

25.4 feet, from floodmark).

1929-36: Discharge, 47,OOO second-feet Jan. 11, 1930; maximum gage height observed, 

21.96 feet Jan. 23, 1935.

Remarks.- Discharge for period of missing gage-height record determined from comparison 

with discharge hydrographs at other stations.

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, 

December 1936 to April 1937

in seconds-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

1.04

1.04

1.05

1.09

1.15

4.96

9.66

_

_

-

11.95

11.80

11.55

10.99

9.70

7.16

3.95

2.39

2.90

3.93

4.74

5.46

4.35

3.41

2.65

2.22

2.23

3.08

4.18

5.39

9.66

Sec. -ft.

368

368

368

378

389

1,140

2,300

2,700

2,850

2,900

2,930

2,840

2,760

2,560

2,310

1,890

927

698

767

909

1,080

1,330

1,010

631

727

667

667

792

967

1,290

2,310

January

Feet

10.37

11.29

12.45

13.36

13.62

13.58

13.42

13.14

13.04

13.09

13.48

14.28

14.58

14.58

14.54

14.52

15.08

17.28

19.57

20.84

22.25

24.1

25.15

25.4

25.0

24.3

23.3

22.20

20.70

19.34

18.49

Sec. -ft.

2,430

2,650

3,130

4,100

4,600

4,600

4,100

3,640

3,540

3,640

4,330

7,010

8,150

8,150

7,750

7,750

10,200

20,100

32,200

39,300

49,400

73,500

95,100

99,500

90,700

77,100

60,200

42,200

28,000

17,600

11,100

February

Feet

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

19

27

50

78

88

94

18.94

18. 94

18.81

18.

18.

17.

17.

16.

16.

15.

14.

14.

13.

12.

12.

11.

11.

10.

9.

8.

7.

53

77

78

32

81

15

59

94

27

71

94

38

71

13

42

58

77

99

7.17

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet....

Run-off, in inches . .......................

Sec. -ft.

6,660

4,340

1,100

15

750

615

555

345

1,180

2,160

1,810

2,28

3,40

0

0

2,760

3,560

3,880

3,550

2,950

2,480

1,900

2,100

2,200

1,460

1,150

1,000

900

830

770

December

1,420

0.87

March

Feet

6.55

5.95

5.21

4.43

3.75

3.20

3.14

3.14

3.21

3.21

3.08

2.80

2.75

3.60

5.05

7.13

7.75

7.65

7.41

g.59

8.86

8.59

7.04

6.06

6.06

6.59

7.00

6.56

5.67

4.11

3.16

January

26,640

16.37

Sec. -ft.

770

760

760

760

750

750

740

740

770

780

760

754

754

860

1,160

1,870

2,020

1,980

1,930

2,160

2,210

2,160

1,850

1,570

1,570

1,740

1,850

1,740

1,400

947

805

February

2,025

1.12

April

Feet

2.71

2.50

2.35

4.18

6.66

7.95

8.50

8.50

8.03

6.86

5.51

4.14

3.25

2.99

2.86

2.90

2.81

2.51

2.54

2.54

2.49

2.50

2.59

3.59

5.75

7.76

8.33

8.32

8.21

11.66

March

1,280

0.79

Sec. -ft.

741

713

698

967

1,770

2,060

2,150

2,150

2,060

1,820

1,330

947

805

780

767

767

754

713

713

713

713

713

727

860

1,450

2,020

2,110

2,110

2,090

2,800

April

1,300

0.77

Gage height, in feet, at indicated time, December 1936 to April 1937

Hour

Dec

7:00

4:00

Dec

8:30

4:15

Dec

7:15a

Dec

8:00

4:00

Dec

7:00

4:15

Dec

7:15

4:10

Dec

7:00

2:20

Dec

8:10

3:15

Feet

. 5

1.14

1.16

. 6

3.90

6.02

. 7

9.62

. 11

11.96

11.94

. 12

11.86

11.74

. 18

2.32

2.54

. 22

5.88

5.00

. 27

2.22

2.24

Hour Feet

Dec. 30

9:30

4:30

De

8:00

5:00

Jai

9:15

4:15

4,58

6.20

3. 31

9.48

9.84

i. 4

13.22

13.50

Jan. 5

9:10

4:00

13.62

13.62

Jan. 6

9:05

4:00

13.61

13.56

Jan. 9

9:00

4:00

13.02

13.06

Jan. 17

0:30

4:00

14.72

15.44

Jan. 18

7:10 16.60

Hour

4:15

Jan

7:05

4:10

Feet

17.92

. 19

19.24

19.90

Jan. 20

7:10

4:00

20.66

21.02

Jan. 21

7:15a

Jan

a.m.

Jan

ll:00a

21.74

. 24

25.4

. 25

25.02

Jan. 29

7:00a 21.00

Jan. 30

7:30

3:15

Peb

8:00

3:35

Feb

8:40

19.56

19.12

. 2

18.24

18.30

. 3

18.48

Hour

3:30

Pel

9:00

4:30

Feet

18.53

o. 6

18.92

18.95

Feb. 7

7:50

3:05

18.93

18.94

Feb. 8

8:00

5:00

18.96

18.93

Feb. 9 '

7:00

4:50

18.88

18.74

Mar. 13

6:30

5:00

2.52

2.98

Mar. 17

6:50

5:00

7.72

7.78

Mar. 18

7:45

5:00

7.82

7.48

Hour Feet

Mar. 19

6:45

5:00

Mar

7:00

5:30

Mar

8:00

5:00

7.12

7.70

. 20

8.48

8.70

. 21

8.86

8.86

Mar. 22

7:00

5:30

Mar

8:30

5:00

8.82

8.36

. 24

6.40

5.72

Mar. 25

7:30

4:00

Mar

8:30

5:30

Mar

7:00

5.98

6.14

. 26

6.44

6.74

. 27

7.06

Hour

5:00

Ap

6:50

5:15

Feet

6.94

p. 3

2.38

2.32

Apr. 6

8:10

5:25

7.74

8.16

Apr. 7

8:00

5:45

8.48

8.52

Apr. 8

7:30

5:30

8.56

8.44

Apr. 9

8:00

5:20

8.30

7.76

Apr. 24

8:15

5:00

2.76

4.42

Apr. 27

8:00

5:00

8.26

8.40
OBION RIVER BASIN 361

Rutherford Pork of Obion River near Bradford, Term.

Location.- Lat. 36°04', long. 88°54', at bridge on old State Highway 54, 5j miles southwest of Bradford, Gibson County, and 17 miles above confluence with South Pork of 

Obion River.

Drainage area.- 190 square miles.

Gage-height "record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between 

1.8 and 3.1 feet; hundredths below and tenths above these limits.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by shifting control for period Feb. 2-28. Base 

curve defined by current-meter measurements to 6,200 second-feetj extended to crest 

stage.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 9,730 second-feet 8 a.m. Jssi. 22 

Tgage height, 20.06 feet).

1929-36: Discharge observed, 8,460 second-feet Jan. 21, 1935 (gage height, 19.12 

feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

26

26

26

26

2e

1,500

265

155

78

107

Jan.

325

1,790

572

285

163

78

78

67

107

782

Feb.

305

216

171

163

148

133

133

140

325

163

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

78

64

52

41

38

35

33

72

155

95

Jan.

425

1,410

656

614

2,290

978

2,580

7,460

6,260

4,440

Feb.

113

101

148

305

206

133

113

107

120

113

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Run-off, in inches. ...........................................

Dec.

65

47

42

40

38

36

40

140

101

155

1,100

1 GiO

0.92

Jan.

6,860

9,210

7,460

8,060

7,460

5,540

889

467

345

265

385

2

ene

15.33

Feb.

171

107

84

72

67

65

63

60

0.79

Mean dally gage height, in feet, December 1956 to February 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

1.46

1.46

1.46

1.46

1.46

8.48

3.15

2.60

2.02

2.23

Jan.

3.48

9.50

4.70

3.34

2.64

1.98

2.02

1.90

2.25

5.70

Feb.

3.40

2.86

2.61

2.53

2.43

2.34

2.36

2.41

3.43

2.54

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

1.98

1.87

1.76

1.66

1.62

1.59

1.56

1.93

2.58

2.16

Jan.

4.02

8.21

5.14

4.86

11.10

6.60

11.86

18.26

17.34

15.60

Feb.

2.22

2.10

2.44

3.29

2.80

2.37

2.19

2.15

2.24

2.22

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

1.88

1.72

1.67

1.64

1.62

1.60

1.64

2.48

2.22

2.58

7.06

Jan.

17.79

19.70

18.26

18.79

18.34

16.74

6.25

4.22

3.57

3.17

3.80

Feb.

2.58

2.16

1.96

1.86

1.80

1.78

1.76

1.74

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to January 1937

w

7

5

8

4

9

4

7

4

7

4

8

4

Feet Sec. ft.

December 5

1.46

1.46

26

26

December 6

7.51

9.45

1,210

1,760

December 7

3.40

8.90

305

206

December 3O

2.00

3.15

78

265

December 31

9.37

4.76

1,760

593

January 1

3.80

3.16

385

265

§ 

W

8

4

8

4

8

4

9

4

8

4

9

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 2

10.05

8.95

1,940

1,640

January 3

5.45

3.96

719

425

January 9

2.10

2.40

89

126

January 10

6.26

5.13

911

656

January 11

4.08

3.96

446

425

January 12

7.02

9.40

1,080

1,760

I

9

4

8

4

9

4

9

4

9

4

7

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 13

5.36

4.93

719

614

January 14

4.7O

5.02

572

635

January 15

12.32

9.85

2,730

1,880

January 16

7.35

5.86

1,180

824

January 17

11.72

16.99

2,510

5,900

January 18

18.39

18.14

7,580

7,220

§

W

7

4

9

5

9

4

8

4

9

4

9

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 19

17.59

17.09

6,620

6,020

January 20

15.42

15.78

4,280

4,610

January 21

17.04

18.54

6,900

7,700

January 22

20.06

19.34

9,730

8,690

January 23

18.54

18.04

7,700

7,100

January 24

18.54

19.04

7,700

8,300

fn

8

8

4

8

4

7

5

7

5

7

4

7

4

Feet Sec. ft.

January 25

18.64

18.04

7,820

7,100

January 26

17.34

16.14

6,260

4,900

January 27

7.10

5.40

1,100

719

January 28

4.44

4.01

509

425

January 29

3.68

3.46

365

325

January 30

3.32

3.02

285

225
362 FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

North Pork of Oblon River near Union City, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 36°24', long. 89°00', at bridge on State Highway 22, 4i miles southeast

of Union City, Oblon County, and 9 miles above confluence with Oblon River. 

Drainage area.- 490 square miles. 

gage-height record.- One gage reading dally. Gage heights for period Jan. 20-26

determined from graph based on four gage readings, floodmark, and study of rainfall

data. Gage heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by shifting control for periods Dec. 10-27, Feb.

16-28.Base curve defined by current-meter measurements to 30,100 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 49,200 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 22 (gage

height, 22.0 feet, from floodmark}.

1929-36* Discharge, about 23,600 second-feet Jan. 10, 1930 (gage height, about

19.7 feet).

Dally gage height. In feet, and dally discharge, In second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.9

9.8

13.9

10.0

8.4

6.6

6.1

5.9

6.5

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.9

5.5

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.0

12.5

9.9

7.5

13.9

Second-feet

125

125

125

125

125

824

2,420

870

553

314

256

234

190

179

157

157

157

168

234

190

157

146

146

146

146

135

135

1,700

847

430

2,420

January

Feet

10.2

9.5

7.9

6.6

5.8

5.6

10.0

8.9

10.3

14.7

14.2

13.0

9.5

9.0

14.7

13.0

15.2

18.3

18.9

18.7

19.4

21.8

21.0

19.1

18.6

18.1

17.7

15.5

11.1

9.8

14.1

Second-feet

920

755

483

314

223

201-

870

636

945

3,030

2,620

1,920

755

655

3,030

1,920

3,530

11,600

14,000

13,100

16,400

44,300

30,200

14,900

12,700

10,800

9,570

3,960

1,180

824

2,550

February

Feet

12.1

10.6

8.9

7.2

6.6

6.4

6.3

11.9

9.8

8.7

8.4

6.5

6.4

10.1

8.2

7.1

6.6

6.4

6.3

6.3

6.1

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

Second- feet

1,530

1,020

636

391

314

290

278

1,460

824

601

553

302

290

895

525

378

314

290

278

278

256

223

212

201

201

201

201

201

December January February

Run-off , In Inches............... ................. 1.06 15.91 1.00
OBION RIVER BASIN 363

South Fork of Forked Deer River at Jackson, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°36', long. 88°49', at bridge on State Highway 5 1 mile south of

Jackson, Madison County. Zero of gage is 331.14 feet above mean Gulf level. 

Drainage area.- 574 square miles.. 

Sage-height Tecord.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths below

and tenths above 3.8 feet prior to and including Feb. 14 and to tenths thereafter. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Affecting by shifting control for period Dec. 1-6. Base

curve defined by current-meter measurements to 15,800 second-feet; extended to crest

stage. 

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 14,800 second-feet 10 a.m., 4 p.m.

Jan. 23 (gage height, 19.02 feet).

1929-36: Discharge observed, about 35,800 second-feet Jan. 21, 1935 (gage height,

22.66 feet).

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

156

164

180

172

164

954

1,510

575

356

403

Jan.

1,160

3,940

2,410

2,040

2,110

1,130

731

550

626

2,000

Feb.

925

600

550

500

475

451

678

575

1,510

575

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

475

356

270

270

251

242

242

379

525

333

Jan.

1,960

2,530

2,610

1,900

4,370

3,650

5,050

7,080

8,300

9,550

Feb.

427

403

427

1,480

638

473

473

425

410

395

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

251

242

232

232

223

214

333

1,190

652

451

2,110

0.91

Jan.

12,800

14,400

14,800

13,200

11,400

6,080

4,370

2,650

1,190

869

1,450

4

rfza

9 52

Feb.

1,410

597

457

457

395

341

354

395

1.09

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

3.47

3.49

3.60

3.57

3.50

6.83

8.45

5.16

4.34

4.49

Jan.

7.32

13.82

10.92

9.94

10.10

7.24

5.78

5.14

5.39

9.78

Feb.

6.46

5.33

5.07

4.93

4.79

4.72

5.61

5.15

8.38

5.25

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

4.81

4.30

3.94

3.86

3.79

3.75

3.73

4.38

5.04

4.15

Jan.

9.68

11.17

11.40

9.53

14.33

13.36

15.02

16.40.

17.02

17.46

Feb.

4.55

4.46

4.65

8.28

5.36

4.53

4.46

4.23

4.10

4.05

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

3.84

3.76

3.70

3.68

3.66

3.61

4.25

7.42

5.48

4.72

10.14

Jan.

18.52

18.89

19.02

18.64

18.07

15.85

14.27

11.54

7.35

6.32

8.16

Feb.

8.07

5.16

4.35

4.41

3.97

3.65

3.72

3.97

Gage height, in feet, and discharge] 

December 1936

in second-feet, at indicated time, 

to February 1937

Hour

9:15

4

10:00

4

9:30

4

9:30

3:45

10:30

4

9:15

4

10

4:15

9:30

2

9:30

4

9:30

3

Feet | Sec. -ft.

December 5

3.50 164

3.50 164

December 6

5.86 704

7.80 1,250

December 7

9.00 1,720

7.90 1,350

December 8

5.42 626

4.90 500

December 27

3.65 223

4.85 475

December 28

7.39 1,190

7.45 1,190

December 29

5.86 758

5.10 550

-December 30

4.73 451

4.72 451

December 31

10.38 2,220

9.90 2,040

January 1

7.54 1,220

7.10 1,100

Hour

9:30

4

10

3:45

9:30

4

9

4

9:30

4

10

4

10

4

9:30

4

10

4

9:30

4:30

Feet | Sec. -ft.

January 2

13.52 3,720

14.12 4,190

January 3

11.02 2,450

10.82 2,370

January 4

9.90 2,040

9.98 2,070

January 5

10.40 2,220

9.80 2,000

January 6

7.78 1,320

6.70 983

January 9

4.98 525

5.80 731

January 10

9.75 2,000

9.80 2,000

January 11

9.45 1,860

9.90 2,040

January 12

11.02 2,450

11.32 2,570

January 13

11.68 2,740

11.12 2,490

Hour

9:15

4

9:45

4:30

10

4

10

4

10

4

11

4

9:45

4

9:45

2:15

11.30

3

9:30

3:30

Feet 1 Sec. -ft.

January 14

9.66 1,960

9.40 1,860

January 15

14.44 4,460

14.22 4,280

January 16

13.50 3,120

13.22 3,520

January 22

18.94 14,400

18.84 14,000

January 23

19.02 14,800

19.02 14,800

January 24

18.66 13,600

18.62 13,200

January 25

18.22 11,700

17.92 10,700

January 26

16.78 7,880

14.92 4,950

January 27

14.66 4,750

13.86 4,020

January 28

11.92 2,830

11.16 2,530

Hour

iO

4

10

1:45

9:45

3

9:30

4

9:45

3:50

11

4

9:30

4:30

9

2

9:30

4

11

4

Feet Sec. -ft.

January 29

7.80 1,320

6.90 1,040

January 30

6.42 897

6.22 841

January 31

8.10 1,410

8.22 1,450

February 1

6.80 1,010

6.12 813

February 8

5.20 575

5.10 550

February 9

8.87 1,680

7.90 1,350

February 13

4.40 379

4.90 500

February 14

8,90 1,680

7.66 1,280

February 20

4.08 410

4.02 395

February 21

8.10 1,410

8.04 1,380
364 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

South Pork of Forked Deer River at Chestnut Bluff, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°52', long. 89°21', at highway bridge 1 mile west of Chestnut Bluff,

Crockett County, and 12 miles above confluence with North Fork of Forked Deer River.

Zero of gage is 256.71 feet above mean Gulf level. 

Drainage area.- 1,080 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights for period Jan. 22-27

determined from graph based on four readings. Gage heights used to half tenths below

and tenths above 11.8 feet. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 20,000 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. Affected by backwater from Mississippi River for period

Jan. 28 to Feb. 17; discharge determined from hydrograph based on daily discharge

measurements. 

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge, 26,600 second-feet morning Jan. 25 (gage height,

21.33 feet, from floodmarks).

1929-36: Discharge, 33,300 second-feet Jan. 22, 1935 (gage height, 22.3 feet, from

floodmarks).

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

10.97

10.97

11.00

11.04

11.04

12.98

14.58

14.60

14.62

13.70

13.20

12.81

12.20

11.87

11.68

11.56

11.48

11.44

12.00

12.06

11.80

11.62

11.51

11.43

11.37

11.33

11.66

12.68

13.30

13.32

15.22

Sec. -ft.

205

205

220

238

238

1,210

2,420

2,420

2,420

1,720

1,350

1,070

685

545

465

412

395

378

590

635

505

430

395

378

342

342

448

1,000

1,420

1,420

2,920

January

Feet

15.28

16.26

16.28

16.16

16.04

15.85

15.59

14.74

13.32

13.86

14.22

14.88

15.40

15.82

16.55

16.51

17.19

18.75

18.82

18.68

19.52

20.7

21.1

21.3

21.3

21.0

20.3

19.37

18.62

18.02

17.68

Sec. -ft.

3,020

4,260

4,260

4,100

3,820

3,570

3,340

2,500

1,420

1,860

2,100

2,660

3,120

3,570

4,820

4,620

6,300

12,500

12,500

12,000

16,000

23,000

25,400

26,600

26,600

24,800

20,600

15,400

10,600

7,980

6,100

February

Feet

17.18

16.82

16.53

16. 36

16.77

16. 30

16.96

16.94

17. D9

16.96

16.54

15. 32

15.42

15.32

15.

14.

12

58

13.34

12.55

12.31

12.51

13.44

13. 74

13.50

12.34

12.12

11. 90

11.77

11.

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet. ....

Run-off, in inches. ........................

76

Sec. -ft.

4,980

3,300

1,620

61 D

500

40 8

542

685

1,34 D

1,820

1,720

1,06 0

825

1,640

2,28

1,95

0

0

1,100

930

740

865

1,490

1,720

1,560

740

635

545

485

48

December

885

0.94

5

March

Feet

11.78

11.70

11.64

11.60

11.64

11.76

11.69

11.75

12.28

11.90

11.72

11.64

11.82

13.50

13.70

13.42

12.40

12.06

11.92

11.86

11.75

11.63

11.56

12.28

13.28

13.92

12.85

12.08

11.80

11166

11.60

January I

9,659

10.31

Sec. -ft.

505

465

448

430

448

485

465

485

740

545

465

448

505

1,560

1,720

1,490

800

635

545

545

485

448

412

740

1,560

1,860

1,070

635

505

448

430

'ebruary

1,306

1.26

April

Feet

11.54

11.46

11.42

12.38

13.62

13.45

12.62

12.04

11.82

11.68

11.54

11.44

11.44

11.48

11.41

11.36

11.28

11.24

11.29

11.26

11.26

11.38

11.32

13.06

13.84

14.16

13.44

12.30

11.88

13.70

March

720

0.77

Sec. -ft.

412

378

360

800

1,640

1,490

930

590

505

465

412

378

378

395

360

342

325

308

325

308

308

360

325

1,280

1,790

2,100

1,490

740

545

1,720

April

725

0.75

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to April 1937

w

8

4

9

4

&

4

9

4

8

4

7

4

8

4

8

4

8

Peet Sec.ft.

December 5

11.04 238

11.03 238

December 6

12.15 685

13.80 1,790

December 7

14.58 2,420

14.58 2,420

December 27

11.36 342

11.95 590

December 28

12.60 930

12.75 1,070

December 29

13.20 1,350

13.40 1,490

December 30

13.25 1,350

13.40 1,490

December 31

15.15 2,920

15.30 3,020

January 1

15.18 2,920

3 

oa

5

8

4

9

4

9

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

4

8

5

Feet Sec.ft.

15.38 3,120

January 2

16.15 4,100

16.38 4,430

January 9

13.40 1,490

13.25 1,350

January 10

13.60 1,640

14.12 2,020

January 11

14.15 2,100

14.30 2,180

January 12

14.70 2,500

15.05 2,750

January 13

15.35 3,120

15.45 3,120

January 14

15.75 3,570

15.90 3,700

January 15

16.55 4,820

16.55 4,820

g

a

8

5

9

4

8

5

8

5

8

4

8

4

9

5

8

4

8

Peet Sec.ft.

January 16

16.50 4,620

16.52 4,620

January 17

16.88 5,500

17.50 7,220

January 18

18.80 12,500

18.70 12,000

January 20

18.65 11,600

18.70 12,000

January 21

19.20 14,500

19.85 17,600

February 20

12.32 740

12.70 1,000

February 21

13.35 1,490

13.54 1,560

February 22

13.70 1,720

13.75 1,790

February 23

13.20 1,350

s<

I

5

8

6

8

5

8

5

8

4

8

5

8

5

7

5

7

6

Peet

12.80

Sec.ft.

1,070

February 24

12.40

12.28

800

740

March 13

11.75 485

11.88 545

Marc

12.86

h 14

1,070

13.15 1,350

Marc

13.65

13.20

h 16

1,640

1,350

March 17

12.52 865

12.28 740

March 24

11.80 505

12.75 1,070

March 25

13.30 1,420

13.65 1,640

Marc

13.95

h 26

1,940

13.88 1,860

ga

7

6

8

4

8

6

8

5

8

6

7

6

7

5

7

6

Feet See. ft.

March 27

13.18 1,350

12.52 865

March 28

12.15 685

12.02 590

April 4

11.75 485

13.00 1,210

April 5

13.59 1,640

13.65 1,640

April 6

13.55 1,640

13.35 1,490

April 7

12.85 1,070

12.40 800

April 23

11.37 342

11.28 325

April 24

12.48 865

13.65 1,640
OBIOK RIVER BASIN 365 

Middle Pork of Forked Deer River near Alamo, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°52', long. 89°04', at bridge on State Highway 54 5 miles north of

Alamo, Crookett County, and 15 miles above confluence with North Pork of Forked Deer

River.

Drainage area.- 410 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- One gage reading dally. Gage heights used to half tenths below and

tenths above 2.6 feet for period Dec. 1 to Jan. 23 and 1.4 feet for period Jan. 24

to Apr. 30.

Stage-dlacharge relation.- Affected by shifting control for period Mar. 25 to Apr. 29. 

"Base curve defined by current-meter measurements to 6,500 second-feet; extended to

crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge observed, 15,000 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 23

fgage height, 15.00 feet).

1929-36: Discharge observed, 19,500 second-feet Jan. 21, 1935 (gage height, 15.46

feet).

Dally gage height, In feet, and dally discharge, 

December 1936 to April 1937

In second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Peet

1.80

1.82

1.82

1.84

1.82

8.50

5.00

4.70

2.84

2.30

3.00

2.76

2.02

1.94

1.92

1.91

1.90

2.00

2.20

2.56

2.18

2.04

1.96

1.96

1.92

1.92

2.00

3.70

3.72

2.70

12.90

Sec. -ft.

116

116

116

123

116

1,580

770

704

293

196

335

293

145

138

130

130

130

145

178

243

178

153

138

138

130

130

145

484

484

273

4,140

January

Peet

6.20

12.10

7.10

5.56

3.62

2.60

2.50

2.42

2.54

5.60

5.54

11.20

9.10

6.94

13.00

10.64

11.20

13.98

13.70

13.46

13.96

14.56

15.00

14.50

14.80

13.70

13.30

10.20

4.40

3.90

6.20

Sec. -ft.

1,050

2,770

1,250

908

462

253

233

214

243

908

885

2,250

1,720

1,210

4,450

2,090

2,250

8,650

7,300

6,400

8,650

12,000

15,000

11,300

13,400

7,300

5,550

1,990

673

582

1,050

February

Peet

4.60

3.30

2.68

2.50

2.30

2.18

2.24

2.40

4.60

2.84

2.00

1.93

1.88

4.60

4.16

2.70

2.04

1.80

1.80

1.90

4.30

2.80

2.10

1.82

1.74

1.70

1.70

1.64

Sec. -ft.

711

478

382

350

318

302

302

334

711

398

270

255

255

711

636

382

270

240

240

256

654

398

286

240

225

225

225

210

March

Peet

1.58

1.56

1.50

1.48

1.51

1.49

1.60

1.84

1.92

1.54

1.50

1.46

1.44

5.00

3.84

2.50

1.94

1.80

1.74

1.70

1.60

1.54

1.50

6.60

4.70

3.00

1.92

1.80

1.60

1.54

1.50

December January

Mean monthly discharge, In second-feet.... 400 3,967

Run-off, In Inches. ....................... 1.13 11.16

Sec. -ft.

210

210

195

195

195

195

210

240

255

195

195

195

181

790

564

350

255

240

225

225

210

195

195

1,140

711

398

240

210

181

181

174

?ebruary

367

0.93

April

Peet

1.54

1.52

1.50

2.50

3.42

2.30

1.86

1.64

1.64

1.62

1.60

1.50

1.49

1.60

1.64

1.54

1.46

1.50

1.49

1.46

1.50

1.90

1.92

7.60

4.60

4.22

2.32

1.94

1.72

12.90

March

295

0.83

Sec. -ft.

181

174

174

334

430

255

195

160

160

160

160

146

146

160

160

146

139

146

146

139

146

195

210

1,280

636

564

270

210

174

4,140

April

385

1.05
366 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Hatchie River at Bolivar, Tenn.

Location.- Lat. 35°16', long. 88°59', at bridge on State Highway 18, 250 feet upstream 

from Illinois Central Railroad bridge, 2,000 feet below mouth of Spring Creek, and 1 

mile north of Bolivar, Hardeman County. Zero of gage is 323.86 feet above mean Gulf 

level.

Drainage area.- 1,430 square miles.

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 34,000 second-feet; 

extended to crest stage.

Maxima." January-February 1937: Discharge observed, 25,000 second-feet 5 p.m. Jan. 4

 Tgage height, 18.00 feet).

1929-36: Discharge observed, 43,400 second-feet Jan. 20, 1935 (gage height, 20.00 

feet) .

Mean daily discharge, in 'second-feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

528

528

543

590

670

926

1,480

2,160

2,980

3,450

Jan.

3,900

8,180

17,700

25,000

23,000

17,700

12,700

9,040

7,400

7,400

Feb.

5,300

4,640

4,070

3,590

2,880

2,160

1,790

1,540

1,750

2,060

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

6,080

8,180

7,780

6,700

6,080

5,300

4,850

4,070

3,450

3,090

Jan.

7,040

6,700

6,700

6,380

7,780

7,780

11,000

13,300

12,700

16,400

Feb.

2,290

2,360

2,360

2,290

2,060

1,830

1,590

1,620

1,290

1,310

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

2,360

1,870

1,480

1,250

1,090

974

942

1,310

1,790

2,440

3,590

2.31

Jan.

19,600

17,700

20,900

18,300

17,000

14,500

11,500

9,040

7,780

6,380

5,800

9.79

Feb.

1,520

1,790

1,910

1,830

1,650

1,710

1,830

1,790

1.63

Mean daily gage height, in feet, December 1936 to February 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Dec.

4.08

4.06

4.17

4.51

4.95

6.62

10.03

11.91

12.89

13.29

Jan.

13.64

15.20

16.93

17.95

17.71

16.88

16.07

15.44

15.03

14.98

Feb.

14.28

14.00

13.72

13.44

12.83

11.94

11.08

10.28

11.02

11.72

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec.

14.57

15.23

15.08

14.82

14.56

14.31

14.06

13.71

13.28

12.96

Jan.

14.86

14.85

14.80

14.67

15.12

15.08

15.76

16.19

16.10

16.69

Feb.

12.06

12.20

12.19

12.07

11.69

11.19

10.47

10.61

8.86

8.97

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dec.

12.23

11.29

9.99

8.55

7.55

6.87

6.68

8.97

11.12

12.32

13.35

Jan.

17.21

16.90

17.36

17.00

16.82

16.37

15.91

15.43

15.10

14.74

14.54

Feb.

10.24

11.06

11.43

11.18

10.70

10.93

11.24

11.12

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to February 1937

Hour

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

4:50

7:30

5

7:30

5

9:10

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

Feet Sec. -ft.

December 3

4.10

4.24

528

543

December 4

4.40

4.62

Dec

4.80

5.10

574

606

ember 5

638

686

December 6

5.56

7.68

766

1,100

December 7

9.56

10.50

1,410

1,590

December 11

14.26

14.88

5,300

7,040

December 12

15.24

15.22

8,180

8,180

December 13

15.12

15.04

7,780

7,400

December 14

14.86

14.78

7,040

6,700

December 27

6.64

6.72

926

942

December 28

8.52

9.42

1,230

1,380

December 29

10.80

11.44

1,680

1,910

Hour

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

9:20

4:50

Feet Sec. -ft.

January 1

13.54

13.74

3,740

4,070

January 2

14.86

15.54

Janu

16.64

17.22

7,040

9,500

ary 3

15,700

19,600

January 4

17.90

18.00

24,300

25.000

January 5

17.84

17.58

23,600

22,300

January 6

17.06

16.70

19 ,000

16,400

January 10

14.94

15.02

7,040

7,400

January 12

14.82

14.88

6,700

7,040

January 14

14.68

14.66

6,380

6,380

January 15

15.16

15.08

8,180

7,780

January 16

15.06

15.10

7,780

7,780

January 17

15.46

16.06

9,500

12,700

Hour

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:15

4:50

7:30

5

7:30

5

8

5

7:30

5

7:30

4:50

7:30

5

7:30

5:30

7:30

5:30

Feet Sec. -ft.

January 18

16.18

16.20

13,300

13,300

January 19

16.16

16.04

Jan

16.46

16.92

13,300

12,100

uary 20

15,100

17,700

January 21

17.16

17.26

19,600

20,300

January 22

16.96

16.84

18,300

17,000

January 23

17.46

17.26

21,600

20,300

January 24

17.06

16.94

19,000

17,700

January 25

16.96

16.68

18,300

16,400

February 8

10.36

10.20

1,560

1,520

February -9

10.88

11.16

1,710

1,830

February 10

11.64

11.80

2,010

2,110

February 11

12.00

12.12

2,220

2,290

Hour

7:30

5:30

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5:45

7:30

5

7:30

5

7:30

5:45

7:30

5:45

7:30

5:45

7:30

5:30

7:30

5:10

Feet | Sec. -ft.

February 12

12.18 2,360

12.22 2,360

February 13

12.16 2,360

12.22 2,360

February 14

12.12 2,290

12.02 2,220

February 17

10.64 1,620

10.30 1,540

February 18

10.80 1,680

10.42 1,560

Febrtiary 19

8.92 1,290

8.80 1,280

February 20

8.90 1,290

9.04 1,310

February 23

11.40 1,910

11.46 1,960

February 24

11.28 1,870

11.08 1,790

February 25

10.72 1,650

10.68 1,650

February 26

10.86 1,710

11.00 1,750

February 27

11.22 1,830

11.26 1,870
HATCHIE RIVER BASIN 367

Hatohie River near Stanton, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°31' , long. 89°21', at bridge on State Highway 1, 1 mile below Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway bridge and 4 miles north of Stanton, Haywood

County. Zero of gage Is 267.34 feet above mean Gulf level. 

Drainage area.- 1,940 square miles.

Gage-he Ight record.- Two gage readings dally. Gage heights used to tenths. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 45,000 second- feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge observed, 46,800 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 25

(gage height, 19.50 feet).

1929-36: Discharge observed, 59,000 second- feet Jan. 22, 1935 (gage height, 20.35

feet) .

Mean daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

5.17

5.03

4.94

4.85

4.79

5.60

8.97

10.47

10.52

10.62

10.90

11.15

11.35

11.85

12.78

14.12

15.59

15.56

15.44

15.25

15.10

14.86

14.65

14.36

14.01

13.56

13.08

12.19

11.24

10.65

12.34

Sec. -ft.

798

760

742

724

724

874

1,550

1,920

1,920

1,950

2,030

2,120

2,190

2,340

2,870

3,780

7,950

7,950

6,900

6,050

5,700

5,120

4,440

4,120

3,700

3,390

3,060

2,530

2,120

1,950

2,580

January

Feet

12.92

13.74

13.95

14.28

16.15

17.73

17.86

17.43

16.62

16.28

16.17

16.00

15.93

15.84

16.15

16.07

16.13

17.24

17.26

17.21

18.75

19.12

19.14

19.05

19.25

18.05

17.35

16.74

16.38

16.08

15.89

Sec. -ft.

2,930

3,460

3,700

3,990

12,200

25,700

27,700

22,800

15,600

13,000

12,200

10,600

9,900

9,200

12,200

11,400

11,400

20,800

21,800

22,800

38,000

41,600

41,600

40,400

42,900

28,800

22,800

16,400

13,800

11,400

9,900

February

Peet

15.74

15.

15.

55

38

15.22

15.07

14.88

14. 38

14.48

14.39

14.26

13.83

13.39

12. 32

12.77

12.63

12.55

12.51

12.49

12. 44

12.53

12.71

12. 51

12.12

11. 52

11.22

11.04

11.15

11.11

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet....

Sec. -ft.

8,550

7,95

6,90

3

3

6,050

5,700

5,120

4,64 3

4,270

4,120

3,990

3,540

3,250

2,93 3

2,870

2,750

2,750

2,700

2,700

2,64 3

2,700

2,810

2,753

2,480

2,22 3

2,120

2,060

2,120

2,090

December

3,060

1.82

March

Feet

11.06

11.03

11.02

11.04

10.95

10.86

10.65

10.49

10.56

10.46

10.44

10.42

10.61

11.17

11.61

11.38

11.00

10.74

10.53

10.38

9.98

9.72

9.40

9.89

11.33

11.45

11.32

11.25

11.20

11.21

11.29

January

18 , 740

Sec. -ft.

2,090

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,030

1,950

1,920

1,950

1,920

1,900

1,900

1,950

2,120

2,260

2,190

2,060

1,980

1,920

1,900

1,800

1,720

1,650

1,780

2,160

2,190

2,160

2,120

2,120

2,120

2,160

February

3,742

11.14 2.01

April

Peet

11.36

11.35

11.11

10.34

10.12

10.01

9.78

9.74

9.97

10.24

10.56

10.85

11.09

11.31

11.42

10.65

9.38

7.91

7.23

6.82

6.53

6.40

6.06

6.51

7.21

7.07

7.53

8.47

9.19

10.48

March

2,008

1.20

Seo.-ft.

2,190

2,190

2,090

1,880

1,820

1,800

1,750

1,720

1,800

1,850

1,950

2,000

2,090

2,160

2,190

1,950

1,650

1,320

1,180

1,100

1,040

1,030

969

1,040

1,180

1,160

1,240

1,440

1,600

1,920

April

1,643

0.95

Gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time, 

December 1936 to April 1937

fn 

I

9

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

8

5

9

5

9

5

Feet Sec.ft.

December1 6

5.20

6.00

798

950

December1 7

8.60

9.34

1,460

1,620

December 8

10.46

10.48

Decei

10.50

10.54

1,920

1,920

nber 9

1,920

1,920

December 10

10.60

10.65

Dece

10.85

10.96

1,950

1,950

nber1 11

2,000

2,060

Depember1 12

11.10

11.20

Decei

11.30

11.40

2,090

2,120

nber 13

2,160

2.190

December 14

11.70

12.00

2,300

2,430

December 15

12.55

13.00

2,750

2,990

0

ca

8

5

9

4

8

5

8

4

9

4

9

5

8

5

7

5

9

4

9

5

Feet Sec.ft.

December 16

13.84

14.40

3,540

4,120

December 17

15.60

15.58

7,950

7,950

December 18

15.56

15.56

Dece

15.48

15.40

7,950

7,950

mber 19

7,400

6,900

December 30

10.70

10.60

1,980

1,950

December 31

12.25

12.42

2,530

2,640

January 1

12.75

13.10

2,870

3,060

January 2

13.72

13.76

3,460

3,540

January 3

13.86

14.04

3,620

3,700

January 4

14.18

14.38

3,880

4,120

3 

O

33

9

5

9

5

8

5

8

5

9

5

8

5

9

5

9

5

9

5

9

5

Feet Sec.ft.

January 5

15.80

16.50

9,200

14,700

January 6

17.70

17.76

25,700

26,700

January 7

17.90

17.82

Janu

17.58

17.28

27,700

26,700

ary 8

24,700

21,800

January 9

16.88

16.36

18,200

13,800

January 14

15.90

15.78

9,900

9,200

January 15

16.10

16.20

11,400

12,200

January 16

16.12

16.02

11,400

10,600

January I?

16.08

16.18

11,400

12,200

January 18

17.20

17.28

20,800

21,800

I

S3

9

5

9

4

9

4

9

5

9

5

9

5

,

9

5

9

5

8

5

8

5

Peet Sec.ft.

January 19

17.32 21.800

17.20 20,800

January 20

17. 3C 21.800

17.52 23,700

January 21

18. 6C 35.600

18.90 39,200

Janu

19. 1C

ary 22

41.600

19.14 41 j 600

January 23

19.20 42,900

19.08 41,600

January 24

18.90 39.200

19.20 42 ",900

January 25

19.50

19.00

46,800

40,400

January 26

18.20

17. 9C

31,000

27,700

March 13

10.52

10.70

1,920

1,980

March 14

11.10 2,090

11.24 2,120

o

ca

8

5

8

5

7

6

8

6

9

6

9

4

7

6

7

6

8

6

9

6

Peet Sec.ft.

March 15

11.62

11.60

2,260

2,260

March 16

11.42

11.34

2,190

2,160

March 24

9.60

10.18

Mar

11.20

11.46

1,700

1,850

ch 25

2,120

2,220

March 26

11.48

11.42

2,220

2,190

March 27

11.34

11.30

2,160

2,160

April 14

11.28

11.34

2,160

2,160

April 15

11.46

11.38

2,220

2,190

April 16

11.00

10.30

2,060

1,880

April 17

9.62

9.14

1,700

1,580
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 193V 

Wolf River at Rossville, Term.

Location.- Lat. 35°04', long. 89°33', at county highway bridge half a mile north of Rossville, Fayette County, and 8 miles downstream from Moscow and mouth of North Pork. 

Drainage area.- 531 square miles. 

Gage-height record.- Two gage readings daily. Gage heights used to half tenths between

8.1 and 9.8 feet; tenths above and below these limits. 

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined by current-meter measurements to 6,000 second-feet;

extended to crest stage. 

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge observed, 12,000 second-feet 9 a.m. Jan. 23 (gage

height, 10.78 feet).

1929-36: Discharge, 31,000 second-feet Jan. 20, 1935 (gage height, 13.75 feet,

from floodmark).

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, December 1956 to April 1957

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

4.28

4.28

4.35

4.37

4.39

6.37

8.31

8.46

8.97

8.78

8.40

8.06

7.58

6.47

5.97

5.48

5.11

5.07

5.28

5.17

5.17

5.12

4.94

4.70

4.61

4.55

4.78

7.53

8.03

8.02

8.77

Sec. -ft.

224

224

235

235

235

492

1,450

1,700

3,020

2,500

1,600

1,190

855

510

430

366

318

318

342

330

330

31B

294

270

258

258

282

805

1,090

1,090

2,350

January 1 February

Feet

8.89

9.56

9.94

10.07

9.02

B.42

8.18

7.61

6.77

7.50

7.92

8.23

8.41

8.42

8.17

9.06

9.57

10.19

9.72

9.84

10.38

10.58

10.67

10.48

10.44

9.62

9.03

8.53

8.20

7.88

7.58

Se'c.-ft.

2,850

5,320

7,000

8,050

3,200

1,600

1,300

855

576

805

1,020

1,380

1,600

1,600

1,240

3,380

5,320

8,600

6,000

6,500

9,700

10,800

11,400

10,200

9,700

5,550

3,380

1,900

1,300

1,020

855

Feet

7.21

6.79

6.30

6.09

5.78

5.57

5.53

5.58

7.39

7.49

6.89

6.46

6.30

6.11

5.83

5.61

5.46

5.32

5.26

5.47

7.01

7.10

6.74

6.52

6.30

5.75

5.68

5.65

Sec. -ft.

695

576

475

444

404

37S

366

378

76 E

805

602

510

47E

444

404

378

366

342

34£

366

630

660

552

51C

475

404

391

37£

December

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet. .. 771

Run-off, in inches. ...................... 1.67

March

Feet

5.38

5.38

5.37

5.18

5.18

5.11

5.82

7.66

7.62

7.40

6.85

5.75

5.43

7.26

7.44

6.87

6.25

5.66

5.38

5.25

5.25

5.11

4.98

7.89

8.37

8.32

8.05

7.70

6.58

5.33

5.00

January

4,323

9.39

Sec. -ft.

354

354

354

330

330

318

404

905

855

765

576

404

354

730

765

602

459

391

354

330

330

318

306

1,020

1,520

1,450

1,090

905

530

342

306

February

483

0.95

April

Feet

4.88

4.83

4.78

4.77

4.92

5.12

5.20

5.31

5.05

4.84

4.68

4.59

4.51

4.50

4.47

4.42

4.41

4.36

4.24

4.27

4.26

4.27

4.23

4.47

5.02

4.97

5.41

5.49

4.80

4.46

March

582

1.27

Sec. -ft.

294

294

282

282

306

330

330

354

318

294

270

270

258

258

258

246

246

246

224

235

235

235

224

258

318

318

378

378

306

258

April

283

0.59

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, at indicated time s 

December 1936 to February 1937

Hour

8:30 

4

8:30 

4

8 

4

8:30 

4:30

7 

4

8:30 

3

9:30 

3:30

9:30a

7 

4

7 

4:30

8:30

Feet Sec. ft.

December 6 

5.00 306 

7.74 905

December 7 

8.26 1,380 

8.36 1,520

December 8 

8.48 1,800 

8.44 1,700

December 9 

8.90 2,850 

9.04 3,380

December 10 

8.86 2,680 

8.70 2,200

December 11 

8.44 1,700 

8.36 1,520

December 12 

8.10 1,180 

8.02 1,090

December 13 

7.58 855 

December 14

6.60 530 

6.34 475 

December 15

6.06 444 

5,88 417 

December 28 

7.38 765

Hour

3:30 

8

3:30 

8

4 

8:30

3:30 

7

3

8:30

2:30 

9

3 

7:30

3 

7:30

3 

7:30

4 

7a 

7

Feet Sec. ft.

7.68 905 

December 29 

8.06 1,180

B.OO 1,090 

December 30 

7.84 960

8.20 1,300 

December 31 

8.70 2,200

8.84 2,680 

January 1 

8.84 2,680

8.94 3,020 

January 2 

9.30 4,300

9.82 6,500 

January 3 

9.90 7,000

9.98 7,500 

January 4 

10.18 8,600

9.94 7,000 

January 5 

9.14 3,720

8.90 2,850 

January 6 

8.48 1,800

8.36 1,520 

January 7 

8.18 1,300 

January 8 

7.74 905

Hour

4 

9

3:30 

9

3

8

3:30 

7:30

3

8:30

3:30 

8

3

8

3

8:30

4

7:30

4

8 

4

Feet Sec. ft.

7.48 805 

January 9 

6.84 576

6.70 552 

January 10 

7.40 765

7.60 855 

January 15 

9.10 3,550

9.24 4,100 

January 16 

9.12 3,550

9.00 3,200 

January 17 

9.40 4,700

9.74 6,250 

January 18 

10.22 8,600

10.16 B,600 

January 19 

9.80 6,500

9.64 5,780 

January 20 

9.70 6,000

9.98 7,500 

January 21 

10.26 9,150

10.50 10,200 

January 22 

10.66 11,400 

10.50 10,200

Hour

9 

3

8:30 

5

a

3:30

8:30 

3:30

7:30 

4

a

4:30

8 

4

9 

3

7 

4

8 

3:30

Feet Sec. ft.

January 23 

10.78 12,000 

10.56 10,800

January 24 

10.26 9,150 

10.70 11,400

January 25 

10.58 10,800 

10.30 9,150

January 26 

9.72 6,000 

9.52 5,100

February 9 

7.28 730 

7.50 805

February 10 

7.58 855 

7.40 765

February 11 

6.98 630 

6 . 80 576

February 21 

7.00 630 

7.02 630

February 22 

7.16 695 

7.04 630

February 23 

6.80 576 

6.68 552
ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN

St. Francis River at Parkin, Ark., and St. Francis Bay at Riverfront, Ark.

Location.- Lat. 35°16'1011 , long. 90°35'00", on Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge, lj 

miles west of Parkin, 14^ miles above mouth of St. Francis Bay, and 100 miles above 

mouth of St. Francis River. Zero of gage is 175.68 feet above mean Oulf level 

(datum of Mississippi River Commission).

Drainage area.- 6,690 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission), includes 

drainage area of St. Francis Bay above Riverfront, Ark.

Bage-helght record.- Sage read daily at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sage heights at 8 a.m. used 

to tenths in the determination of discharge.

Stage-discharge relation.- Daily discharge during flood period determined from discharge hydrograph based on daily measurements; for other periods, when less frequent 

discharge measurements were made, discharge determined from standard rating curve, 

with allowance for shifting control.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Daily discharge, 72,500 second-feet Feb. 2; maximum 

gage height, 34.2 feet Feb. 4-6; discharge observed, 74,100 second-feet Feb. 2 

(20,000 second-feet at Parkin and 54,100 second-feet at Riverfront).

1928-36: Discharge observed, 37,400 second-feet Mar. 30, 1935 (gage height, 

28.03 feet); discharge observed, 36,300 second-feet (24,682 second-feet at Parkin 

and 11,620 second-feet at Riverfront) Feb. 8, 1930 (gage height 27.2 feet).

Discharge estimated, 40,000 second-feet Apr. 30-May 2, 1927 (gage height, 33.7 

feet).

Maximum stage known, 41.6 feet Apr. 4-6, 1897 (discharge not determined).

Remarks.- Daily discharge records include flow of St. Francis Bay at Riverfront

and show total flow from St. Francis River Basin above Parkin. Sage height record 

and results of discharge measurements furnished by Mississippi River Commission. 

Final and complete records of gage height and discharge to be published in reports 

of Mississippi River Commission.

Daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily aischarge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

5.4

4.9

4.4

4.1

3.8

4.5

6.9

8.1

8.1

8.2

7.6

7.1

6.4

6.0

5.5

5.1

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.1

5.5

Sec. -ft.

5,030

4,730

4,420

4,170

3,930

4,490

6,320

6,950

6,830

6,560

6,140

5,630

5,200

4,910

4,620

4,410

4,270

4,190

4,170

4,190

4,240

4,270

4,330

4,250

4,220

4,230

4,150

4,150

4,230

4,310

5,390

January

Feet

6.5

7.4

7.8

7.4

6.8

6.1

5.8

6.0

7.1

9.1

11.1

12.6

13.7

14.3

14.9

15.5

16.3

19.8

21.9

23.2

25.5

28.0

29.3

30.1

31.0

31.5

32.1

32.6

33.0

33.3

33.7

Sec. -ft.

5,980

6,550

6,770

6,550

6,070

5,660

5,670

5,930

6,830

8,500

10,300

11,900

13,000

13,800

14,600

16,400

16,600

21,000

24,200

26,500

34,500

40,500

43,700

47,800

53,200

55,300

57,200

59 , 100

62,000

67,400

70,300

February

Feet

33.9

34.1

34.1

34.2

34.2

34.2

34.1

34.1

34.1

34.0

33.9

33.8

33.8

33.7

33.6

33.4

33.2

33.1

32.9

32.7

32.5

32.2

31.9

31.6

31.3

31.0

30.6

30.2

Sec. -ft.

71,900

72,500

72,200

71,400

70,000

68,400

66,500

64,800

62,800

60,500

57,800

55,400

53,500

51,600

50,200

48,600

47,200

46,000

44,700

43,500

42,100

40,600

39,200

37,700

36,400

34,600

32,600

31,10

December

Bean monthly discharge, in second- f eet. ... 4,804

0

March

Feet

29.7

29.2

28.7

28.2

27.7

27.1

26.4

25.7

24.8

23.8

22.4

21.2

19.8

18.4

17.0

15.7

14.5

13.5

12.6

12.0

11.3

10.7

10.2

9.9

9.8

9.5

9.2

8.9

8.7

8.4

8.2

January ]

26,540

1,632

Sec~-ft.

29,600

28,100

26,800

25,500

24,200

23,000

22,000

21,000

19,900

18,800

17,900

16,800

15,800

15,000

14,000

13,200

12,500

11,600

10,700

10,200

9,700

9,200

8,900

8,700

8,400

8,000

7,800

7,60C

7,500

7,400

7,300

'ebruary

52,640

8,923

April

Feet

8.0

7.8

7.7

7.6

7.8

8.3

8.5

8.6

8.4

8.3

8.1

7.9

7.7

7.7

7.7

8.0

8.2

8.4

8.8

8.9

9.2

9.3

9.4

9.5

9.6

9.5

9.4

9.3

9.1

9.4

March

15,070

926.5

Sec. -ft.

7,200

7,040

7,010

6,880

7,220

7,620

7,930

7,970

7,810

7,650

7,460

7,270

7,180

7,160

7,450

7,730

8,120

8,380

8,620

8,990

9,290

9,530

9,640

9,750

9,780

9,800

9,610

9,340

9,120

9,290

April

8,261

491.6
370 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

White River at Clarendon, Ark.

Location.- Lat. 34°41'08", long. 91°18 l 55 n , on St. Louis-San Francisco Railway bridge 

at Clarendon, 1.2 miles below mouth of Cache River and 100.2 miles above confluence 

with Mississippi River. Zero of gage is 140.02 feet above mean Gulf level (datum 

of Mississippi River Commission).

Drainage area.- 25,750 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission).

Gage-height record.- Gage read daily at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Gage heights at 8 a.m. used 

to tenths in the determination of discharge.

Stage-discharge relation.- Defined for entire range in stage oy current-meter measure- . 

ments made daily during flood period and at less frequent intervals during other 

periods.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Daily discharge, 216,000 second-feet Jan. 27; maximum 

gage height observed, 35.75 feet 4 p.m. Jan. 28.

1884-1936: Discharge, 440,000 second-feet (computed by Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. 

Army) Apr. 23, 1927 (gage height, 43.3 feet); maximum discharge measured, 322,000 

second-feet Feb. 7, 1916 (gage height, 38.3 feet).

Remarks.- Gage height record and results of discharge measurements furnished by

Mississippi River Commission. Final and complete records of gage height and discharge to be published in reports of Mississippi River Commission.

Daily gage height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

11.65

11.3

11.0

10.65

10.4

10.55

12.1

13.95

16.8

18.45

19.3

19.6

19.65

19.5

19.1

18.55

17.9

17.2

16.5

15.9

15.3

14.8

14.25

13.8

13.35

12.9

12.5

12.1

11.8

11.6

12.3

Sec. -ft.

10,100

10,000

9,800

9,600

9,500

9,600

10,900

14,200

21,400

25,400

27,200

26,700

26,400

25,400

24,200

22,400

20,700

19,000

17,400

16,000

14,900

14,200

13,200

12,600

12,100

11,600

11,100

10,900

10,800

10,600

11,000

January

Feet

13.7

16.7

19.0

20.15

20.95

21.6

22.1

22.6

23.1

23.65

24.3

24.9

25.4

25.8

26.3

26.8

27.45

28.4

29.2

30.0

30.9

32.0

32.95

33.9

34.75

35.2

35.6

35.7

35.7

35.55

35.35

Sec. -ft.

12,600

19,000

25,400

28,400

30,400

31,500

33,000

34,500

36,000

37,900

40,700

43,200

45,700

47,800

50,800

54,400

59,900

73,700

88,600

106,000

124,000

146,000

164,000

182,000

200,000

207,000

216,000

205,000

205,000

196,000

196,000

February

Feet

35.05

34. f3

34.45

34.2

33. S3

33.7

33.5

33.4

33.,55

33.2

33.1

32.'

32. f

32. (

35

3

35

32.45

32.2

31.95

31.7

31. 1

31.3

31-1 30.'

30.'

7

15

30.15

29.85

29.6

29.3

29. C

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet....

Run-off, in thousands of acre-feet. .......

)

Sec. -ft.

180,000

176, (300

163,000

155,000

147,000

139,000

131,000

124,000

124, 300

115,000

112,000

106, 300

101,000

96, too

90,200

85,100

82,200

78,500

75,200

74,200

72,300

68,

67,

300

500

65,200

64,500

63,100

61,800

60,

December

15,770

969.7

300

March

Faet

28.7

28.35

28.05

27.75

27.5

27.15

26.8

26.5

26.2

25.8

25.45

25.1

24.7

24.25

23.8

23.35

22.9

22.5

22.1

21.6

21.3

20.95

20.6

20.5

20.3

20.2

20.3

20.4

20.5

20.55

20.55

Sec. -ft.

58,800

56,400

55,200

53,000

52,000

50,000

47,500

45,500

43,000

41,400

39,400

37,400

35,800

33,900

32,400

30,900

29,400

27,900

26,800

25,800

25,200

24,400

23,800

23,800

23,600

23,600

24,000

24,400

24,600

24,800

24,800

January February

94,850 102,800

5,832 5,708

April

Feet

20.4

20.2

20.0

19.7

19.5

19.25

18.95

18.6

18.3

18.2

18.2

18.25

18.3

18.35

18.4

18.4

18.45

18.5

18.4

18.3

18.25

18.05

17.8

17.7

18.45

19.5

20.3

20.95

21.5

22.0

March

35,150

2,161

Sec. -ft.

24,600

24,200

24,000

23,400

23,000

22,600

22,000

21,400

20,800

20,800

20,800

21,200

21,200

21,600

21,600

21 ,800

22,000

22,000

22,000

21,800

21,600

21,200

20,800

20,600

22,400

25,000

27,300

29,700

31,800

33,300

April

23,220

1,381
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 371 

Arkansas River at Little Rock, Ark.

Location.- Lat. 34°45', long. 92°16', in sec. 3, T. IK., R. 12 W., at Little Rock. 

Zero of gage is 223.61 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 157,900 square miles.

Gage-height IFecord.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by shifting control. Base rating curve defined by 

current-meter measurements to 420,000 second-feet; curve for 1937 flood defined to 

88,000 second-feet by current-meter measurements.

Maxima.- January-February 1937: Discharge, 170,000 second-feet Jan. 18 (gage height,

 15774 feet).

1927-31, 1933-36: Discharge, 422,000 second-feet June 22, 23, 1935 (gage height, 

28.18 feet).

1885-1927: Discharge observed by current-meter measurement (Mississippi River 

Commission), 428,000 second-feet June 10, 1904; discharge observed by float measurement (Mississippi River Commission), 813,000 second-feet Apr. 21, 1927.

Maximum stages known, 34.6 feet in June 1833 and 33.0 feet Apr. 20, 1927.

Remarks.- Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mean daily ga^e height, in feet, and mean daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

ay

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

0.16

.16

.17

.17

.30

1.30

4.60

6.32

6.14

5.66

5.12

4.56

3.82

3.21

2.75

2.32

1.88

1.51

1.27

1.10

.94

.82

.67

.53

.42

.34

.32

.43

2.58

5.72

7.59

Sec. -ft.

6,320

6,320

6,320

6,320

7,100

10,600

26,600

37,900

36,600

33,600

29,400

26,100

20,900

17,300

15,200 -

12,900

11,200

10,000

9,400

8,800

8,220

7,940

7,660

7,100

6,840

6,580

6,580

7,660

16,500

34,200

46,600

January

Feet

9.03

9.10

9.29

9.42

8.57

7.69

6.99

6.79

8.14

10.58

12.16

11.84

11.67

11.83

13.50

16.02

17.66

18.65

17.85

15.10

15.12

14.55

15.20

14.92

14.95

14.86

14.05

13.21

12.50

11.78

11.24

Sec. -ft.

57,400

58,200

59,800

60,600

54,200

47,300

42,400

41,100

50,200

70,800

86,000

82,100

81,100

85,000

103,000

133,000

155,000

170,000

155,000

128,000

117,000

111,000

118,000

114,000

116,000

114,000

102,000

92,000

85,000

79,200

76,300

February

Feet

11.84

15.34

17.30

16.82

14.22

11.78

9. 36

8.69

7.88

7.39

6.87

6.44

6.31

6.44

6.19

5.79

5. 52

5.38

5.31

5.46

5.97

5.90

5. 69

5.69

5. 45

4.87

5.04

5.

Kean monthly discharge, in second-feet.....

Run-off, in thousands of acre-feet. ........

12

Sec. -ft.

84,000

122,000

148,000

140,000

107,000

82,100

65,4 30

55,000

48,700

45,200

41,800

38,600

37,900

38,600

37,300

34,800

33,0 30

32,400

31,800

33,000

36,000

35,400

34,2 00

34,200

32,400

29,400

30,000

30,600

December

15,960

981.3

March

Feet

4.51

3.98

3.62

3.37

3.20

3.26

3.38

3.84

4.44

4.71

5.20

5.29

4.70

4.30

4.39

4.35

4.11

4.14

4.58

4.88

4.95

4.41

3.82

3.68

4.16

4.73

5.16

5.73

6.74

7.72

7.40

January

91,760

5,642

Sec. -ft.

27,200

24,400

22,400

21,400

20,400

20,900

21,400

23,400

26,600

28,30O

31,200

31,800

28,300

26,100

26,600

26,600

25,000

25,000

27,800

29,400

30,000

26,600

23,400

22,900

25,500

28,300

31,200

34,200

40,500

47,300

45,200

February

54,240

3,012

April

Feet

6.30

5.12

4.25

3.80

3.48

3.16

2.93

3.04

3.63

4.20

4.75

5.53

5.46

5.04

4.72

4.28

3.59

3.01

2.67

2.60

2.92

3.21

5.46

8.19

10.39

10.88

9.45

7.70

6.30

5.32

March

28,040

1,724

Sec. -ft.

37,900

30,600

25,500

23,400

21,900

20,400

19,000

19,400

22,400

25,500

28,900

33,000

33,000

30,000

28,300

26,100

22,400

19 , 400

18,100

17,700

19,000

20,400

33,000

51,000

69,000

73 , 500

60,600

47,300

37,900

31,800

April

31,550

1,877
372 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Yazoo River at Greenwood, Miss.

Location.- Lat. 33°31'17tt , long. 90°ll'03 lt , in SW J sec. 10, T. 19 N. , R. IE., at

bridge on U. S. Highway 49E, in Greenwood, 3 miles below confluence of Yalobusha and 

Tallahatchee Rivers and 185 miles above mouth. Zero of gage is 92.01 feet above mean 

sea level.

Drainage area.- 7,450 square miles (from reports of Mississippi River Commission).

Gage-height "record.- One gage reading daily, usually about 7 a.m. Gage heights used to 

tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by backwater from Mississippi River. Defined by 

current-meter measurements to crest stage and discharge.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge observed, 33,100 second-feet (discharge measurement) 9 a.m. *'eb. 9 (gage height, 36.38 feet).

1908-36: Discharge observed, 72,900 second-feet Jan. 19, 1932 (gage height, 40.1 

feet).

Maximum stage known, 41.2 feet in 1882 (overflow from Mississippi River; £ischarge 

not determined).

Remarks.- Computations of mean daily discharge are preliminary and were made by Geological Survey from preliminary gage heights end discharge measurements furnished by 

Mississippi River Commission. Final and complete records of gage height and discharge to be published in reports of Mississippi River Commission.

Daily gage height, in feet, and daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

 * December

Feet

3.8

3.6

3.8

3.9

3.8

3.9

7.1

5.8

7.6

9.7

11.2

12.3

13.1

13.8

14.3

14.8

15.1

15.5

16.0

16.2

16.2

16.3

16.4

16.4

16.3

16.0

15.6

15.1

14.7

14.0

14.5

Sec. -ft.

1,450

*1,380

1,450

1,500

1,450

1,500 "*

> 5,500

j

*8,310 " 

> 9,400

January

Feet

13.5

18.6

18.5

18.1

18.7

19.8

20.4

21.0

21.7

22.3

23.1

23.9

25.1

25.5

26.3

26.6

27.0

27.8

28.0

28.6

28.8

28.9

30.1

30.3

30.8

31.0

31.5

32.0

32.6

33.3

33.9

Sec. -ft.

7,020

10,800

10,700

10,400

10,800

11,800

12,400

13,000

13,700

14,300

15,100

15,900

16 , 700

17,100

17,700

17,900

18,200

18,800

19 ,000

19,400

19,600

19,800

21,500

21,800

22,600

23,000

23,900

25,000

26,200

27,800

28,800

February

Feet

34.5

34.9

35.3

35.6

35.8

36.0

36.2

36.2

36.4

36.2

36.1

35.9

35.7

35.6

55.3

35.1

34.7

34.4

34.0

33.6

33.4

33.0

32.6

32.2

31.9

31.5

51.2

31.4

Sec. -ft.

30,100

30,700

30, £ 00

31,200

31,600

32,100

32, £ 00

32,500

33, C 00

32,300

32,100

31, £ 00

30,500

29,800

28,200

27,800

27,100

26, 6 00

25,900

25,200

25,000

S4,4 00

23,900

22,900

22,300

21,500

20,900

21,300

December

Mean monthly discharge, in second- feet. . 6,695

Run-off, in inches. ..................... 1.04

March

Feet

31.0

30.6

30.3

30.0

29.8

29.6

29.4

29.2

28.9

28.6

28.3

28.0

27.7

27.3

27.2

26.9

26.5

26.4

26.2

26.4

26.2

25.7

25.3

25.4

25.1

24.9

24.8

24.7

24.7

24.6

24.6

Sec. -ft.

20,600

19,900

19,40C

18,800

18,500

18,200

17,90C

17,300

16,90C

16,400

16,000

15,70C

15,400

15,100

14,900

14,500

13,900

13,70C

13 , 500

13,700

13,500

12,80C

12,200

12,400

12,000

11,800

11,600

11,800

12.10C

12,200

12,400

January February

17,770 27,980

1,092 1,554

2.76 3.92

April

Feet

24.6

24.5

24.4

24.3

24.2

23.9

23.5

23.0

22.5

21.9

21.3

20.6

19.8

19.1

18.2

17.4

16.2

14.9

13.9

12.8

11.7

1O.6

9.6

8.9

8.7

8.3

8*2

8.2

8.2

8.2

March

15,000

922.5

2.32

Sec. -ft.

12,600

12,700

12,700

12,700

12,500

12,100

11,500

10,900

10,300

9,510

9,050

8,520

7,920

7,320

6,660

6,070

5,640

5,280

5,070

4,790

4,440

4,160

3,970

3,780

3,660

3,410

3,350

3,350

3,350

3,350

April

7,355

437.7

1.10

* Current-meter measurement
RED RIVER BASIN 373

Red River at Alexandria, La.

Location.- Lat. 31°18', long. 92°25', in T. 4 N. , R. 1 IS/., at bridge on TJ. S. Highways 

71 and 165, in Alexandria, 122.3 miles above mouth (junction with Mississippi 

River). Zero of gage is 44.18 feet above mean Gulf level (datum of Corps of 

Engineers, TJ. S. Army).

Drainage area.- 65,900 square miles (from reports of Mississippi River Commission).

Gage-height record.- Gage read daily, at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Gage heights at 8 a.m. 

used to tenths in the determination of discharge.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes in slope and by scouring and filling of 

channel. Defined by current-meter measurements to crest stage and discharge.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge observed, 107,000 second-feet (discharge

measurement) 10 a.m. Feb. 1 (gage height, 32.92 feet) ; maximum gage height observed, 

33.02 feet 4 p.m. Feb. 2.

1879-1936: Discharge observed, 210,000 second-feet July 2, 1908 (gage height, 

41.6 feet); maximum gage height observed, 43.65 feet Feb. 4, 1932 (discharge, 

194,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Computations of mean daily discharge are preliminary and were made by Geological Survey from preliminary gage heights and discharge measurements furnished 

by Mississippi River Commission. Final and complete records of gage height and 

discharge to be published in reports of Mississippi River Commission.

Daily gage height, in feet, and daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

2.6

2.8

2.9

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.8

3.8

4.1

4.6

6.2

9.4

11.8

12.9

12.9

12.4

11.5

10.3

9.1

7.9

7.1

6.4

5.9

5.5

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.9

5.4

Sec. -ft.

5,140

5,520

5,210

5,900

5,210

5,330

5,520

7,500

8,100

9,100

12,300

19,400

25,400

28,400

28,400

27,000

24,600

21,600

18,700

15,900

14,200

12,700

11,700

10,900

10,300

9,900

9,500

9,500

9,500

9,700

10 , 700

January

Feet

6.5

9.0

15.0

17.3

18.4

19.2

19.2

18.9

18.4

17.5

17.2

18.1

21.5

24.0

25.5

26.1

26.0

26.4

27.4

28.4

29.3

29.7

30.2

30.7

31.3

31.8

32.0

32.2

32.4

32.5

32.7

Sec. -ft.

12,900

18,500

34,000

40 , 500

43,600

46,300

45,700

44,800

43,300

40,800

39,900

42,800

54,800

65,500

72,300

75,000

74,600

76 , 400

81,600

86,100

90,200

91,700

93,800

96,400

99,600

102,000

102,000

102,000

101,000

102,000

104,000

February

Feet

32.8

33.0

32.9

32.7

32.3

31.8

31.1

30.4

29.3

28.0

26.6

25.3

24.2

23.2

22.4

21.6

20.8

20.1

19.4

19.0

18.9

18.9

18.9

19.0

19.3

19.4

19.2

19.0

Sec.

106,

104,

98,

96, '93,

90,

86,

82,

75,

68,

62,

57,

52,

49,

47,

44,

42,

38,

33,

30,

30,

30,

30,

31,

34,

36,

33,

32,

December

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet.. 12,990

Run-off, in thousands of acre-feet...... 799.0

Run-off, in inches. ..................... 0.23

-ft.

000

000

500

400

800

700

600

600

900

800

600

100

900

800

200

800

800

000

400

800

000

000

000

300

800

100

700

100

March

Feet

18.8

18.7

18.6

18.6

18.5

18.3

18.3

18.4

18.9

19.8

20.8

21.4

21.7

21.8

21.7

21.5

21.1

21.2

22.4

23.4

23.6

23.3

22.7

22.9

22.5

21.8

21.4

21.8

22.8

23.5

23.8

See. -ft.

30,000

28,900

28,100

28,100

27,800

26,800

26,800

27,300

29,400

33,700

38,300

42,200

44,500

45,400

44,500

43,100

39,900

40,800

49,500

57,100

58,600

55,900

50,500

51,900

48,500

42,200

38,600

42,000

50,700

57,000

57,800

January February

68,520 57,880

4,213 3,215

1.20 0.91

April

Feet

23.5

22.8

21.5

20.2

19.4

18.9

18.6

18.3

18.1

18.6

19.6

19.8

19.4

19.0

19.0

18.6

17.9

17.0

16.3

15.8

15.5

14.8

14.0

14.3

14.7

18.1

21.3

22.4

22.3

21.7

March

41,480

2,551

0.73

See. -ft.

* 54, 200

^

 37,000

j

 ^

> 38,000

>

 \

' 36,000

J

*60,800

57,000

April

39,100

2,327

0.66

 sCurrent-meta-r measurement 

77.>96 O 38 25
374 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Ouachita River at Wonroe, La.

Location.- Lat. 32°29', long. 92°07', in sec. 36, T. 18 N., R. 3 E., at De-siard Street 

highway bridge, in Monroe, about 5 miles above Lock and Dam 4, 183 miles above mouth 

of Black River, and 218.5 miles above mouth of Red River. Zero of gage is 31.465 

feet above mean aea level (datum of Corps of Engineers, 0. S. Army, and TJ. S. Coast 

and Geodetic Survey, general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 15,700 square miles (from reports of Mississippi River Commission).

Gage-height Record.- One gage reading daily, usually at 7 a.m. Gage heights used to 

tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by Lock and Dam 4 below and by changes in slope above a gage height of 14.0 feet. Defined by current-meter measurements to crest 

stage and discharge.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge observed, 73,100 second-feet Feb. 5, 6; maximum gage height observed, 44.7 feet, Feb. 9, 10.

1892-1936: Discharge observed, 95,400 second-feet Mar. 3, 1932 (gage height, 

48.4 feet); maximum gage height observed, 49.7 feet Feb. 2-4, 1932. 

1874-1936: Maximum known stage, that of Feb. 2-4, 1932.

Remarks.- Computations of mean daily discharge are preliminary and were made by Geological Survey from preliminary gage heights and discharge measurements furnished by 

Mississippi River Commission. Final and complete records of gage height and discharge to be published in reports of Mississippi River Commission.

Daily gage height, in feet, and daily discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

13.9

13.6

13.4

13.2

13.3

13.5

14.0

14.3

14.7

15.2

15.1

15.2

15.3

15.4

15.5

15.5

15.4

15.5

14.5

14.1

13.4

13.4

14.1

14.0

14.3

14.4

13.8

13.8

13.8

14.6

14.9

Sec. -ft.

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

(a)

(a)

b5,850

_

-

_

(a)

(a)

(a)

-

January

Feet

14.9

17.5

19.3

20.2

21.0

22.0

22.5

23.0

23.2

23.9

24.6

25.3

25.9

26.4

27.0

27.6

28.1

28.7

29.2

29.8

30.4

30.9

31.3

32.1

33.0

33.7

34.6

35.1

36.8

38.1

39.4

Sec. -ft.

10,600

17,100

19,900

21,300

22,600

24,200

24,900

25,700

26,000

27,100

28,300

29,300

30,200

31,000

32,000

33,000

33,800

34,800

35,700

36,700

37,800

38,800

39,500

41,200

43,300

45,100

47,500

49,000

54,600

59,500

64,900

February

Feet

40.4

41.3

42.2

43.0

43.5

44.0

44.3

44.5

44.7

44.7

44.6

44.6

44.4

44.2

44.0

43.8

43.6

43.3

43.0

42.8

42.5

42.3

42.0

41.8

41.6

41.2

41.0

40.9

Sec. -ft.

68,000

70,100

71,700

72,800

73,100

73,100

72,8

72,3

00

00

71,300

70,600

69,900

69,900

68,600

67,500

66,300

65,100

64,000

62,500

61,000

59,900

58,500

57,500

56,000

55,100

54,300

52,500

51,700

51,4

December

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet....

Run-off, in inches. .......................

00

March

Feet

40.9

40.7

40.6

40.4

40.4

40.2

40.1

39.9

39.8

39.7

39.5

39.3

39.2

39.1

39.0

38.7

38.7

38.5

38.3

38.4

38.2

38.1

38.0

37.8

37.6

37.4

37.3

37.1

37.0

36.9

36.7

January

34,370

2

-| 1 -Z

f -LJ.G

2.52

Sec. -ft.

51,400

50 , 500

50,100

49,500

49,500

48,800

48,600

48,000

47,700

47,500

47,000

46 , 500

46,300

46,200

46,000

45,300

45,300

44,900

44,500

44,700

44,300

44,100

43,800

43,500

43,100

42,700

42,500

42,100

41,900

41,700

41,300

February

64,550

3,585

4.28

April

Feet

36.6

36.4

36.2

36.1

35.8

35.7

35.4

35.0

34.8

34.5

34.2

33.9

33.6

33.3

33.0

32.4

32.1

31.5

31.1

30.6

30.2

29.7

29.2

28.7

28.1

27.5

26.8

26.2

25.7

25.1

March

45,780

2,815

3.37

Sec. -ft.

41,200

40,800

40,500

40 , 200

39,700

39,500

39,000

38,300

38,000

37,500

37,000

36,500

36,000

35,500

35,000

34,100

33,600

32,700

32,000

31,300

30,700

30,000

29,300

28,600

27,800

27,000

26,000

25,300

24,700

23,900

April

33,720

2,007

2.40

a Pool stage; no reliable discharge can be ascertained, 

b Current-meter measurement.
RED RIVER BASIN 375 

Old River at Torres, La.

Location.- Lat. 31°00'05", long. 91°40'00 n , In T. 1 S., R. 8 E., at Texas & Pacific 

Railway bridge, 1.2 miles northwest of Torres, about 2 miles above mouth (junction 

with Mississippi River), and about 5 miles below mouth of Red River. Zero of gage 

is 1.12 feet above mean Gulf level (datum of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army).

Drainage area.- Indeterminate.

Gage-height record.- Gage read dally at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Gage heights at 8 a.m. used 

to tenths In Interpolating between discharge measurements.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes In slope and by scouring and filling of 

channel.Dally discharge determined by Interpolating between current-meter measurements made at an average Interval of Z\ days.

Maxima.- Janus ry-A*prll 1937: Discharge observed, 497,000 second-feet Feb. 16, flow from 

Mississippi River to Atchafalaya River (gage height, 55.0 feet); maximum gage height 

observed, 57.3 feet Mar. 1.

1851-1936: Discharge observed, 447,000 second-feet Apr. 25, 1922 (flow from 

Mississippi River to Atchafalaya River); discharge observed, 316,000 second-feet 

May 16, 1912 (flow from Atchafalaya River to Mississippi River). 

1903-36: Maximum gage height, 60.5 feet May 15, 1927.

Remarks.- Old River is connecting "channel between Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers 

and sometimes acts as a tributary to and sometimes as an outlet from the Mississippi 

River. For all discharges listed during period December 1936 to April 1937 flow 

was from Mississippi River to Atchafalaya River. Flow at this station combined with 

the contribution by Red River corroborated by comparison with the flow of the 

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs, La. Computations of mean daily discharge are 

preliminary and were made by Geological Survey from preliminary gage heights and 

discharge measurements furnished by Mississippi River Commission. Final and 

complete records of gage height and discharge to be published In reports of 

Mississippi River Commission.

Dally gage height, In feet, and dally discharge, 

December 1936 to April 1937

in second-feet,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

11.8

10.9

10.4

9.9

9.3

8.8

8.5

8.3

8.4

8.7

9.1

9.5

9.8

10.4

11.3

12.1

13.1

14. i

15.0

15.8

16.0

16.2

16.2

16.1

15.7

15.2

14.8

14.3

13.8

13.3

12.8

Sec. -ft.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

a!6,700

-

-

-

_

-

-

831,000

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

834,600

January

Feet

12.5

12* 9

13.7

14.9

16.3

17.9

19.5

21.0

22.3

23.7

25.4

26.9

28.8

30.4

31.9

33.0

33.9

34.9

35.9

37.2

38.0

38.7

39.5

40.6

41.0

41.6

42.3

43.0

43.6

44.3

45.0

Sec. -ft.

33,300

34,300

36,500

40,000

44,500

49,700

55,400

61,000

66,000

71,600

78,600

85,100

93,600

101,000

108,000

113,000

120,000

128,000

137,000

148,000

154,000

159,000

167,000

177,000

180,000

186,000

192,000

201,000

208,000

217,000

226,000

February

Feet

45

46

47

48

48

49

50

51

51

52

52

53

53

54

54

55

55

55

55

56

56

56

56

56

57

57

57

57

Mean monthly discharge, in second-feet....

.8

.5

.3

.1

.9

.7

.5

.1

.8

.4

.9

.4

.9

.2

.6

.0

.2

.5

.8

.1

.4

.6

.7

.9

.0

.1

.2

.2

Sec. -ft.

236,000

245,000

260,000

272,0 00

280,000

289,000

298,000

304,000

312, C 00

320,000

349,000

384,000

420, C 00

441,000

469,000

497,000

496, C 00

490,000

4«1,000

473,000

465,000

459, C 00

456,000

451, C 00

465,000

479,000

474, C 00

475,000

December

-

-

March

Feet

57.3

57.2

57.1

57.0

56.9

56.7

56.6

56.4

56.0

55.7

55.3

54.8

54.3

53.8

53.3

52.7

52.0

51.2

50.4

49.6

48.8

48.0

47.2

46.4

45.5

44.6

43.7

4£.8

41.8

41.0

40.3

January

118,400

7,283

Sec. -ft.

437,000

428,000

419,000

391, OOC

382,000

363,000

340,000

326,000

295, OOC

262,000

237,000

208,000

180, OOC

153,000

148,000

97,300

79, OOC

65,900

65,000

62,400

58,700

54.90C

51,200

47,40C

44,900

42,900

40,80C

38,700

36,50C

34,700

33,100

'ebruary

594,300

21,900

April

Feet

39.5

38.9

38.2

37.7

37.4

37.2

36.7

36.2

35.6

35.0

34.4

33.6

32.9

32.2

31.5

30.8

30.1

29.6

29.2

28.7

28.5

28.3

28.0

28.0

28.1

28.1

28.2

28.4

28.8

29.4

March

174,900

10,760

Sec. -ft.

__

a29,400

_

_

-

_

a45,000

_

845,000

_

_

_

(b)

(b)

_

_

-

(b)

(b)

-

_

_

(b)

_

April

_

-

a Current-meter measurement.

b Insufficient flow to turn meters or run floats.
376 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs, La.

Location.- Lat. 30°32', long. 91°44', In T. 6 S., R. 7 E., Louisiana meridian, at hlghway bridge on Louisiana State Highway 7, half a mile north of Krotz Springs, 10 

miles above mouth of Bayou Courtableau, 16 miles above Alabama Bayou, and 42 miles 

(revised) below head (mouth of Red River). Zero of gage is at mean Gulf level 

(datum of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army).

Gage-height record.- Water-stage recorder graph. Gage heights used to tenths.

Stage-discharge relation.- Affected by changes In slope and by scouring and filling of 

channel.Defined by current-meter measurements to crest stage and discharge.

Maxima.- January-April 1937: Discharge, 443,000 second-feet 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 28, 

current-meter measurement (gage height, 37.80 feet).

1934-36: Discharge, 345,000 second-feet July 8, 1935 (gage height, 34.42 feet). 

Maximum stage known, 38.5 feet above mean Gulf level May 15, 1927, half a mile 

downstream, at Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge; maximum discharge probably about 

550,000 second-feet, based on discharge measurement of 592,000 3econd-feet made 

May 25, 1927, by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, at Simmesport, 37 miles upstream.

Remarks.- Discharge records corroborated by comparison with results of preliminary computations from data furnished by Mississippi River Commission for stations on 

Mississippi, Old, Red, and Ouachlta Rivers. During period December 1936 to April 

1937 flow of Atchafalaya River included flow of Red River plus flow diverted from 

Mississippi River through Old River for all periods when discharge of Old River waa 

determined.

Mean dally gage height, in feet, and mean dally discharge, in second-feet, 

December 1936 to April 1937

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

Feet

10.06

9.45

9.00

8.51

8.05

7.70

7.40

7.21

7.26

7.58

7.90

8.18

8.65

9.23

9.72

10.25

10.80

11.44

11.97

12.36

12.61

12.72

12.71

12.58

12.38

12.15

11.90

11.58

11.22

10.84

10.53

Sec. -ft.

47,000

44,000

42,200

40,400

38,600

36,800

35,000

34,500

35,000

38,600

42,200

44,000

46,400

50,500

54 ,000

58,200

62,600

66,600

69,800

72,200

73,000

73,800

73,800

72,200

69,800

67,400

65,000

62,600

59,600

57,500

55,400

January

Feet

10.36

10.59

11.18

12.12

13.17

14.33

15.40

16.35

17.24

18.24

19.24

20.32

21.53

22.60

23.64

24.36

24.88

25.54

26.19

26.80

27.28

27.67

28.20

28.56

29.00

29.40

29.77

30.12

30.47

30.80

31.20

Sec. -ft.

54,700

57,500

63,400

72,200

81,000

91,400

101,000

109,000

118,000

129,000

138,000

147,000

160,000

172,000

188,000

198,000

204,000

211,000

218,000

225,000

230,000

235,000

242,000

247,000

256,000

264,000

272,000

277,000

280,000

283,000

288,000

February

Feet

31.60

31.99

32. 57

32.78

33.16

33.55

33.90

34.23

34.75

35.04

35.30

35.53

35.80

36. 18

36.29

36.48

36.67

36.84

36. 36

37.03

37.18

37. 50

37.38

37.50

37.64

37.74

37.75

37.76

Mean monthly discharge, In second-feet....

Sec. -ft.

295,000

300,000

305,0 00

310,000

318,000

327,000

335,000

341,000

354,000

363,000

372,000

379,000

384,000

392,0 00

397,000

405,000

410,000

410,000

412,0 00

421,000

427,000

427,0 00

424,000

421,000

430,000

433,000

430 ,000

439,000

Decembei

54,470

3.349

March

Feet

37.73

37.73

37.68

37 54

37.62

37.55

37.47

37.45

37.30

37.08

36.90

36.68

36.46

36.26

36.00

35.60

35.18

34.73

34.40

34.05

33.73

33.27

32.85

32.33

31.97

31.54

31.03

30.52

30.02

29.55

29.08

January

181,000

11.130

Sec. -ft.

436,000

439,000

433,00 D

430,000

433,000

430,000

427,000

427,000

427,000

421,000

418,000

412,000

407,000

402,00 3

394,000

384,000

375,000

363,000

356,00 )

347,000

339,000

331,00 3

323,000

314,000

309,000

298,000

288,000

280,000

272,00 3

262,000

253,000

?ebruary

380,800

21.150

April

Feet

28.60

28.20

27.82

27.60

27.52

27.22

26.90

26.60

26.28

25.88

25.50

25.08

24.69

24.22

23.79

23.40

22.98

22.64

22.32

22.05

21.86

21.68

21.50

21.67

21.64

21.54

21.60

21.72

21.91

22.22

March

368,700

22.670

Sec. -ft.

246,000

240,000

234,000

230,000

235,000

229,000

223,000

218,000

212,000

208,000

202,000

198,000

193,000

186,000

180,000

174,000

166,000

162,000

160,000

158,000

157,000

156,000

154,000

158,000

156,000

153,000

154,000

157,000

159,000

162,000

April

187,300

11.150
STAGES 377 

Stages at river-stage stations

In addition to the records of stage which are associated with the records of discharge at the river-measurement stations given In the preceding pages, there are many records of stage only on the Ohio and Mississippi 

Rivers and their principal tributaries. These records are obtained by the 

Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and the United States Weather 

Bureau. Usually no discharge records are computed at these stations, and 

the gage readings are used primarily as aids In the operation of navigation works and In preparing flood warnings. (See fig. 63, under "Summary 

of flood stages and discharges" for sites of river-stage stations at 

locks and dams In the Ohio River Basin.)

Detailed records of gage heights along the length of a river are 

useful In studying the passage of flood waves and in studies of channel 

storage. To aid In these studies two types of gage-height tables (tables 

4 and 5 and 7 to 19) are presented In this section. The tables of the 

first type (tables 4, 7, 9, 11 to 13, and 15 to 19), give one or two gage 

heights daily at corresponding times for the Individual tables, usually 

at 8 a.m. or at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m*, and cover periods of three to five 

months as may be necessary to show the entire flood rise for the particular stream. The gages were not always read exactly at the hours Indicated. These tables show also the altitudes of the zeros of the gages, in 

feet above mean sea level, and the location of the gages as regards 

distance in miles along the river.

The tables of the second typa (tables 5, 8, 10, 12, and 14) give 

additional gage heights, usually at 2-, 4-, or 6-hour Intervals, for 

stations for which such data are available. The purpose of presenting 

these data Is to permit the delineation of the stage hydrograph In 

greater detail than Is possible with one gage reading a day as presented 

In the first type of table. The period covered by these records Is 

usually confined to a week preceding and a week following the time of the 

flood crest. In general no data are given In these tables f.or those 

stations for which discharge records have been computed, and for which 

detailed records for both gage height and discharge are given In the preceding pages.

Figures 51 and 52 show graphically the representative stage records 

on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. They are of interest In portraying 

the characteristics with respect to stage of the flood rises on these two 

main channels.
378 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 6 shows the altitudes above mean sea level of the zeros of 

gages at locks on the Ohio River for which records of stage are given 

herein. The altitudes given in this table and in other tables, as well 

as the gage-height records, represent the latest information available at 

the time this report was prepared. Important applications of these records should be made in the light of the latest adjustments or revisions 

of altitudes of the zeros of the gages or necessary corrections to gage 

heights. Information respecting such changes may be obtained by application to the appropriate district offices of the Corps of Engineers, 

United States Army, or of the United States Weather Bureau.

Information concerning the periods of record and the stages of other 

floods which have been recorded at or referred to the gages listed in 

this section may be found under the "Summary of flood stages and discharges" (pp. 458-485 ) and under "Records of previous floods" (pp. 637- 

691).

The stages at or near the crest for many gages on the Ohio River were 

obtained from temporary gages set to read as closely as possible to the 

permanent gages. Many of the stages given in the tables in this section 

represent uncorrected readings on temporary gages, and some of them may 

not agree exactly with the crest stages given under "Summary of flood 

stages on the Ohio River" (table 24), and "Flood-crest stages" (table 29), 

which were obtained from levels referred to the datum of the permanent 

gage. The differences are generally less than a tenth of a foot.

The user of these gage-height records should understand that at or 

near certain places on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries there has been or still la more than one gage but that the sites 

and altitudes of these gages may differ to such an extent that the readings are comparable only after appropriate adjustment. In order to avoid 

errors from this source, the user should familiarize himself with the 

situation at each locality, especially as regards the relative positions 

of the gages, the altitudes of the zeros above mean sea level, and the 

level adjustments to which the altitudes of zeros may have been referred.
STAGES 379

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11.2

11.5

10.8

11.1

10.8

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gl4.5

gI4.6

12.4

12.0

gl4.6

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g!5.0

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610.8

16.55

15.0

13.6

12.5

g!4.9

g!5.0

g!5.2

g!5.4

12.3

18.9

22.2

19.8

16.2

13.9

13.0

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glS.O

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g!5.4

g!5.4

gl5.5

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13.2

12.7

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g!4.9

gl5.1

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883.4

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602.8

19.0

17.1

15.6

14.1

g!4.4

g!4.5

gl4.7

gl4.6

13.4

20.5

24.6

22.5

18.6

15.9

14.8

g!4.1

13.6

g!3.5

gl4.1

g!4.3

g!4.4

gl4.6

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15.3

14.3

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o U. S. Weather Bureau gage.

d Upper gage, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

e G

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Tabla 4. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Ohio Biver, at indicated 

Mile a/...

Time.....

Zaro of

gage b/...

Dec. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

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3 g

764.9

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(o)

541.6

f!5.8

f!5.7

f!5.7

f!5.9

f!5.5

f!5.8

f!6.0

14.8

14.3

16.2

14.8

f!5.3

12.7

13.1

f!5.7

f!5.5

f!5.7

fie.i

f!5.6

f!6.3

14.5

14.2

13.5

f!5.4

f!5.7

f!5.6

f!6.6

12.7

13.2

15.2

17.8

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758.6

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536.0

f!5.4

f!5.8

f!5.8

f!5.9

f!6.0

fl.6.1

f!5.8

15.5

14.8

16.8

15.5

f!5.0

13.1

13.4

f!5.3

f!4.9

f!5.5

f!5.6

fl.5.6

f!5.1

14.8

14.8

14.0

f!5.0

f!5.7

f!5.2

f!5.7

13.2

13.6

15.5

18.6

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748.1

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528.2

f!5.4

f!5.6

f!5.7

f!5.8

f!5.9

f!5.9

f!6.0

16.0

15.6

17.4

16.3

f!4.3

13.5

13.7

f!4.6

f!4.9

f!5.4

f!5.4

f!5.3

f!5.7

15.1

15.3

14.6

f!4.2

f!5.3

f!5.4

f!5.4

13.6

13.9

15.6

19.0

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737.0

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520.1

fie.i

f!4.7

f!5.9

f!5.6

fie.i

f!6.2

f!6.5

17.8

18.4

19.6

18.5

12.1

14.9

15.2

f!4.5

f!4.9

f!5.1

f!5.6

f!5.7

f!5.5

16.6

17.3

16.5

13.0

fl5.3

f!4.9

f!5.8

15.4

15.5

17.1

20.8

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718.8

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512.1

f!6.5

f!6.6

f!6.6

f!6.7

f!6.5

f!6.8

f!6.4

19.9

22.2

21.5

19.9

15.6

15.9

16.3

f!5.1

f!6.5

f!6.4

f!6.0

f!6.2

f!6.2

17.8

19.1

18.3

16.2

fl5.9

f!6.0

f!6.2

16.3

17.0

18.4

21.7

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714.3

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(d)

514.1

f6.9

f7.4

f7.5

f7.4

f7.6

f7.6

flO,. 7

17.0

19.5

18.3

16.6

13.0

12.5

13.1

12.0

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flO.2

f8.5

£9.5

fll.7

14.2

16.0

15.3

13.3

f9.2

flO.9

f9.7

12.8

13.7

15.2

18.2

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701.0

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(o)

502.6

18.1

18.0

18.3

18.3

18.5

18.4

17.9

22.1

25.9

24.5

23.0

19.7

18.1

18.9

18.1

17.9

18.0

17.9

17.8

18.1

20.2

21.9

21.4

19.6

17.7

17.7

17.4

18.7

19.7

21.0

24.0

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520.0

0.5

0.8

1.0

0.8

1.0

1.0

0.0

4.9

8.1

7.0

5.3

2.1

0.8

1.3

0.9

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.1

0.7

2.8

4.3 '

3.7

1.9

0.0

0.1

0.1

1.0

2.0

3.2

6.3

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678.5

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496.6

f!5.9

f!6.0

f!5.6

f!5.9

f!5.8

f!5.6

f!5.8

17.7

21.9

20.9

19.7

17.5

14.9

15.6

15.4

f!5.6

f!6.2

f!5.8

f!5.5

f!5.7

16.5

18.0

18.0

16.7

fib. 8

f!6.0

fib. 3

15.0

16.0

17.1

19.4

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667.9

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490.2

f!5.5

f!5.6

f!5.7

f!5.7

f!5.7

f!5.9

f!5.3

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23.8

22.8

21.2

19.0

15.8

16.5

16.7

f!5.2

f!5.3

f!5.4

f!5.7

f!5.3

17.2

19.3

19.4

18.0

f!5i2

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f!5.1

15.5

16.8

18.1

20.3

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659.6

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483.1

15.6

15.8

15.9

15.9

'15.7

15.9

15.5

21.1

27.2

26.2

24.4

22.2

18.4

19.2

19.5

15.0

14.0

13.9

15.8

15.5

1». 8

22.2

22.6

21.2

15.4

15.5

14.8

18.0

19.6

20.9

23.2

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640.1

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475.1

f!5.2

f!5.3

f!5.4

f!5.9

f!5.6

f!5.6

f!5.6

20.6

26.3

26.2

24.5

22.8

19.3

19,2

19.6

16.1

14.6

14.6

f!5.8

f!5.8

19.3

21.8

22.6

21.4

17.3

15.1

15.3

17.3

19.4

20.7

22.8

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623.5

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470.9

12.8

13.0

13.0

13.0

12.6

12.6

12.9

17.3

23.0

23.9

22.5

20.5

17.5

16.7

17.0

14.8

12.5

12.4

12.6

13.1

15.2

18.7

20.0

19.2

16.5

13.1

12.9

14.3

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20.5

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15

14

1

24

2

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2

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14

1

14

1

1

2

21 

2

1

14

15

15

1

1

22

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o Pass sill gage, Corps of Engineers, II. 3

d U. S. Weather Bureau gage.
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Mile £/ 

Time. .....

Zero of

gage b/...

Jan. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

J.6

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

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541.6

20.2

21.5

24.0

24.6

23.4

21.3

18.2

16.8

16.2

19.5

28.7

29.8

29.6

26.0

24.3

31.7

35.8

39.0

42.3

43.1

44.3

45.7

50.7

55.0

58.7

60.3

60.8

59.6

66.0

50.4

42.2

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758.6

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(o)

536.0

21.2

22.4

25.3

26.4

25.2

22.8

19.6

17.8

17.1

20.4

30.1

31.5

31.3

27.7

26.2

33.1

37.6

41.1

44.6

45.5

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53.1

57.1

60.7

62.3

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62.0

58.7

53.4

45.6

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(o)

528.2

22.5

24.0

27.3

28.6

27.8

25.2

21.6

19.0

17.9

20.8

31.1

33.0

32.9

29.7

28.0

34.3

38.9

42.7

46.6

47.7

49.1

50.8

54.3

58.9

62.7

64.5

65.2

64.5

61.5

56.6

49.5

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520.1

24.0

25.9

29.6

32.1

31.1

28.2

24.3

21.7

20.4

22.8

33.0

35.5

35.5

32.6

30.2

36.3

41.1

45.4

49.4

50.9

52.3

54.3

57.9

61.3

64.9

66.8

67.7

67.2

64.6

60.3

54.0

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(o)

512.1

24.8

27.0

31.4

C5.1

34.1

30.7

26.8

24.0

22.6

24.0

32.6

35.6

35.6

33.7

31.4

36.1

40.8

45.0

49.4

51.4

53.1

55.6

58.1

60.3

63.6

65.5

66.6

66.3

64.4

61.0

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514.1

21.3

23.7

28.7

32.4

31.2

27.7

23.8

20.9

19.4

21.4

28.8

32.1

31.9

30.1

27.9

32.4

37.2

41.6

46.2

48.2

49.9

52.6

54.7

57.5

59.6

61.6

62.7

62.5

60.5

57.2

52.9

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701.0

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502.6

27.4

29.9

34.4

38.8

37.9

34.4

30.7

27.6

25.8

26.8

34.9

38.5

38.6

36.9

34.7

38.6

43.9

45.3

52.9

55.3

56.6

59.3

61.8

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66.8

69.0

70.2

69.9

68.3

65.5

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9.7

12.3

17.1

21.2

20.3

17.0

13.0

9.9

8.1

9.2

17.4

20.9

21.0

19.3

17.2

21.2

26.0

30.6

35.3

f37.6

f39.2

f41.5

f44.1

146.2

f48.9

151.1

f52.7

f52.4

f50.8

f48.0

f43.6

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678.5

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496.6

22.6

25.0

29.7

34.4

34.0

30.8

27.0

24.2

22.1

22.1

29.5

33.4

33.8

32.5

30.8

34.1

38.6

43.7

48.3

51.1

52.7

55.1

57.8

60.3

63.1

65.0

66.1

65.9

64.5

62.1

58.5

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490,2

23.8

26.6

32.0

37.0

36.7

33.6

29.6

26.6

24.2

23.7

31.3

35.6

36.2

34.9

33.6

36.8

41.4

46.6

51.5

54.5

55.9

58.2

61.0

63.3

65.8

67.9

69.1

68.7

67.3

65.2

61.8

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659.6

8am EST

(o)

483.1

26.9

29.8

35.8

40.7

40.7

37.9

33.5

30.3

27.6

27.0

34.9

39.5

40.2

3S.9

37.7

40.8

45.5

50.6

55.6

56.7

60.2

62.6

65.4

bS.U

70.4

72.4

73.5

73.1

71.8

69.7

66.6

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640.1

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475.1

26.7

29.5

35.2

39.9

40.6

38.0

34.2

31.2

28.3

28.1

35.4

39.8

40.4

39.3

38.5

41.6

45.8

50.9

56.0

58.8

60.4

63.1

66.4

68.9

72.0

72.9

74.4

74.5

73.1

71.0

67.7

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623.5

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470.9

25.0

27.7

32.8

37.2

J53.6

36.5

33.0

30.1

27.2

28.0

34.7

38.4

39.0

37.9

38.2

41.0

44.7

50.0

54.8

57.3

59.3

62.8

66.2

68.8

71.7

73.4

74.1

73.8

72.3

70.1

67.2

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

32.8

25.0

19.8

16.6

13.5

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15.5

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15.9

12.9

13.6

13.9

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13.7

14.8

14.8

12.9

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36.2

27.8

21.6

17.8

14.3

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16.4

19.9

23.4

24.7

25.6

23.4

19.5

16.8

13.7

14.1

14.4

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15.5

13.5

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31.6

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20.6

25.5

27.2

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21.7

17.9

14.8

14.7

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12.0

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15.9

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14.3

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45.7

36.4

28.7

23.0

18.6

13.3

14.3

18.8

22.9

28.2

30.4

31.1

28.7

24.5

20.6

17.4

16.7

17.1

14.6

15.5

14.4

15.3

17.4

18.0

18.5

16.7

12.6

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49.4

40.7

32.7

26.2

21.7

15.8

16.8

20.5

24.3

30.9

33.7

33.7

30.9

27.0

23.1

20.0

19.1

19.3

18.3

18.4

18.0

18.2

19.8

20.0

20.5

19.2

15.2

15.2

45.7

37.0

29.0

22.5

18.0

12.1

15.1

18.8

21.1

28.0

31.2

30.8

28.3

£4.7

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16.6

15.6

15.8

15.0

15.7

15.4

15.5

17.2

17.3

17.8

16.5

12.6

12.6

56.1

46.7

38.7

30.9

25.5

19.6

23.0

23.1

27.4

34.0

37.9

37.6

34.9

30.9

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£3.5

23.5

23.4

23.1

23.5

23.4

23.5

23.5

23.3

23.8

£2.7

19.5

19.5

37.6

29.0

20.4

13.2

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1.9

5.5

5.5

9.7

16.5

20.3

20.1

17.4

13.2

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5.9

5.7

5.8

5.7

5.8

5.7

5.8

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4.9

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53.2

45.8

37.4

29.3

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17.9

14.6

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23.0

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34.4

34.2

31.6

27.7

23.7

20.5

18.7

18.6

18.7

17.2

17.7

16.8

18.7

19.7

20.1

19.5

15.5

14.5

56.9

49.8

41.5

33.0

26.2

20.1

16.0

18.0

24.6

31.2

37.4

37.2

34.3

30.2

25.8

22.6

20.5

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20.4

18.9

19.4

18.5

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21.7

21.2

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27.7

34.6

41.3

41.3

38.4

34.3

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23.6

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21.9

23.3

24.4

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22.1

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63.8

57.8

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41.2

33.0

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20.7

20.4

27.4

33.8

40.3

41.1

38.9

35.1

30.8

27.1

24.8

24.2

£4.2

23.1

23.3

£2.7

23.5

24.8

25.2

24.8

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19.7

63.7

58.9

51.5

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33.7

25.9

19.7

19.0

25.7

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37.4

39.5

37.5

33.9

29.9

26.2

23.7

£2.9

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22.1

21.9

£1.7

22.0

23.4

£3.7

23.5

21.6

18.2

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6

5

4

3

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2

2

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3

3

4

3

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2

2

a Miles above Cairo, 111.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level, 1907 adjustment.

o Pass sill gage. Corps of Jingineers, U. S. 

d U. S. Weather Bureau gage.
Table 4. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stago stations on the Ohio River, at indicated 

Mile a/...

Time. .....

Zero of

gage b/. . .

Deo. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

o>

3|

447.8

7am EST

(o)

410.6

J15.8

J15.8

J15.6

J15.6

jib .6

J15.7

J15.7

14.2

15.0

18.0

21.4

21.9

21.0

19.5

17.8

17.0

16.7

15.5

J15.2

J1S.3

14.1

14.9

16.5

18.4

18.9

18.4

16.5

15.3

15.4

16.4

19.6

a'

o .

i 3 i

421.8

7am CST

(d)

403.2

16.8

1S.5

17.1

17.0

17.1

17.0

17.7

18.7

18.7

19.9

21.9

22.5

21.9

21.0

20.6

19.8

19.5

18.7

17.1

17.1

18.5

18.9

19.4

20.3

20.6

20.5

19.3

18.8

19.0

19.2

E1.5

|

i372.7

7am CST

(e)

403.0

16.9

17.0

16.9

17.0

17.0

17.0

17.2

17.4

17.0

17.1

17.6

17.7

17.5

17.0

17.0

17.3

17.1

16.7

16.6

16.4

17.2

17.3

16.9

16.9

17.0

17.0

17.1

16.7

17.1

16.6

17.1

H

i

372.5

7am CST

(f)

372.1

11.8

11.7

12.3

12.3

12.1

11.8

14.9

17.1

18.6

19.5

23.6

25.6

25.5

24.3

21.6

20.2

19.9

19.4

16.5

14.8

16.6

17.4

18.8

21.0

21.9

22.0

20.2

19.0

18.1

19.3

22.2

to

0* 3 

So

346.3

6am CST

(o)

366.1

J16.4

J15.8

J16.9

.J16.9

J16.9

316.5

J17.3

J17.0

16.4

17.0

20.8

23.6

23.6

22.8

20.2

18.2

17.6

17.1

15.1

J15.3

J16.1

15.3

16.3

18.0

19.4

19.8

18.5

17.1

15.9

17.0

19.2

^

l\

316.3

7am CST

(o)

357.1

J17.2

J16.9

J16.9

J17.1

J17.1

J17.1

J'17.2

J17.0

15.9

17.0

19.1

32.5

23.5

23.0

21.5

19.3

18.1

17.7

16.4

J15.2

J16.6

15.3

15.5

17.2

19.2

19.8

19.4

18.2

16.7

15.9

18.6

in

'11

276.5

7an CST

(o) '

349.6

J17.6

J17.3

J17.3

J17.5

J17.6

.117.6

317.5

J16.5

15.2

15.7

16.5

19.5

21.2

21.3

20.3

18.3

17.0

16.5

15.8

J14.8

315.1

14.5

14.8

15.5

17.1

18.0

18.0

17.1

16.0

15.3

17.3

«o

Ijj

222.2

6am CST

lo)

339.1

318.3

310.6

318.7

119.0

319.1

J18.6

318.4

317.7

318.1

14.0

14.1

15.7

17.5

18.2

18.0

16.9

15.5

14.7

14.3

316.5

J17.2

317.2

318.0

13.7

14.2

15.2

15.7

15.4

14.6

13.8

14.5

e.

IJ

201.8

7am CST

(ol

330.6

317.0

316.5

316.8

,116.9

314.1

317.2

316.6

316.8

14.2

16.2

16 ..2

17.3

19.3

20.4

20.4

19.5

17.9

16.9

16.3

15.1

J15.7

316.7

.lib. 4

16.0

16.0

17.0

17.7

17.5

17.0

16.2

16.6

5rH . 

'> ^

fi

1S7.2

7am CST

(d)

329.2

9.3

9.3

9.0

9.1

9.3

9.8

9.4

11.6

12.4

14.3

14.3

15.1

17.1

18.1

18.1

17.3

15.8

14.7

14.1

13.3

10.4

10.8

12.5

13.9

13.8

14.7

15.4

15.3

14.8

14.2

14.5

Si

Sg

169.9

7am CST

lei

322.6

315.4

315.7

315.4

315.3

315.5

310.7

.115.5

315.6

13.6

15.0

15.3

1^.7

17.4

18.7

18.9

18.4

17.0

15.9

15.2

14.6

314.1

314.4

13.4

15.0

14.8

15.4

16.1

16.3

15.8

lb.2

15.3

f

IP

150.3

7am CST

(si

318.9

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

o>

3 g

134.5

6am CST

M

312.1

318.8

J1&.5

JIB. 6

318.8

319.1

319.2

319.3

318.6

318.1

15.2

15.8

16.0

17.0

18.3

18.9

18.7

17.8

16.8

16.0

15.5

13.*

314.6

317.1

317.1

15.4

15.6

16.2

16.6

16»4

15.9

15.8

7a
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

24.4

25.4

28.0

31.2

34.0

35.6

35.0

34.7

32.7

34.2

 36.4

37.4

37.7

37.7

44.9

47.2

46.0

47.9

51.1

52.8

56.7

62.4

66.2

67.4

72.1

73.5

73.2

72.6

71.6

70.2

69.2

24.3

26.1

25.7

29.5

33.0

34.5

34.0

33.5

32.1

33.7

35.6

36.5

36.4

36.7

43.1

45.7

45.1

46.8

49.2

51.2

54.8

61.6

65.3

66.8

70.7

72.2

72.2

71.3

70.4

69.2

67.3

17.1

16.7

17.1

16.8

16.8

17.2

17.3

16.9

16.9

17.0

17.9

19.5

19.9

19.5

25.1

29.1

29.9

30.9

33.6

36.0

39.3*

45.6

49.6

51.6

54.9

56.6

57.1

56.8

56.3

55.3

54.1

28.6

31.4

32.7

36.5

39.3

42.1

43.2

42.9

41.9

42.9

45.9

47.7

48.2

47.8

53.7

58.0

59.0

60.0

62.6

65.0

68.3

74.6

79.6

81.7

85.0

86.3

87.4

87.0

86.5

85.5

84.2

26.6

30.2

31.5

35.2

38.2

41.0

42.4

42.5

41.5

42.5

45.8

47.7

48.2

47.7

52.6

57.3

58.6

59.4

62.0

64.2

67.5

73.7

77.5

81.5

84.7

 86.6

87.0

86.7

86.2

85.1

83.9

24.9

29.5

31.7

34.2

37.4

40.2

42.2

42.6

41.8

42.4

45.2

47.3

48.2

48.0

52.4

56.9

58.2

59.3

61.4

63.1

66.3

72.5

76.3

78.4

81.7

83.5

84.2

83.9

83.4

82.8

81.7

21.1

25.5

27.8

29.9

32.9

35.4

37.7

36.4

37.9

38.8

40.6

41.9

43.8

42.9

45.9

49.0

50.5

51.9

53.0

54.1

57.0

60.4

63.0

64.7

67.0

68.2

68.7

68.9

68.7

68.3

67.8

16.4

20.2

23.0

24.6

27.2

29.4

31.5

33.0

33.2

33.9

34.9

35.9

36.4

37.1

38.7

40.6

42.0

43.1

43.9

44.5

46.0

48.4

50.1

51.1

52.7

53.6

54.2

54.6

54.8

54.8

54.6

19.8 I 16.9

23.1

26.3

28.2

30.3

32.7

35.0

36.5

37.0

37.6

38.5

39.4

40.2

40.7

42.0

43.3

44.3

45.2

45.9

46.4

47.5

49.4

50.8

52.0

53.7

54.9

55.6

56.2

56.4

56.5

56.6

20.4

23.8

25.8

27.8

30.0

32.1

33.5

34.1

34.8

35.5

36.7

37.5

38.2

39.6

40.7

41.8

42.8

43.5

44.2

44.9

46.6

48.0

49.4

50.8

53.0

52.6

53.0

53.4

53.6

53.7

17.3

20.6

24.0

26.2

28.1

30.3

32.5

34.0

34.9

35.7

36.4

37.3

38.3

39.1

40.6

41.8

43.1

44.6

45.5

46.3

47.5

49.5

51.2

52.6

54.1

55.4

56.4

57.2

57.8

58.2

58.5

_

-

-

-

26.7

28.5

30.5

32.2

33.0

-

34.6

35.3

36.2

37.0

38.3

39.5

40.8

42.2

43.5

44.9

46.6

48.4

50.6

52.2

53.8

55.2

56.2

57.1

58.1

58.6

58.9

17.0

19.9

23.5

26.1

27.7

29.5

31.3

32.8

33.9

34.8

35.7

36.4

37.1

37.9

39.6

40.8

42.0

43.7

45.5

47.3

49.4

51.8

54.1

55.0

58.0

59.6

60.9

62.1

63.0

63.7

64.2

a lilies above Cairo, 111.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level, 1907 adjustment.

o Pass ill! gage. Corps of Hiigineers, IT. S. Army.

d Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gag

e Upper gage. Corps of Engineers, U. 

f Lower gage. Corps of Engineers, U. 
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3001

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31001

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3IOOT

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31001

9t '°Jl

31001

S^ 'OR

31001

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31001

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w*

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STAGES 389

liable 5. Gage height, in feet, on the Ohio Hiver, at indicated time, 1937 

Upper gage at Emsworth Dam

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

_

_

_

20.8

21.3

21.9

22.5

23.0

23.6

24.1

24.9

25.4

16

25.8

26.1

26.3

26.3

26.4

26.4

26.2

26.1

26.0

25.8

25.7

25.5

17

25.4

25.3

25.2

25.0

24.9

24.7

24.5

24.3

24.2

24.0

23.8

23.8

18

23.7

23.7

23.7

23.9

24.1

24.3

24.7

25.0

25.6

26.2

26.8

27.3

19

27.7

28.1

28.5

28.6

28.6

28.6

28.5

28.4

28.2

27.9

27.6

27.4

20

27.1

26.8

26.5

26.1

26.0

25.6

25.2

25.0

24.9

24.7

24.6

24.6

21

24.6

24.6

24.7

24.9

25.2

25.6

26.0

26.2

26.5

26.9

27.3

27.8

22

28.2

28.8

29.3

29.8

30.1

30.6

30.9

31.2

31.5

31.8

32.0

32.2

23

32.2

32.2

32.0

31.9

31.8

31.6

31.3

31.2

31.0

30.8

30.7

30.6

24

30.3

30.0

29.8

29.5

29.2

28.9

28.8

28.6

28.5

28.4

28.4

28.4

25

28.5

28.7

29.1

29.6

30.1

30.6

31.1

31.6

32.0

32.4

3£.6

33.1

26

33.2

33.2

33.2

33.1

32.9

32.7

32.3

32.0

31.6

31.1

30.7

27

29.8

29.4

29.0

28.6

28.2

27.8

27.4

27.0

26.8

26.4

26.0

30.2 | 25.8

28

25.6

25.4

25.0

24.6

24.4

24.3

24.1

23.9

23.8

23.6

23.4

23.3

29

23.0

22.8

22.7

22.5

22.4

22.2

22.1

22.0

21.8

21.6

21.5

21.4

30

21.3

21.2

21.1

21.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Upper gage at Dashields Dam

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

1L

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

_

_

_

18.4

18.5

18.9

19.2

19.5

19.9

20.2

20.6

21.0

16

21.4

21.6

21.8

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

21.9

21.8

21.6

21.4

21.4

17

21.3

21.1

21.1

20.9

20.8

20.7

20.6

20.5

20.3

£0.3

20.1

20.1

18

20.0

20.0

20.0

20.1

20.2

20.3

20.5

20.7

21.1

21.5

22.0

22.6

19

23.5

24.2

24.7

25.0

25.2

25.3

25.3

25.2

25.0

24.8

24.5

24.2

20

23.8

23.4

22.9

22.3

21.8

21.5

21.2

21.0

20.8

20.7

20.6

20.5

21

20.6

20.6

20.6

20.8

21.0

21.2

21.5

21.8

22.1

22.6

23.4

24.1

22

24.8

25.4

26.0

26.9

27.6

26.1

28.5

29.0

29.6

30.2

30.6

30.8

23

30.9

31.0

30.9

30.8

30.6

30.4

30.2

29.9

29.7

29.4

29.1

28.9

24

28.7

28.4

28.0

27.6

27.1

26.9

26.6

26.4

26.2

26.2

26.0

25.9

25

26.1

26.4

26.8

27.4

28.0

28.8

39.2

30.0

30.7

31.3

31.9

32.3

26

32.6

32.8

32.9

32.8

32.6

32.2

31.8

31.5

31.1

30.5

29.9

29.3

27

28.7

28.2

27.6

27.0

26.3

25.5

24.8

24.4

23.8

23.4

22.9

22.1

28

21.7

21.4

21.1

20.8

20.7

£0.5

20.4

20.2

20.1

20.0

19.9

19.8

29

19.7

19.6

19.5

19.4

19.4

19.2

19.2

19.1

19.0

19.0

18.9

18.8

30

18.7

18.6

18.5

18.4

18.4

18.4

18.4

-

-

-

-

-

Upper gage at Montgomery Dam

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

14.8

14.8

14.8

14.8

14.6

14.7

14.9

14.9

14.3

14.6

15.0

15.5

16

15.9

16.2

16.9

17.0

17.7

17.8

17.8

17.7

17.7

17.4

17.1

17.1

17

17.0

17.0

16.8

16.6

16.1

15.8

15.6

15.4

15.3

15.2

15.1

15.0

18

15.0

14.9

14.8

14.8

15.1

15.3

15.8

16.0

15.8

16.2

16.6

17.1

19

17.6

18.4

18.9

19.2

19.7

19.9

20.5

20.1

20.0

19.8

19.6

19.3

SO

19.1

18.8

18.2

17.8

17.3

16.9

16.5

16.1

15.7

15.6

15.4

15.2

21

15.1

15.0

15.2

15.4

15.8

16.2

16.7

17.1

17.6

18.1

18.6

19.1

22

19.9

20.7

21.6

22.7

23.9

24.6

25.6

26.5

27.6

28.2

28.8

29.2

23

29.6

29.8

29.8

29.8

29.7

29.4

28.9

28.6

28.4

28.2

27.9

27.3

24

26.8

26.0

25.4

25.1

24.4

23.8

23.4

23.1

22.7

22.6

22.6

22.9

25

23.3

23.7

24.4

25.0

25.7

26.6

27.6

28.6

29.1

29.9

30.4

30.8

26

31.2

31.5

31.7

31.7

31.6

31.4

31.1

30.8

30.1

29.8

29.2

28.4

27

27.9

27.2

26.2

25.0

24.1

23.3

22.4

21.5

20.6

19.8

19.3

18.5

28

18.0

17.3

17.1

16.4

15.8

15.4

15.1

14.5

14.5

14.5

14.6

14.6

29

14.4

14.5

14.5

14.6

14.6

14.6

14.5

14.4

14.5

14.5

14.7

14.7

30

14.6

14.5

14.7

14.7

14.7

14.6

14.6

14.6

14.5

14.6

14.7

14.7

Pass sill gage at Lock No. 7

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

24.2

25.2

25.8

26.5

27.2

16

27.8

28.5

29.0

29.4

29.8

29.9

29.9

29.9

29.8

29.5

29.4

29.1

17

28.8

28.6

28.3

28.0

27.7

27.4

27.2

26.9

26.3

25.9

25.6

25.3

18

25.2

24.9

24.8

24.7

24.8

25.2

25.6

26.0

26.4

26.9

27.8

28.7

19

29.3

29.8

30.6

31.1

31.5

32.2

32.4

32.5

32.5

32.4

32.0

31.8

20

31.5

31.0

30.4

30.2

29.7

29.3

28.8

28.3

27.7

27.3

26.9

26.5

21

26.2

26.0

26.0

26.2

26.6

27.7

28.5

29.2

29.7

30.3

30.8

31.3

22

31.9

33.2

34.0

35.4

36.5

37.5

38.5

39.2

39.9

40.6

41.1

41.6

23

42.0

42.4

42.6

42.6

42.5

42.2

42.0

41.7

41.3

40.9

40.5

40.1

24

39.7

39.2

38.7

38.3

37.8

37.4

36.9

36.5

36.1

36.0

36.0

36.5

25

36.7

37.2

37.8

38.4

39.1

39.8

40.5

41.2

41.8

42.4

42.9

43.4

26

43.8

44.1

44.3

44.4

44.3

44.1

43.8

43.5

43.1

42.6

42.1

41.5

27

40.7

39.9

39.1

38.3

37.5

36.7

35.9

35.0

34.2

33.4

32.6

31.8

28

31.0

30.3

29.7

28.9

28.4

27.6

27.0

26.4

25.6

25.1

24.6

24.1

29

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

30

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pass sill gage at Look Ho. 8

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

24.2

24.8

25.4

16

26.0

26.6

27.1

27.6

28.0

28.2

28.3

28.4

28.4

28.3

28.1

27.9

17

27.7

27.4

27.2

26.9

26.7

26.5

26.2

25.9

25.4

24.9

24.6

24.4

18

24.0

_

_

_

_

_

24.1

24.5

24.9

25.5

26.2

26.7

19

27.3

27.9

28.6

29.2

29.8

30.2

30.6

30.8

31.0

31.0

31.0

30.6

20

30.4

30.1

29.7

29.3

29.0

28.5

28.0

27.4

26.8

26.4

26.0

25.6

21

25.4

25.2

25.2

25.5

25.8

25.4

26.8

27.4

28.0

28.6

29.1

29.7

22

30.4

31.3

32.4

33.5

34.5

35.7

36.5

37.4

38.0

38.7

39.3

39.8

23

40.3

40.6

40.8

41.0

41.0

41.0

40.8

40.6

40.3

39.9

39.6

39.2

24

38.8

38.5

38.1

37.7

37.1

36.7

36.3

35.8

35.6

$5.4

35.5

35.7

25

36.0

36.5

37.0

37.5

38.0

38.5

39.1

39.7

40.3

40.8

41.3

41.8

26

42.2

42.5

42.7

43.0

43.0

43.0

42.8

42.5

42.3

41.8

41.4

40.8

27

40.2

39.5

38.9

38.1

37. a36.7

35.7

35.0

34.1

33.3

32.4

31.7

28

31.0

30.2

29.5

28.7

2fa.O

27.2

26.5

25.S

25.2

24.4

24.0

23.5

29

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

30

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

77596 O 38 26
FLOODS OF OHIO AMD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 5, Gage helgrt, in feet, on *He Ohio River, at indicated time, 1937 Continued 

Pass sill gage at look No. 9

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

24.3

16

25.0

25.5

26.2

26.7

27.2

27.5

27.7

27.8

27.9

27.9

27.8

27.7

17

27.5

27.3

27.0

26.7

26.5

26.3

26.0

25.7

25.4

24. 9

24.5

24.1

18

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

23.9

24.2

24.8

25.3

25.9

19

26.5

27.0

27.7

28.4

29.0

29.6

30.0

30.3

30.5

30.6

30.5

30.6

20

30.4

30.1

29.8

29.4

29.1

28.6

28.1

27.7

21

25.5

25.3

25.1

25.3

25.6

26.0

26.5

26.9

27.2 27.6

26.7

26.2

25.9

28.1

28.6

29.2

22 23

29.9 40.3

30.8

31.9

33.1

40. V

41.0

41.2

34.3 41.4

35.3

36.2

37.2

38.0

38.7

39.3

39.8

41.4

41.3

41.0

40.9

40.7

40.4

40.2

24

39.7

39.5

39.0

38.6

38.1

37.7

37.2

36.8

36.5

36.4

36.4

36.5

25

36.8

3V. 2

37.7

38.1

38.5

39.0

39.5

40.0

40.5

41.1

41.5

41.9

26

42.4

42.8

43.2

43.4

43.5

43.6

43.5

43.4

43.2

42.8

42.3

41.8

27

41.3

40. V

40.1

39.4

38.5

3V. 9

37.1

36.3

35.4

34.6

33.7

32.9

28

32.2

31.4

30.5

29.8

28.9

28.1

27.3

26.6

26.0

25.1

24.5

23.8

29

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

30

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pass sill gage at Look Uo. 10

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

24.2

24.8

16

25.5

26.1

26.7

27.3

27.9

28.5

28.8

29.0

29.2

29.2

29.3

29.2

17

29.0

28. V

28.5

28.3

28.1

27.8

27.6

27.3

2V. 1

26.8

26.4

26.0

18

25.6

25.3

25.1

25.0

25.0

25.0

25. 2

25.5

25.7

26.1

26.5

26.9

19

27.3

28.0

28.4

29.2

29.8

30.4

31.0

31.4

31.7

31.9

32.0

32.0

20

31.9

31.8

31.6

31.2

30.8

30.5

30.0

29.6

29.2

28.7

28.3

27.8

21

27.5

27.3

2V. 1

27.1

27.3

27.5

27.9

28.4

28.8

29.2

29.S

22

31.0

32.0

33.2

34.3

35.6

36.7

37.6

38.4

39.1

39.8

40.4

30.4] 41.0

23 j 24

41.6

42.0

42.4

42. 7

42.9

43.0

43.0

43.0

42.8

42.7

42.5

42.2

42.0

41.6

41.3

41.0

40.5

40.1

39. V

39.4

39.2

39.1

39.1

39.1

25

39.2

39.5

39.9

40.3

40.7

41.1

41.5

41.9

42.3

42.6

43.1

43.5

26

43.9

44.3

44.6

44.8

45.0

45.1

45.1

45.1

44.9

44.3

44.4

.^ r,

27

43.8

43.3

42.7

42.1

41.5

40.9

40.1

39.3

38.5

37.7

36.9

36.1

28

35.2

34.4

33.6

32.8

31.8

31.0

30.3

29.4

28.8

27.9

27.0

26.4

29

25.7

25.1

24.5

23.9

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

30

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pass sill gage at Look JTo. 11

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

16.7

17.3

18.1

18.9

19.8

21.0

22.0

22.9

23.4

34.1

24.7

25.3

16

25.9

25.5

27.1

27.6

28.2

28.7

29.1

29.5

29.7

29.9

29.9

29.9

17

29.9

29.8

29.6

29.4

29.2

29.0

28.8

28.6

28.3

28.0

27.7

27.4

18

27.1

26.8

26.5

26.4

26.4

26.4

26.5

26.7

26.9

27.1

27.4

19

28.1

28.6

29.1

29.6

30.2

30.8

31.4

31.9

32.2

32.4

32.6

29.7 32.8

20

32.8

S2.7

32.6

32.4

32.1

31.8

31.5

31.1

30.7

30.3

29.9

29.6

21

29.2

28.9

28.7

28.6

28.7

28.8

29.1

29.4

29.8

30.2

30.6

31.2

22

31.8

32.9

34.0

35.2

36.4

3V. 4

38.4

39.2

39.8

40.5

41.1

41.7

23

42.3

42.8

43.3

43. V

43.8

44.0

44.1

44.3

44.2

44.1

44.0

43.8

24

43.6

43.3

43.1

42.7

42.4

42.1

41.8

41.6

41.4

41.3

41.3

41.3

25

41.3

41.5

41.9

42.3

42.5

42.7

43.0

43.2

43.5

43.9

44.2

44.5

26

44.8

45.2

45.6

45.8

46.0

46.2

46.3

46.4

46.3

46.2

46.1

45.8

27

45.5

45.1

44.6

44.2

43.7

43.1

42.5

41.8

41.1

40.3

39.5

38.7

28

37.8

37.2

36.2

35.4

34.7

33.8

33.1

32.1

31.3

50.4

29.6

28.9

29

28.2

27.5

26.8

26.1

25.6

25.0

24.4

23.8

23.5

23.0

22.5

22.0

30

21.4

21.0

20.5

20.0

19.7

19.3

19.0

18.8

18.6

18.4

18.2

17.9

Pass sill gage at Look 3To. 13

January

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

g

7

9

11

15

20.1

20.6

21.4

22.2

23.2

24.3

25.1

26.0

£6.7

27.3

27.8

28.3

16

28.9

29.6

30.2

30.8

31.4

32.0

32.5

33.0

33.5

33.7

33.9

34.1

17

34.2

34.2

34.2

34.1

33.9

33.8

33.6

33.4

33.2

33.0

32.7

32.5

18

32.3

32.1

31.9

31.7

31.7

31.8

31.9

32.0

32.1

32.2

32.3

32.4

19

32.5

32.9

33.5

33.8

34.4

34.6

35.2

35. V

36.2

36.6

37.0

37.2

20

37.4

37.5

37.5

37.4

37.3

3V. 1

36.8

36.6

35.3

36.1

35.8

35.4

21

35.1

34.7

34.5

34.2

34.1

34.1

34.1

34.3

34.6

34.9

35.3

35.7

22

36.4

37.6

38.7

39.8

41.0

42.0

42.9

43.7

44.4

45.0

45.6

46.2

23

46.9

47.4

47.9

48.3

24

49.4

49.2

49.0

48.8

48.7 48.5

49.0! 48.3

49.2

49.4

49.5

49.6

49.6

49.5

48.1

47.9

47.8

47.8

47.7

47.7

25

47.7

48.0

48.3

48.5

48.6

43.8

48.9

49.0

49.2

49,4

49.6

49.8

26

50.1

. 50.4

50.7

51.1

51.3

51.5

51.7

51.9

52.0

52.0

52.0

51.9

27

51.7

51.5

51.1

50. V

50.4

49.9

49.4

48.8

48.2

4V. 5

46.8

46.2

28

45.2

44.6

43.8

43.0

42.2

41.4

40.6

39.7

38.9

38.0

,37.3

36.4

29

35.7

34.8

33.9

33.1

32.3

31.7

30.9

30.3

29.6

29.0

28.4

27.7

30

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

Pass sill gage at Look Ho. 14

Hour

1

3

5

7

9

11

1

3

5

7

9

11

January

15

19.7

20.0

20.6

21.4

22.6

23.3

24.1

24.8

25.4

25.9

26.3

26.8

16

27.2

27.7

28.2

28.8

29.4

29.9

30.5

30.9

31.3

31.7

32.1

32.3

17

32.5

32.6

32.7

32.8

32.7

32.5

32.5

32.4

32.3

32.1

32.0

31.9

18

31.8

31.7

31.5

31.6

31.7

31.8

31.9

32.0

32.0

32.0

32.0

32.0

19

32.0

32.0

32.1

32.5

32.8

33.1

33.6

34.1

34.6

35.0

35.3

35.7

20

35.9

36.1

36.2

36.2

36.3

36.2

36.1

36.0

35.9

35.8

35.6

35.4

21

35.1

34.8

34.5

34.3

34.0

33.9

33.9

33.9

34.0

34.2

34.5

34.9

22

35.4

36.2

37.4

38.3

39.5

40.4

41.2

41.8

42.5

43.0

43.7

44.3

23

44.8

45.3

45.8

46.3

46.7

47.1

47.4

47.6

47.8

47.9

47.9

47.9

24

48.1

48.1

48.1

48.0

47.9

47.8

47.7

47.7

4V. 8

47.8

47.8

47.7

25

47.7

47.9

48.1

48.2

48.3

48.3

48.4

48.5

48.6

48.7

48.8

48.9

26

49.0

49.2

49.4

49.6

49.9

50.0

50.3

50.5

50.5

50.*

50.6

50.7

27

50.7

50.5

50.3

50.2

49.9

49.5

49.2

48.6

48.2

47.7

47.2

46.6

28

46.4

45.8

45.1

44.5

43.7

43.1

42.3

41.5

40.8

40.0

39.2

38.4

29

37.7

36.8

36.0

35.3

34.5

33.7

32.9

32.2

31.6

30.9

30.2

29.5

30

28.8

28.2

27.6

27.0

26.5

25.9

25.4

24.9

24.4

23.9

23.4

23.0
Table 5. Gage height, in feet, on tha Ohio Hirer, at indicated, time, 1937 Continued

Pass sill gage at Look llo. 15

Hour

2

6

10

z

6

10

January

16

36.4

27.3

28.2

E9.1

30.1

30.9

17

31.3

31.7

31.8

31.7

31.5

31.4

18

31.3

31.3

31.6

31.8

32. 0

32.0

19

32.0

32.1

32.5

33.1

33.8

34.3

20

34.8

35.2

35.3

35.4

35.2

35.2

21

34.8

34.4

34.0

33.8

33.8

34.0

22

34.8

36.6

38.2

39.6

40.9

42.1

23

43.3

44.1

45.0

45.8

46.3

46.8

24

47.0

47.1

47.1

47.2

47.3

47.4

25

47.6

48.3

48.6

48.8

48.9

49.1

26

49.2

49.6

49.8

50.2

50.4

50.5

27

50.6

50.5

50.3

49.6

48.8

48.1

28

46.8

45.9

44.7

43.5

42.1

40.8

29

39.5

37.9

36.5

35.2

33.6

32.3

30

-

_

-

-

-

-

31

24.0

£3.0

22.2

21.3

20.6

20.1

Pass sill gage at Lock Uo. 16

Hour

2 

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

26.3 

27.3

28.3

29.1

29.9

30.7

17

31.2 

31.7

32.0

32.0

32.0

32.0

18

31.9 

32.1

32.4

32.7

33.0

33.3

19

33.4 

33.5

33.3

34.0

34.5

35.0

20

35.4 

35.8

35.9

36.0

36.1

36.1

21

36.0 

35.7

35.4

35.1

35.1

35.1

22

35.7 

36.9

38.3

39.6

40.8

42.0

23

43.1 

44.2

45.2

46.0

46.7

47.3

24

47.7 

4S.O

48.0

48.2

48.4

48.6

25

48.9 

49.3

49.7

50.0

50.2

50.4

26

50.6 

50.8

51.0

51.2

51.4

51.6

27

51.6 

51.6

51.3

51.0

50.5

49.8

28

49.0 

48.1

47.2

46.2

45.2

44.0

29

42.8 

41.4

40.2

38.9

37.4

36.1

30

34.9 

33.5

32.2

31.0

29.6

28.3

31

27.0

25.8

24.6

23.6

22.7

22.0

Pass sill gage at Lock Ho. 17

Hour

2

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

26.3

27.1

27.8

28.6

29.2

29.8

17

30.3

30.8

31.1

31.3

31.4

31.5

18

31.7

32.0

32.6

33.2

33.7

34.2

19

34.5

34.7

34.9

35.0

35.2

35.3

20

35.4

35.6

35.7

35.9

36.1

36.2

21

36.2

36.2

36.2

36.1

36.1

36.2

22

36.5

37.3

38.2

39.2

40.2

41.3

23

42.4

43.5

44.3

45.2

45.9

46.5

34

47.0

47.4

47.9

48.3

48.6

49.0

25

49.5

50.0

50.4

50.8

51.1

51.4

26

51.5

51.7

51.7

51.8

51.9

52.0

27

52.0

52.0

51.9

51.6

51.3

50.9

28

50.4

49.8

49.1

48.3

47.5

46.5

29

45.6

44.6

43.5

42.3

41.0

39.8

30

38.6

37.4

36.1

34.7

33.2

31.8

31

30.4

28.8

27.4

26.0

24.7

23.6

Pass sill gage at lock Bo. 18

Hour

4

8

12

4

8

12

January

16

_

29.8

30.6

-

31.9

32.4

17

_

33.3

33.6

-

34.0

34.2

18

_

35.5

36.0

-

37.1

37.6

19

_

38.1

38.3

-

38.4

38.5

20

38.5

38.6

38.6

38.9

39.1

39.3

21

39.3

39.4

39.4

39.4

39.4

39.6

22

40.2

40.9

41.6

42.5

43.6

44.6

23

46.0

47.1

48.0

48.8

49.6

50.2

34

50.7

51.1

51.7

53.2

52.5

L5^!

25

53.6

54.1

54.5

54.8

55.1

55.3

36

55.5

55.6

-

55.7

55.8

27

55.8

55.7

55.5

55.3

54.9

- j 54.6

28

54.1

53.6

52.9

52.2

51.4

50.6

29

49.6

48.6

47.6

46.5

45.5

44.3

30

43.1

41.8

40.2

38.6

37.1

35.7

L 31

34.2

32.6

30.6

29.6

28.2

27.0

Parkersturg, W. Ta.

Jan.

15

Hour

11:30 am 

3:30 pm

Feet

23.7

25.0

Jan.

18 

21

Hour

1 pm 

2 pm

Feet Jan.

36.0 22

39.5 |

Hour

1 pm 

3 pm

Feet

41.6 

42.7

Jan.

23

Hour

12:30 pm 

2:30 pm

Feet

47.5 

47.9

Jan.

24 

26

Hour

4 pm 

4 pm

Feet

51.8 

55.4

Pass sill gage at Loolc So. 19

Hour

2

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

30.2

31.1

31.9

32.7

33.3

34.0

17

34.6

35.1

35.5

35.8

36.0

36.3

18

36.7

37.2

38.0

38.8

39.4

39.8

19

40.3

40.6

40.8

41.0

41.0

41.1

20

41.1

41.2

41.2

41.4

41.7

41.9

21

42.0

42.1

42.2

42.3

42.3

42.4

22

42,6

43.3

44.0

44.6

45.5

46.6

23

47.6

48.6

49.5

50.4

51.2

52.0

24

52.6

53.0

53.6

54.1

54.6

55.0

25

55.5

56.1

56.5

56,9

57.1

57.4

26

57.5

57.7

57.8

57.9

57.9

57.9

27

57.9

57.9

57.8

57.7

57.5

57.2

28

56.9

56.5

56.0

55.4

54.7

54.0

29

53.3

52.5

51.4

50.3

49.3

48.3

30

47.2

46.0

44.8

43.4

42.1

40.7

31

39.1

37.5

36.0

34.4

32.8

31.2

Pass sill gage at Lock Wo. 20

Hour

2

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

29.9

30.9

31.7

32.5

33.4

33.8

17

34.5

35.0

35.4

35.8

36.1

36.5

18

36.9

37.4

38.2

39.0

39.6

40.1

19

40.5

40.9

41.2

41.3

41.4

41.5

20

41.6

41.6

41.7

41.9

42.1

42.3

21

42.5

42.6

42.7

43.0

43.0

43.1

22

43.3

43.8

44.4

45.0

 45.8

46.8

23

47.8

48.8

49.8

50.6

51.4

52.1

24

52.6

53.1

53.8

54.7

55.2

55.7

25

56.3

57.0

57.3

57.6

58.0

58.3

26

58.5

58.7

58.8

58.9

59.0

59.0

27

59.1

59.1

59.0

58.8

58.7

58.5

28

58.2

57.8

57.3

56.8

56.1

55.5

29

54.8

53.9

53.1

52.3

51.0

49.9

30

48.9

47.8

46.6

45.4

44.1

42.7

31

41.1

39.7

38.2

36.6

35.0

33.3

Pass sill gage at Lock No. 21

Hour

2

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

30.3

31.3

32.2

33.0

33.6

34.4-

17

35.0

35.6

36.0

36.6

37.0

37.4

18

38.0

38.6

39,4

40.1

40.7

41.2

19

41.8

42.2

42.5

42.7

42.8

42.9

20

42.9

43.0

43.1

43,3

43.6

43.8

21

44.0

44.2

44.4

44.5

44.6

44.8

22

45.1

45.5

46.0

46.6

47.5

48.4

23

49.3

50.3

51.1

52.0

52.7

53.4

24

54.1

54.7

55.4

56.2

56.7

57.2

25

57.8

58.5

58.8

59.3

59.6

59.8

26

60.1

60.3

60.4

60.5

60.6

60.7

27

60.7

60.8

60.8

60.7

60.6

60.4

28

60.1

59.8

59.4

58.9

58.5

57.8

29

57.2

56.4

55.5

54.8

54.0

52.9

30

51.8

50.8

49.6

48.5

47.0

45.8

31

44.3

42.9

41.4

40.0

38.3

36.6
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 5.--Gage height, in feet, on the Ohio River, at indicated time, 1937 Continued 

Pass sill gage at Lock Fo. 22

BOUT

2

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

31.7

32.7

33.7

34.6

35.3

36.1

17

36.7

37.4

38.0

38.4

38.9

39.5

18

40.1

40.7

41.5

42.2

42.9

43.5

19

44.0

44.4

44.8

45.0

45.2

45.2

20

45.4

45.5

45.6

45.7

45.9

46.3

21

_

_

_

_

_

~

22

47.6

48.1

48.6

49.2

50.2

50.9

23

51.8

52.6

53.5

54.2

54.9

55.5

24

56.1

56.8

57.4

58.0

58.7

59.2

25

59.9

60.4

60.9

61.2

61.5

61.8

26

62.1

62.3

62.4

62.5

62.7

62.8

27

62.8

62.8

62.8

62.8

62.7

62.6

28

62.4

62.1

61.8

61.3

60.7

60.2

29

59.8

59.1

58.3

57.5

56.8

56.0

30

54.9

53.8

52.9

51.7

50.4

49.1

31

47.6

46.2

44.9

43.0

41.9

40.9

Pass sill gage at Look No. 23

Hour

2

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

32.8

33.8

34.8

35.7

36.5

37.3

17

37.9

38.7

39.2

39.7

40.2

40.9

18

41.7

42.3

43.2

43.8

44.7

45.3

19

45.9

46.4

46.8

47.1

47.3

47.5

20

47.6

47.7

47.8

48.0

48.2

48.4

21

48.7

49.0

49.2

49.5

49.7

49.9

22

50.1

50.6

51.0

51.6

52.4

53.2

23

54.0

54.8

55.5

56.1

56.9

57.5

24

57.9

58.5

59.3

60.1

60.7

61.2

25

61.9

62.4

62.9

63.2

63.6

63.9

26

64.1

64.3

64.6

64.7

64.9

65.0

27

65.1

65.2

65.2

65.2

65.1

65.0

28

64.8

64.6

64.3

64.0

63.5

63.1

29

62.5

61.9

61.2

60.5

59.7

58.8

30

58.0

57.0

56.0

55.2

54.0

52.8

31

51.6

50.2

48.8

47.4

45.9

44.3

Pass sill gage at Lock Ho. 25

Hour

2

G

10

2

6

10

January

16

34.7

35.7

36.6

37.5

38.3

39.2

17

39.9

40.4

41.1

41.5

42.2

42.9

18

43.7

44.5

45. G

46.6

47.3

48.1

19

48.7

49.2

49.8

50.3

50.6

51.0

20

51.2

51.3

51.6

51.8

52.0

52.2

21

52.6

52.9

53.3

53.7

54.2

54.6

22

54.9

55.3

55.8

56.1

56.6

57.1

23

57.5

57.9

58.2

58.6

59.0

59.3

24

59.7

60.1

60.6

61.3

61.8

62.2

25

62.7

63.3

63.6

63.9

64.2

64.6

26

64.9

65.2

65.5

65.9

GG.O

66.2

27

66.3

66.4

66.5

66.6

GG.5

66.5

28

66.4

66.2

6G.O

65.8

65.5

65.3

29

64.9

64.6

64.2

63.7

63.3

62.9

30

62.2

61.5

60.9

60.1

59.4

58.6

31

57.9

57.0

56,0

54.9

53.8

52.7

Point Pleasant, W. Va.

Jan.

26

27

Hour

1:45 pm

4:10 pm

6:40 ran

9:00 am

Feet

62.15

G2.28

62.38

62.7

Jan.

27

28

Hour

1:45 pm

5:30 pm

9:00 pm

8:00 am

Feet

62.7

62.68

62.6

62.3

Jan.

28

29

Hour

11:10 am

1:20 pm

6:00 pm

11:00 am

Feet

62.18

62.18

61.85

60.5

Jan.

29

30

Hour

3:50 pm

9:45 pm

8:00 am

12:50 pm

Feet

60.0

59.3

57.9

57.1

Jan.

30

31

Hour

4:00 pm

8:00 am

Noon

3:30 pm

Feet

56.65

53.4

52.5

51.6

Upper gage at Gallipolls Dam

Hour

2

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

19.7

20.8

21.6

22.5

23.3

24.2

17

25.0

25.8

26.3

26.9

27.5

28.3

18

29.4

30.1

31.2

32.3

33.1

33.8

19

34.5

35.1

35.7

36.3

36.5

36.9

20

37.2

37.5

37.7

38.0

38.2

38.4

21

38.7

39.0

39.5

39.9

40.3

40.8

22

41.2

41.4

41.7

42.1

42.6

43.1

23

43.5

43.9

44.2

44.6

44.9

45.2

£4

45.6

46.0

46.4

47.0

47.5

47.9

25

48.5

48.7

49.1

49.4

49.8

50.1

26

50.4

50.8

51.3

51.7

52.2

52.4

27

52.5

52.6

52.7

52.8

52.8

52.7

28

52.6

52.5

52.4

52.2

51.9

51.7

29

51.3

50.9

50.6

50.3

49.9

49.3

30

48.8

48.4

47.8

47.4

46.9

46.3

31

45.2

44.0

43.3

42.5

41.6

40.4

Pass sill gage at Lock No. 27

Hour

Z

6

10

2

6

10

January

16

33.0

33.7

34.6

36.4

36.2

37.0

17

37.8

38.4

39.0

39.6

40.2

41.1

18

42.1

43.2

44.1

45.1

45.9

45.7

19

47.4

48.0

48.6

49.2

49.7

50.3

20

50.7

51.0

51.3

51.6

51.8

52.0

21

52.3

52.6

52.9

53.3

53.6

54.1

22

54.5

54.9

55.3

55.7

56.2

56.7

23

57 .21

57.6

57.9

58.3

58.6

58.9

24

59.2

59.9

60.6

61.0

61 ,.6

62.0

25

62.5

62.9

63.3

63.5

63.7

64.1

26

64.5

64.8

65.1

65.4

65.7

65.8

27

66.0

66.1

66.2

66.2

66.2

66.2

28

66.1

66.0

65.8

65.6

65.4

65.2

29

64.9

64.6

64.3

64.0

63.6

63.2

30

62.7

62.3

61.8

61.3

60.8

60.3

31

59.5

58.8

58.1

57.3

56.5

55.7

Pass sill gage at Look Ho. 29

Hour

2

6

10

2

6

10

Januaryis

-

- t

_

_

_

-

19

-

-

_

-

_

-

20

_

_

_

_

_

-

21

_

_

_

_

_

-

22

61.9

62.3

62.8

63.2

63.7

64.4

23

64.8

65.2

65.6

66.1

66.4

66.8

24

67.2

67.7

68.3

68.7

69.1

69.5

25

69.8

70.2

70.6

71.0

71.3

71.7

26

72.0

72.3

72.5

72.8

73.0

73.2

27

73.4

73.5

73.5

73.6

73.6

73.6

28

73.3

73.2

73.1

72.9

72.7

72.6

29

72.2

71.9

71.7

71.4

71.0

70.7

30

70.3

69.9

69.5

69.1

68.7

68.2

31

67.5

66.9

66.3

65.6

64.9

64.1

February

1

63.2

62.4

61.4

60.4

59.3

58.0

2

_

-

_

_

_

-

Pass sill gage at Lock No. 30

Hour

2

6

10

2

6

10

January

18

_

-

-

_

_

-

19

_

-

-

-

_

-

20

_

-

-

-

_

-

21

_

-

_

_

_

-

22

62.3

62.8

63.4

63.8

64.5

65.1

23

65.6

66.2

66.6

67.1

67.5

67.9

24

68.3

68.6

69.1

69.7

70.3

70.7

25

71.4

71.9

72.1

72.3

72.4

72.6

26

72.7

72.9

73.0

73.2

73.4

73.6

27

74.0

74.3

74.5

74.7

74.7

74.6

28

74.5

74.4

74.5

74.3

74.1

73.8

29

73.5

73.3

72.9

72.7

72.3

72.0

30

71.6

71.2

70.8

70.4

68.9

69.5

31

68.8

68.1

67.5

66.9

66.1

65.7

February

1

-

-

-

-

_

-

2

_

-

_

_

_

-
Table 5. Gage height, in feet, on the Ohio River, at indicated time, 1937 Continued 

Portsmouth, Ohio

3

9

3

9

January

18

_

50.3

53.05

-

19

_

54.9

55.6

-

20

_

57.4

57.93

58.43

21

58.92

59.42

60.00

60.78

22

61.65

_

63.55

64.6

23

65.65

66.44

67.21

67.84

24

68.32

68.88

69.64

70.29

25

71.12

71.82

72.41

7E.81

26

73.12

73.46

73.7

73.89

27

74.0

74.12

74.23

74.12

28

73.94

73.72

73.44

73.09

29

72.69

72.22

71.63

71.17

30

70.59

69.94

69.27

68.59

31

67.94

67.12

66.21

65.46

February

1

64.56

63.49

62.49

61.5

2

60.1

58.6

-

-

Pass sill gage at Look No. 31

Hour

3

9

3

9

January

18

_

_

_

-

19

_

_

_

-

20

59.3

59.9

60.4

61.0

21

61.4

62.0

62.6

63.4

22

64.3

65.3

66.1

67.2

23

68.4

69.1

69*9

70.6

24

71.1

71.7

7E.4

73.1

25

74.0

74.6

75.3

75.7

26

75.9

76.3

76.5

76.7

27

76.9

77.0

77.0

77.0

28

76.9

76.6

76.4

76.0

29

75.6

75.1

74.7

74.1

30

73.5

72.9

72.2

71.5

31

70.9

70.3

69.4

68.4

February

1

-

_

_

-

2

-

-

-

-

Pass sill gage at Lock No. 32

3

9

3

9

January

18

_

_

-

-

19

_

_

_

-

20

56.6

57.2

57.8

58.3

21

59.1

59.7

60.5

61.5

22

62.7

63.8

64.9

66.0

ZS

67.0

67.8

68.4

69.0

E4

69.5

69.9

70.7

71.7

25

72.9

73.S

74.1

74.2

26

74.5

74.8

75.0

75.1

27

75.3

75.4

75.5

75.5

28

75.3

75.2

74.9

74.7

E9

74.2

73.8

73.4

73.0

30

72.4

71.8

71.2

70.7

31

70.0

69.3

68.7

67.8

February

1

_

_

_

~

2

_

_

_

~

Pass sill gage at Lock No. 33

3

9

3

9

January

18

_

_

_

-

19

_

_

_

-

20

56.7

57.3

57.9

58.5

21

59.1

60.1

60.9

62.1

22

63.5

64.6

65.6

66.5

23

67.2

57. 6

68.1

68.6

24

69.1

69.6

70.6

71.8

25

73.1

73.9

74.3

74.5

26

74.7

74.9

75.1

75.2

27

75.3

75.4

75.4

75.4

28

75.3

75.2

75.0

74.7

29

74.3

74.0

73.5

73.1

30

72.7

72.1

71.5

71.0

31

70.3

69.7

69.0

68.3

February

1

_

_

_

-

2

_

_

_

-

Pass sill gage at Lock Ho. 34

3

9

3

9

January

18

_

_

_

-

19

_

-

_

-

20

54.1

54.6

55.3

56.0

21

56.9

57.9

58.8

59.8

22

62.0

63.1

64.6

65.1

23

65.4

66.0

66.5

67.0

24

67.9

69.1

70.3

71.5

25

72.8

73.3

73.4

73.5

26

73.6

73.7

73.7

73.8

27

73.7

73.7

73.7

73.6

28

73.5

73.3

73.1

72.7

29

72.5

72.3

71.8

71.4

30

70.9

70.4

69.9

69.4

31

68.8

68.2

67.6

67.0

February

1

_

_

_

-

2

_

_

_

-

Pass sill gage at Lock Ho. 35

3

9

3

9

January

18

_

_

_

-

19

_

_

_

-

20

54.3

54.8

£5.5

56.2

21

57.1

58.7

59.7

61.3

22

63.4

64.9

66.0

66.9

23

67.4

67.7

68.0

68.2

24

68.5

68.9

70.0

71.8

25

73.4

74.2

74.8

75.0

26

75.1

75.1

75.1

75.0

27

75.0

74.8

74.8

74.8

28

74.6

74.4

74.2

74.0

29

73.6

73.3

72.9

72.4

30

72.0

71.6

71.1

70.5

31

69.8

69.3

68.7

68.1

February

1

_

_

_

-

2

_

_

_

-

Pass sill gage at Lock Ho. 35

Hour

3 

9 

3 

9

January

18

-

19

-

20

58.3 

58.8 

59.4 

60.3

21

61.3 

63.0 

64.2 

65.6

22

67.9 

69.6 

70.7 

71.5

23

72.1 

72.3 

72.5 

72.5

24

72.6 

73.2 

74.5 

75.7

25

77.4 

78.6 

79.4 

79.6

26

79.7 

79.7 

79.5 

79.5

27

79.4 

79.3 

79.2 

79.1

28

78.9 

78.7 

78.5 

78.2

29

77.9 

77.5 

77.3 

77.0

30

76.7 

76.1 

75.5 

74.9

31

74.3 

73.6 

73.0 

72.4

February

1

-

2

-

Cincinnati, Ohio

Hour

3

9

3

9

January

20

58.6

59.0

59.6

60.3

21

61.4

63.1

64.5

66.1

EE

68.2

69.8

71.0

71.8

23

72.4

72.7

72.8

73.0

24

73.3

73.5

74.6

76.5

25

78.0

79.0

79.6

79.9

26

80.0

73.9

79.8

79.7

27

79.6

79.5

79.3

79.1

28

78.9

78.7

78.5

78.3

29

78.0

77.6

77.2

76.9

30

76.5

76.0

75.5

75.0

31

74.4

73.8

73.4

72.7

February

1

72.0

71.3

70.4

69.8

2

68.9

67.8

67.0

65.9

3

64.8

63.4

62.2

61.0

4

59.3

57.6

56.0

54.3

Pass sill gage at Lock Ho. 38

Hour

3 

9 

3 

9

January

20

57.6 

58.0 

58.6 

59.3

21

60.8 

62.6 

64.0 

65.5

22

67.0 

68.0 

69.2 

70.2

23

70.7 

71.4 

71.8 

72.1

24

72.3 

72.5 

73.6 

75.2

25

76.5 

77.3 

77.9 

~78.4

26

78.6 

78.6 

78.5 

78.4

27

78.4 

78.2 

78.0 

77.8

28

77.6 

77.4 

77.2 

76.9

29

76.7 

76.4 

76.0 

75.7

30

75.3 

74.6 

74.0 

73.2

31

72.7 

71.9 

71.0 

70.4

February

a

-

2

-

3

-

4

-
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 5.--Gage height, in feet, on the Ohio Hiver, at indicated time, 1937 Continued

Gage. .........

January 20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

February 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Lock 

No. 39

Pass sill

6 pm

53.9

58.5

64.5

66.8

69.9

72.5

73.5

73.0

72.1

71.2

69.5

67.3

64.9

62.6

59.2

54.4

48.4

40.9

32.5

26.0

25.3

28.2

Madison, 

Ind.

4 pm

52.0

59.1

63.1

66.0

68.6

71.4

72.3

72.0

71.0

70.0

68.6

66.6

65.1

62.7

59.8

54.7

49.3

43.1

34.8

27.2

25.2

27.2

Lock 

No. 41

Upper

6 pm

_

_

47.6

50.7

53.2

55.8

56.9

57.0

56.6

55.8

54.8

53.2

51.7

49.6

47.1

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

Lock 

No. 43

Pass sill

6 pm

65.4

68.1

76.3

79.9

82.5

85.5

86.9

86.9

86.5

85.7

84.5

83.4

81.8

79.8

77.4

73.8

70.4

_

_

_

_

-

Lock 

No. 44

Pass sill

6 pm

64.2

68.9

74.3

_

80.0

82.8

t)3.9

84.2

83.7

83.2

82.4

81.2

79.8

78.0

75.8

72.9

69.4

_

-

-

_

-

Lock 

No. 45

Pass sill

6 pm

54.8

58.3

61.9

63.8

66.2

67.7

68.5

68.8

68.8

68.5

68.1

67.5

66.5

65.5

64.2

62.2

61.0

_

-

-

_

-

Lock 

No. 46

Pass sill

6 pm

44.9

47.1

49.4

50.6

52.0

53.2

54.0

54.4

54.7

54.8

54.7

54.6

54.3

53.8

53.2

52.5

51.5

_

-

-

_

-

Lock 

Ifo. 47

Pass sill

6 pm

_

-

50.1

51.4

52.9

54.2

55.3

55.8

56.2

56.5

56.6

56.6

56.4

56.0

55.6

55.1

54.4

53.4

-

-

_

-

Bvansville, 

Ind.

6 pm

44.02

_

47.37

48.67

_

51.46

52.35

52.87

53.22

53.52

53.69

53.72

53.60

53.44

53.12

52.60

52.14

_

50.33

-

-

-

Shawneetown, 111.

Jan. Hour

14 4:00 pm

15 4:00 pm

16 7:30 aa

17 8:00 am

18 :00 pm

19 :00 am

20 :00 an

21 :00 am

22 :00 am

Gage...........

January 20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

February 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Feet

38.6

39.9

40.9

42.3

44.9

46.1

48.1

50.4

52.9

Jan. Hour Feet

23 7:00 am 55.1

24 7:00 m 57.9

25 7:00 am 58.9

26 9:30 am 60.6

27 10:00 am 61.9

28 9:30 ara 63.0

29 8:30 am 64.0

30 7:30 am 64.6

31 7:30 am 65.2

Lock 

Ho. 48

Pass

sill

6 pm

46.7

48. C

50.4

52.1

53.'

54. £

I

55.9

56.8

57.5

58.0

58.:

58.6

58.6

58.:

58.0

57.6

56.9

56.1

5E.O

53. £

52.0

49.6

47.5

.45.5

43.9

43.2

42.6

Lock 

Wo. 49

Pass

sill

6 pm

48.4

50.5

52.0

54.8

57.0

58.8

60.3

61.6

62.5

63.3

64.0

64.3

64.4

64.3

64.2

63.8

63.2

62.4

61.5

60.5

59.1

57.2

54.9

5£.2

50.0

48.1

46.5

Lock 

Ko. 50

Pass

sill

7 pm

51.7

54.8

56.9

58.9

61.2

62.8

64.2

65.4

66.2

67.1

67.6

68.1

68.2

68.3

68.2

68.0

67.5

67.0

66.2

65.3

64.0

62.3

60.0

57.8

55.8

53.7

52.0

Feb.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Hour j Feet Feb.

7:30 am 65.4 10

7:30 an 65.5 11

7:00 am 65.4 12

7:00 am 65.2 13

:00 am 64.7 14

:00 am 64.4 15

:00 am 63.4 16

:00 am 62.4 17

:00 am 61.2 18

Hour

7 am

8 am

7 am

7 am

7 am

7 am

7 am

7 am

7 am

Shetlerville,

111.

-

4 pm

49.

51.

53.

55.

57.

59.

60.

61.

62.

62.

63.

63.

2

3

7

6

a

3

5

6

2

8

4

8

64.0

64.

64.

63.

63.

62.

62.

61.

60.

58.

57.

55.

54.

52.

50.

0

0

7

4

8

1

3

2

7

1

3

0

4

9

Lock 

No. 51

Pass

sill

7 pm

48.7

51.5

53.7

55.5

57.4

58.6

59.7

60.5

61.2

61.7

62.1

62.4

62.5

62.6

62.6

62.3

62.0

61.6

60.9

60.2

59.3

58.0

56.4

54.8

53.2

51.5

49.9

Paducah,

Ky.

7 pm

48.37

51.12

53.58

5b.l2

56.66 '

58.09

58.72

59.08

59.41

59.76

60.08

60.40

60.52

60.60

60.49

60.31

59.92

59.43

58.90

58.37

57.56

56.48

55.28

54.b4

52.77

51.55

50.32

Lock 

No. 52

Pass

sill

7 pm

50.1

52.8

55.2

56.5

58.3

59.6

60.4

60.8

61.2

61.6

61.9

62.1

62.2

62.3

62.2

62.0

61.7

61.1

60.6

60.1

59.3

58.0

56.8

55.6

54.5

53.3

52.1

Feet Feb. Hour Feet

60.2 19 7 am 42.9

57.4 20 7 am 41.1

55.0 21 7 am 39.1

52.6 22 7 am 36.7

50.6 23 7 am 34.2

48.8 24 7 am 32.0

47.1 25 7 am 30.1

45.8 26 7 am 28.6

44.4

Metropolis,

111.

7 pm

54.90

57.52

59.84

61.24

62.64

64.04

64.66

65.12

65.41

65.73

66.11

66.45

66.58

66.60

66.55

66.39

66.09

65.66

65.10

64.65

63.98

62.97

61.88

60.75

59.75

58.51

57.30

Lock 

ITO. 53

Pass

sill

7 pm

53.7

56.0

58.2

59.6

61.0

62.2

62.5

62.6

62.8

63.2

63.5

63.7

63.7

63.9

63.9

63.6

63.5

63.1

62.7

62.3

61.6

60.8

59.9

58.9

57.8

56.9

55.8

Cairo, 

111.

7 pm

_

-

-

56.1

57.4

58.6

58.2

57.9

58.1

58.5

58.8

59.2

59.3

59.4

59.5

59.4

59.3

59.2

58.8

58.4

57.8

57.0

56.2

55.3

54.5

53.5

52.7
STAGES 395

Table 6.- Altitude, in feet above mean sea level (1907 adjustment), 

of zeros of gages at locks and dams on the Ohio River

Location

Emsworth Dam

Dashields Dam

Montgomery Dam

Lock 7

Lock 8

Lock 9

Lock 10

Lock 11

Lock 12

Lock 13

Lock 14

Lock 15

Lock 16

Lock 17

Lock 18

Lock 19

Lock 20

Lock 21

Lock 22

Lock 23

Lock 24

Lock 25

Lock 26

Gallipolis Dam

Lock 27

Lock 28

Lock 29

Lock 30

Lock 31

Lock 32

Lock 33

Lock 34

Lock 35

Lock 36

Lock 37

Lock 38

Lock 39

Lock 41

Lock 43

Lock 44

Lock 45

Lock 46

Lock 47

Lock 48

Lock 49

Lock 50

Lock 51

Lock 52

Lock 53

Pass sill

gage

-

-

647.2

640.3

633.9

625.5

618.1

610.8

602.8

594.1

586.8

579.0

571.2

563.4

555.3

549.1

541.6

536.0

528.2

520.1

512.1

502.6

-

496.6

490.2

483.1

475.1

467.6

460.1

452.6

445.6

440.0

433.6

425.3

417.9

410.6

406.0

366.1

357.1

349.6

339.1

330.6

322.6

312.1

301.1

294.6

283.3

273.2

Upper 

gage

690.1

678.6

666.1

647.2

640.3

633.9

625.5

618.1

610.8

604.0

594.1

586.8

579.0

571.2

564.2

555.3

549.1

541.6

536.0

528.2

520.1

513.1

502.6

520.0

496.6

490.2

483.1

475.1

467.6

460.1

452.6

445.6

440.0

433.6

428.8

417.9

410.6

403.0

367.6

358.6

349.6

340.6

331.6

322.6

313.6

302.6

294.6

286.6

274.6

Lower 

gage

679.2

664.5

649.7

644.7

637.3

630.9

622.5

615.1

606.8

601.0

591.2

583.4

575.4

567.4

561.2

553.5

546.0

540.4

532.4

524.5

517.5

508.5

501.0

500.0

494.5

487.5

479.5

472.0

464.5

457.0

450.0

444.4

438.0

430.0

424.3

415.0

407.0

372.1

363.0

354.0

345.0

336.0

327.0

318.0

307.0

299.0

291.0

279.0

267.0

Low-water 

(middle ) gage

688.0

-

-

-

-

_

-

619,2

614.0

605.0

595.4

588.3

580.6

573.5

565.0

557.3

550.7

543.6

538.4

529.5

521.6

514.8

505.3

-

498.9

492.0

484.8

477.7

470.0

463.1

455.0

448.0

442.8

435.3

-

421.7

413.0

378.1

368.4

360.0

352.0

341.1

333.2

325.1

314.0

303.2

297.0

285.1

276.6

Note.- Upper gage is on inside face of river wall, above upper lock

Lower gage is on inside face of river wall, below lower lock gate. 

Pass sill gage is on river face of river wall, below dam, with zero at 

elevation of sill of navigable pass. Low-water or middle gage is on inside face of river wall, in middle of lock, with zero at approximate 

elevation of natural low water. When lock wall is submerged, or when a 

dam is down, the stage is read on an extension of one of the above gages, 

opposite the middle of the lock.
10 15 20 25 

December 1936

31 31

______7£-West Polnte 

10 15 20 25 28 

February 1937 

Figure 52. Graphs of stage at various river-stage stations 

5 10 15 20 25 

January 1937
Tabl« 7. Dally gage height. In feet, at river-stage stations on the Muskingum Blver, 

Gage a/. ........................

December 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Look No. 11

Upper

64.6 

690.34

6.1

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.8

6.8

6.6

6.5-

6.6

6.6

6.4

6.3

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.7

7.4

8.0

8.3

Lover

84.7 

680.88

7.9

7.9

7.9

7.9

7.9

8.0

8.1

8.2

8.8

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.5

8.4

8.3

8.0

8.0

7.9

7.9

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.9

7.9

7.9

8.0

8.0

8.7

9.6

10.5

11.0.

Lock No. 10

Upper

75.9 

681.37

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.4

7.5

7.4

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.9

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.3

7.8

8.3

S.5

Lower

75.1 

665.04

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.2

8.4

8.6

8.8

8.4

8.5

8.4

8.4

8.2

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.5

9.3

10.0

11.1

Look Ho. 9

Upper

67.0 

663.98

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.2

9.3

9.5

9.5

9.2

9.3

9.2

9.2

9.0

9.0

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

9.3

9.8

10.1

10.8

Lower

66.9 

655.46

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

7.0

7.4

7.3

7.6

7.8

7.5

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.0

7.0

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.0

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.8

8.8

9.7

11.6

Look No. 8

Upper

55.2 

652.95

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.1

9.2

9.3

9.4

9.4

9.6

9.7

9.7

9.6

9.6

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.4

9.4

9.3

9.4

9.3

9.3

9.3

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.3

9.8

10.3

10.7

11.4

Lower

55.1 

644.44

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.2

7.4

7.4

7.6

7.7

7.7

7.6

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.4

7.2

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.8

8.6

9.2

10.6

Look Ho. 7

Upper

48.6 

643.93

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.2

7.4

7.4

7.6

7.7

7.6

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.4

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.7

8.3

8.8

9.6

Lower

48 3 

634.42

6.6

6.5

6.5

6.6

6.6

6.7

7.0

7.0

7.2

7.4

7.2

7.3

7.1

7.1

7.0

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.8

7.4

8.3

9.1

10.5

Lock No. 6

Upper

39 3 

533.78

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.4

8.0

8.4

9.2

Lower

39 2 

622.26

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

7.0

6.9

7.1

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.8

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.7

7.2

8.0

8.8

9.9

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gages. b Altitude, in feet, above mean 
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

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2

Z

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

12.7

11.9

10.4

9.8

9.3

9.1

8.8

8.6

8.8

9.8

9.8

9.1

8.8

8.6

8.8

8.7

8.7

8.6

8.4

8.4

8.6

9.1

9.5

9.2

8.8

8.4

8.1

7.9

19.3

17.8

15.5

14.3

13.5

13.0

12.4

12.1

12.5

14.1

14.1

12.9

12.3

12.2

12.3

12.3

12.2

12.0

11.6

11.6

12.1

12.7

13.5

13.0

12.3

11.7

11.1

10.8

12.0

11.4

10.9

9.6

9.3

9.0

8.8

8.7

8.8

9.6

9.6

9.0

8.9

8.7

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.7

8.6

8.5

8.7

8.9

9.4

9.2

8.9

8.7

8.4

8.3

18. Z

16.6

14.0

12.9

12.4

11.7

11.3

11.1

11.6

13.2

13.0

11.9

11.3

11.2

11.4

11.4

11.4

11.1

10.9

10.9

11.4

12.0

12.7

12.2

11.4

10.9

10.5

10.3

13.6

12.9

11.8

11.3

ll'.O

10.8

10.7

10.6

10.8

11.4

11.4

10.9

10.7

10.6

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.5

10.4

10.4

10.6

11.0

11.2

11.0

10.7

10.4

10.3

10.1

18.7

16.9

14.1

12.8

12.0

11.3

11.0

10.8

11.6

13.0

13.0

11.7

11.0

10.8

11.0

11.0

11.0

10.6

10.4

10.4

10.8

11.7

12.4

12.0

11.0

10.4

10.0

9.6

14.4

13.6

12.5

11.8

11.4

11.2

11.0

11.0

10.3

11.9

11.9

11.4

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.1

11.0

10.9

10.8

10.8

11.0

11.3

11.7

11.5

11.0

10.8

10.6

10.4

17.4

15.6

13.2

11.9

11.2

10.8

10.4

10.3

11.0

12.0

12.0

10.9

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.5

10.4

10.2

10.0

10.0

10.4

10.9

11.6

11.2

10.4

10.0

9.6

9.3

13.3

12.4

11.1

10.4

9.9

9.6

9.4

9.3

9.8

10.3

10.4

9.8

9.4

9.3

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.2

9.1

9.1

9.3

9.7

10.1

10.0

9.5

9.2

9.0

8.7

18.1

16.4

13.9

12.5

11.6

11.0

10.6

10.4

11.3

12.2

12.5

11.4

10.6

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.6

10.3

10.1

10.0

10.4

11.2

11.8

11.6

10.7

10.1

9.7

9.3

12.9

12.0

10.8

10.1

9.7

9.4

9.3

9.1

9.6

10.0

10.1

9.6

9.2

9.1

9.1

9.2

9.2

9.1

8.9

8.9

9.0

9.5

9.9

9.7

9.3

9.0

8.7

8.5

15.8

14.5

12.9

11.7

11.0

10.6

10.2

10.0

10.8

11.5

11.7

10.8

10.2

10.0

10.0

10.2

10.2

10.0

9.7

9.7

9.9

10.6

11.2

11.0

10.4

9.8

9.4

9.0

a. Corps Of Engineers, 0. S. Army, gages.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level; determined by Muskingum 7/atershed Conservancy District.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Tatle B. Oage height, in feet, at lower gage at Look Ho. 1 on the Maskingum Kiver 

at Marietta, Ohio, at indicated time, January 1937

1 a.m.

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1 p.m.

2

Z

4

5

6

7

8

9

11

12

16

29.7

_

29.9

-

_

_

-

_

31.0

-

-

-

31.5

_

_

-

_

-

17

33.2

_

33.3

-

_

_

-

_

33.6

-

-

-

33.7

_

-

-

_

-

18

34.7

_

34.9

35.0

35.15

36.3

35.5

35.7

35.8

35.9

36.1

36.2

36.3

36.45

36.6

36.7

36.9

37.0

19

37.4

37.4

37.5

37.5

3?.5

37.55

37.6

37.62

37.68

37.7

-

-

37.8

_

_

37.9

_

-

20

38.2

38.2

38.2

38.2

38.22

38.25

38.3

38.35

38.4

38.5

38.55

38.6

38.65

38.7

38.75

38.8

38.85

38.85

21

38.9

_

38.9

38.9

38.9

38.85

38.85

38.85

38.82

38.8

_

_

38.8

_

_

38.9

39.0

22

40.0

4*0.2

40.4

40.6

41.0

41.2

41.3

41.6

41.9

_

42.6

42.7

42.9

43.4

43.5

43.7

44.4

44.6

23

46.2

46.4

46.7

46.9

47.1

47.3

47.5

47.7

47.8

48.1

48.3

48.5

43.7

_

49.0

-

_

-

24

50.3

50.4

50.5

50.6

50.65

50.8

50.9

51.0

51.1

51.2

51.3

51.5

51.5

51.6

51.7

51.8

_

-

25

53.0

_

53.2

-

53.4

_

53.6

_

53.8

_

54.0

_

54.5

_

_

-

_

-

26

54.6

_

54.7

-

_

_

-

_

54.8

_

_

_

54.9

_

_

-

_

55.0

27

54.9

_

54.8

-

_

_

-

_

54.6

-

-

_

54.5

_

-

-

_

-

28

52.9

_

52.5

-

_

-

-

_

51.3

_

-

_

50.6

_

_

-

_

-

29

47.8

_

47.3

-

_

_

-

_

45.4

-

-

-

44.2

_

_

-

_

-

30

43.4

_

43.0

-

-

-

-

_

37.7

-

-

-

36.2

_

-

-

_

-

31

31.4

_

31.1

-

_

-

-

_

29.0

-

-

_

27.5

_

_

-

_

-
401

Table 9. Dally gage height, in feet, at river-stags stations on the 

Little Kanawha Elver, at 8 a.m., Deceater 1936 to March 1937

Station ........

lilies above mouth ...

Gage a/ ........

Zero of gage JJ/ . . .

December 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

January 1

2

3

4

5

6

t

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Lode Ho. 5

40.5

Upper

617.6

7.4

7.4

7.7

7.5

e.o

a.o

10.4

12.0

10.0

9.9

8.6

9.2

9.9

9.1

8.7

8.5

8.3

8.0

8.1

10.4

12.3

10.4

9.3

6.8

8.6

6.5

8.e

8.5

8.6

8.6

8.8

10.3

10.2

13.4

11.8

9.6

8.9

9.0

10.7

10.2

10.4

14.1

12.8

10.1

9.3

1O.O

12.5

11.3

13.8

15.6

12.6

13.4

13.7

17.3

17.4

18.5

16.2

12.0

9.9

9.3

9.3

9.3

Lower

608.8

3.7

3.7

4.3

4.3

4.4

4.3

8.4

11.8

7.9

5.7

5.1

6.2

7.5

6.0

5.3

5.0

4.7

4.6

4.5

8.7

12.3

fl.7

6.5

5.7

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.7

8.2

8.3

14.6

11.5

7.1

5.8

S.7

9.0

8.2

9.0

16.1

13.8

8.0

6.5

8.1

12.6

10.5

15.6

19.5

13.3

15.3

15.5

22.8

23.5

25.5

21.8

12.8

8.4

6.5

6.4

6.2

Lock Ho. 4

31.0

Upper

604.3

9.3

9.5

9.8

9.7

9.8

9.8

12.5

13.7

11.9

10.8

10.4

11.1

11.7

11.0

10.5

10.3

10.2

10.0

10.0

12.6

13.9

12.3

11.2

10.7

10.5

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.5

10.4

10.9

12.0

12.2

14.8

13.5

11.5

10.8

11.0

12.4

12.0

13.0

15.8

14.6

12.0

11.2

12.6

13.9

13.1

16.2

17.1

14.5

15.9

15.6

18.9

19.0

22.6

20.2

15.3

12.7

11.2

11.1

11.0

Loner

596.8

3.9

4.0

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.5

8.0

10.2

7.4

5.6

5.1

6.0

6.9

6.0

5.3

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.7

8.1

10.7

8.0

6.3

5.5

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.1

6.0

7.4

7.7

11.9

10.2

6.7

S.7

6.0

8.0

7.5

9.1

13.6

11.9

7.5

6.1

8.6

10.6

9.4

14.6

18.0

11.5

14.3

14.2

22.2

24.2

28.6

26.0

21.7

19.0

14.5

8.1

6.0

Look Ho. 3

25.5

Upper

591.2

9.65

9.7

10.1

10.0

10.0

10.2

12.7

13.9

12.2

11.0

10.7

11.2

11.9

11.2

10.8

10.5

10.4

10.3

10.2

12.7

14.2

12.7

11.5

11.0

10.75

10.6

10.5

10.7

10.75

10.7

11.3

12.3

12.6

15.1

13.9

11.8

11.0

11.2

12.8

12.4

13.4

16.4

15.0

12.3

11.5

13.0

14.2

13.5

16.8

20.2

14.9

16.8

17.1

24.7

27.25

31.5

30.0

26.6

24.3

20.2

13.6

11.3

Lower

584.9

4.7

4.8

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.5

10.5

13.4

9.7

7.0

6.3

7.4

8.8

7.4

6.5

6.1

5.9

5.7

5.6

10.5

14.2

10.6

8.0

6.9

6.5

6.3

6.3

6.5

6.6

6.5

7.7

10.2

10.4

16.2

13.5

8.7

7.1

7.4

10.9

10.0

13.4

20.0

16.4

9.8

8.0

12.0

14.8

13.2

20.9

25.8

18.8

21.8

22.4

30.7

33.35

37.5

36.2

33.0

30.6

26.1

19.5

10.8

Lock Ho. 2

14.5

Upper

580.2

8.7

8.8

9.3

9.4

9.3

9.3

12.5

13.7

11.8

10.4

9.9

10.5

11.3

10.7

10.1

9.8

9.6

9.5

9.4

12.5

14.3

12.3

11.0

10.4

10.0

9.9

9.9

10.0

10.2

10.0

10.8

12.5

12.2

15.3

13.8

11.3

10.4

10.5

12.7

12.0

14.3

18.2

16.0

12.0

11.0

13.5

14.9

14.4

19.0

23.9

21.0

22.2

23.3

29.9

34.6

38.8

38.8

37.6

34.4

29.9

23.0

14.2

Lower

574.2

4.2

4.3

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.0

9.8

12.2

8.9

6.5

5.8

6.5

7.9

6.9

6.0

5.6

5.4

5.3

5.2

9.8

13.3

9.8

7.4

6.4

6.0

5.8

5.8

6.0

6.2

6.0

7.2

10.0

9.5

15.4

12.8

8.8

6.8

6.5

10.4

9.3

13.6

22.3

17.5

14.2

10.0

13.0

18.9

21.0

25.3

30.8

27.5

29.1

30.2

35.7

40.1

44.4

44.4

43.2

41.2

36.7

30.0

21.0

Lock Ho. 1

3.5

Upper

570.0

8.5

8.5

9.2

9.1

9.1

9.1

12.3

13.8

12.0

10.4

10.0

10.3

11.3

10.6

10.0

9.8

9.5

9.5

9.4

12.1

14.4

12.5

11.1

10.3

10.0

9.9

9.8

10.0

10.1

10.0

10.8

12.6

12.3

15.5

14.7

12.3

10.7

10.3

12.7

12.1

14.7

20.3

18.8

18.0

14.0

16.0

21.7

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

-

Lower

562.0

11.0

11.0

11.1

11.1

10.8

11.6

12.8

13.6

13.1

14.3

12.6

10.6

11.3

11.4

11.8

10.6

11.4

11.8

11.0

12.3

13.9

12.5

11.8

10.9

12.0

11.7

12.0

11.2

11.7

14.2

16.2

18.2

19.0

22.0

21.7

20.2

18.1

16.2

14.8

14.3

19.8

26.8

26.8

25.8

22.0

22.5

29.4

32.6

35.4

38.6

38.6

39.5

40.8

46.5

51.5

54.3

55.3

55.2

53.5

48.8

42.1

32.7

a Corps of Engineers, O. 3. Arms SWTe. b Altitude, In feet, above mean sea level.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 9. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the 

little Kanswha Biver, at 8 a.m., December 1936 to March 1937 Continued

lilies above mouth ...

Gage V ........

Zero of gaga £/ . . . .

February 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

35

26

27

28

March 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Lock Ho. 5

40.5

Tipper

617.6

9.2

9.2

9.0

8.7

8.6

8.5

8.4

14.2

16.0

16.1

12.8

10.1

9.3

9.0

8.9

8.8

9.7

10.0

9.9

9.7

9.4

9.3

9.3

9.1

9.1

9.0

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.2

8.6

8.9

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.4

9.2

9.2

10.4

11.9

11.9

11.3

10.1

9.4

9.0

9.2

9.7

9.2

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.4

lower

608.8

6.2

6.3

5.7

5.4

5.3

5.0

4.9

15.0

20.0

20.5

13.8

8.0

6.4

5.9

5.7

5.6

7.1

7.7

7.7

7.3

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.1

6.1

5.8

5.4

5.2

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.7

5.1

5.8

5.5

5.3

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.9

6.1

6.2

8.4

11.5

11.6

10.3

8.1

6.6

5.9

5.5

7.2

6.3

5.6

5.3

5.0

4.9

lock HO. 4

31.0

Upper

604.3

11.0

11.0

10.8

10.4

10.3

10.1

10.1

17.1

17.3

17.4

14.6

12.0

11.2

10.9

10.8

10.7

11.6

11.8

11.8

11.6

11.3

11.3

11.2

11.0

10.9

10.8

10.6

10.4

10.4

10.3

10.2

10.1

10.1

10.4

10.8

10.6

10.5

10.3

10.2

10.2

10.2

10.2

10.3

11.0

11.1

12.3

13.7

13.6

13.1

11.9

11.2

10.9

11.4

11.5

11.1

10.7

10.7

10.3

10,3

Lover

596.8

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.3

5.2

5.0

5.0

15.6

17.0

17.3

11.8

7.4

6.2

5.8

5.6

5.5

6.7

7.1

7.0

6.8

6.3

6.3

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.7

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.9

5.2

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.9

6.1

7.8

10.2

10.2

9.2

7.3

6.3

5.8

6.5

6.5

6.0

5.5

5.2

5.0

5.0

Lock Ho. 3

25.5

Upper

591.2

11.3

11.3

11.0

10.8

10.7

10.6

10.5

17.0

18.3

-

15.0

12.2

11.4

11.1

11.0

11.0

11.8

12.1

12.1

11.8

11.5

11.5

11.4

11.2

11.2

11.0

10.8

10.6

10.5

10.5

10.4

10.3

10.3

10.5

11.0

11.0

10.6

10.5

10.4

10.4

10.3

10.4

10.5

11.2

11.4

12.5

14.0

13.9

13.5

12.3

11.5

11.1

11.5

11.8

11.3

10.9

10.7

10.6

10.5

Lower

584.9

7.7

7.7

7.1

6.6

6.6

6.3

6.1

19.3

23.1

-

16.2

9.7

7.9

7.3

7.0

7.0

8.7

9.3

9.3

8.8

8.0

8.0

7.9

7.5

7.4

7.1

6.7

6.5

6.3

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.9

6.4

7.0

6.8

6.5

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.9

6.0

7.2

7.5

10.1

13.7

13.8

13.0

9.9

8.1

7.1

8.0

8.5

7.7

6.8

6.5

6.3

6.0

Loci: Ho. 2

14.5

Upper

580.2

10.8

10.8

10.5

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.8

16.3

18.8

18.2

14.8

11.8

10.9

10.5

10.4

10.4

11.4

11.7

11.6

11.4

11.0

11.0

10.9

10.7

10.6

10.5

10.3

10.1

10.0

9.8

9.7

9.6

9.6

9.9

10.3

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.7

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.7

10.0

10.6

12.1

13.9

14.1

13.8

12.0

11.1

10.6

10.8

11.3

10.8

10.3

10.0

9.9

9.7

Lower

574.2

12.4

7.8

6.6

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.6

16.5

26.0

22.2

15.0

9.9

7.4

6.6

6.5

6.4

8.1

8.7

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.5

7.3

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.8

6.3

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.6

6.3

6.8

9.2

12.6

13.0

12.6

9.3

7.8

7.2

6.9

7.8

7.2

6.3

6.0

5.7

5.5

Look HO. 1

3.5

Upper

570.0

16.4

11.6

10.6

10.0

10.0

9.8

9.7

15.6

19.2

18.7

16.5

13.2

11.1

10.5

10.4

10.3

11.4

11.7

11.6

11.4

11.1

11.0

11.0

10.8

10.7

10.5

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.8

9.7

9.5

9.5

9.9

10.2

10.2

10.0

9.8

9.7

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.7

10.1

10.6

12.0

14.0

14.2

14.0

12.3

11.3

11.1

10.5

11.3

10.8

10.2

10.0

9.8

9.7

Lower

562.0

24.6

19.3

16.2

14.0

10.9

12.2

12.2

14.8

21.0

21.6

21.3

21.1

18.4

15.5

13.5

12,2

11.8

12.0

12.5

12.5

12.0

12.4

11.8

13.0

12.9

10.7

11.8

11.0

11.2

11.6

12.0

11.7

11.6

11.9

10.5

11.0

12.2

11.9

11.7

11.4

11.4

11.2

11.0

10.7

11.9

12.2

13.1

13.5

14.2

14.0

18.9

18.5

15.9

14.3

13.8

14.0

13.1

10.8

11.7

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage. b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level.
403

Tabla 10. Sage height, in feet, on the Little Kanawha Eiver, at Indicated time, January 1937

Gage. .........

January 22

6 a.m.

6 p.m.

January SS

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

6 p.m.

January 24

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

6 p.m.

11 p.m.

January 25

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

6 p.m.

January 26

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

6 p.m.

January 27

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

6 p.m.

January 28

8 a.m.

6 p.m.

January 29

8 a. 11.

6 p.m.

Lock Ho. 5

tapper

13.7

13.8

17.3

-

17.8

17.4

_

18.7

-

18.5

-

18.7

16.2

-

14.5

12.0

-

10.7

-

-

-

-

Lower

15.5

16.0

22.8

-

24.4

23.5

-

25.5

-

25.5

-

25.5

21.8

-

18.2

12.8

_

10.4

_

_

-

-

Look Ho. 4

Dpper

-

-

18.9

19.5

-

19.0

21.2

-

22.0

22.6

22.4

-

20.2

18.2

-

15.3

14.3

_

-

_

_

-

Lower

22.2

24.7

-

24.2

26.8

_

27.8

28.6

28.4

_

26.0

23.9

-

21.7

20.6

_

_

_

_

-

Look Ho. 3

Upper

-

-

24.7

-

26.95

27.25

-

29.4

-

31.5

-

-

30.0

-

28.2

26.6

_

25.7

-

-

-

-

Lower

-

-

30.7

-

33.95

33.35

_

35.5

-

37.5

-

-

36.2

-

34.4

33.0

_

32.0

-

-

-

-

Lock Ho. 2

Upper

-

-

29.9

-

33.6

34.6

-

36.5

-

38.8

-

39.2

36.8

-

38.2

37.6

_

37.0

34.4

33.1

-

-

Lower

-

-

35.7

-

29.1

40.1

-

42.0

-

44.4

-

44.8

44.4

-

43.8

43.2

-

42.6

41.2

39.7

-

-

Look 

Ho. 1

Lower

-

-

-

-

-

51.5

-

52.5

-

54.S

-

54.9

55.3

-

56.3

55.2

-

54.4

53.5

52.0

48.8

46.4
Table 11. Dally gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Kanawha River, 

Idles above taouth . .

Zero of gage Ji/ . 

December 1

&

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

28

26

27

28

29

30

31

Lock Ho. S 

(London)

82.76

Upper

596.0

17.8

17.5

17.3

17.5

17.8

17.5

18.0

17.7

1B.O

17.7

17.8

17.7

17.9

17.8

17.8

17.9

18.0

1B.O

17.7

17.8

17.8

17.8

17.8

17.8

17.9

18.0

18.0

18.0

17.8

1B.O

17.9

Lower

578.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.1

13.5

19.6

15.8

13.7

13.1

13.0

13.0

13.0

12.9

12.8

12.6

12.5

12.5

12.6

13.3

14.1

13.1

12 .8

12.7

12,8

12.8

13.3

14.4

14.9

14.4

took No. 2 

(Marmot)

67.75

Upper

572.0

18.0

18.0

17.9

17.9

18.0

17.9

18.1

17.8

18.1

17.9

17.9

17.9

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

1B.O

18.0

17.9

1B.O

18.0

18.0

18.0

17.9

18.0

18.0

16. 0

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

Lower

554.0

9.8

9.4

9.7

9.7

10.4

10.5

12.9

23.3

17.8

15.1

12.8

12.9

13.5

13.2

12.4

12.2

11.6

11.2

12.1

12.3

13.9

14.9

12.7

12.4

12.0

12.1

12.2

13.2

15.6

15.8

15.2

Lock No. 6

54.28

Upper

547.9

15.7

15.3

15.4

15.5

16.1

16.2

16.2

(d)

(d)

(d)

15.1

15.7

16.1

16.0

15.4

15.5

15.5

15.5

16.1

16.0

15.2

(d)

14.1

15.2

16.0

15.7

15.8

16.1

15.5

(d)

(d)

lower

547.9

7.4

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.6

7.9

9.6

19.4

15.5

10.9

10.0

9.9

10.1

10.5

9.5

9.1

8.8

8.2

9.1

9.8

10.8

11.6

9.5

9.3

9.5

9.1

9.0

9.6

11.3

11.7

11.3

Look No. 7

44.20

Upper

539.65

15.5

15.4

15.3

15.2

15.6

16.0

15.9

(d)

(d)

(d)

15.2

15.2

15.8

16.0

15.4

15.5

15.5

15.0

15.9

15.9

14.7

(d)

13.5

14.8

15.6

15.5

15.5

15.6

14.7

(d)

(d)

tower

539.65

7.4

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.4

7.6

9.0

21.0

18.6

13.4

10.8

9.9

10.1

10.4

9.6

9.7

9.0

6.7

9.0

10.5

11.3

13.4

11.5

10.4

9.9

9.5

9.4

9.6

12.1

13.5

13.1

Look No. 8

36.22

Upper

530.15

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(4>

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(a)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

Lower

530.15

16.8

16.7

16.7

16.8

16.9

16.9

17.0

 27.0

25.2

20.6

18.2

17.3

17.5

17.6

17.1

17.9

17.3

17.0

17.2

18.5

18.9

20.5

18.8

18.1

18.0

17.7

17.6

17.8

19.3

20.4

20.1

U

0
January 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Ifi

X7

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1V.9

18.0

18.0

17.8

17.8

17.8

17.8

17.9

18.0

18.0

18.0

17.8

17.9

17.8

17.8

18.0

17.9

17.9

18.0

17.9

18.0

17.8

17.8

18.0

18.1

17.8

17.9

18.3

18.1

17.8

17.8

15.2

16.6

22.8

22.0

19.2

16.2

15.2

15.0

14.9

14.3

14.0

13.9

13.4

13.4

13.8

17.1

16.6

20.6

22.2

20.0

29.9

25.5

20.6

19.2

19.5

20.6

18.6

16.2

16.2

14.8

15.8

18.1

18.0

15.1

14.8

17.8

18.0

18.0

18.0

18.0

17.9

17.9

18.0

17.9

17.9

18.0

18.0

18.0

17.0

15.5

17.4

19.9

17.8

17.0

18.0

18.0

17.0

17.9

18.1

18.1

18.0

18.1

15.9

18.5

27.8

27.5

22.6

18.2

16.5

16.4

16.2

15.3

15.0

14.7

14.0

13.8

14.6

19.9

19.3

24.8

28.5

25.6

36.5

35.0

28.7

26.4

27.5

30.1

27.6

24.5

22.8

20.6

19.5

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

15.2

14.7

15.6

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

12.0

15.0

24.4

24.7

19.9

15.0

12.4

12.3

12.6

12.1

12.5

12.4

11.1

10.6

11.8

17.0

17.2

21.2

27.2

25.3

33.6

34.4

30.1

28.6

29.6

g32.7

31.1

29.3

27.7

25.3

21.8

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

14.4

15.2

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

13.7

16.9

26.5

27.3

22.6

17.5

14.3

14.0

14.4

14.1

14.9

14.9

13.1

11.9

13.2

19.4

20.1

24.0

31.1

29.9

36.8

38.8

35.6

34.9

36.2

h39.5

38.5

37.2

35.6

33.1

29.1

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

k)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

20.7

23.6

31.9

33.2

29.0

24.4

21.4

21.0

21.4

a. 2

22.1

22.0

20.2

19.2

19.8

26.1

27.2

30.8

37.7

37.3

43.1

45.5

43.4

43.3

45.0

147.9

47.5

46.5

45.0

42.3

38.4

a Corps of Engineers, U. 3. Army, gage. d Dam down; upper gage not read. h Crest, 3

fc Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level. e Crest, 38.2 ft., 2 p.m. i Crest, 4

o Temporary gage. Zero of permanent gage, 548.0 ft. f Crest, 48. Z ft., 2 a.m. j Crest, 5

g Crest, 32.9 ft., 3-5 a.m.
Table 11. Daily gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Kanawha Bivsr, at 8 

lilies above mouth . .

Sage V .......

Zero of gage Jj/ . . .

February 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

£0

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

look No. 3 

(London)

82.76

Upper

596.0

18.1

18.0

17.8

18.0

18.1

17.8

17.8

17.9

18.0

18.1

17.9

18.2

17.7

18.1

18.1

18.0

17.7

18.1

17.8

17.8

17.8

17.9

18.1

17.8

18.0

17.9

17.9

17.9

Lower

578.0

15.0

15.9

15.3

14.6

13.8

13.2

13.2

13.4

14.6

21.8

20.0

17.2

15.8

14.5

14 ,0

13.5

13.4

13.7

13.6

13.7

13.6

14.0

14.4

15.1

14.3

13.4

13.3

13.0

tools: Ho. 2 

(Marmot)

67.75

Upper

572.0

18.0

18.1

18.0

18.0

18.0

17.9

18.0

18.0

18.0

16.4

17.9

18.2

18.1

17.9

18.0

17.9

17.9

17.9

17.9

18.0

17.9

17.9

17.9

18.1

17.9

17.8

18.0

18.0

Lower

554.0

16.7

17.4

16.7

15.5

13.6

13.6

13.0

13.6

17.0

27.2

24.4

19.8

17.7

15.9

14.5

13.9

14.1

14.2

14.4

14.8

14.9

15.0

15.8

17.0

15.3

13.8

13.5

13.0

Look No. 6

54.28

Upper

547.9

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

15.2

15.3

15.5

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

14.9

14.9

15.4

15.5

15.7

15.6

15.7

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

15.0

15.5

Lower

547.9

17.3

14.1

12.9

11.4

10.3

10.1

10.1

10.2

13.9

925.1

22.6

17.4

14.2

12.0

11.0

10.5

10.7

11.0

11.5

11.7

11.6

11.8

12.6

13.3

11.7

10.9

10.0

9.9

Look Ho., 7

44.20

Upper

539.65

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

14.0

15.0

15.2

(d)

Id)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

13.9

(d)

14.7

15.2

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

13.7

15.1

Lover

539.65

23.9

17.9

14.9

13.4

12.5

11.5

10.8

10.9

15.4

f27.7

25.8

20.5

16.5

13.9

13.0

11.8

12.9

12.6

13.3

14.0

13.8

14.1

14.8

15.6

14.0

12.9

11.4

10.7

Lock No. 8

36.22

Upper

530.15

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

Id)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

Lower

530.15

32.7

25.7

21.9

20.4

19.6

18.8

18.1

18.4

22.2

§33.2

32.0

27.2

23.3

21.0

20.2

19.1

20.0

19.9

20.4

20.8

20.7

21.0

21.7

22.5

21.0

20.0

18.5

18.2

U

0
March 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

18.0

17.8

17.9

17.8

17.9

18.2

17.9

17.8

17.7

18.0

17.8

17.8

17.9

17.8

17.8

17.9

17.9

17.9

17.8

18.0

18.1

18.0

17.9

17.8

17.8

17.9

17.7

17.7

17.8

17.7

18.2

13.1

12.5

12.8

12.9

13.1

14.6

14.0

13«8

13.6

13.6

13.1

13.0

13.0

12.9

13.4

13.9

13.4

13.2

13.3

13.7

13.3

13.7

13.5

13.2

13.1

13.0

12.9

12.7

12.3

12.5

12.7

17.9

17.9

17.9

17.9

17.9

18.0

17.9

17.9

17.9

18.1

17.9

17.9

18.0

17.8

18.0

18.0

17.9

18.0

17.9

17.9

17.9

18.0

17.9

18.0

17.9

17.9

17.9

17.9

17.8

17.9

17.9

13.2

12,5

12.8

12.8

13.1

15.7

15.0

14.8

14.5

13.9

13.4

13.1

12.6

13.0

14.2

14.7

14.2

13.8

13.9

14.3

13.8

14.3

14.1

13.7

13.2

12.9

12.4

12.0

11.8

12.1

9.9

15.5

16.0

16.1

16.0

16.1

15.3

(d)

15.4

15.2

15.5

15.4

16.0

15.5

15.5

15.5

15.3

15.1

15.4

15.5

15.4

15.0

15.6

15.5

15.2

15.5

15.6

15.7

15.6

16.0

15.8

14.9

9.5

9.5

9.8

9.4

10.0

11.3

11.6

11.3

11.0

10.3

10.3

10.1

9.5

9.8

10.5

11.2

10.8

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.6

9.5

9.8

9.6

9.5

9.1

9.3

8.7

7.9

15.1

15.1

15.7

15.5

15.8

14.5

(d)

(d)

(d)

13.5

14.9

15.7

15.1

15.2

14.7

(d)

(d)

(1)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

14.4

14.9

15.1

15.2

15.6

15.1

14.8

10.0

9.7

10.4

9.5

10.5

12.5

13.7

13.4

12.6

11.6

11.3

10.7

10.1

10.5

11.8

13.7

12.9

12.8

12.7

12.4

12.6

12.3

12.1

11.3

10.6

10.1

9.9

9.7

9.5

9.1

6.3

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(a)

(d)

(d)

(a) (d)

(d)

(d)

(a)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(a)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

17.5

17.7

18.2

17.5

18.0

19.6

20.8

20.3

19.6

18.5

18.5

18.1

17.7

18.3

19.0

20.6

20. 0

19.8

19.8

19.5

19.5

19.2

19.1

18.5

18.0

17.8

17.7

17.7

17.7

17.3

16.8

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. irny, gage.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level.

o Temporary gage. Zero of permanent gage, 548.0 ft.

d Bain down; upper ffi.ge not read, 

e Crest, 25.9 ft., 4 p.m. 

t Crest, 28.6 ft., 3 p'.m.

g Crest, 

h Crest, 

1 Crest, 
408 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 12. Gage height, in feet, on the Kanawha Elver, at indicated time, January 1937

Station

Look No. 3 (London)

Upper gage

Lower gage

Look No. 2 (Marraet)

Upper gage

Lower gage

Lock Ho. 6, Lower gage

Look ITo. 7, Lower gage

Look No. S, Lower gage

Look Ko. 1 (Winfield)

Upper gage

Lower gage

Lock 'So. 9, Lower gage

Look No. 10, Lower gage

Lock No. 11, Lower gage

Day

25

26

27

25

26

27

25

26

27

25

26

27

26

27

26

27

26

27

26

27

26

27

26

27

27

27

a.m.

1

18.0

17.9

17.8

18.2

21.2

19.5

18.0

16.7

17.6

25.5

30.6

28.8

32.8

31.8

39.3

38.8

47.5

47.6

51.0

51.4

50.6

51.3

51.7

52.6

59.3

68.75

3

18.2

17.8

17.6

18.2

21.0

19.5

18.2

16.7

17.7

25.6

30.6

28.4

32.9

31.6

39.4

38.7

47.7

47.6

51.2

51.4

50.8

51.3

51.9

52.6

59.35

68.75

5

17.3

18.0

17.7

18.5

20.8

19.1

18.0

16.7

17.8

26.0

30.4

28.2

32.9

31.4

39.5

38.6

47.9

47.6

51.3

51.4

50.9

SI. 3

52.1

52.6

59.55

68.75

7

18.1

17.9

17.8

19.1

20.7

18.8

18.2

16.9

17.9

26.9

30.2

27.8

32.8

31.2

39.5

38.5

47.9

47.6

51.4

51.4

51.0

51.2

52.2

52.6

59.35

68.75

9

18.1

17.8

17.9

20.0

20.5

18.4

18.0

16.9

17.9

27.7

30.1

27.6

32.7

31.0

39.4

38.5

47.9

47.5

51.4

51.4

51.1

51.2

52.2

52.6

59.35

68.8

11

17.9

17.8

17.9

20.2

20.2

17.7

18.0

16.9

17.8

28.3

29.9

27.1

32.6

30.8

39.3

38.4

47.9

47.4

51.5

51.3

51.1

51.2

52.3

52.6

59.35

68.8

p.m.

1

18.0

18.1

18.3

20.5

19.9

17.6

17.9

16.9

17.9

28.6

29.7

26.7

32.5

30.7

39.3

38.2

47.9

47.4

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14.0

13.6

13.2

13.2

13.0

16.4

IS. 5

21.0

20. E

16.0

14.7

14.3

13.8

13.7

13.6

13.6

13.9

14.4

14.9

14.8

14.5

14.1

14.0

13.6

13.4

6 pm

15.2

14.S

14.3

13.9

13.5

13.2

13.1

13.0

16.8

19.0

21.3

19.0

15.5

14.5

14.2

13.8

13.7

13.6

13.7

13.9

14.6

14.9

14.7

14.5

14.1

13.9

13.6

13.4

Lower

507.30

7 am

15.0

14.0

12.9

12.0

12.2

10.5

9.7

9.6

15.5

20.5

27.7

28.5

18.0

14.0

12.5

11.5

11.0

10.7

10.8

11.0

12.0

13.4

13.3

13.0

12.5

12.0

10.8

10.3

Noon

14.8

13.9

1E.8

11.8

12.0

10.4

9.C

9.5

16.5

22.0

28.4

27.0

16.7

13.4

12.3

11.4

11.0

10.7

10.8

11.0

12.4

13.5

13.1

13.0

12.4

11.8

10.7

10.3

6 pm

14.7

13.7

12.6

11.7

12.0

10.3

9.6

9.5

18.0

23.0

29.0

26.0

15.5

13.0

12.0

11.3

11.0

10.7

10.8

11.0

12.9

13.5

13.0

12.8

12.3

11.5

10.6

10.2

Lock No. 7

117.0

Upper

504.55

7 am

13.7

13.0

12.6

12.1

11.8

11.5

11.1

10.8

13.0

15.1

17.4

18.4

15.2

12.8

1E.2

12.0

11.7

11.4

11.4

11.5

11.9

12.5

12.6

12.4

12.4

12.0

11.5

11.3

Noon

13.6

13.0

12.5

12.1

11.8

11.5

11.0

10.9

14iO

16.6

17.9

18.1

14.1

12.6

12.2

11.9

11.7

11.5

11.6

11.7

12.0

12.7

12.8

12.6

12.b

12.0

11.6

11.2

7 pm

13.6

12.9

12.4

1E.O

11.8

11.5

11.0

11.1

14.7

16.2

18.5

17.2

13.6

12.5

12.1

11.9

11.6

11.5

11.6

11.7

12.0

12.8

12.8

12.6

12.5

11.9

11.5

11. E

Low

491

7 am

13.4

12.9

12.1

11.3

10.6

10.2

9.6

9.2

12.2

17.4

22.9

25.2

17.6

13.1

11.5

11.0

10.6

10.4

10.1

10.1

10.6

11.5

1E.O

11.7

11.2

10.6

10.1

9.7

No

13

12

12

11

10

10

9

9

14

18

24

24

16

12

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

12

12

11

11

10

10

9

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level, Ohio River datum.

c Oentral standard 
Table 13. Sage height, .in fast, at river-stage stations on the Kentuclqr River, at indicated tim

Miles above mouth.

Sage a/...........

Zero of gage £/. . .

December 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Look No. 4

65.0

Upper

462.36

7 am

5.8

5.8

5.-7

5.7

5.6

6.1

7.3

8.6

8.6

8.8

8.0

7.7

7.6

7.3

7.2

7.1

6.9

6.8

7.5

7.9

7;9

7.9

7.6

7.5

7.3

7.3

7.4

7.7

8.0

9.4

Noon

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.5

6.5

7.8

8.5

8.8

8.6

7.9

7.7

7.5

7.3

7.2

7.1

6.9

6.8

7.7

8.0

7.9

7.8

7.6

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.4

7.8

8.1

9.6

5 pm

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.6

7.0

8.1

8.5

8.9

8.4

7.9

7.6

7.4

7.3

7.2

7.0

6.9

6.8

7.9

8.1

7.9

7.8

7.6

7.3

7.1

7.1

7.4

7.8

8.1

9.9

Lower

448.66

7 am

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.8

8.7

11.6

11.6

12.6

10.6

9.5

9.4

8.7

8.6

9.1

8.7

8.5

10.0

10.8

10.8

10.3

9.4

9.2

8.6

8.6

9.0

9.3

9.8

15.1

Noon

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.7

7.0

8.8

11.6

12.0

12.1

10.3

9.5

9.3

8.7

8.5

9.0

8.7

8.5

10.6

11.0

10.8

10.1

9.4

9.1

8.4

8.4

9.0

9.4

10.0

15.5

5 pm

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.7

7.2

9.0

11.6

12.3

11.6

10.2

9.4

9.0

8.7

8.3

8.8

8.7

8.5

10.8

11.2

10.8

10.1

9.4

8.8

8.2

8.2

9.0

9.5

10.0

16.0

Look No. 3

42.0

Upper

446.55

7 am

8.8

8.7

8.7

8.8

8.7

8.7

10.2

11.5

11.4

11.8

11.0

10.6

10.4

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.8

9.7

10.4

10.9

10.9

10.8

10.6

10.4

10.1

10.0

10.2

10.7

11.2

13.0

Noon

8.8

8.7

8.8

8.7

8.7

8.8

10.2

11.5

11.5

11.7

10.9

10.5

10.4

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.8

9.7

10.5

10.9

10.9

10.8

10.5

10.3

10.1

10.0

10.3

10.7

11.3

13.1

7 pm

8.7

8.7

8.8

8.7

8.7

9.3

10.6

11.4

11.6

11.5

10.7

10.5

10.3

10.1

10.0

9.9

9.6

9.3

10.5

10.9

10.9

10.7

10.5

10.3

10.0

10.1

10.3

10.8

11.4

13.3

Lower

435.50

7 am

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.3

6.2

8.4

10.2

10.0

10.7

9.4

8.6

8.4

8.0

7.8

7.7

7.6

7.4

8.2

9.1

9.1

9.0

8.7

3.3

8.0

7.8

8.4

8.8

9.7

13.6

Noon

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.4

8.2

10.1

10.1

10.5

9.2

8.6

8.4

8.0

7.3

7.7

7.6

7.4

8.4

8.2

9.1

9.0

8.6

8.2

8.0

7.8

8.3

8.9

9.8

13.5

7 pm

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.2

6.2

7.4

8.6

10.0

10.3

10.3

9.0

8.5

8.3

.9

.8

.7

.5

.5

8.5

a. 2

9.1

e.a

8.5

8.2

7.9

7.9

8.3

9.0

9.9

13.8

Upper

434.41

7 am

7.4

7.4

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.4

9.3

10.4

10.3

10.8

10.0

9.4

9.3

9.0

8.8

8.7

8.b

6.4

'J.I

9.8

9.8

9.7

9.4

9.2

9.0

8.8

9.2

9.5

10.1

12.6

Noon

7.4

7.4

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.6

9.2

10.4

10.4

10.7

9.8

9.4

9.2

9.0

8.8

8.7

8.5

8.4

9.3

9.8

9.8

9.6

9.4

9«2

3.9

8.8

9.2

9.5

10.2

12.4

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gags.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level, Ohio River datum.

o Central stan
Table 13. Sage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Kentucky Hiver, at indicated t

Miles above mouth.

Zero of gage .b/...

Tirae £/... ........

January 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Look No. 4

65.0

Upper

462.86

7 am

10.2

10.4

14.2

16.6

18.8

12.7

9.4

9.9

9.2

12.5

15.3

11.0

9.9

9.2

10. 3

14.6

16.0

26.8

33.9

31.6

_

44.1

g4S.l

h45.3

U47.-6

U45.0

h40.2

36.2

30.7

19.5

14.6

Noon

10.2

10.4

14.8

17.0

18.6

10.9

9.2

9.8

9.2

14.3

15.8

10.6

9.8

9.1

11.0

14.8

16.4

29.1

33.7

31.4

_

644.4

h46.2

h4B.5

H47.0

U44.2

39.5

35.3

27.9

17.1

14.3

5 pru

10.2

11.5

15.0

17.7

18.3

10.2

9.6

9.7

9.5

15.0

14.6

10.4

9.7

9.4

12.0

14.9

18.0

31.4

33.3

31.9

(140.8

f44.9

U46.2

U45.9

U46.S

H43.1

36.6

34.4

25.2

16.3

14.0

Lower

448.66

7 am

17.6

18.2

26.8

29.5

31.8

25.1

15.3

16.7

14.6

23.4

29.6

22.3

18.7

15.0

20.0

27.1

29.0

40.3

47.9

45.6

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

28.8

Noon

17.6

19.3

27.7

31.0

31.6

21.3

14.9

16.4

14.6

27.0

28.8

20.3

18.0

14.6

21.0

27.6

30.1

42.7

47.7

45.4

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

31.3

28.4

5 pm

17.6

21.0

28.9

31.7

31.2

18.6

15.5

16.0

15.6

28.0

28.0

19.5

17.1

15.2

23.0

27.9

31.7

45.0

47.5

41.1

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

30.2

28.0

Look No. 3

42.0

Upper

446.55

7 am

13.7

13.8

16.3

16.4

18.2

16.1

13.1

13.3

12.6

15.8

19.9

15.9

13.7

12.8

15.1

18.4

19.2

27.4

34.2

34.6

37.2

45.3

48.5

48.1

49.8

49.5

46.8

43.5

39.2

33.0

29.4

Noon

13.6

14.1

16.5

17.2

18.3

15.1

12.8

13.1

12.6

17.1

19.9

14.9

13.5

12.6

15.2

IS. 7

19.7

28.9

34.7

34.6

38.0

46.0

48.5

49.0

49.8

48.9

46.1

43.0

38.3

32.0

29.1

7 pm

13.4

14.7

16.6

17.3

18.3

14.1

12.8

13.0

13.2

18.2

19.1

14.6

13.3

13.3

15.8

18.9

20.3

30.5

55.1

154.6

40.4

47.1

48.5

49.7

49.7

48.0

45.2

42.4

36.7

30.8

28.6

Lower

435.50

7 am

14.7

15.5

21.9

25.6

27.8

25.0

15.7

13.9

12.4

22.7

30.1

25.3

16.4

13.6

25.0

28.7

29.5

30.3

45.1

45.6

48.2

56.3

59.5

59.1

61.3

60.5'

57.8

54.5

50.2

44.0

40.4

Jfoon

14.5

15.4

23.0

26.0

28. :>

22.4

13.9

13.8

13.4

26.8

30.1

22.6

15.6

14.3

24.8

29.0

30.0

39.8

45.7

45.6

49.0

57.0

59.5

60.0

61.3

59.9

57.1

54.0

49.3

43.0

40.1

7 pm

14.1

17.0

23.7

26.5

u6* 0

19.1

13.9

13.5

14.7

28.0

29.3

20.0

14.9

21.2

25.6

29.2

30.8

41.3

46.1

45.6

51.4

58.1

59.5

60.7

61.2

59.0

56.2

53.4

46.7

41.8

39.6

Upper

434.41

7 am

13.1

13.3

17.6

21.4

23.9

22.5

14.8

12.7

11.8

19.7

26.5

23.3

15.0

13.1

24.2

27.0

27.6

34.7

40.9

41.9

44.7

51.0

55.3

54.9

56.7

55.3

53.7

52.0

49.0

44.4

41.1

Noon

13.0

13.6

18.9

22.0

24.2

20.5

13.1

12.7

12.5

23.3

26.9

20.8

14.5

16.6

24.0

27.5

28.1

36.3

41.6

42.1

45.4

52.2

55.4

56.3

56.6

55.0

53.5

51.5

47.6

43.5

40.8
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418 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 14. Gage height, in feet, on the Kentucky River, at indicated time, January 1937

Station aJ .....

time

January 21

5

7

9

11

January 22

1

3

5

7

9

11

January 23

1

3

5

7

9

11

January 24

1

3

5

7

9

11

January 25

1

3

5

7

9

11

January 26

1

3

5

7

9

11

January 27

1

3

5

7

Look Ho. 12

a.m.

_

26.8

-

-

27.5

27.45

27.35

27.1

26.8

26.5

25.0

24.9

24.7

24.6

24.5

24.4

24.0

24.05

24.25

24.4

24.7

24.9

25.4

25.4

25.35

25.3

25.3

25.3

25.75

25.9

26.1

26.25

26.4

26.55

26.05

25.7

25.3

24.8

p.m.

27.4

27.5

27.5

27.5

26.15

25.9

25.7

25.5

25.3

25.2

24.3

24.2

24.1

24.1

24.0

24.0

25.05

25.15

25.25

25.3

25.3

25.4

25.3

25.3

25.3

25.4

25.5

25.6

26.65

26.7

26.7

26.55

26.45

26.35

_

_

_

-

Look No. 11

a.m.

_

28.0

_

_

29.0

29.1

29.15

29.3

29.4

29.4

_

_

_

28.9

28.7

28.65

27.1

27.2

27.5

27.9

28.5

28.1

28.9

28.9

28.9

28.9

28.8

28.7

28.0

28.0

27.9

27.8

27.8

27.8

27.5

27.4

27.2

27.0

p.m.

28.8

28.9

29.0

29.0

_

29.3

29.3

29.4

_

29.4

28.5

28.3

28.1

27.9

27.6

27.5

28.1

28.1

28.2

28.2

28.3

28.6

28.6

28.5

28.2

28.3

28.2

28.1

27.8

27.8

27.8

27.8

27.7

27.6

_

_

_

26.4

Look No. 9

a.m.

_

29.5

_

_

32.4

32.5

32.6

32.7

32.8

33.2

35.1

35.3

35.45

35.6

35.5

35.3

33.4

33.2

33.6

34.0

34.4

34.6

35.2

35.3

35.3

35.3

35.1

34.8

_

_

_

31.4

31.0

30.7

28.9

28.7

28.5

23.1

p.m.

32.0

32.3

32.4

32.4

33.6

34.0

34.2

34.5

34.6

34.9

35.2

34.9

34.6

34.2

34.0

33.7

34.6

34.55

34.4

34.4

34.6

35.0

34.5

34.2

33.7

33.6

33.2

32.9

30.4

30.1

29.7

29.5

29.3

29.1

_

-

27.0

-

Look No. 8

a.m.

_

33.0

_

-

37.7

37.8

37.8

38.0

38.2

38.5

40.5

40.8

41.0

41.2

41.1

41.1

38.5

38.6

38.8

39.0

39.3

39.6

40.7

40.8

40.9

40.9

40.7

40.5

37.9

37.3

G6.7

36.0

35.5

35.0

32.5

32.3

32.0

31.8

p.m.

-

37.0

37.3

37.5

38.8

39.0

39.4

39.6

39.9

40.2

40.8

40.6

40.3

39.9

39.5

39.0

39.9

39.9

39.9

39.85

40.2

40.55

40.2

39.8

39.4

39.0

38.7

38.3

34.6

34.2

33.7

33.3

33.0

32.8

-

-

_

30.4

Look No. 7

a.m.

_

30.4

_

_

38.0

38.3

38.45

38.5

38.6

38.65

-

-

_

42.0

_

42.1

39.2

38.9

38.5

38.65

39.05

39.8

41.35

41.65

41.9

41.9

41.8

41.6

37.0

36.4

35.9

35.4

35.2

35.0

31.1

30.7

30.2

30.0

p.m.

36.7

37.3

37.5

37.8

38.9

39.2

39.5

39.8

40.1

_

-

41.6

-

40.7

40.2

39.7

40.2

40.4

40.65

40.7

40.85

41.05

41.0

40.4

39.8

39.0

38.2

37.7

34.7

34.1

33.5

32.4

31.9

31.5

-

-

-

28.1

a Upper gage, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.
Sable 15. . Gage height, in feet, at river-stage stations in the Green Elver Basin, at indi

Miles above mouth . .

Zero of gage gj . . .

December 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Green River

Look No. 6

181.7

7 a.m.

Upper

413.16

8.62

8.62

8.60

8.60

8.60

8.74

10.80

11.40

11.56

11.26

10.30

9.98

10.12

10.10

10.00

9.78

9.58

9.40

10.30

10.46

11.00

11.32

10.88

10.40

10.10

9.88

9.76

10.40

10.90

11.62

13.81

lower

403.26

6.7

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.9

10.2

10.8

11.0

10.7

9.0

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.3

8.1

7.8

7.6

9.0

9.3

10.1

10.6

9.8

9.1

8.5

8.2

8.0

9.1

9.7

11.1

16.1

4 p.m.

Upper

413.16

8.62

8.62

3.60

8.60

8.60

9.40

10.58

11.50

11.62

10.80

10.18

9.90

10.12

10.02

9.88

9.66

9.50

9.52

10.28

10.56

11.20

11.20

10.70

10.26

10.00

9.82

9.80

10.42

11.32

11.70

13.84

Lower

403.26

6.7

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

7.9

9.8

11.1

11.2

9.9

8.7

8*3

8.5

8.4

8.2

7.9

7.7

7.8

9.1

9.5

10.3

10.5

9.5

8.8

8.5

8.1

8.1

9.2

10.5

11.4

16.5

Lock No. 5

168.1

7 a.m.

Opper

400.00

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.8

13.1

13.2

13.3

13.1

12.2

11.9

11.9

12.0

11.8

11.6

11.4

11.3

12.3

12.4

12.8

13.1

12.7

12.2

12.0

11.8

11.6

12.3

12.7

13.3

15.8

Lower

387.50

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

14.8

14.8

15.1

14.8

12.9

12.1

12.1

12.2

13.0

11.6

11.3

11.1

13.3

13.5

14.1

14.7

14.0

13.0

13.3

12.0

11.8

13.0

13.8

15.6

22.2

4 p.m.

Upper

400.00

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.7

11.4

12.9

13.3

13.3

12.8

L2.1

11.9

12.0

12.0

11.8

11.5

11.4

11.5

12.5

12.6

13.0

13.0

12.6

12.0

11.9

11.7

11.7

12.5

13.1

13.6

16.1

Lower

387.50

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.8

14.5

15.3

15.2

14.2

12.5

12.0

12. 3

12.2

11.9

11.5

11.3

11.4

13.5

13.7

14.3

14.5

13.5

12.8

12.2

11.9

11.7

13.3

14.8

16.0

23.5

Lock No. 

149.0

7 a.m.

Upper

389.60

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.6

10.1

10.1

10.2

10.0

9.3

8.9

9.0

9.1

8.9

8.9

8.6

8.5

9.8

9.8

10.0

10.2

9.9

9.4

9.1

8.9

8.8

9.3

9.8

10.7

13.0

lower

373.80

7.13

7.12

7.12

7.12

7.10

7.21

12.50

13.60

14.08

13.40

11.63

10.30

10.18

10.30

10.00

9.45

9.10

8.78

11.70

12.55

12.95

13.50

12.80

12.52

10.63

10.00

9.61

10.61

12.40

14.85

21.50

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Rtver ........

Miles above mouth . .

Zero of gage _b_/ . . .

December 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Green River

LOOK No. 2

63.1

7 a.m.

Upper

355.65

8.54

8.52

6.50

8.50

8.50

S.60

9.48

10.80

11.10

11.10

10.80

10.20

9.86

9.78

9.76

9.64

9.50

9.38

9.60

10.40

10.60

10.70

10.70

10.40

10.11

9.80

9.64

9.60

10.24

10.80

11.94

loner

343.64

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

7.8

11.7

13.2

13.5

12.9

11.0

9.5

9.1

8.9

8.5

8.1

7.9

8.2

10.3

11.3

11.8

11.9

11.0

9.8

9.0

8.5

8.4

9.8

11.5

17.0

Noon

Upper

355.65

8.54

8.50

8.50

8.50

8.50

8.64

9.90

10.90

11.16

11.08

10.70

10.10

9.80

9.78

9.74

9.60

9.40

9.36

9.80

10.48

10.62

10.72

10.62

10.30

10.00

9.78

9.60

9.72

10.34

10.96

12.30

Lower

343.64

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.4

8.6

12.2

13.4

13.5

12.4

10.5

9.2

9.0

8.8

8.4

8.0,

7.8

8.5

10.6

11.4

11.9

11.7

10.7

9.6

8.9

8.4

8.5

10.1

12.1

18.3

4 p.m.

Upper

355.65

8.54

8.50

8.50

8.50

8.50

8.70

10.20

10.96

11.18

10.96

10.60

9.98

9.79

9.78

9.72

9.58

9.40

9.36

10.00

10.50

10.64

10.72

10.56

10.25

9.90

9.76

9.60

9.80

10.42

11.06

12.50

Lower

343.64

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.5

9.1

12.4

13.3

13.4

12.3

10.2

9.2

9.0

8.7

8.3

8.0

7.8

9.0

10.9

11.5

11.9

11.5

10.5

9.4

8.8

8.4

8.6

10.5

12.4

18.0

LOOK No. 1

9.1

7 a.m.

 » i - 

Upper

342.58

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.0

7.8

9.3

9.9

10.0

9.9

9.7

8.9

8.6

8.6

8.4

8.2

8.1

8.1

8.8

9.3

9.4

9.5

9.3

6.8

8.6

8.4

8.3

8.7

9.2

10.9

Lover

328.32

10.3

10.4

10.0

10.0

10.3

10.3

11.1

14.0

15.6

16.7

17.3

18.0

19.7

20.7

20.8

19.8

18.5

17.2

15.7

15.5

12.8

13.5

15.5

16.5

16.6

17.4

18.0

17.9

17.4

16.8

18.0

4 p.m.

Upper

342.58

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.0

8.3

9.6

10.0

10.0

9.8

9.6

8.7

8.5

8.5

8.4

8.2

8.1

8.2

9.1

9.4

9.5

9.5

9.3

8.7

8.5

8*3

8.3

8.9

9.5

11.5

Lover

328.32

10.3

10.5

10.0

10.0

10.3

11.0

11.3

15.5

15.9

17.3

17.3

18.7

20.2

20.9

20.5

19.3

17.9

17.0

16.5

13.5

13.0

14.5

15.8

16.5

16.8

17.6

18.1

17.7

17.1

16.8

19.6
January 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

13.30

14.20

15.34

16.34

17.40

18.84

19.68

19.52

18.22

20.12

21.92

22.90

23.60

24.30

25.52

26.12

26.52

27.64

28.34

29.00

30.28

31.90

33.20

35.20

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

22.4

25.0

26.7

27.8

29.1

30.3

31.5

31.3

30.1

32.0

33.8

34.8

35.5

36.3

37.5

38.1

38.5

39.7

40.4

41.0

42.3

43.9

45.2

47.2

49.7

51.4

52.7

53.6

54.1

54.4

f 54.42

13»50

14.54

15.60

16.64

17.68

18.70

19.78

19.20

18.62

20.82

22.20

23.08

23.76

24.52

25.74

26.20

26.66

27.88

28.50

29.18

30.70

32.10

33.70

35.60

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

23.2

25.5

27.0

28.2

29.5

30.4

31.6

31.0

30.5

32.7

34.1

35.0

35.7

36.4

37.7

38.2

38.6

39.9

40.5

41.2

42.7

44.1

45.7

47.6

50.2

51.7

52.9

53.7

54.2

54.4.

54.4

13.64

14.70

15.80

16.78

17.90

18.82

19.82

19.0

18.90

21.10

22.36

23.2

23.88

24.64

25.84

26.24

26.76

28.00

28.60

29.30

31.00

32.30

34.00

35.90

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

23.7

25.6

27.2

28.4

29.7

30.6

31.6

30.6

30.7

33.0

34.3

35.1

35.8

36.6

37.8

38.2

38.7

40.1

40.7

41.3

43.0

44.3

46.0

47.9

50.5

52.0

53.1

53.9

54.3

54.4

54.3

12.3

12.9

14.4

16.0

17.6

19.7

21.8

23.0

23.7

24.4

25 «1

25.9

26.6

27.3

28.5

29.6

30.8

32.1

32.9

33.4

34.7

36.2

38.1

39.7

41.5

42.8

43.7

44.1

44.5

44.7

44.7

21.3

25.0

28.2

29.8

31.6

33.7

35.8'

37.1

37.8

38.6

39.3

40.1

40.8

41.5

42.7

43.8

45.0

46.3

47.0

47.6

48.9

50.4

52.3

53.9

55.7

57.0

57.9

58.3

58.7

58.9

58.9

12.5

13.2

15.0

16.4

18.6

20.4

22.4

23.3

23.9

24.7

25.3

26.2

26.8

27.8

28.9

30.0

31.2

32.5

33.1

33.7

35.1

37.0

38.7

40.3

42.1

43.2

43.9

44.3

44.6

44.7

44.7

22.5

26.5

28.8

30.5

32.5

34.4

36.4

37.4

38.1

38.9

39.5

40.4

41.0

42.0

43.1

44.2

45.4

46.7

47.3

47.9

49.3

51.2

52.9

54.5

56.3

57.4

58.1

58.5

58.8

58.9

58.9

2

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Arny, gage. e Crest, 39.00 ft., 6 p.m. 

b Altitude, in feet, atoye mean sea level (1912 adjustment). d Oage washed out. 
Station .......

Miles above month .

Zero of gage £/. . .

February 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Green Elver

lock No. 2 Lock No. 1

63.1 9.1

7 a.m.

Upper

355.65

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

35.90

35.30

34.60

33.9

33.2

32.5

31.8

31.0

30.1

29.2

28.1

26.8

£5.0

S2.7

19.48

15.52

11.70

10.40

Lower

343.64

54.2

53.9

53.4

52.8

52.2

51.5

50.8

50.2

49.4

48.7

47.9

47.3

46.6

45.9

45.2

44.5

43.8

43.0

42.1

41.2

40.1

38.8

37.1

34.7

31.3

27.5

23.3

19.2

Boon

Upper

355.65

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

35.80

35.20

34.50

33.8

33.1

32.3

31.6

30.8

29.8

28.9

27.8

26.5

24.5

22.24

18.66

14.44

11.10

10.34

Lower

343.64

54.1

53.8

53.2

52.7

52.1

51.4

50.6

50.0

49.3

48.5

47.8

47.2

46.5

45.8

45.1

44.3

43.6

42.8

41.8

40.9

39.8

38.5

36.5

34.2

30.5

26.3

22.1

18.4

4 p.m.

Tapper

355.65

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

35.60

35.00

34.30

33.6

32.9

32.1

31.4

30.6

29.7

28.7

27.6

26.2

24.0

21.26

17.88

13.74

10.76

10.30

Lower

343.64

54.0

53.7

53.1

52.5

51.9

51.2

50.5

49.9

49.1

48.3

47.6

47.0

46.3

45.6

44.9

44.1

43.4

42.6

41.7

40.7

39.6

3B.2

36.0

33.2

29.8

25.5

21.5

17.6

7 a.m.

Upper

342.58

44.6

44.4

43.9

43.3

42.7

41.8

40.7

39.3

37.6

34.6

32.7

31.1

30.3

29.8

29.5

29.1

28.6

27.6

26.5

25.1

23.0

21.1

19.5

18.4

17.8

15.7

14.3

12.7

Lower

328.32

58.8

58.6

58.1

57.5

56.9

56.0

55.9

53.5

51.8

49.8

47.9

46.3

46.5

46.0

44.6

44.2

43.5

42.5

41.4

40.0

37.9

36.0

34.6

33.3

32.0

29.8

27.8

26.5

4 p.m.

Upper

342.58

44.5

44.2

43.7

43.1

42.4

41.4

40.2

38.7

36.9

33.8

32.0

30.8

30.0

29.7

29.2

29.0

28.2

27.2

25.7

24.2

22.1

20.4

18.9

18.0

16.4

15.3

13.6

12.3

Lower

328.32

58.7

58.4

57.9

57.3

56.6

55.6

55.4

52.9

51.1

49.0

47.2

46.0

45.2

44.9

44.3

44.0

43.1

42.1

40.6

39.1

37.0

35.3

34.0

32.7

31.0

28.0

27.3

26.0

U

4

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Artay, gpga. b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea lev
Table 16.- Gage height, in feet,-at river-stage stations on the Cumberland River, at indicate

Sage aj ...........

December 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Williams burg,

By.

593.7

(b)

692.42

7 a.m.

0.2

.2

.1

.2

.2

1.2

5.S

9.6

10.8

4.5

3.3

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.-8

1.6

1.6

2.2

2.7

3.1

3.0

2.7

2.4

2.1

2.0

2,4

4.2

4.3

5.6

Look No. 21

487.3

Upper

580.55

7 a.m.

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.9

16.0

13.3

11.6

10.0

9.3

9.2

8,9

8.7

8.5

8.4

3*3

8.4

8.5

10.0

10.3

9.9

9.6

9.3

9.1

8.8

9.2

9.8

12.5

12.0

4 p.m.

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7,0

7.1

13.0

14.9

12.8

11.0

9.7

9.3

9.1

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.3

8.2

8.4

9.5

10.3

10.1

9.8

9.4

9.2

9.0

8.8

9.6

11.9

11.9

13.3

Lower

566.55

7 a.m.

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

4.0

23.5

17.0

12.3

8.5

7.0

6.6

6.2

5.8

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.3

5.5

8.2

8.9

8.1

7.5

6.9

6.5

6.1

6.7

8.7

14.0

13.0

4 p.m.

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.7

13.5

21.5

15.3

10.8

7.7

6.8

6.5

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.1

5.0

5.3

7.0

8.8

8.5

7.9

7.1

6.8

6.4

6.0

7.4

11.9

11.5

15.6

Lock Ho. 8

317.0

Upper

451.50

7 a.m.

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.9

6.9

7.0

7.6

8.8

12.7

14.7

13.5

11.8

10.3

9.6

9.2

9.0

8.7

8.5

8.5

9.0

9.5

9.7

10.2

10.3

10.0

9.6

9.4

9.5

10.5

11.1

13.1

4 p.m.

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.9

6.9

7.0

7.7

10.1

13.9

14.5

13.0

11.2

10.0

9.4

9.1

8.9

8.6

8.5

8.6

9.3

9.6

9.8

10.3

10.3

9.9

9.6

9.2

9.7

10.8

11.3

14.3

Lower

438.75

7 a.m.

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

12.2

12.5

20.7

23.7

21.0

17.2

14.4

12.8

12.1

11.7

11.3

11.0

11.2

12.1

12.6

13.0

14.0

14.1

13.6

12.7

12.0

13.2

15.1

16.0

21.1

4 p.m.

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.8

7.7

7.9

11.9

16.8

23.2

23.0

19.6

16.0

13.8

12.5

12.0

11.6

11.2

11.0

11.2

12.5

12.8

13.2

14.2

14.2

13.3

12.2

11.8

13.6

15.5

16.7

23.6

Look Ho. 

299.7

Upper

438.85

7 a.m.

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

10.7

11.4

15.7

16.4

15.0

13.1

11.7

10.9

10.5

10.2

10.0

9.8

10.0

10.5

10.7

10.9

11.3

11.5

11.2

10.6

10.2

11.2

12.2

12.5

15.5

4 p.m.

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

10.9

13.8

16.6

15.9

14.3

12.4

11.4

10.7

10.4

10.2

10.0

9.8

10.2

10.7

10.7

11.0

11.4

11.4

11.0

10.4

10.1

11.4

12.4

13.0

16.5

7 a

7

7

7

7

7

7

1

13

22

24

2

17

15

1

12

12

1

1

1

12

13

13

14

14

13

13

12

14

15

16

22

a Corps of Engineers, U. 3. Army, gage unless otherwise indicated. b U. S. Weather Bureau gage. o Altitude, 
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2

3

4

5

6

7

6

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

S.I

8.1

6.6

5.6

4.1

4.0

3.7

5.4

10.0

19.3

16.3

16.0

6.6

5.3

4.7

4.2

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.9

4.8

4.7

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.2

3.8

3.7

12.7

13.0

12.3

11.5

10.9

10.3

9.9

9.6

12.1

20.6

18.5

15.2

12.8

11.8

10.6

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.8

9.8

10.1

10.7

10.9

10.8

10.6

10.4

10.0

9.7

12.9

12.6

12.0

11.3

10.7

10.2

9.9

10.1

15.6

21.2

16.6

14.7

12.1

11.3

10.6

10.1

10.0

9.8

9.7

9.8

10.5

10.9

10.9

10.7

10.5

10.2

9.9

9.7

14.5

15.3

13.6

11.6

10.3

6.9

6.1

7.9

12.7

31.0

29.0

22.3

17.9

12.7

10.1

9.1

8.6

6.0

7.7

7.8

8.5

9.9

10.2

10.0

9.4

9.1

8.3

7.7

15.1

14.9

13.0

11.0

9.6

6.7

7.9

8.3

20.0

32.5

26.4

19.6

16.0

11.3

9.7

6.9

8.4

7.6

7.7

7.9

9.1

10.1

10.2

9.9

9.3

8.7

8.1

7.7

31.1

22.6

15.0

13.8

13.1

12.2

11.5

11.3

14.1

16.9

21.0

21.6

20.9

17.7

14.8

12.7

11.5

11.0

10.7

10.5

10.5

10.8

11.1

11.5

11.4

11.3

10.9

10.7

26.3

19.5

14.4

13.7

12.7

11.9

11.4

11.2

15.9

18.5

21.7

21.7

19.9

16.4

13.8

12.2

11.3

10.9

10.6

10.5

10.6

10.9

11.3

11.5

11.4

11.1

10.9

10.6

43.9

35.0

25.8

21.5

20.0

isa

16.7

16.6

23.8

26.6

33.1

33.8

32.6

29.1

23.6

19.2

16.7

15.7

15.0

14.7

14.8

15.4

16.3

16.6

16.4

16.3

15.5

15.0

41.0

31.7

23.5

21.1

19.4

17.4

16.8

16.5

27.4

30.5

33.7

33.7

31.7

26.9

21.6

16.1

16.3

15.4

14.8

14.6

15.0

15.8

16.4

16.8

16.4

16.1

15.2

14.8

35.9

29.2

19.4

15.2

14.5

13.6

12.8

12.8

17.0

20.0

23.5

23.6

22.4

19.3

16.3

U.I

12.8

12.4

11.9

11.8

11.9

12.1

12.7

12.9

12.6

12.6

12.2

12.0

33.7

25.6

16.6

15.0

14.4

13.2

12.9

12.8

18.9

21.2

23.9

23.4

21.5

17.9

15.4

13.6

12.7

12.1

11.8

11.8

11.9

12.5

12.7

12.9

12.6

12.6

12.0

11.8

4

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Time d/ .............

February 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Look Ho. 4

237

Opper 

402.85

7 a.m.

41.4

39.0

34.0

25.1

16.0

14.6

13.7

13.6

16.0

19.9

22.3

24.0

23.9

22.1

19.2

15.6

14.0

13.2

12.S

12.5

12.6

12.7

13.2

13.3

13.4

13.2

13.0

12.7

4 p.m.

40.8

37.6

31.1

20.9

15.2

14.1

13.6

13.6

17.8

20.7

23.2

24.'1

23.5

21.6

17.7

14.7

13.5

13.0

12.6

12.5

12.6

12.7

13.3

13.3

13.3

13.2

12.8

12.6

.0

Lower 

390.85

7 a.m.

53.2

50.6

45.7

36.8

25.1

19.9

18.0

17.6

22.0

29.7

32.3

34.8

34.8

33.3

29.3

22.6

18.6

16.8

15.8

15.3

15.4

15.5

16.4

16.7

17.1

16.6

16.4

15.6

4 p.m.

52.4

49.2

42.8

32.1

22.1

19.1

17. S

17.6

26.2

30.7

33.8

35.0

34.4

32.1

26.7

20.4

17.6

16.4

15.5

15.4

15.5

15.6

16.7

16.9

16. S

16.6

16.0

15.4

LOCK Ho. 3

21

Upper 

390.85

7 a.m.

43.7

41.5

38.1

30.9

19.8

14.2

13.3

13.1

14.5

20.6

22.7

24.7

25.1

24.0

20.6

15.7

13.5

12.8

12.2

11.8

11.9

12.0

12.5

12.7

12.9

12.6

12.5

12.1

4 p.m.

43.0

40.5

35.9

26.7

16.2

13.8

13.1

13.1

16.8

21.4

23.7

25.1

24.8

23.2

18.7

14.6

13.2

12.6

12.1

11.8

11.9

12.0

12.7

12.8

12.8

12.6

12.3

12.0

8.1

lower 

378.85

7 .a.m.

55.7

53.5

50.0

42.6

31.3

22.6

19.1

18.8

21.2

32.0

34.2

36.2

36.6

35.5

31.9

25.3

19.8

17.9

16.8

16.1

16.3

16.5

17.2

17.6

18.0

17.4

17.3

16.5

4 p.m.

55.0

52.5

47.8

38.5

27.4

20.9

18.8

18.7

27.2

32.7

35. 2

36.6

36.3

34.7

29. S

22.7

18.9

17.5

16.4

16.1

16.3

16.5

17.6

17. S

17.8

17.4

17.0

16.3

Lock Ho. 2

20

Upper 

378.85

7 a.m.

46.1

44.1

41.4

36.1

26.2

17.4

13.8

13.6

13.0

23.9

24.9

26.5

27.0

26.3

23.8

18.3

14.2

13.2

12.6

12.3

12.4

12.5

12.8

13.0

13.2

12.9

12.8

12.4

4 p.m.

45.3

43.3

39.9

32.8

22.3

15.1

13.6

13.5

19.5

24.2

25.5

26.8

26.8

25.7

22.2

15.9

13.7

13.0

12.6

12.2

12.4

12.5

13.0

13.0

13.1

12.9

12.7

12.3

1.0

Lower 

3S7.85

7 a.m.

57.0

55.0

52.3

47.0

37.0

27.4

22.0

20.1

22.6

34.1

35.1

37.0

37.6

36.8

34.1

28.5

22.1

19.0

17.7

16.8

17.0

17.2

17.7

18.4

18.7

18.3

18.0

17.1

4 p.

56

54

50

43.

32

25

20

20

29

34

35

37

37

36

32

25

20

18

17

16

17

17

18

18

18

18

17

16

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage unless otherwise indicated. b U. S. Weather Bureau gage. c Altit
Table 16. Sage height, in feet, at river-stage stations on the Cumberland River, at indicated 

Miles above mouth . . . .

Time £/ .........

December 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

13

14

15

IS

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Lock B

140.3

Upper

348.53

7 a.m.

10.2

10.4

10.6

10.3

10.3

10.3

10.9

13.8

12.4

14.2

16.5

16.0

14.4

12.9

11.5

11.4

10.6

10.3

10.3

10.8

11.4

11.5

11.5

11.6

11.7

11.5

11.2

11.0

12.7

13.6

15.4

4 p.m.

10.3

10.4

10.6

10.3

10.3

10.3

10.9

13.5

13.0

15.0

16.3

15.5

13.7

12.5

11.3

10.8

10.3

10.3

10.5

11.3

11.4

11.3

11.5

11.7

11.7

11.4

11.4

11.0

13.2

13.9

16.6

Lover

336.53

7 a.m.

10.8

10.7

10.5

10.6

10.7

10.8

11.9

20.2

18.2

20.3

26.3

25.5

22.3

19.2

18.0

14.8

13.6

13.0

13.5

14.2

15.0

15.2

15.7

15.7

15.8

15.6

15.4

14.4

17.0

19.0

S3. 4

4 p.m.

10.8

10.5

10.5

10.6

10.6

10.8

16.8

20.1

19.1

24.7

25.9

24.0

20.1

18.4

15.9

14.0

13.4

13.4

13.8

14.7

15.1

15.2

15.7

15.8

15.8

15.5

15.0

14.3

18.1

20.6

24.1

Lock C

108.5

Upper

336.30

7 a.m.

10.7

10.3

10.6

11.0

10.9

10.8

11.0

13.6

13.2

14.4

16.4

16.2

14.9

13.5

12.3

11.5

11.1

10.7

11.1

11.3

12.0

11.9

11.8

11.8

12.0

12.0

11.6

11.3

12.3

13.9

15.1

4 p.m.

10.4

10.5

10.8

11.0

10.8

10.8

11.2

14.1

13.0

15.4

16.5

15.8

14.4

13.0

11.9

11.3

10.9

10.9

11.2

11.7

12.0

11.9

11.8

11.9

12.1

11.8

11.5

11.4

13.1

14.0

16.7

Lower

324.30

7 a.m.

10.6

10.1

10.7

10.7

10.7

10.7

11.0

17.2

17.4

19.0

23.3

23.3

20.0

17.9

15.5

14.1

13.2

12.5

13.2

13.6

14.8

14.7

14.5

14.5

14.8

14.7

14.2

13.6

15.0

18.1

20.5

4 p.m.

10.4

10.3

10.8

10.7

10.7

10.6

12.9

18.7

16.8

21.0

23.7

22.5

19.7

16.9

14.8

13.7

12.9

12.7

13.5

14.1

14.8

14.6

14.5

14.6

14.9

14.6

14.0

13.7

16.5

18.5

23.4

Lock D

S8.0

Upper

334.25

7 'a.m.

10.5

10.1

10.6

10.7

10.6

10.6

10.4

12.8

13.4

13.9

16.4

16.8

15.2

13.7

12.4

11.6

11.0

10.5

11.0

11.3

11.9

12.0

11.8

11.8

12.0

11.9

11.6

11.3

11.9

13.7

14.7

4 p.m.

10.4

10.2

10.8

10.7

10.6

10.4

10.8

13.9

13.0

15.0

16.6

16.4

14.6

13.3

12.1

11.3

10.9

10.8

11.3

11.4

12,0

11.9

11.6

11.8

12.0

11.8

11.5

11.3

12.7

14.0

16.1

Low

313.2

7 a.m.

10.3

10.1

9.9

9.9

10.6

10.6

10.8

16.7

19.0

19.3

24.6

25.7

23.3

19.7

16.8

15.1

14.0

13.1

13.8

14.2

15.4

15.6

15.3

15.1

15.5

15.5

15.0

14.3

15.0

19.0

21.4

4 

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lilies above mouth ...

Gage a/ ........

Zero of gage a/ ...

January 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Loos B

140.3

Upper

348.53

7 a.m.

21.1

22.0

31.6

35.5

37.4

37.7

38.2

39.0

39.2

39.3

38.7

35.5

29.0

25.5

24.8

29.0

30.8

38.3

42.6

43.5

46.8

49.6

52.5

52.9

53.0

51.9

50.9

50.3

49.8

49.2

48.7

4 p.m.

21.9

24.9

33.5

36.6

37.5

37.8

38.4

39.1

39 3

39.4

38.4

33.0

26.9

24.5

24.9

30.1

33.7

41.1

42.9

46.5

48.1

50.5

52.6

52.9

52.8

51.6

50.6

50.0

49.5

49.0

48.4

lower

336.53

7 a.m.

32.8

34.1

43.1

47.4

49.3

49.5

49.9

50.6

51.0

51.2

50.6

47.4

40.8

37.5

36.7

40.9

42.6

50.2

54.5

55.6

56.8

61.6

64.5

64.9

65.0

63.9

62.9

62.3

61.8

61.2

60.7

4 p.m.

33.9

36.8

46.3

48.5

49.4

49.5

50.0

50.9

51.2

51.3

50.3

45.0

39.0

36.5

36.8

41.9

45.7

53.0

54.8

57.6

60.1

62.5

64.6

64.9

64.8

63.6

62.6

62.0

61.5

61.0

60.4

LOOK 0

108.5

Upper

336.30

7 a.m.

19.1

20.7

26.9

30.5

32.9

34.0

34.8

35.E

36.1

36.8

37.4

36.7

33.5

29.9

28.0

29.2

30.4

36.7

40.2

41.9

44.9

48.7

51.5

52.2

52.8

51.7

50.5

49.1

48.1

47.6

47.4

4 p.m.

20.1

23.0

28.5

31.5

33.5

34.4

35.0

35.7

36.3

37.1

37.4

35.9

32.0

28.7

28.4

29.7

32.7

38.2

40.9

43.4

46.5

49.8

51.9

52.8

52.5

51.3

50.0

48.7

47.8

47.5

47.3

lower

324.30

7 a.m.

28.5

31.2

37.9

41.8

44.3

46.5

46.3

47.1

47.7

48.5

49.1

48.4

45.7

41.6

39.7

40.6

41.4

48.4

52.0

53.7

56.8

60.6

63.4

64.1

64.7

63.6

62.4

61.0

60.0

59.4

59.2

4 p.O.

29.7

33.4

39.5

42.8

44.9

46.9

46.5

47.3

48.0

48.8

49.1

47.6

43.8

40.3

40.0

41.1

43.7

50.0

52.7

55.3

58.4

61.7

63.8

64.7

64.4

63.2

61.9

60.6

59.6

59.3

59.1

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88.0

Upper

324.25

7 a.m.

19.6

23.4

28.8

32.7

35.4

37.1

38.0

38.9

39.6

40.3

41.1

41.2

39.7

37.3

35.0

34.7

35.5

39.9

42.3

44.4

47.5

51.3

54.1

55.4

56.8

56.5

55.6

54.5

53.6

52.8

52.2

4 p.m.

21.8

24.8

30.4

33.7

36.1

37.5

38.4

39.1

39.9

40.7

41.2

40.9

38.8

36.1

34.7

34.9

36.8

40.8

43.2

46.4

49.1

52.6

54.6

56.4

56.8

56.2

55.3

54.1

53.3

52.5

52.0

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313.25

7 a.m.

29.4

33.6

38.9

43.3

46.0

47.8

48.7

49.5

50.2

50.8

51.6

51.7

50.2

47.8

45.5

46.5

46.3

50.6

53.0

55.1

58.2

62.0

64.8

66.1

67.5

67.2

66.3

65.2

64.3

63.5

62.9 -

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Miles above

Zero of

gage.b/.........

Month. ..........

Day

. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Widows Bar, Ala.

407.6

581.0; 0580.82

Dec. Jan. Feb.

Gage height £/

9.50

9.43

9.64

9.63

9.74

9.75

10.77

13.21

13.49

12.30

11.54

11.07

10.64

10.36

10.21

10.11

9.92

9.95

10.13

10.66

11.45

12.08

11.96

11.59

11.04

10.53

10.31

10.18

10.47

11.46

12.63

14.14

16.60

21.63

24.16

24.65

24.24

21.53

17.20

14.19

13.03

12.47

12.19

12.79

14.36

16.29

17.79

18.65

18.73

19.82

21.29

21.81

21.16

19.71

17.99

18.24

20.13

20.90

19.76

17.05

14.30

13.83

13.65

13.84

14.16

14.27 '

14.00

13.59

13.43

13.33

14.56

18.05

20.32

20.20

16.96

17.65

16.10

15.17

14.87

14.57

14.40

14.37

14.06

13.77

13.50

13.10

12.62

12.70

12.88

12.73

EiTerton, Ala.

226 .8

355.69

Dec. Jan. Feb.

Gage height £/

10.13

10.66

10.31

10.45

10.30

11.19

13.10

12.42

18.43

19.73

19.08

18.71

17.07

14.98

15.26

11.21

10.51

13.33

10.28

9.68

9.90

12.06

12.56

11.79

12.89

13.50

14.09

18.19

18.45

18.31

19.25

21.74

28.59

37.06

39.21

39.90

40.18

40.26

39.73

38.67

38.10

36.00

32.26

31.06

28.32

29.31

32.81

34.28

36.71

38.00

38.66

38.77

39.00

39.40

39.82

40.08

40.73

40.85

40.33

39.51

38.63

36.53

33.20

29.81

26.76

25.06

28.10

29.10

29.45

25.90

27.37

30.07

31.60

32.27

32.86

33.05

32.88

31.70

29.76

26.99

25.13

23.68

22.98

23.32

22.95

22.48

21.88

20.62

19.72

19.66

PicJcwiok Dam, Term. sJ

206.6

342.20

December

Hour 

(a.m.)

7:45

7:45

7:45

7t45

7:30

8:00

8:00

7:45

7:30

8:00

7:45

7:30

7. -30

7:30

7:30

7:30

7:30

7:30

7:30

8:00

7:30

7:30

7:30

7:30

8:00

7:30

8:00

7:30

7:30

-

7:30

Gage 

height

13.4

13.6

13.75

13.6

13.6

14.1

17.2

16.9

19.7

22.55

22.25

22.0

21.05

18.6

16.1

15.75

14.0

17.75

14.6

13.2

13.1

14.65

15.7

14.35

15.55

16.25

16.6

20.8

22.1

_

22.3

Hour 

(p.m. J

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

_

4:00

3:30

3:30

3:45

3:30

3:30

_

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

-

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

-

3:30

3:30

-

3:30

Gage 

height

13.25

13.9

13.5

13.65

13.5

_

17.2

15.9

21.1

22.75

22.35

22.0

_

18.7

20.3

14.6

13.7

16.55

13.95

-

13.0

15.5

16.2

14.5

16.1

16.6

-

21.65

21.9

-

22.4

January

Hour 

(a.m.)

7:30

7:30

7:15

8:00

7:00

7:00

-

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

8:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

7:00

6:00

Gage 

heigHt

22.4

30.5

39.8

42.9

44.35

45.15

45.6

45.75

45.05

44.4

43.7

40.5

38.5

35.9

34.2

37.25

39.1

41.15

43.0

43.95

44.85

45.1

45.6

46.2

46.3

46.75

47; 15

46.95

46.45

45.7

44.65

Hour 

(p.m.)

_

5:00

_

3:30

-

3:00

-

_

3:00

-

3:30

3:30

3:30

3:30

-

3:45

3:30

3:30

3:30

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

4:00

Gage 

height

_

34.1

_

43.35

-

45.4

45.8

_

44.75

-

42.8

39.4

38.0

34.8

34.9

37.9

39.6

41.9

43.4

44.6

44.6

45.15

45.6

46.25

46.4

46.9

47.1

46.8

46.2

45.5

43.8

a Tennessee Valley Authority gage.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level, U. S. Coast and 3-eodetio 

Survey datum (adjustment of 1929) except as noted.
Table 18. Daily gage height, in feet, at principal rlTer-stage stations on the Mississippi

Zero of gage aj . . .

December 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

a

s

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(a)

379.80

-0.63

-.76

-.87

-.80

-.43

.13

.43

-.08

-.82

-1.11

-.75

-.65

-.87

-1.05

-1.53

-2.32

-3.12

-2.82

-2.22

-2.06

-1.94

-1.93

-2.37

-2.97

-2.88

-2.43

-2.20

-2.09

-1.23

-.43

-.03

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(b)

340.83

1.9

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.8

2.0

2.3

1.9

1.4

1.1

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.1

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-.2

.1

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.4

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-.4

-.4

-.1

.1

.3

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3.0

d

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(a)

304.43

8.50

8.20

8.03

7.93

7.84

8.04

8.28

8.52

8.58

8.21

7.83

7.73

7.89

7.87

7.74

7.55

7.22

6.71

6.44

6.62

6.83

6.93

6.99

6.90

6.56

6.28

6.48

6.68

6.. 79

7.10

9.40

rH

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(0)

270.41

9.5

9.6

8.1

8.8

8.5

8.9

9.8

11.0

13.9

16.7

17.2

18.5

19.2

19.6

19.8

19.5

19.0

18.0

16.7

15.7

15.0

14.5

12.1

12.2

13.0

15.3

15.0

15.1

15.6

16.5

18.4

£?

.

11o

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(o)

266.46

9.5

9.4

8.1

8.5

8.1

8.7

9.4

10.7

13.1

16.1

16.6

17.8

18.6

19.0

19.1

19.0

18.5

17.7

16.5

15.4

14.3

14.6

12.1

11.8

12.5

14.7

14.6

14.7

15.1

15.7

17.5

.

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(o)

256.96

6.0

5.5

5.1

4.6

4.4

4.8

5.1

6.0

7.2

9.9

11.2

12.1

13.0

13.6

13.9

14.0

13.7

13.1

12.2

11.1

10.0

10.0

8.7

7.6

7.7

8.8

9.8

9.8

10.1

10.5

11.7

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ft

S

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£

S

(o)

230.50

1.4

1.3

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-.1

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1.8

3.7

6.3

7.3

8.7

9.5

10.0

10.2

10.1

9.8

9.1

8.0

7.1

6.0

5.8

4.3

3.4

4.3

5.2

5.8

5.9

6.3

7.0

3

1

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8

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la \

\=» /

184.21

3.96

4.01

4.04

3.76

3.25

3.16

3.53

3.59

3.98

4.65

6,04

8.20

9.61

10.57

11.38

11.87

12.08

12.10

11.87

11.35

10.57

9.65

8.82

8.40

7.44

6.53

6.42

7.48

8.24

8.47

9.24

.

5

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£

(0

141.81

6.1

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.4

5.0

4.8

5.2

5.4

6.0

6.9

8.5

11.0

12.7

14.0

15.0

15.6

16.0

16.2

15.8

15.3

14.4

13.4

12.4

11.6

10.6

9.5

9.2

10.2

11.1

11.8

£43

i!

5

(c)

96.75

3.1

2.5

2.1

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.7

2.8

3.8

4.5

5.4

6.8

8.4

9.6

10.6

11.3

11.5

11.6

11.4

11.0

10.4

9.7

8.8

7.9

6.9

6.1

5.3

5.4

6.1

a Geological Survey water-stage recorder, 

to Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amor, gage.

o Mississippi Hiver Commission gage, 

d Affected by tide.
Table 18. Daily gage height, in feet, at principal river-stage stations on the Mississippi Hi

Zero of gage e/ , . .

January 1

3

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

30

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1

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(a)

379.80

0.96

2.80

4.67

5.52

5.55

5.18

4.67

5.29

7.40

8.64

8.86

7.96

6.45

5.90

7.82

11.93

12.73

11.17

10.00

9.45

8.50

7.63

7.97

8.77

9.18

8.52

7.47

6.74

6.17

5.88

6.27

rH

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1

(b)

340.83

3.2

3.7

5.3

6.6

7.4

7.4

7.2

8.6

9.1

10.6

11.2

11.2

10.0

9.3

11.7

12.7

14.7

14.9

13.8

12.5

12.0

11.3

10.7

11.0

11.5

11.5

10.9

10.0

9.3

8.9

9.4

 

1.

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0

§<

0

(a)

304.43

10.29

10.15

11.00

12.15

13.12

13.48

13.60

14.73

15.60

16.66

17.63

18.03

17.81

18.67

31.11

31.76

22.39

23.63

23.48

22.70

33.22

33.92

34.23

24.95

26.14

26.70

26.27

25.78

25.59

25.72

26.23

8

£

(a)

270.41

30.6

22.2

34.6

28.2

31.5

34.0

36.1

37.8

39.3

40.9

42.0

42.9

43.5

44.0

45.3

46.3

46.9

47.9

49.0

50.0

51.6

53.8

55.4

56.8

58.2

58.3

57.9

58.0

58.3

58.6

59.0

.

.*

|

(o)

266.46

19.8

31.3

23.3

26.5

29.7

33.3

34.2

35.8

37.3

38.8

39.9

40.8

41.3

41.8

43.0

44.0

44.6

45.5

46.5

47.1

48.5

50.5

53.1

53.0

f54.5

53.1

52.1

52.2

52.8

53.2

53.4

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a

s

£5

(o)

255.96

13.5

15.4

16.9

19.7

23.0

25.6

27.6

29.1

30.4

31.6

32.6

33.5

34.2

34.7

35.3

36.2

36.9

37.6

38.4

39.2

40.1

41.4

42.7

43.5

44.2

44.4

44.6

45.6

46.7

47.2

47.6

^

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(o)

330.50

8.4

10.5

13.1

14.1

17.2

30.3

23.7

24.5

26.1

27.3

28.4

29.3

30.1

30.8

31.3

31.8

32.6

33.3

33.9

34.6

35.5

36.7

37.8

38.9

39.9

40.6

40.9

41.2

41.7

42.4

42.9

.

1

I

56

(a)

184.21

9.75

11.13

12.64

14.19

15.86

18.23

20.78

22.71

34.44

26.06

27.27

28.32

29.06

39.70

30.37

30.82

31.36

33.32

33.09

33.70

34.83

36.39

37.98 ,

39.56

41.42

42.76

43.75

44.32

44.63

45.00

45.65

1

irH

W

(a)

141.81

12.5

13.5

15.0

16.8

18.8

21.2

24.2

27.2

39.6

31.7

33.6

35.0

36.0

37.2

38.0

38.6

39.4

40.2

41.1

42.1

43.2

44.6

46.0

48.0

49.8

51.4

53.8

53.9

54.6

55.2

55.8

iH 

O

M -S

<!

(o)

96.75

7.1

8.7

10.4

12.1

13.8

15.3

17.0

19.0

20.8

22.7

24.4

35.9

27.1

38.1

28.9

29.6

30.6

31.4

32.3

33.2

34.2

34.9

35.7

37.1

38.3

39.8

41.7

43.3

44.5

46.0

47.1
February 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

26

7.16

8.98

9.44

11.24

12.27

12.08

10.51

9.02

9.36

10.22

9.88

9.69

10.01

9.96

9.45

9.70

11.12

13.46

14.35

14.76

14.48

15.10

16.84

18.43

18.80

18.67

17.87

16.89

9.7

10.0

11.5

11.8

12.8

13.6

13.0

11.9

11.8

11.8

11.8

11.7

11.5

11.6

11.5

11.0

11.2

12.5

14.3

15.2

15.2

15.4

16.2

17.9

19.1

19.3

19.0

18.0

26.50

26.50

26.98

27.25

27.29

27.62

27.48

27.00

26.44

25.76

25.23

24.63

23.88

23.28

22.69

21.79

21.25

21.10

21.71

22.30

22.42

22.13

22.04

22.89

24.19

24.74

24.57

23.86

59.3

59.4

g59.5

g59.51

59.4

59.2

59.0

58.5

58.1

57.4

56.6

55.7

54.8

54.1

53.1

52.0

51.2

50.4

49.7

49.0

48.0

46.8

45.4

44.0

42.6

41.6

40.5

39.2

53.6

53.6

53.6

53.6

53.5

53.3

53.1

52.8

52.5

52.0

51.5

50.8

50.2

49.6

48.8

48.3

47.5

47.0

46.5

46.0

45.4

44.5

43.5

42.3

41.2:

40.2

39.1

38.0

47.8

47.9

h47.97

47.9

47.9

47.8

47.7

47.5

47.3

46.9

46.4

45.9

45.2

44.6

43.8

43.0

42.3

41.5

40.8

40.1

39.4

38.7

37.8

36.7

35.6

34.6

33.7

32.6

43.2

43.6

43.9

44.1

44.3

44.4

44.4

44.35

44.2

44.0

43.7

43.2

42.7

42.0

41.4

40.6

39.9

39.1

38.4

37.8

37.2

36.7

36.1

35.3

34.4

33.6

32.S

31.8

46.24

46.72

47.10

47.53

47.77

48.04

48.22

48.41

48.63

48.69

48.56

48.37

48.05

47.75

47.25

46.71

45.97

45.21

44.35

43.52

42.70

41.69

40.80

39.86

38.92

37.92

36.90

35.83

56.5

57.2

57.6

58.0

58.4

58.7

59.2

59.4

59.8

60.1

60.2

J60.21

60.2

60.1

60.0

59.8

59.6

59.1

58.6

58.1

57.4

56.9

56.2

55.4

54.7

53.8

53.9

51.9

48.0

48.9

49.8

50.5

51.2

51.7

52.2

52.6

53.1

53.4

53.7

53.8

53.8

ls:53.86

53.8

53.7

53.5

53.4

53.1

52.7

52.3

51.9

51.5

51.1

50.9

50.3

49.7

49.0

a. Geological Survey water-stage recorder. e Altitude, in feet, above mean Gulf level. 

b Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage. f Crest, 4 p.m. 

c Mississippi Biver Commission gaga. g Crast, 9 p.m. Feb. 3 to 7 a.m. Feb. 4. 

d Affected by tide.
Table 18. Daily gage height, in feet, at principal river-stage stations on the Mississippi H

Zero of gage ja/. . .

March 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

a

§

a 

3

a

(a)

379.80

16.08

15.19

14.10

13.43

12.92

12.74

14.18

16.97

19.10

19.95

20.75

20.72

20.42

20.32

20.12

19.91

19.37

19.05

18.60

18.43

18.36

17.65

16.45

14.96

14.01

13.71

14.51

15.78

15.81

15.19

14.29

r-4

r-4 

M

p

f} 

O

(b)

340.83

17.1

16.3

15.3

14.4

13.8

13.3

13.4

14.9

17.4

19.1

20.1

20.7

20.6

20.4

20.3

20.1

19.8

19.4

19.2

18.9

18.9

18.7

17.9

16.7

15.4

14.6

14.4

15.6

15.9

15.8

15.3

3

I

 H 0

1

(a)

304.43

22.70

21.67

20.78

19.83

19.06

18.49

18.15

18.76

20.68

22.67

23.82

34.60

24.82

24.65

24.52

24.37

24.13

23.85

23.56

23.24

23.15

23.08

22.66

21.77

20.75

19.72

19.12

19.26

20.04

20.41

20.15

M

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0)

0

(o)

270.41

37.8

36.2

34.8

33.2

31.6

30.0

28.7

27.4

27.0

27.6

28.5

29.3

30.0

30.3

30.4

30.4

30.2

29.7

29.3

29.0

29.0

29.2

29.4

29.4

29.0

28.4

27.8

27.6

28.0

28.4

28.5

&

|

0

0

(o)

266.46

36.6

35.1

33.7

32.2

30.7

29.3

27.9

26.8

26.4

26.8

27.7

28.4

29.0

29.5

29.6

29.5

29.3

28.8

28.4

28.1

28.0

28.2

28.4

28.5

28.2

27.7

27.2

26.9

27.1

27.5

27.7

g

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i

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255.96

31.0

29.5

28.1

26.8

25.5

24.0

22.7

21.6

20.8

20.9

21.5

22.2

22.8

23.4

23.5

23.5

23.4

23.0

22.7

22.4

22.2

22.2

22.4

22.5

22.3

21.9

21.4

21.0

21.0

21.5

21.6

i H 

Pi

3 O 

O

(o)

230.50

30.6

29.2

27.5

26.0

24.5

23.0

21.4

19.9

18.6

18.0

18.3

18.9

19.6

20.3

20.7

20.9

20.9

20.7

20.3

20.0

19.6

19.5

19.6

19.8

19.8

19.5

19.0

18.6

18.3

18.4

18.7

_.

&

3

E

(a)

184.21

34.65

33.45

32.10

30.56

29.00

27.30

25.70

24.14

22.67

21.38

20.70

20.57

20.90

21.41

21.85

22.12

22.17

22.15

21.97

21.72

21.43

21.11

20.93

21.00

21.15

21.17

21.94

20.55

20.16

19.91

19.88

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141.81

50.8

49.7

48.5

47.1

45.6

44.0

42.2

40.3

38.1

35.8

33.4

31.6

30.6

30.3

JO. 4

30.6

30.7

30.6

30.5

30.2

29.7

29.2

28.7

28.6

28.5

28.5

28.4

28.1

27.6

27.1

26.8

,

-p

 H 

0

S

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gjj

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96.75

48.2

47.5

46.7

45.7

44.8

43.7

42.4

41.4

40.2

38.9

37.4

35.7

34.3

33.0

32.1

31.4

30.8

30.6

30.0

29.4

28.9

28.5

27.9

27.6

27.1

26.7

26.4

26.2

26.0

25.7

25.3
April 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

13.90

13.35

12.38

11. 75

11.51

11.20

10.69

10.86

11.56

11.99

12.10

11.93

11.58

11.27

11.42

11.93

12.17

12.22

12.19

12.02

12.98

14.65

15.95

17.65

17.91

16.89

15.50

14.62

14.67

15.04

14.6

14.2

13.6

12.8

12.8

12.7

12.3

12.0

12.1

12.5

12.S

12.7

12.7

12.4

12.3

12.4

12.7

13.0

13.0

12.9

13.5

15.6

16.3

17.5

18.4

18.3

17.4

16.4

15.9

16.2

19.51

19.05

18.63

18.07

17.78

17.88

17.67

17.30

17.07

17.28

17.57

17.69

17.65

17.41

17.22

17.14

17.32

17.68

17.79

17.74

17.89

19.52

20.60

21.50

22.65

23.08

22.73

21.92

21.23

21.56

28.2

27.5

26.7

25.6

24.C

24.2

23.8

23.2

22.5

22.2

22. E

22.4

22.S

23.3

23.6

23.8

24.1

24.2

24.3

24.2

24.2

25.1

26.7

27.9

29.4

30.8

31.5

31.6

31.6

31.9

27.5

26.9

26.1

25.2

24.2

23.0

23.4

22.8 

22.2

21.8

21.8

22.0

22.3

22.7

23.1

23.3

23.5

23.6

23.8

23.7

23.6

24.3

25.8

27.0

28.3

29.7

30.4

30.6

30.7

30.8

21.5

21.1

20.5

19.8

18.9

18.3

18.0

17.4

17.0

16.5

16.3

16.3

16.5

16.8

17.2

17.4

17.5

17.7

17.8

17.8

17.7

18.0

19.0

20.2

21.3

22.6

23.6

24.1

24.2

24.4

18.8

18.6

18.2

17.6

16.8

15.9

15.2

14.7

14.3

13.8

13.4

13.2

13.3

13.6

13.9

14.2

14.5

14.7

14.9

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.5

16.8

18.0

19.2

20.7

21.3

21.8

22.0

20.04

20.14

20.00

19.77

19.38

18.68

17.97

17.50

17.08

16.57

16.08

15.66

15.50

15.57

15.75

16.02

16.22

16.43

16.60

16.72

16.80

16.79

16.78

17.34

18.22

19.17

20.20

21.18

21.87

22.33

26.6

26.8

26.8

26.3

26.4

35.9

25.0

24.1

23.4

22.7

22.0

21.3

20.7

20.4

20.4

20.6

21.0

21.3

21.6

21.8

22.0

22.2

22.2

22.3

23.0

24.1

25.4

26.7

28.1

29.1

25.1

24.9

24.8

24.7

24.5

24.1

23.7

23.1

22.4

21.6

20.9

20.3

19.7

19.3

18.9

18.8

18.8

18.8

19.0

19.1

19.1

19.2

19.3

19.5

19.5

20.2

21.5

22.8

23.8

24.7

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

a Geological Survey water-stage recorder. d Affected by tide. 

b Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage. e Altitude, in feet, above mean 

0 Mississippi Hirer Commission gage. 

Note.- Stages of the Mississippi Hirer from Cairo, 111., to New Madrid, Mo., affected by operation of the Bird

Bayou Sara, La., to the Gulf of Mexico by operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway, Jan. 29 to li
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 19.-Dally gage height, In feet, on the 

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City, La., 

at 7 a.m., December 1936 to April 1937*

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

December

3.4

3.6

4.0

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.9

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.6

2.5

3.0

3.1

3.5

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.2

2.2

2.5

2.8

3.0

3.0

3.6

2.9

3.9

3.8

January

3.6

3.8

2.9

2.6

3.6

2.8

2.8

3.2

3.4

2.7

3.0

3.0

3.6

3.9

3.9

3.0

4.0

4.2

3.1

4.1

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.0

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.5

February

4.5

4.5

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.6

4.8

5.0

5.2

4.6

4.7

5.0

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.4

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.9

6.3

5.9

5.8

6.1

6.2

6.1

6.4

6.1

March

6.1

6.0

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.3

6.5

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.4

6.S

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.4

6.3

6.0

5.9

6.4

6.1

5.9

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.6

' 4.9

April

5.2

4.9

5.0

5.2

5.5

4.7

4.7

4.9

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.3

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.8

3.7

4.1

4.4

4.7

3.5

4.5

4.1

4.5

4.4

4.5

* U. S. Weather Bureau gage; zero of gage is 2.90 

feet below mean sea level (U. S. Coast and Geodetic 

Survey datum, general adjustment of 1929).
STORAGE 441 

STORAGE

On many of the tributaries of the Ohio River, especially in Ohio and 

Tennessee, there have been constructed reservoirs or works for the detention or retardation of water which had varying effects on the flood flows. 

Basic information on the stages and contents of many of these reservoirs 

is presented in the section "Stages and discharges at river-measurement 

stations."

The principal reservoirs in the Ohio River Basin above Pittsburgh, 

Pa., are: In the Allegheny River Basin, Chatauqua Lake on the Ghadakoln 

River and Plney Reservoir of the Clarion River Power Go. on the Clarion 

River near Plney, Pa., and in the Monongahela River Basin, Deep Greek 

Reservoir of the Youghiogheny Hydroelectric Power Corporation on Deep 

Greek near Oakland, Md., and the Tygart Reservoir, practically completed 

by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, on the Tygart River near 

Grafton, W. Va. Most of these reservoirs have no considerable capacity 

and apparently had only slight effect on the downstream peak stages and 

discharges. The Tygart River reservoir is reported to have stored no 

water during the highest discharge and to have operated to retard the flow 

only slightly. No records of stages of these reservoirs or of quantities 

of water contained in them during the flood period are presented in this 

report.

In the Beaver River Basin the records presented in this report show 

that Milton Reservoir of the city of Youngstown, Ohio, on the Mahoning 

River near Pricetown, Ohio; Meander Reservoir of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District on Meander Creek at Mineral Ridge, Ohio; and Pymatunlng 

Reservoir constructed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the Shenango 

River near Jamestown, Pa., all functioned in the reduction of the flood 

peaks. The last vnamed reservoir stored about 1,395,000,000 cubic feet 

between January 13 and 26, an equivalent of about 3.6 Inches over the 

drainage area of 167 square miles.

In the Muskingum River Basin the Musklngum Watershed Conservancy 

District had practically completed at the beginning of the flood period a 

system of 14 reservoirs designed for the control of the flood flows of the 

Muskingum River. The maximum capacity of none1 of these reservoirs was 

utilized. Table 20 gives a summary of storage conditions in reservoirs 

in the Muskingum River Basin. Records of stage of all these reservoirs 

as well as the corresponding contents for most of them are presented in 

the preceding section of this report.
442 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 20. Summary of storage in reservoirs in the Muskingum River Basin

Reservoir

Dover

Bolivar

Leesville

Atwood

Beach City

Piedmont

Clendening

Tappan

Charles Mill

Mohawk

Pleasant Hill

Mohicanville

Wills Creek

Senecaville

Capacity 

(millions of 

cubic feet)

8,843

6,517

1,629

2,165

3,123

2,831

2,352

2,683

3,833

12,415

3,820

4,443

8,538

3,855

Maximum contents during flood

Millions of 

cubic feet

888

(*)

297

262

245

453

339

540

1,180

1,580

(*)

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Within the Little Kanawha, Kanawha, and Big Sandy River Basins there 

are no reservoirs of sufficient size to have any effect in the modification of flood flows in those basins.

In the Scioto River Basin the O'Shaughnessy and Qriggs Reservoirs of 

the city of Columbus, Ohio, on the Scioto River near Dublin and Columbus, 

Ohio, respectively, were filled to capacity at the beginning of the flood 

period and consequently could modify only slightly the flood discharges 

below the reservoirs.

After the flood of 1913 the Miami Conservancy District constructed 

five retarding basins on various tributaries of the Miami River which were 

designed to protect the Miami River Valley against a flood even greater 

than that of 1913. These retarding basins operated effectively during 

the flood period, but at none of the reservoirs wss the flood of sufficient magnitude to utilize the full capacity of the basin. Table 21 

gives a summary of storage conditions in the retarding basins in the 

Miami River Basin. The Miami Conservancy District estimates that without 

these retarding basins the flow of the Miami River at Dayton, Ohio, would 

have been about 80,000 second-feet, or about 30,000 second-feet larger 

than that which actually occurred. The district also estimated that the
STORAGE 443

peak discharge would have occurred on January 15, whereas the actual maximum crest was on January 22. The records indicate that crests on these 

two dates were both greatly reduced and that the retarding basins were 

largely emptied in the intervening period.

Table 21. Summary of storage in retarding basins in the Miami River Basin

Retarding 

basin

Taylorsville

Lockington

Englewood

Huffman

Germantown

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3,049

13,591

7,275

4,617

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276

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348

840

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capacity

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In Kentucky the only large reservoir is the Dix Reservoir of the 

Kentucky Utilities Co. on the Dix River near High Bridge, Ky. Prom 

December 25, 1936, to January 25, 1937, there was stored in that reservoir about 5,282,000,000 cubic feet, equivalent to about 5.5 inches over 

the 416 square miles of drainage area.

In the Wabash River Basin and on streams in Illinois tributary to 

the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers there are no large storage reservoirs.

In the Cumberland River Basin the reservoir of the Tennessee Electric 

Power Co., on the Caney Pork near Rock Island, Tenn., may have slightly 

affected the distribution of the flood run-off. No records of storage in 

this reservoir are published in this report.

In the Tennessee River Basin the Tennessee Valley Authority has constructed an extensive system of reservoirs and dams which are useful in 

the improvement of navigation, the development of hydroelectric power, 

and the reduction of flood flows. The Norris Reservoir on the Clinch 

River near Norris, Tenn., and the Wheeler and Wilson Reservoirs on the 

Tennessee River in Alabama were completed at the beginning of the flood 

period, and records of their stages and corresponding contents during the 

flood are given in this report. Norris Reservoir stored the entire flood 

flow from its drainage area, and no water was released until January 31. 

A comprehensive report of the operation of these reservoirs entitled 

"Tennessee Valley Authority water-control operations, January 1937 flood", 

was issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority in March 1937. Records of 

stage and corresponding contents during the flood period have not been 

published for the Santeelah Reservoir on the Cheoah River, the Blue Ridge
444 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Reservoir on the Toccoa River, and the Parksville Reservoir on the Ocoee 

River, each of which probably had an inappreciable influence upon the 

magnitude of the flood flows of the Tennessee River.

In the region affected by the flood in the lower Mississippi River 

Basin below St. Louis, Mo., there are no reservoirs that had more than a 

slight effect upon the maximum stages and discharges in the Mississippi 

River, and no records of stage and contents of reservoirs in this basin 

are given in this report.

Extensive studies of flood control on the upper Ohio River by storage 

reservoirs or other means have been made, largely by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army. Many suitable sites for storage exist, and 

some are under development at the present time in accordance with a general plan for the improvement of the Ohio River Basin for navigation, for 

efficient development of waterpower, and for the control of floods.

Where desirable the effect of storage reservoirs on stream flow is 

discussed in the treatment of the individual basins in the section "Rainfall and run-off studies." The quantities of water stored in the channel 

systems of the drainage basins are considered in the section "Channel 

storage studies."

SUMMARY OP FLOOD STAGES AND DISCHARGES

The results of the determinations of maximum flood flows at existing 

river-measurement stations and at other places on streams in the area 

covered by this report are summarized and presented in table 22. This 

table gives the following information:

1. Map reference number, applicable to plate 11 and figures 53 to 

62, to aid in indicating the place where the discharge was determined.

2. Name of stream and town at or near the place of determination.

3. Drainage area of the stream, in square miles, above the place of 

determination.

4. Period of record, generally given only for the existing stations 

for measuring discharge and is the same as the period of operation. For 

some records the period given includes an antecedent period of gage-height 

record, which is indicated by footnote, particularly where discharges 

corresponding to the highest stages in the period of continuous gageheight record have been determined. For the lower Mississippi River and 

its tributaries, if information regarding periods of available records 

cannot be adequately presented in table 22, an additional table (table 23) 

has been prepared which shows in detail the periods of gage-height records,
SUMMARY OP FLOOD STAGES AND DISCHARGES 445

daily discharge records, and intermittent discharge measurements. For 

such stations a reference to table 23 is given in place of the period of 

record.

5. The date of the maximum discharge previously known and its 

magnitude.

6. The day, the hour, and the rate in second-feet, total and per 

square mile, of the maximum discharge during or concurrent with the floods 

of January-February 1937. A brief notation as to the method of determination of the discharge is also included. «

The discharges for the existing river-measurement stations were determined by methods that are described in greater detail in the presentation of the record for the respective stations in the section "Stages and 

discharges at river-measurement stations." The details of the method of 

determination are indicated in that section under the heading "Stage - 

discharge relation", because the determination is based on the comprehensive studies of that relation that are conducted for such stations.

If the discharge was not measured at a regular station a brief reference is made to the method of determination and, if practicable, coefficients of discharge used in the application of the method are given. A 

description of the methods of determination and the significance of coefficients of discharge can be found in the sources referred to on page 82.

The basic data and computations for the determinations of discharge 

are filed in the district offices of the Geological Survey in the several 

districts where the floods occurred. The data for any drainage basin may 

be examined in the district office having supervision of the investigation 

in that area.

For some places information regarding maximum discharges is incomplete. In order to show at such places the relative magnitudes of the 

flood of 1937 and previous floods, maximum stages are given (with an appropriate footnote) in table 22 in place of or together with the maximum 

discharges.

At stations on tributaries of the lower Mississippi River where 

floods may be due to a combination of backwater from the main river and 

high discharges from the tributaries, information on neither stages nor 

discharges on the tributary gives separately a true picture of the relative magnitudes or frequencies of inundations. Therefore', for such 

stations, both stages and discharges are included in table 22.

Complete summaries of flood stages only at locks and dams and at 

other stations ai-e given for the Ohio, Muskingum, Cumberland, and lower
446 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Mississippi Rivers in tables 24 to 27. For the column showing the 

drainage area above the gage there has been substituted a column showing 

the position of the gage in miles above the mouth of the river. The 

altitudes of the zeros of gages, in feet above mean sea level, are also 

given, thus enabling the user to determine the altitude of the water 

surface at the gages. Figure 63 shows the location of those gages that 

are at locks and dams on the Ohio River and its tributaries below Pittsburgh, Pa.

Many of the discharges, given in table 22 are affected in varying amounts by artificial storage. Some but not all of the discharges so 

affected are indicated by footnotes in order to promote caution in using 

the discharges for comparative purposes. Among discharges not so indicated in footnotes are those in the Muskingum and Miami River Basins in 

Ohio. The user should carefully investigate the conditions in each basin 

with respect to the effect of storage before reaching any conclusions regarding the relative magnitudes of the flood of 1937 and previous floods. 

Information regarding artificial storage during the floods of JanuaryFebruary 1937 is presented in the preceding sections, "Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations" and "Storage."
SUMMARY OF FLOOD STAGES AND DISCHARGES 447

10 o 10 gp 30 40 Miles

Figure 53. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of the 

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Figure 54.--Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basin of the 

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SUMMARY OP FLOOD STAGES AND DISCHARGES

Figure 55. Map showing location of flood determinations In the drainage basins of the 

Musklngum River and streams In Ohio tributary to the Ohio River between 

the Musklngum River and the mouth of the Scloto River.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Figure 56. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of the 

Little Kanawha and Kanawha Rivers and Intervening streams in West Virginia 

tributary to the Ohio River.
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Figure 57. Map showing location of flood determinations In the drainage basins of the 

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Soioto River and Hlgginsport, Ohio.
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20 30 Miles

Figure 58.--Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basina of the 

Miami River and other streams tributary to the Ohio River between 

Higginsport, Ohio, and Madiaon, Ind.
Figure 59. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of the Guyando

intervening streams in West Virginia and Kentucky tributary 
Figure 60. Map showing location of flood determinations in the drainage basins of the Oreen 

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Figure 62. Map showing location of flood determinations in the region adjacent to the 

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Wabash River at Tineenues, Ind.

Wabash River at Mount Oarmel, 111.

Salamonie River at Dora, Ind.

Mississinewa River at Marion, Ind.

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Tippeoanoe River near Monticello, Ind.

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Vermilion Hiver near Danville, 111.

West Branch of Salt Fork at Urbana, 111.

Prairie Creek near Lebanon, Ind.

Racoon Greek at Bridgetou, Ind.

Embarrass River at Ste. Marie, 111.

Vest Fork of White River at Muncie, Ind.

West Fork of White River at Anderson, Ind.

West ForK of White River near Koblesville, Ind.

West Fork of White River near Bora, Ind.

West ForK of White River at Indianapolis, Ind.

West ForH of White River at Spenoer, Ind.

Hgv<tmin1 f0r period of record; flood in 1913 probably great

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3,760

7,230

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1924-1937

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1905-1906

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1929-1937

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1923-1937

1923-1937

1923-1937

1931-1937

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1936-1937

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1932-1937

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Mar. 26, 1913

liar. 26, 1913

liar. 27, 1913

liar. 27, 1913

liar. 29, 1913

liar. 30, 1913

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Hay 12, 1933

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Stream and place of determination

TMHa?aeB Elver Basin Cont inued

South Fork of Holston Elver at Bluff City, Tenn.

South Fork of Holston Elver at Kingsport, Term.

Holston Elver near Eogersville, Tenn. 

Holston Elver at Strawberry Plains, Tenn.

Middle Fork of Holston Biver near Meadowview, 7a.

Watauga Elver at Stump Knot, Tenn. 

Watauga Biver at Butler, Tenn.

Watauga Elver at Elizabethton, Tenn.

Elk Creek near Banners Elk, N. C.

Elk Creek near Elk Park, N. 0.

Boan Creek at Butler, Tenn.

Doe Elver at Elizabethton, Toon.

North Fork of Holston Elver near Saltvllle, 7a. 

North Fork of Holston Elver near Sate City, Va. 

Little Biver near Walland, Tenn.

Little Tennessee Elver at lot la, N. C.

Little Tennessee Biver at Judson, N. C.

Little Tennessee Elver at Calderwood, Tenn. 

Little Tennessee Biver at MoShfte, Tenn.

Onllas&ja Creek at Highlands, N. C.

Cullasaja Creek at Cullasaja, N. C. 

Nantahala Biver at Almond, N. C.

Drainage 

area 

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812

1,931

3,034 

3,626

207

171 

427

692

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166

137

222 

675 

192

326

668

1,862 

2,442

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1925-1937

1902-1937 

1930-1937

1931-1937

1927-1931 

1934-1937

1920-1937

1926-1937

1934-1937

1934-1937

1934-1937

1932-1937

1907-1908 

1920-1937 

1931-1937

1931-1937

1929-1937

1896-1937

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1921-1937 

1904-1937

1927-1937

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1921-1937 

1912-1937

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May 22, 1901

Mar. 26, 1935

Jan. 29, 1918 

Mar. 28, 1935

Jan. 23, 1935

Jan. 9, 1935 

Jan. 9, 1935

July 16, 1916

Jan. 9, 1935

Jan. 9, 1935

Mar. 26, 1935

Mar. 26, 1935

Fefc. 3, 1923

Jan. 30, 1932 

Mar. 26, 1935 

FeD. 4, 1936

Sept. 30, 1936

Feb. 28, 1902

Mar. 4, 1917 

Apr. 2, 1920

Aug. 15, 1928

Aug. 15, 1928 

liar. 4, 1917

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28,000

45,200

70,900 

67,400

5,360

16,100 

18,500

40,000

1,930

3,640

4,940

6,520

8,220 

13,400 

16,200

10,900

40,800

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92,000

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 3 A

<M -U

g S

S 6

S ? <D iH

iH CM

9 3

rH CM

3 3
Current Elver at Donlphan, 110. 

Jacks Fork at Eminence, Mo. 

Eleven Point Elver near Bardley, Mo. 

Arkansas River Basin

Arkansas Elver at Tan Boren, Ark. 

Arkansas Elver at Little Book, Ark.

Arkansas Elver at Pine Bluff, Ark. aa/ 

Spring Elver near Waco, Mo. 

Shoal Creek near Joplin, Mo.

Yazoo Hlver Basin

Yazoo Hlver at Greenwood, Miss, mn/ 

Yazoo Elver at Yazoo City, Miss, aa/

Bed River at Pulton, Ark. aa/

Bed Blver at Garland, Ark.

Bed Blver at Shreveport, La. aa/

Bed Elver at Alexandria, La. £/

Bed Blver at Moncla, La. ;p/

Bed Elver at Barbin Landing, La. £/

f G&ge height, in feet.

j Mean daily discharge.

k For periods and sources of records at this station see table 23.

n Records of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

p Beoords of Mississippi Elver Commission.

r Float measurement.

aa Sage-height records of U. S. Weather Bureau, 

dd Includes overflow from levee breaks on St. Francis Elver, 

ee Includes overflow from levee breaks on Mississippi River, 

ff Computed by Butter's formula.

2,030

376

150,300

157,900

1,160

458

7,450

51,500

66,900

-

1921-1937

1921-1937

1921-1937

1927-1937

(k) 

(k)

1924-1937

1984-1937

(k) 

Ik)

1885-1937

1927-1931 

1934-1937 

1873-1937

(k) 

1935-1937

(k)

March 1904

Jane 13, 1926

Apr. 14, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

Jane 10, 1904 

Apr. 21, 1927 

Apr. 20, 1927 

June 1833 

June 24, 1935

Aug. 17, 1927

Mar. 12, 1935

Jan. 19, 1932 

May 5, 1927

July 17, 1876

June 25, 1935 

August 1849

July 2, 1908 

Feb. 4, 1932 

June 2, 1935

Feb. 1, 1932

130,000

40,000

kk40,000

0552,000

p428,000 

pr813,000 

fSS.O 

f34.6 

fSS.O

57,400

26,900

72,900 

(fnn40.1) 

f43.4

f35.75

143,000 

(fpp34.37) 

f45.90

qq210,000 

f43.65 

f47.01

f66.89

Jan. 1

Jan. 1

Jan. 1

Jan. 1

Jan. 1

Jan. 1

Jan. 1

Jan. 1

Feb. 9

Feb. 2

Mar. 1

Jan. 1

Jan. 1

Jan. 2

Feb. 1 

Feb. 2 

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

gg July 1905 flood was about 7.6 feet highe

hh Flood of August 1915 reached a stage of 

11 Maximum known discharge In March 1904; m

jj March 1904 flood was about 6.2 feet high

kk August 1915 flood was about 1.0 foot hig

mm Sage height records of U. S. Weather Bur

nn Maximum stage known, 41.2 ft. in 1882; a

pp Flood of April 1927 reached a stage of 3

qq Greater stage but less discharge occurre
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

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SUMMARY OP FLOOD STAGES AND DISCHARGES

Table 23. Records available at river-measurement stations on the lower Mississippi Biver and its

tributaries

No. 

in

table 

22

364

385

386

387

388

389

390

391

_

392

393

394

_

395

416

417

427

429

442

443

446

447 

451

453 

456

457 

458 

459

461

463

 468

Stream «md place of determination

Mississippi River at St. Louis, Ho.

Mississippi River at Chester, 111.

Mississippi Hiver at Cape Qirardeau, 'Jo.

Mississippi River at Columbus, Ky.

Mississippi Hiver at Eew Iladrid, !!o.

Mississippi River at Memphis, Tann.

Mississippi Hiver at Helena, Ark.

Mississippi Hiver near Arlcansas City, Ark.

Mississippi Hiver at Lake Providence, La.

Mississippi Hiver near Vicksburg, Miss.

Mississippi Hiver at Matohez, Hiss.

Mississippi Hiver near Angola, la.

Mississippi Hiver at Baton Houge. La.

Mississippi River at Oarrollton, La.

St. Francis Hiver at Marked Tree, Ark.

St. Francis River at Parkin, Ark.

White Hiver at Newport, Ark.

White Biver at Clarendon, Ark.

Arkansas Hiver at Little Rock, irk.

Arkansas Hiver at Pins Bluff, Ark.

Yaaoo HJver at Greenwood, liiss.

Yazoo River at Yaaoo City, Hiss, 

Hed Hiver at Alexandria, La.

Hed River at Barb in Landing, La. 

Ouachita Hiver at Camden, Ark.

Ouachita Hiver at Monroe, La. 

Black Biver at Jonesville, La. 

Old Biver at Torras, La.

AtehafR.l.aya Hiver at Simmesport, La.

Atehafalaya Hiver at Krotz Springs, La.

Atohafalaya River at Morgan City, La.

Becords available, for years shown,

in publications of 

Geological

Survey

Stage

and

discharge

1933-1937

1933-1937

19J4-1937

__

J1931-1937

__

01934-1*37

P1934-1937

_

1927-1931

1927-1931

1933-1937

__

1908-1913

1900-1905

1928-1929

"

-

1934-1937

-

Corps of Engineers, 0. S. Arzry

(Mississippi Hiver Commission)

Stage

1861-1937

1891-1937

1896-1937

1881-1937

1879-1937

1871-1937

1871-1937

1879-1937

1871-1937

1871-1937

1871-1937

m!871-1937

1872-1937

1872-1937

__

1892-1937

S1872-1937

1884-1937

1883-1937

1881-1937

t!904-1937

1885-1937 

1871-1937

1928-1937 

1886-1937

1884-1937 

1928-1937 

V1903-1937

X1884-1898 

1905-1937

Z1927-1937

1933-1937

Daily

discharge

1928-1937

1928-1937

* 

1928-1937

1933-1937

1928-1937

1928-1937

hl933-1937

k!928-1937

m!928-1937

1928-1937

1928-1937

 .

1928-1937

1928-1937

1928-1937

1928-1937

-

1928-1937 

W1928-1937

1928-1937

-

Discharge

measurements jj/

1866-1937

1898-1904

1926-1937

01903-1937

e!857-1937

1838-1900

1882-1904

1931-1937

f!879-1937

gl884-1937

11883-1895

1858,

1884-1937

1868-1927

1934-1937

1851,

1881-1937

1929

p!851,1852

P1879-1937

1928-1937

. 

1879-1937

1885-1937

1879,1899

1916

1909-1937

1896-1937 

1858,

1879-1937

1893,1912

1892-1937 

1903 

1851,1858

1888 1937

1851,1858 

1873,

1880-1937

1927-1937

U. S.

Weather 

Bureau a/

Stage

1872-1937

1891-1937

(11919-1937

1901-1937

1873-1937

1874-1937

1885-1937

1873-1937

1903-1937

n!924-1937

1903-1937

q!873-1937

1904-1912

1916-1937

1931-1937

1885-1937

1904-1937

1873-1937

1905-1937

1904-1937

1885-1937 

1885-1937

1885-1937

U1890-1937 

1931-1937

y!904-1937

1904-1937

a Records prior to July 1, 1891, collected by Signal Service, 0. S. Army, 

b Intermittent discharge measurements, 

o Discharge range at Thebes, 111., 10 miles .downs trea-n. 

d Also fragmentary records 1891-94 and 1904-18. 

e Disoharge range at Hickman, Ky., 17 miles downstream.

f High-water discharge range at Friar Point, Miss., about 11 miles downstream, since 1913} based on 

Helena gage. Low-water discharge ranges at various points in vicinity of Helena, sine* 1879. 

g Disoharge range at Chioot, Ark., 7 miles upstream, 

h Discharge range at Mayersville, Miss., about 9 miles upstream, 

i Disoharge range at Wilson Point, La., about 10 miles upstream. 

j Stage only, 1930-31.

ic Published since 1930 as "Mississippi Hiver at Lower Delta Point, La." , 

m Disoharge range at Red River Landing, La., 1 mile below; gage at Hed River landing prior to 1923. 

n Fragmentary prior to 1931,

o Stage only, at gage ij- miles upstream, near ITew Orleans, La. 

p Discharge range 2.7 miles upstream.

q Gage at foot of Canal St., Few Orleans, La., 9.5 miles downstream, prior to 1923. 

r Miscellaneous measurements February 1918, September 1927 to May 1931. 

s Qage at Jaoksonport, Arlc., 6 miles upstream, prior to 1924. 

t Not published but available in files of Mississippi River Commission.

u Reeorda prior to 1895 from VioKsburg, Shreveport & Pacific By. Co. gage, same gage datum, 

v Texas and Pacific Hy. Co. gage, 1903-35; Mississippi River Commission gage, 1936-37. 

w Published as "Old River near Texas and paoifio Railway Bridge, La." 

x Intermittent.

uirand Oulf Coast Lines, ohief engineer-s office. Houston,
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 24. Summary of flood stages on the Ohio River

Station a/

Pittsburgh, Pa. gj

Emsworth Dam d/

Coraopolis, Pa. e/

Sewickley, Pa. 3?

Dashields Dam d/

Montgomery Dam &J

Lock No. 7

Lock No. 8

Lock No. 9

Lock No. 10

Lock No. 11

Lock No. 12

Look No. 13

Lock No. 14

Lock No. 15

Look Bo. 16

Lock No. 17

Marietta, Ohio £/

Look NO. 16

Parkersburg, W. Va. £/

Look No. 19

Look No. 20

Look Ho. £1

Lock No. 22

Lock No. 23

Lock No. 24

Look Bo. 25

Point Pleasant, W. Va. £/

Look No. 26

Gallipolis Dam d/

Lock T!o. 27

Lock No. 28 ej

Lock Tfo. 29

Lock No. 30

Portsmouth, Ohio sJ

Look Ho. 31

Lock (To. 32

Lock No. 33

Look (To. 34

Look Ko. 35

Look No. 36

Cincinnati, Ohio sJ

Lock No. 57

Lock No. 38

Lock (To. 39

Madison, Ind. f/

Lock No. 41 d/

Look Tfo. 41 ^/

Look Ho. 43

Lock No. 44

Lock No. 46

Look No. 46

Look So. 47

Evansville, Ind. tj

Lock Ho. 48

Mount Vernon, Ind. £/

Look No. 49

Shawneetown, 111. h/

Lock (To. 50

Shetlerville, 111. .£/

Look No. 51

Paduoah, Ky. .e/

Look Ho. 52

Metropolis, 111. .e/

Above Look Ho. 53 e/

Look No. 53

Cairo, 111. f/

Miles 

above 

Cairo

979.5

973.3

970.3

967.7

966.2

947.8

943.0

933.1

923.4

913.3

902.6

892.1

883.4

865.5

850.4

833.0

812.0

807.5

799.6

794.9

787.3

777.0

764.9

758.6

748.1

737.0

718.8

714.3

701.0

700.3

678.5

667.9

659.6

640.1

623.5

620.2

596.9

574.4

545.4

528.5

518.6

508.3

496.3

476.2

447.8

421*8

372.7

372.5

346.3

316.3

276.5

222.2

201.8

187.2

169.9

150.3

134.5

121.7

102.7

83.7

76.4

45.0

40.6

35.4

17.4

16.9

0

Zero 

of 

gage b/

694.0

690.1

683.4

690.00

678.61

666.1

647.2

640.3

633.9

625.5

618.1

610.8

602.8

594.1

586.8

579.0

571.2

567.1

563.4

561.9

555.3

549.1

541.6

536.0

528.2

520.1

512.1

514.1

502.6

520.0

496.6

492.0

483.1

475.1

470.9

467.6

460.1

462.6

445.6

440.0

433.6

428.8

425.3

417.9

410.6

403.2

403.0

372.1

366.1

357.1

349.6

339.1

330.6

329.2

322.6

318.9

312.1

309.1

301.1

297.0

294.6

286.26

283.3

276.60

276.60

273.1

270.9

Period 

of 

record

1854-1937

1921-1937

1906-1937

1933-1937

1929-1937

1936-1937

1911-1937

1911-1937

1913-1937

1913-1937

1911-1937

1911-1937

1901-1937

1911-1937

1911-1937

1913-1937

1913-1937

1888-1937

1903-1937

1888-1937

1908-1937

1911-1937

1915-1937

1915-1937

1917-1937

1913-1937

1917-1937

1889-1937

1908-1937

1937

1917-1937

1934-1937

1916-1937

1919-1937

1887-1937

1920-1937

1919-1937

1924-1937

1925-1937

1921-1937

1925-1937

1858-1937

1913-1937

1925-1937

1916-1937

1899-1937

1871-1937

1872-1937

1917-1937

1920-1937

1920-1937

1923-1937

1923-1937

1873-1937

1913-1937

1888-1937

1924-1937

1910-1937

1924-1937

1935-1937

1924-1937

1873-1937

1924-1937

1934-1937

1934-1937

1924-1937

1871-1937

Maximum stage 

previously known

Date

Mar. 18, 1936

Uar. 18, 1936

Mar. 18, 1936

liar. 18, 1936

liar. 18, 1936

Bar. 19, 1936

liar. 19, 1936

Mar. 19, 1925

Mar. 19, 1936

Mar. 19, 1936

Mar. 19, 1936

Mar. 19, 1936

Mar. 19, 1936

Mar. 19-20, 1936

1913

1913

1913

Mar. 39, 1913

1913

Mar. 29, 1913

Mar. 29, 1913

Mar. 29, 1913

1913

Mar. 30, 1913

1913

Mar. 30, 1913

1913

Mar. 30, 1913

Mar. 30, 1913

1913

1913

liar. 30, 1913

Mar. 31, 1913

Mar. 31, 1913

Mar. 31, 1913

1913

Mar. 31, 1913

Mar. 31, 1913

1913

Feb. 14, 1884

Feb. 14, 1884

Feb. 14, 1884

Feb. 14, 1884

Feb. 14, 1884

Apr. 1, 1913

Apr. 1, 1913

Feb. 16, 1884

Feb. 16, 1834

February 1884

February 1884

February 1884

1913 and 1884

April 1913

Apr. 5, 1913

Apr. 5, 1913

1913

1913

Apr. 5, 1913

Apr. 5, 1913

1913

April 1913

Apr. 7, 1913

Feb. 23, 1884

1913

Apr. 8, 1913

Apr. 8, 1913

Apr. 20, 1927

Gage 

height

Feet

46.0

41.7

43.6

34.75

44.8

41.44

53.5

51.05

51.3

52.5

53.4

55.2

57.8

54.5

54.2

55.5

56.4

59.9

59.6

58.9

61.45

61.8

62.9

64.9

67.4

70.1

67.3

62.8

68.7

50.9

63.45

64.5

70.0

69.8

67.9

70.4

69.0

68.4

65.0

66.2

70.2

71.1

69.0

69.2

64.1

62.8

46.7

76.3

74.4

73.5

60.9

48.6

50.7

48.4

52.2

52.9

57.8

58.3

61.4

58.0

56.8

54.3

55.9

60.2

-

57.2

56.4

Maximum stage 

January-February 1937

Day and hour

Jan. 26, 3-5 am

Jan. 25-26, midn.-6 am

Jan. 26, 4-6 am

Jan. 26, 5 am

Jan. 26, 5-6 am

Jan. 26, 5-8 am

Jan. 26, 6-8 am

Jan. 26, 7-10 am

Jan. 26, 10 sm-noon

Jan. 26, 10 am-3 pm

Jan. 26, 2-4 pm

Jan. 26, 6-8 pm

Jan. 26, 4-9 pm

Jan. 26-27, 10 pra-1 am

Jan. 26-27, midn.-5 am

Jan. 27, 1-4 am

Jan. 26-27, midn.-7 am

Jan. 26, midnight

Jan. 27, 1-4 am

Jan. 26, 4 pm

Jan. 26-27, 2 pra-9 am

Jan. 26-27, 11 pm-8 am

Jan. 27, 6-11 am

Jan. 27, 2 am

Jan. 27, 5 am-5 pm

Jan. 27, 7 am-7 pm

Jan. 27, 11 am-2 pm

Jan. 27

Jan. 27, 1-8 pm

Jan. 27, 1-8 pm

Jan. 27, 9 am-10 pm

Jan. 27, noon

Jan. 27, noon-11 pm

Jan. 27, 2-6 pm

Jan. 27, 3 pm

Jan. 27, 9 am-11 pm

Jan. 27, 11 am-11 pm

Jan. 27-28, 7 am-2 am

Jan. 26, 8-10 pm

Jan. 26, 3-7 am

Jan. 26, 1-11 am

Jan. 25-26, midn.-7 am

Jan. 25-26, 10 pm-8 am

Jan. 26, 1 am-2 pm

Jan. 26, 7 am-7 pm

Jan. 26, 4 pm

Jan. 27, 2 am-4 pm

Jan. 27, 9 am

Jan. 27, 7 am

Jan. 27, 6 am-6 pm

Jan. 28, 7 am

Jan. 29-30

Jan. 30-31, 8 am-10 pm

Jan. 31 , midnight

Jan. Si-Fab. 2,

5 pm-1 am

Jan. 31-Feb. 1

Feb. 1-2

Feb. 2, 7:30 am

Feb. 2-3

Feb. 1-3

Feb. 2-3

Feb. 2

Feb. 2-3

Feb. 2, 2-7 pm

Fet>. 2-3

Feb. 2-3

Feb. 4, 9 pm

Gage 

height

Feet

34.5

33.2

31.1

22.61

32.9

31.7

44.4

43.0

43.6

46.1

46.4

48.7

52.0

50.86

50.47

51.67

52.09

55.0

55,74

55.4

58.0

58.63

60.79

62.64

65.23

67.70

66.86

62.70

70.29

52.60

66.17

67.71

73.61

74.69

74.23

77.0

75.5

75.34

73.75

75.1

79.75

80.0

78.8

78.6

73.5

72.3

57.16

87.88

87.0

84.2

68.9

54.8

56.6

53.75

5S.6

59.1

64.4

66.61

68.3

64.0

62.6

60.60

62.3

66.60

60.65

63.9

59.51

a Pass sill gage. Corps of Engineers, 

0. 3. Army, <szcapt as noted.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level, 

1907 adjustment.

c U. S. Weather Bureau gage.

d Upper gage. Corps of Engineers, TJ. 3. Army, 

e Oeologioal Surrey water-stage recorder, 

f Corps of Engineers, U. 3* Army, gage, 

g Lower gage. Corps of Engineers, H. S. Army, 

h City of Shawneetown gage.
SUMMARY OP FLOOD STAGES AND DISCHARGES 483

Table 25. Sumnary of flood stages on the Muskingum River

Station a/

Look and Dam Bo. 11, upper gage 

lower gage

Look and Dam Bo. 10, upper gage 

lower gage

Look and Dam Bo. 9, upper gage 

lower gage

Look and Dam Bo. 8, npper gage 

lower gage

HoConnelsville, Ohio sj

Look and Dam Bo. 7, upper gage 

lower gage

Look and Dam Bo. 6, npper gage 

lower gage

Look and Dam Bo. 5, npper gage 

lower gage

Lock and Dam Bo. 4, npper gage 

lover gage

Look and Dam Bo. 3, npper gage 

lower gage

Lock and Dam Bo. Z, upper gage 

lower gage

Lock and Dam Bo. 1, upper gage 

lower gage

Miles 

above 

mouth

84.3 

84.2

75.9 

75.1

67.0 

66.9

56.2 

56.1

48.6

48.6 

48.3

39.3 

39.2

33.S 

33.4

24.7 

24.2

14.1 

13.6

5.9 

5.8

.3 

.2

Zero 

of 

Bage*/

690.34 

680.83

681.37 

665.04

663.98 

655.46

652.95 

644.44

650.31

643.93 

634.42

633.78 

622.26

621.46 

611.08

610.66 

601.74

600.14 

587.13

586.56 

576.66

574.68 

566.41

Maxinom stage 

previously known

Date

March 1913 

March 1913

Mar. 27, 1913 

Mar. 27, 1913

March 1913 

March 1913

March 1913 

March 1913

Mar. 27, 1913

Mar. 27, 1913 

Mar. 27, 1913

March 1913 

March 1913

March 1913 

March 1913

Mar. 28, 1913 

Mar. 28, 1913

March 1913

March 1913

Mar. 29, 1913

Sage 

height 

(feet)

40.9 

50.3

37.8 

51.0

42.3 

50.7

41.5 

50.0

33.5

40.5 

49.9

35.0

46.4

38.7 

49.1

37.1 

45.9

d48.9

dSS.l

59.9

Maximum stage 

January-February 1937

Day and hour

Jan. 26, 1 am

Jan. 26-26, 9 pra-2 an 

Jan. 26-26, 11 pm-4 am

Jan. 26, 2 am 

Jan. 26, 2 am

Jan. 26, 4 am

Jan. 26, 8 am

-

Jan. 26, 10 am 

Jan. 26, 10 am

Jan. 26, midnight

Jan. 27, 2 an

Jan. 27, 1 am

Jan. 26, night

Jan. 26, midnight

Gage 

height 

(feet)

26.2

24.3 

37.6

28.9 

37.8

27.8

21.1

-

23 o

35.0

d3,7.6

35.8

40.6

37.1

56.0

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage except as noted.

l> Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level; determined by Mnskingtm Watershed Conserrancy Distriot.

o Geological Survey water-stage recorder.

d From floodmarfcs.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 26. Summary of flood stages on the Cumberland Hirer

Station a/

Williamsburg, Ky. £/

Cumberland Falls,

Ky. SJ

Bornside, Ky. c/

Look No. 21 i 

Upper gage 

Lover gage

Celina, Tenn. fj

Look No. 8: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Carthage, Term, gj

Look No. 7: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Look No. 6: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Look No. 5: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Look jsio. 4: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Look No. 3: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Look NO. 2: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Nashville, Term. $/

Look NO. It 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Lock At 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Lock B: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Clarksville, Tenu. £/

Look C: 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Look Di 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Look Ei 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Look Fi 

Upper gage 

Lower gage

Miles 

above 

mouth

592.7

562.4

516.0

487.3

380.8

317.0

308.0

299.7

281.6

264.7

237.0

218.1

201.0

191.0

188.4

150.6

140.3

126.5

108.5

88.0

66.3

43.6

Zero 

of 

gage b/

892.42

825.49

585.60

580.55 

566.55

489.46

451.50 

438.75

437.83

438.85 

426.85

426.85 

414.85

414.85 

402.35

402.85 

390.85

390.85 

378.85

378.85 

367.85

368.17

367.83 

361.41

361.39 

348.30

348.53 

336.53

331.31

336.30 

324.30

324.25 

313.25

312.88 

302.88

302.86 

289.61

Period 

 of 

record

1908-1937

1907-1911 

1915-1937

1884-1937

1906-1937 

1906-1937

1903-1937

1921-1937 

1921-1937

1885-1937

1910-1937 

1910-1937

1910-1937 

1910-1937

1909-1937 

1909-1937

1909-1937 

1909-1937

1908-1937 

1908-1937

1907-1937 

1907-1937

1873-1937

1904-1937 

1904-1937

1904-1937 

1904-1937

1912-1937 

1912-1937

1900-1937

1912-1937 

1912-1937

1913-1937 

1913-1937

1917-1937 

1917-1937

1917-1937 

1917-1937

Mn"g^ T!mm stage

previously known

Bate and time

liar. 25, 1929

Jan. 28. 1918

1826

Mar. 24, 1929, p.m. 

do.

1826

Dec. 30, 1926, noon 

do.

Dec. 30, 1926

Deo. 30, 1926, p.m. 

do.

Dec. 30, 1926, p.m. 

do.

Deo. 31, 1926, a.m. 

do.

Dec. 31, 1926, p.m. 

do.

Dec. 31, 1926, p.m. 

do.

Jan. 1, 1927, a.m. 

do.

Jan. 1, 1927

Jan. 1, 1927, a.m. 

do.

Jan. 1, 2, 1927 

do.

Jan. 1, 2, 1927 

do.

Jan. 2, 1927

Jan. 3, 1927, a.m. 

do.

Jan. 3, 1927, p.m. 

do.

Jan. 4, 5, 1927 

do.

Jan. 5, 1927 

do.

Sage 

height

Feet 

30.4

015.5

72.4

47.6 

61.8

59.2

50.8 

63.5

59.8

52.9 

64.9

53.9 

65.9

55.6 

67.6

50.6 

62.6

51.2 

63.2

51.7 

61.6

56.2

55.1 

61.6

41.4 

54.4

50.2 

62.2

60.0

47.1 

59.1

50.6 

61.6

53.6 

63.6

55.2 

68.5

Uaximum stage, 

January-February 1937

Day and hoar

Jan. 3, 7 a.m.

Jan. 2, 11 p.m.

Jan. 3, 8 a.m.

Jan. 3, 4 p.m. 

do.

Jan. 24, 1-2 a.m.

Jan. 26, all day 

do.

Jan. 26, 8-10 p.m.

Jan. 26, 27 

do.

Jan. 27, 7 a.m. 

do.

Jan. 27, all day 

io.

Jan. 28, all day 

do.

Jan. 29, 1 a.m. 

Jan. 28, 4 p.m.

Jan. 26, 7 a.m. 

do.

Jan. 26, 7 a.m.

Jan. 26, 7 a.m. 

do.

Jan. 25, 7 a.m. 

do.

Jan. 25, 7 a.m. 

do.

Jan. 25, 3 a.m.

Jan. 24, 25 

do.

Jan. 25, all day 

do.

Jan. 25, 26 

do.

Jan. 26, all day 

do.

Sage 

height

leet 

22.2

11.27

54.35

37.7 

51.7

53.83

45.7 

58.6

54.66

47.9 

H59.7

49.0 

60.8

D50.9 

62.9

46.0 

57.9

47.40 

J59.2

48.9 

59.8

53.8

53.0 

59.3

43.0 

56.0

53.0 

65.0

65.7

52.8 

64.7

56.8 

67.5

60.9 

70.8

63.6 

76.9

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gages, except as noted.

b Altitude, in feet, above mean sea. level. Sandy Hook datum.

o U. S. Weather Bureau gage.

d Seologioal Survey water-stage recorder.

e Heduoad to present datum; 12.5 ft. on former gage.

f Seologioal Survey water-stage recorder; gage heights prior to 1922 by U.

g Seologioal Survey gage; gage heights prior to 1922 by U. S. Weather Burez

h Computed gage height; gage submerged.

J Maximum observed: crest, probably 0.2 ft. higher, occurred several hours

S. Weather Bureau.
SUMMARY OP FLOOD STAGES AND DISCHARGES 485

Table 27. Summary of flood stages on the Mississippi Biver

Station a/

St. Louis, Mo. .§/

St. Louis, Mo.

Chester, 111. e/

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Cape Girardeaa, Mo. z/

Cairo, 111.

Wickliffs, Ey.

Columbus, Ky.

Hiotanan, Ky.

Few Madrid, Mo.

Cottonwood Point, 'Jo.

Fulton, ?enn.

Memphis, Term. (Beale St.)

Memphis, Tenn. .§/

Mhoon Landing, Hiss.

Helena, Ark.

Sunflower Landing, Miss.

Mouth of White Biver, Ark.

Arkansas City, Ark.

Greenville, Miss.

Warfield Point, Miss.

Lake Providence, La.

Vicksburg, Hiss, (canal)

Vieksburg, Miss, (bridge) &/

St. Joseph, La.

Katohez, Miss.

Angola, La.

Bayou Sara, La.

Baton Rouge, La.

Plaquemine, La.

Donaldaonville, La.

College Point, La.

Bonnet Carre, La.

New Orleans, La. £/

Oarrollton, La.

Chalmette, La.

West Point a la Eache, La.

Tort Jackson, La.

Miles 

from 

Cairo

Above

182.0

181.6

111.5

54.1

53.9

0

Below

4.3

21.6

35.9

71.0

124.5

175.4

227.0

ggo 3

273.2

307.1

353.7

393.2

437.5

480.2

485.6

543.3

601.8

602.8

662.7

705.7

771.4

807.3

842.4

862.8

895.4

913.1

942.2

964.2

966.7

979.6

1,081.0

1,051.2

Zero 

of

gage b_/

379.80

379.80

340.83

304.54

304.43

270.41

269.15

ioo.46

264.80

255.96

230.50

208.74

184.21

184.21

161.35

141.81

127.25

108.86

96.75

88.53

88.53

69.77

46.16

46.16

33.15

17.09

3.57

3.83

-.42

.28

-1.25

.29

0

-.15

-.13

-2.00

0

-1.68

Period 

of 

record

1933-1937

1861-1937

1891-1937

1896-1937

1933-1937

1871-1937

1932-1937

1881-1937

1929-1937

1879-1937

1880-1937

1879-1937

1871-1937

1934-1937

1882-1937

1871-1937

1882-1937

1871-1937

1879-1937

1882-1937

1936-1937

1871-1937

1871-1937

1930-1937

1881-1937

1871-1937

1871-1937

1889-1937

1872-1937

1880-1937

1890-1937

1880-1886

1889-1937

1930-1937

1934-1937

1872-1937

1923-1937

1926-1937

1891-1937

Maximum stage 

previously loiown

Date

June 9, 1935

Jane 28, 1844

June 1844

July 4, 1844

June 11, 1935

Apr. 20, 1927

April 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

April 1927

Apr. 9, 1913

Apr. 11-12, 1913

Apr. 9, 1913

Apr. 9, 1913

Apr. 9, 1913

^pr. 25-36, 1927

Apr. 27, 1927

Apr. 22, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

-

Apr. 21, 1927

May 4, 1927

May 4, 1927

May 4, 1927

May 4, 1927

May 14-17, 1927

May 15, 1927

May 15, 1927

May 16, 1927

May 15, 1927

May 16, 1927

Jane 10, 1929

Apr. 25, 1922

Apr. 25, 1922

Apr. 25-26, 1927

Apr. 23-26,1927

Apr. 26, 1922

Gage 

height

Feet

33.52

d41.39

d39.83

442.53

36.26

56.4

56.45

51.00

48.3

44.61

42.30

44.07

46.55

d 45. 2

47.0

56.75

53.20

60.25

60.4

54.60

-

50.70

58.40

f56.6

54.65

56.65

57.45

51.70

47.80

43.00

37.20

31.90

23.71

21.3

21.27

19.80

9.8

9.6

Maximum stage , 

January-February 1937

Day and hour

Feb. 25

Feb. 25

Feb. 26

Feb. 6

Feb. 6, 1 p.m.

Feb. 3, 9 p.m., to

Feb. 4, 7 a.a.

Feb. 4

Jan. 25, 4 p.m.

Feb. 1, 4 p.m.

Feb. 3, 4 a.m.

Feb. 6-7

Feb. 9

Feb. 9, 10 p.m.

Feb. 10, 5-8 a.m.

Feb. 10, 4 p.m.

Feb. 12, 10 p.m.

Feb. 11-12

Feb. 14

Feb. 14, noon

Feb. 15

Feb. 16

Feb. 15, 6 p.m.

Feb. 21-22

Feb. 21

Feb. 20, midnight

Feb. 21, 2 p.m.

Feb. 27-28

Feb. 27 to Mar. 1

Feb. 28

Feb. 26-27, Mar. 1

Feb. 27

Feb. 28

Feb. 18, 25 to

Mar. 1

Mar. 1, 2:15 a.m.

Feb. 28, 11 p.m.

Feb. 21, 24 to

.Mar. 1, 3

Feb. 19, 25 to

Mar. 1

Feb. 19, 26-27

Gage 

height

Feet

18.81

18.7

19.3

27.5

27.63

59.51

58.2

54.5

51.5

47.97

44.4

47.25

50.4

48.69

53.20

60.21

56.1

57.90

53.86

52.25

50.76

47.68

55.5

53.2

54.00

58.04

65.50

48.85

45.00

40.50

34.48

29.0

g21.9

19.28

19.29

18.3

9.6

8.60

a Mississippi Biver Commission gagea, except as noted, 

b Altitude, in feet, above mean Gulf level, 

datum of Corps of Engineers, U. S, Army, 

o Geological Survey water-stage recorder, 

d Determined from highwater marks.

e Oorpa of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage, 

f Determined from gage-relation curve, 

g Gage in spillway forebay; water surface 

in river about 1 ft. higher.

77596 O-38 32
486 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF STUDIES 

Method of Analysis

In the analyses of rainfall and run-off records the primary objective 

has been the determination of the relation between storm precipitation and 

the resulting direct run-off from all the principal drainage basins of the 

Ohio River. A secondary objective has been an inventory of the run-off 

day by day throughout the flood period with respect, first, to water in 

the channel systems tributary to the Ohio River channel and, second, to 

water in the main channel of the Ohio River, from Pittsburgh, Pa., to 

Cairo, 111., the results of which are presented in the subsequent section 

"Channel storage studies."

The determination of rainfall and direct run-off by basins makes 

possible areal studies of the volumes of water retained in the basins 

(basin residuals) through infiltration or absorption and surface storage, 

sssuming evaporation to be comparatively insignificant.* The results of 

these studies are of material value in clarifying problems relating to 

major floods, especially their control and forecast.

The differences between rainfall and run-off, together with similar 

differences published in Water-supply Papers 798, 799, and 800, afford 

significant evidence of the volumes of water so retained over drainage 

basins aggregating nearly 400,000 square miles in area and embracing all 

major basins from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois, to Maine, under two 

outstanding floods.

As discussed under "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions", the 

general storm period over the entire area lasted from December 26, 1936, 

to January 25, 1937. For the purpose of more effective study of the relations between rainfall and run-off associated with the floods a division 

into four periods has generally been made as follows: December 26 to 

January 5, January 6 to 12, January 13 to 19, and January 20 to 25.

An analysis has been made of the relations between the precipitation 

during each of these periods and the resulting direct run-off. As explained more fully in the description of the studies, somewhat different 

time intervals were used for certain basins to permit more satisfactory 

interpretation of the records.

Fortunately for the satisfactory study of relations between rainfall 

and run-off, there was very little snow over most of the area involved,

* For discussion of evaporation as a constituent of the basin residual 

see "Discussion of results."
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 487

either before or during the flood periods, and in this respect the study 

was less complicated than that for the floods of 1936 in the Northeast.

The method used in arriving at a classification and an estimate of 

the precipitation by storms and by drainage basins is discussed under 

"Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions." (See table 28, for results of 

determinations.)

The records of mean daily discharge at gaging stations have been 

used as a basis for the determination of the direct run-off during the 

storm periods. A discharge hydrograph was constructed covering the period from December 1, 1936, to February 28, 1937, for each gaging-station 

record to be analyzed. The hydrograph for the Clear Fork at Newville, 

Ohio (fig. 64), is presented to show tfte method of analysis of the storm 

run-off used for basins from which the run-off of different storm periods 

is easily identified by the decided rises and recessions in the hydrograph 

and where the effect of the channel storage is insufficient to obscure 

the direct association of rainfall and run-off. There had been no precipitation for a period of ten days or longer over most of the Clear Fork 

Basin prior to December 25. Consequently, the flow on December 25 (point 

A, fig. 64) consisted chiefly of outflow from ground water. Associated 

with the first storm period, December 26 to January 5, there was a rise 

to a peak (B), followed by a recession indicated by B-C. Except for the 

minor effect of antecedent snow the magnitude of the rise and the date of 

the peak varied with the characteristics of rainfall over the basin. In 

most of the streams of the upper Tennessee River Basin the peak discharge 

(B) of the first period was higher than any of the following peaks. Elsewhere in most of the Ohio River Basin the peak flows in the first period 

were considerably less than occurred during the last two storm periods.

Associated with the second storm period, January 6 to 12, there was 

a peak D followed by a recession to E. PeaK D was generally of minor 

size throughout the area.

Associated with the third storm period, January 16 to 19, there was 

a peak F which was followed by a second lower peak and a recession to 0. 

Similarly, with the fourth storm period there was a major peak H followed 

by a recession to I. As indicated above, peaks F and H were major peaks 

in all parts of the basin except in the area tributary to the upper 

Tennessee River. There was relatively little precipitation over most of 

the area from January 26 to February 7, so that the stream flow on 

February 7 (J) again consisted largely of outflow from ground water.
488 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

The total area under the hydrograph represents the total run-off 

that reached the stream channels both as surface run-off and as groundwater run-off resulting from the storm precipitation, plus the stream 

flow that would have been maintained if there had been no increment after 

December 25. The increase in stream flow directly attributable to the

Clear Fork at 

Newville, Ohio j

25 31 

December 1936

10 15 20 

January 1937

25 31 5 10 

February 1937

Figure 64.--Method of analysis used in determining the direct run-off 

associated with each storm and the total storm period.

melting snow and rain has been estimated by making an approximation of 

the position (A-K-L-M-N-J) of the graph of ground-water flow and assuming 

that the area above that line represents the increment in stream flow resulting from the direct run-off associated with the precipitation that 

occurred after December 25. The area above line A-K-L-M-N-J is believed 

to include essentially all the surface run-off resulting from the storm 

precipitation and may include some ground water that was discharged into 

stream channels with a promptness only somewhat less pronounced than that 

which characterized the surface run-off. This increment has been further 

analyzed to show within reasonable limits the run-off directly attributable to the precipitation during each storm period. This analysis has
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 489

Involved an estimation of recession curves C-K, E-L, G-M, and I-N. It 

follows that the area ABCK represents the direct run-off resulting from 

the first storm, CDELK the direct run-off resulting from the second storm, 

and similarly, for the third and fourth storm periods.

In some of the basins the precipitation was so nearly continuous or 

the smoothing and retarding effect of channel storage so marked that there 

was no appreciable recession In the stream flow between the storm periods. 

For such basins the dally run-off records have been adjusted for dally 

changes In channel storage and the direct run-off attributable to the 

separate storm periods has been determined. The results expressed as 

depth In Inches, over representative drainage basins In the Ohio River 

Basin and adjacent basins In Illinois, Missouri, and western Tennessee, 

are presented in table 28. It Is evident that the values of direct runoff thus presented are less than the total measured stream flow by reason 

of the exclusion of flow maintained from antecedent sources as well as 

base or ground-water discharge. Other Investigators might, of course, 

determine such maintained, or base, flow differently or construct somewhat 

different recession curves. Such variations In application of judgment 

would result In differences that are believed to be relatively small In 

relation to the magnitude of the run-off as a whole.

Direct run-off Is derived from rainfall, sleet, snow, and ice and 

never can exceed Its supply but must be less by reason of loss by evaporation or retention in the basin in the form of Infiltration or absorption 

and surface storage. This principle may be used to test the accuracy of 

the data, and where It cannot be satisfied the discrepancy must be explained either by inaccuracies in the basic data or by inadequacy of 

method of analysis. The relation of the precipitation during the entire 

storm period to the resulting direct run-off conforms to this criterion, 

for all of the basins analyzed, to the extent that the indicated volume 

of available water supply, including the water content of the snow on 

December 25, exceeded the total direct run-off in every area except a 

small one in the Kanawha River Basin. This statement does not necessarily 

mean that all values are correct. It does mean, however, that errors In 

the determination or method of analysis are not of sufficient magnitude 

to cause Inconsistencies in the respect indicated.

With regard to the indicated precipitation during the selected individual storm periods and the resulting direct run-off, apparent inconsistencies In relations are more numerous. These inconsistencies arise 

in p.art from Imperfections in the method of analysis, due to the Inability
490 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

to determine definitely the precipitation and the run-off directly attributable thereto in selected individual storm periods, and in part, for 

some areas, from the fact that some precipitation fell as snow, the water 

equivalent of which is included In the indicated precipitation for a given 

storm period, whereas on account of delayed melting the run-off therefrom 

was associated with that of subsequent storm periods. For a relatively 

few areas it appears that inconsistencies may result from errors in the 

determination of base data. Throughout the discussion of results by 

basins, possible reasons for inconsistencies are given.

In a number of small typical basins the analyses of the rainfall and 

run-off records have been extended to determine the daily variations In 

the volumes of water retained In the basins, or the basin residuals, as 

the basis for a brief discussion of the relations between such residuals 

and the meteorologlc conditions. (See figures presenting meteorologlc 

and hydrologic data for the separate basins, pp. 524-594.) The determination of the residual, or the amount of water which did not appear In 

stream channels as direct run-off, consists essentially of the comparison 

at corresponding times of the rainfall and ttie direct run-off Into the 

stream channel system through (a) the summation of the recorded precipitation In the basin adjusted to comparable 24-hour periods, and (b) the 

summation of the observed stream flow at the gaging station, after deducting antecedent and ground-water discharge and after adjustment for dally 

changes in storage in the surface channel system of the basin above the 

gaging station. (For a description of the basis for the latter adjustment see succeeding section on "Channel storage studies.") The differences between the two summations or mass curves represent all the water 

retained in the basin as surface detention and that retained as Infiltration or absorption as well as water lost through evaporation.

The values of the basin residuals on January 6, 12, 19, and 25 represent closely the total Infiltration, for nearly all surface run-off was 

in stream channels on these dates. Similar values may be approximated on 

these dates for most of the basins analyzed through the summation of the 

differences between the rainfall and the run-off values presented in 

table 28.

As pointed out earlier In this report the residual between preclpita-* 

tion and direct run-off has been ascribed to infiltration, it being assumed that other losses through evaporation and transpiration were negligible. 

Infiltration has been defined as the process involved where water percolates into or Is absorbed by the soil. The term Is also used herein to
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 491

describe the quantity of water that has so infiltrated. Horton* has outlined the role of infiltration in the relation between rainfall and runoff and has given the factors determining the rate of infiltration. He 

has pointed out that for a soil in a given condition there is a maximum 

rate at which it can absorb falling rain. This maximum or limiting rate 

is called its infiltration capacity. The infiltration capacity of the 

soil has been found to be related to many factors, principally to the 

soil texture, soil-moisture content, nature of cover and entrance conditions, and to temperature. Some of these factors are subject to change 

during a storm, and the infiltration capacity is correspondingly affected. 

Moreover, there is some evidence that the infiltration capacity during a 

given storm may be affected by the volume and intensity of rainfall. It 

must be remembered, therefore, that the infiltration capacity as used 

herein represents the capacity for absorption of rain under the variable 

conditions of soil, rainfall intensities, and other pertinent factors with 

which the infiltration was actually associated. It does not afford a 

measure of the ultimate capacity of the soil to absorb rainfall under the 

conditions most favorable thereto.

According to a widely accepted theory of surface run-off active surface run-off or flood-producing run-off from a given area occurs only 

when rain falls at a rate greater than the infiltration capacity of the 

soil.

When evaporation and transpiration are inconsequential, as during a 

winter storm, abstractions from rainfall are limited essentially to 

infiltration and to the small quantity of water required to wet ground 

surfaces and to fill surface depressions. Such water as is not thus disposed of contributes to the surface run-off and shortly appears in the 

surface streams. For this reason the value of the infiltration capacity 

is of great significance in the rainfall and run-off relation.

It was therefore believed that a determination of the infiltration 

capacity in tributary areas of the Ohio River Basin during a major atorm 

period such as herein described would be of material interest and of particular service in an appraisal of the value of the soil during winter 

storms as an agency for disposing of potential flood waters.

A basin at a given time may have a fairly consistent average infiltration-capacity value that is related to the average prevailing soil and 

climatic conditions. However, because of the existence of impervious or

* Horton, R. E., Surface run-off phenomena, Part I; Analysis of the 

hydrograph: Horton Hydrol. Lab. Pub. 101, Feb. 1, 1935.
492 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

thinly mantled areas most rains, however light, produce some surface runoff, and to this extent the usefulness of the average infiltration capacity as a relative measure of the power of the soil of a given basin to 

dispose of rainfall is diminished. These effects are of general significance in hydrologic theory, but they do not appear to be of material importance in an evaluation of the capacity of the soil over wide areas to 

retain or absorb water during the major flood period in question, when 

rainfall was sufficient in intensity to produce run-off from all areas. 

The values of infiltration capacity as determined herein of course relate 

to the basin-wide average characteristics prevailing during the time 

indicated and will include any effects of rainfall, temperature, and other 

characteristics peculiar to the storm period in question.

Although the basin residual has been obtained more or less readily, 

the determination of the infiltration capacity is surrounded by certain 

difficulties. For example, no practical technique has yet been developed 

for determining the infiltration capacity when snow or ice melt is present 

in the run-off. Moreover, detailed hourly analysis of rainfall and runoff would be necessary for a reasonably exact determination, a study that 

would necessitate many more recording rain-gage records than were available. Such an analysis for the Ohio River Basin would also entail a great 

expenditure of time.

A determination of the approximate average infiltration capacity for 

selected drainage basins has been made for each storm period in which snow 

or ice melt was not involved in the run-off, through a partial simplification of a method described by Horton.* The procedure is described in detail by Langbein.**

It has been found, as explained below, that the infiltration capacity 

can be very closely approximated by dividing the basin residual by the 

duration in hours of rainfall at a rate in excess of one-half the infiltration capacity.

This method has the following basis: Infiltration occurs during the 

entire period of rainfall. Infiltration at the maximum or limiting rate, 

however, only occurs during the periods when the rain falls at a rate in 

excess of the infiltration capacity, termed by Horton periods of rainfall 

excess. Consequently if the total observed infiltration were divided by

# Horton, R. E., Determination of infiltration capacity for large 

drainage basins: Am. Geophys. Union Trans., pt. 2, pp. 371-385, July 1937.

-*-:;- Langbein, W. B., Some channel storage studies and their application 

to the determination of infiltration: Am. Geophys. Union Trans., 1938.
RAINFALL AND HUN-OFF 493

the total duration of rainfall the quotient would yield the average rate 

of infiltration--a value less than the infiltration capacity. On the 

other hand, the division of total infiltration by the duration of rainfall 

excess would yield a result in excess of the infiltration capacity. It 

follows that the division of the total infiltration by some rainfall duration between these two durations would yield the proper result. Two approximations of the desired factor have suggested themselves first, a 

duration equal to the mean of the duration of total rainfall and the duration of rainfall excess, and second, the duration of rainfall at a rate 

one-half of the infiltration capacity. If the relationship between rainfall rate and duration were a straight line the two would be the same, and 

both would yield correct results. However, this relationship varies and 

rarely, if ever, conforms to a straight line. It has been found through 

experiment* that the second method suggested yields closer approximations 

of the infiltration capacity.

The determination of infiltration capacity by the proposed method 

requires a series of approximations that is, beginning with an assumed 

infiltration capacity, the duration of rainfall corresponding to a rate 

one-half this capacity would be computed, from which a second closer value 

of the infiltration capacity could be selected, etc. The computations 

have the characteristic of producing a rapid convergence upon the most 

satisfactory value of the infiltration capacity, and the third selected 

value is generally sufficiently close for all practical purposes. The 

application of this more or less exact method of determination has been 

regarded as unwarranted in the light of the possible errors in the residuals, ascribed to infiltration, and the difficulties involved in arriving at a relationship between rainfall rate and duration applicable to a 

wide area that may be relatively far removed from any recording rain gage. 

Consequently, a further simplifying assumption has been made.

During early attempts to develop a satisfactory procedure for computing the infiltration capacity it was found that the average infiltration 

capacity during the total storm period in the Ohio River Basin would approximate 0.04 inch per hour. This value is close to the average for the 

entire basin as obtained from the final results. Accordingly the duration 

of rainfall at a rate in excess of 0.02 inch per hour, which is a rate 

one-half of the indicated infiltration capacity, was adopted as a basis 

for determining the approximate infiltration capacity.

* Langbein, W. B., Some channel storage studies and their application 

to the determination of infiltration: Am. Oeophys. Union Trans., 1938. 

Other methods than the two suggested are discussed and compared.
494 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

In the light of the deduction that rains of 0.02 inch per hour or 

less had little influence on the flood run-off, rainfall at rates greater 

than 0.02 inch per hour have In this report been termed significant rainfall. The results of dividing the computed residual by the duration of 

such significant rainfall has, been termed the approximate infiltration capacity.

To determine the number of hours of significant rainfall over the 

several basins, maps, based on all precipitation records obtained by recording rain gages and showing the number of hours of rainfall In excess 

of 0.02 inch per hour, were prepared for each storm period, and the average rainfall rate was obtained by dividing the total precipitation during 

each storm period, by the number of hours of rain In excess of 0.02 Inch 

per hour. Upon these maps smooth lines of equal duration of significant 

rainfall were drawn and another system of lines of equal rainfall rates 

were also drawn In such a manner that at any intersection of these lines 

the product of the duration and the rate equaled the known precipitation 

at the point of Intersection. Prom this system of lines the approximate 

number of hours of significant rainfall were obtained for any basin by 

interpolation.

Engineers and hydrologists will readily realize the approximations 

that have been necessary with respect to the many Items presented in the 

rainfall and run-off studies. Users are cautioned to apply the results 

to specific flood problems only after a thorough understanding of the 

methods of derivation.

Discussion of results

The results of the rainfall and run-off studies have been summarized 

In table 28. This table lists (1) gaging stations for which daily discharge records are Included in this report and at which the run-off has 

been analyzed In relation to rainfall, (2) the drainage area In square 

miles tributary to the gaging station, and, for each such drainage area, 

(3) an estimate of the water content of the snow In mean depth In inches, 

If there apparently was snow on the ground on December 25, (4) the precipitation for each Individual storm period and for the total storm period, (5) the total precipitation plus the water content of the snow on 

December 25, where antecedent snow was a factor, (6) the direct run-off 

associated with each Individual storm period, and (7) the difference between the total precipitation plus the water content of snow (If any) on 

December 25 and the direct run-off for the total storm period.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 495

The difference between precipitation and direct run-off is composed 

of infiltration as well as evaporated and transpired water. During winter 

in the Ohio River Basin there is probably little or no transpiration, and, 

moreover, during a prolonged winter rainstorm conditions are usually not 

favorable for evaporation because the temperature is comparatively low and 

the relative humidity is high. Justification for ascribing the greater 

part of the basin residuals (difference between precipitation and run-off) 

to infiltration is supported by the following reasoning:

The approximate evaporation from shallow free-water surfaces at the 

several first order Weather Bureau stations has been computed by the 

Meyer formula.* The results of these computations indicate an average 

evaporation of about 1.25 inches between December 26 and January 25 for 

the basins under consideration. It is believed, however, that this depth 

of water represents the maximum possible evaporation and that the actual 

evaporation (from noninfiltrated water) was much less. Based upon a consideration of the possible opportunity for evaporation, as determined by 

the probable average area of water surface, the variation of water-surface 

area in relation to rates of evaporation, and other factors, it has been 

estimated that probably not more than 25 percent of the potential free 

water-surface evaporation actually took place. This indicates an average 

evaporation of not exceeding 0.31 inch, which is less than 8 percent of 

the average basin residual. Inspection of the computed water-surface 

evaporation at the several Weather Bureau stations shows that less than 

the average evaporation occurred in the lower Ohio River Basin and that 

greater than the average evaporation occurred in the upper basin. This 

manner of variation is opposite to the general downstream increase in 

total basin residual shown on figure 65 (described in this section on p. 

519) seems to eliminate evaporation as a possible cause of this somewhat 

systematic variation of the results ascribed to infiltration.

Detailed discussions of the rainfall and run-off relations with respect to the principal tributary basins of the Ohio River are presented 

farther on in this section. Some of the more general features of the 

rainfall and run-off relationships that have been disclosed by these 

studies are discussed below.

It has been definitely determined that there was snow on the ground 

on December 25 over that part of the Ohio River Basin in New York, Pennsylvania, and parts of West Virginia and that water from melted snow was

* Meyer, A. P., and Levens, A. S., Determining evaporation losses from 

Weather Bureau data: Kng. News-Record, April 1, 1957, pp. 481-483.
496 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

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No. 

on 

figs. 

53, 54

1

2

3

4

15

16

17

19

20

25

26

28

29

30

55

56

57

58

59

60

60A.

61

66

67

Column 9 

plus 

column 4

10

Alls

9.0

8.45

9.6

10.05

10.8

10.55

11.0

10.55

11.0

10.15

10.7

9.9

10.65

10.55

Be

9.65

9.6

9.3

9.8

8.55

9.2

9.2

9.5

10.1

10.5

Direct run-off associated with each storm and total 

storm period

Dec. 26- 

Jan. 5 

11

Khenv River

1.95

1.45

1.75

1.65

2.1

1.85

1.75

1.6

1.4

2.15

1.7

1.55

1.95

1.5

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1.0

1.0

.85

.9

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.85

.75

.9

1.45

1.4

Jan. 6-12 

12

Basin

0.65

.55

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.8

1.1

.95

1.15

1.2

1.1

.9

.65

1.9

1.75

1.95

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.8

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1.0

.6

1.0

.55

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Jan. 13-19 

13

2.3

2.05

2.65

2.45

3.35

2.4

3.1

2.95

2.6

2.15

2.3

1.6

1.65

1.65

2.35

2.8

2.6

2.35

2.0

2.3

2.5

2.4

2.05

2.1

Jan. 20-25 

14

2.3

2.7

3.05

3.3

2.95

4.0

3.5

2.9

3.1

3.65

3.8

3.45

3.05

3.1

3.25

3.45

3.85

3.8

2.45

3.35

4.2

2.95

4.95

5.55

Dec. 26- 

Jan. 25

7.2

6.75

8.3

8.2

9.5

9.2

9.5

8.65

8.2

8.85

8.45

8.5

8.4

8.2

7.2

7.85

8.15

7.85

6.0

7.5

8.05

7.25

9.0

9.7

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.2

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1.95

1.25

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2.15

1.2

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1.7

1.3

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1.3

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1.5

1.9

2.8

1.3

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2.2

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1.7

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No. 

on 

figs. 

53, 54, 

56

68 

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

50

69

89 

90

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column 4

10

Little

9.95

9.2

8.7

9.0

9.25

9.4

9.75

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9.6

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10.4

9.9

9.35

9.55

9.95

9.5

10.5

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10.5

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9.3 

9.95

Direct run-off associated with each storm and total 

storm period

Dec. 26- 

Jan. 5 

11

Beaver Eive

0.95 

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1.4

1.35

1.15

1.1

1.3

1.15

1.2

1.4

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1.05

1.0

1.5

1.65

1.75

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.7

Island Cree

.9

Kanawha Riv

1.10 

1.05

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12

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0.45 

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1.0

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1.05

1.2

1.3

1.6

1.2

.95

1.35

1.6

1.9

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1.05

1.45

1.0

2.3

2.3

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1.85

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1.2

1.3

Jan. 13-19 

13

2.5 

1.9

1.75

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.95

1.8

1.95

1.75

2.0

2.2

2.4

1.3

1.55

1.65

1.25

1.9

1.45

(a)

(a) 

(a)

Jan. 20-25 

14

4.8 

1.95

2.4

2.55

2.8

3.2

3.2

3.5

3.0

4.25

3.95

4.05

3.65

2.6

2.7

2.95

2.55

3.65

2.95

5.75

5.6 

5.7

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Jan. 25

15

8.7 

6.1

6.5

6.15

6.65

7.6

7.6

8.1

7.55

7.85

8.35

8.85

9.45

6.5

7.05

7.75

6.5

9.65

8.4

8.5

7.9 

8.05

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minus 

column 15

16

0.75 

2.6

1.7

2.35

2.1

1.3

1.65

.8

1.7

1.25

1.4

1.05

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1.35

1.0

.7

1.5

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2.0

1.4 

1.9

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17

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3.1

2.2

2.85

2.6

1.8

2.15

1.3

2.2

1.75

1.9

1.55

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2.85

2.5

2.2

3.0

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1.45

2.0

1.4 

1.9

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No. 

On 

fig. 

56

96

99

100

101

105

106

107

109

110

111

112

113

114

115

116

117

118

5

8

11

12, 13

Column 9 

plus 

column 4

10

Kan

7.25

7.0

7.2

7.45

8.2

8.1

8.25

8.6

8.4

8.4

8.25

9.1

8.4

9.45

8.55

7.7

7.7

<*i

9.6

9.5

12.4

12.95

Direct run-off associated with each storm and total 

storm period

Dec. 26- 

Jan. 5 

11

anna River 8

1.15

(b)

1.4

1.45

1.8

2.35

2.55

1.8

1.65

1.6

2.3

3.2

1.8

1.55

1.1

.85

.55

o River mail

1.45

.95

1.1

1.3

Jan. 6-12 

12

asin

.25

1.2

.2

.25

.15

.6

.5

.85

.7

.5

.95

.7

.25

.95

.9

.25

.25

stem

1.15

.75

1.0

1.0

Jan. 13-19 

13

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

1.9

1.95

(a)

(a)

Jan. 20-25 

14

1.65

2.15

2.8

2.85

4.15

3.5

3.6

4.3

4.45

4.0

4.3

5.8

3.85

4.2

4.15

3.9

4.2

3.05

3.4

7.25

6.6

Dec. 26- 

Jan. 25 

15

3.05

3.35

4.4

4.55

6.1

6.45

6.65

6.95

6.8

6.1

7.55

9.7

5.9

6.7

6.15

5.0

5.0

7.55

7.05

9.35

8.9

Column 9 

minus 

oolunrn 15

16

4.2

3.65

2.6

2.5

1.1

.15

.1

.65

.6

1.3

-.3

-2.1

1.5

1.75

2.1

2.7

2.7

1.05

2.05

2.85

3.95

Column 10 

minus 

column 15

17

4.2

3.65

2.8

2.9

2.1

1.65

1.6

1.65

1.6

2.3

.7

-.6

2.5

2.75

2.4

2.7

2.7

2.05

2.45

3.05

4.05

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57, 58, 

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130

131

136

137

138

139

140

141

142

143

144

145

146

147

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149

168

188

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storm period

Dec. 26- 

Jan. 5 

9

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Little

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.4

.35

1.35

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1.3

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3.35

3.35

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2.7

3.3

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2.95

4.35

3.45

3.45

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Jan. 25 

13

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9.95

14.35

6.65

7.55

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8.6

8.45

7.75

6.35

6.25

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Table 28,-aainfall and run-off of floods of January-Februar

No. 

on 

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61

189

190

191

192

193

194

195

196

197

198

199

203

204

207

208

209

210

211

212

213

214

216

217

221

224

225

Stream 

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Wabash Hiver Basin Continued

Wabash Hiver

Wabash River

Wabash River

Wabash River

Wabash River

Wabash River

Wabash River

Salamonie River

Mississinewa River

Eel River

Tippeoanoe River

Vermilion River

West Branch of Salt Fork

Bnbarrass River

West Fork of White River

West Fork of White River

West Fork of White River

West Fork of White Hiver

West Fork of White Hiver

West Fork of White Hiver

West Fork of White Hiver

White Hiver

Fall Creak

Bel River

East Fork of White River

East Fork of White River

Point of measurement 

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Wabash, Ind.

Logansport, Ind*

Lafayette, Ind.

MontezTiaa, Ind.

Terre Haute, Ind.

Vinoennes, Ind.

Mt. Carmel, 111.

Dora, Ind.

Marion, Ind.

North Manchester, Ind.

Montioello, Ind.

Danville, 111.

Urbana, 111.

Ste. Marie, 111.

Munoie, Ind.

Anderson, Ind.

Noblesville, Ind.

Nora, Ind.

Indianapolis, Ind.

Spencer, Ind.

Newberry, Ind.

Hazleton, Ind.

Millersville, Ind.

Bowling Green, Ind*

Seymour, Ind.

Shoals, Ind.

Drainage 

area 

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3

1,670

3,760

7,230

11,000

12,200

13,700

28,600

512

740

429

1,740

1,280

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259

412

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1,190

1,620

2,980

4,690

11,300

327

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Table 28.-Rainfall and run-off of floods of January-Februar

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61

189

190

191

192

193

194

195

196

197

198

199

203

204

207

208

209

210

211

212

213

214

216

217

221

224

225

Direct run-off assooiated with each storm and total 

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Jan. 5 

9

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61, 62

227

230

232

234

235

396

397

399

400

401

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Direct run-off associated with each storm and total 

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Jan. 5 

9

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12

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1.8

1.9

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Jan. 25 

13

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15.0

4.15

5.6

3.9

2.8

7.35

6.85

2.0

10.5

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14

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2.05

2.5

4.75

4.85

3.8

5.15

5.4

6.0

4.6

4.05

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Table 28.-Rainfall and run-off of floods of January-Februa

Ho. 

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figs. 

59, 60

119 

120

121 

124 

125

132 

133

151 

152 

153 

154 

155

156 

160

170

171 

172 

173 

174

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Guyandot River 

Guyandct River

Bis Sandy Hlver Basin

Levisa Pork 

Tug Pork 

Tug Fork

Looking River Basin

Licking River 

Licking River

Kentucky River Basin

North Pork of Kentucky River 

Kentucky River 

Kentucky River 

Kentucky River 

Kentucky River

Kentucky River 

Dix River

Sreen Elver Basin

Green River

Green River 

Green River 

Green River 

Hoi in River

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2

Man, W. Va. 

Branchland, W. Va.

Paint sville, Ky. 

Litwar, W. Va. 

Kermit, W. Va.

Farmers, Ky. 

Catawba, Ky.

Jackson, Ky. 

Look 14, Heidelburg, Ky. 

Look 10, Winchester, Ky. 

Look 6, Warwick, Ky. 

Look 4, Frankfort, Ky.

Look 2, Lookport, Ky. 

High Bridge, Ky.

Munfordville, Ky.

Look 6, Brownsville, Ky. 

Look 4, Woodbury, Ky. 

Livermore, Ky. 

Wax, Ky.

Drainage 

area 

(square 

miles) 

3

762 

1,226

2,150 

500 

1,185

831 

3,320

1,100 

2,650 

3,96» 

5,090 

5,400

6,170 

416 '

1,790

2,760 

5,400 

7,500 

596
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119

120

121

124

125

132

133

151

152

153

154 

155

156

160

170 

171 

172

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174

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Dec. 26- 

Jan. 5 

9

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1.15

1.0

Biff

1.2

.75

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Lie

1.5

1.35

Ken^

1.4

1.55

1.7

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1.65

1.65

1.75

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1.95 

1.55 

1.65 

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0.1

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1.0

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1.75 

1.95 

1.75 

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11

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1.55

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2.75

2.85

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(b) 

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12

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2.25

2.4

1.6

2.15

3.85

6.1

2.85

2.7

3.1

3.75 

3.9

3.8

6.0

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13.1 

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Jan. 25 

13

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5.5

6.65

4.05

5.35

9.4

12.4

7.2

7.35

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9.5

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16.6 

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2.6

2.85

2.25

2.5

1.75

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4.55

3.75

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4.25

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3.85

2.35 

3.5 

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237

238

239

240

241

242

244

245

247

250

251

254

257

259

260

261

Direct run-off associated with each storm and total

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Jan. 5

9

Green Hi

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13

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15.3

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6.85

6.35

Direct run-off associated with each storm and total

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Dec. 26- 

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10

CtQab6

2.7

3.15

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4.65

3.55

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5.45

4.65

4.65

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11

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3.5

3.95

3.9

4.0

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1.9

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2.4

2.05

2.35

2.85

2.65

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1.2

1.9

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2.45

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1.4

1.2

1.8

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4.45

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14

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8.2

8.3

8.6

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2.95

3.5

2.55

3.35

2.6

3.3

4.1

4.55

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15

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11.05

11.75

12.15

12.2

12.6

13.05

12.65

11.35

10.95

13.4

11.3

12.65

11.55

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2.6

2.8

2.95

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5.15

4.95

2.7

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3.35

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271

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273

274

275

276

277

278

279

280

281

292

298

305

317

320

335

348

362

367

373

376

377

378

Direct run-off associated with each storm and total storm period

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Jan. 4 

11

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(g)

(g)

(g)

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3.5

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20 

15

1.25

2.15

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(h)

(h)

(h)

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1.05

1.4

1.5

1.55

2.9

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3.7

3.6

3.6

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2.45

1.65

1.55

3.35

3.05

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Jan. 25 

17

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4.35

4.95

5.85

5.95

6.15

6.05

6.1

7.0

7.4

7.45

7.8

5.4

4.05

4.25

7.3

5.75

7.05

4.95

10.55

10.35

7.0

12.3

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18

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5.0

5.4

5.15

5.5

5.35

5.65

5.7

5.25

4.9

5.5

5.45

5.3

5.1

3.75

4.75

7.7

3.95

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3.8

4.25

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Run-off 

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associate

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No. 

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379 

380 

381

382

403 

404 

405 

406 

407

408 

409

410

411

412

Direct run-off associated with each storm and total storm period

Dec. 26- 

Jan. 4 

11

ftennei

1.55 

3.6 

2.95

.8

(b) 

(b) 

(b) 

(b) 

(b)

(b) 

(b)

(b) 

(b)

(b)

Jan. 5-8 

12

see Elver

0.1 

.35 

.25

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Oblon Hiv

.65 

.55 

.9 

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1.05

1.15 

1.0

Hatchie Ri

3.6 

2.65

Wolf Hiv

2.25

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15 

13

Basin Con

1.4 

(f) 

(h)

1.45

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1.25 

.85 

1.4 

1.05 

1.15

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1.25

ver Basin

1.25 

1.05

er Basin

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18 

14

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2.6 

2.6 

(h)

2.4

(g) 

(g) 

(g) 

(g) 

(g)

(g) 

(g)

(g) 

(g)

(g)

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20 

15

(h) 

1.3 

(h)

(h)

(g) 

(g) 

(g) 

(g) 

(g)

(g) 

(g)

(g) 

(g)

(g)

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25 

16

5.05 

1.55 

5.85

10.1

13.45 

14.65 

12. 8 

13.75 

6.9

8.2 

8.75

4.35 

6.75

6.3

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Jan. 25 

17

10.7 

9.4 

9.05

14.8

15.35 

16.05 

15.1 

15.4 

9.1

9.95 

11.0

9.2 

10.45

9.05

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minus 

column 17

18

6.75 

7.25 

8.05

6.6

7.3 

6.1 

5.95 

7.35 

9.35

10.25 

10.05

5.6 

5.85

8.55

b Run-off associated with this period included with that given in column 12. 

f Run-off associated with this period included with that given in column 14.

g Run-off associate

h Run-off associate
518 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

associated with the run-off from these areas resulting from the first 

storm, December 26 to January 5. In these areas, therefore, the direct 

run-off resulting from the first storm period is related to the sum of 

the water content of the antecedent sn<ow cover and the precipitation during the period December 26 to January 5. In areas where there was no 

snow on December 25, the factor of antecedent snow may be omitted. If 

the effect of evaporation is ignored, and for the winter period here considered this effect is shown to be relatively insignificant, the difference between the rainfall and run-off for any individual period or for 

the total period represents the amount of water being retained in the 

basin in the form of natural or artificial storage and the amount of 

water which had percolated into or was absorbed by the soil. It is inferred that during the first storm period more of the storage space in 

the depressions of the ground was available for filling than in subsequent 

storm periods and that for a given amount and rate of precipitation the 

differences between rainfall and run-off would therefore be greater for 

the first than for the subsequent periods. The results of the studies 

support this inference.

In most of the areas studied, except those drained by the Tennessee 

River, the differences between rainfall and run-off during the first 

storm period averaged between 1 and 1^ inches out of a total rainfall for 

the period of 1 to 5 inches. The approximate infiltration capacity of 

those regions unaffected by antecedent snow, based on the number of hours 

of significant rainfall (defined under "Method of analysis"), ranged from 

about 0.04 to 0.08 inch per hour, or approximately 1.5 to 2.0 times as 

great as the indicated average for the entire storm period December 26 to 

January 25 and approximately three times greater than the indicated rate 

during the last storm period January 20-25. In the Tennessee River Basin 

the precipitation during the first storm period ranged from about 3 to 

somewhat over 7 inches, and differences of nearly 4 inches between rainfall and run-off prevailed in parts of the basin, indicating infiltration 

capacities between 0.06 and 0.09 inch per hour, corresponding roughly to 

the highest rates indicated in parts of the Green, Cumberland, and Obion 

River Basins and other basins where the precipitation and rainfall were 

materially less.

In several basins where an analysis of the daily records has been 

made (see figures presenting meteorologic and hydrologic data for the 

separate basins, pp. 524-594) the close correlation between the cumulative
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 519

rainfall during the first storm and the basin residual shows the magnitude of the effect of initial depression storage and surface detention 

during the early part of the total storm period.

During the later storm periods 'it appears that the effects of depression storage and detention were much smaller and that differences between rainfall and run-off relate more closely to direct percolation and 

absorption, for precipitation was so nearly continuous that there was 

little opportunity for substantial draining out (between subsequent storm 

periods). In each instance where analysis of daily rainfall and run-off 

was made the correlation between the precipitation and the direct run-off 

became more and more pronounced after the first storm period and the increases in the total basin residuals became smaller as the stoTm period 

progressed, due probably in large part to decreasing infiltration capacity. Figure 90, which shows relations between precipitation, direct runoff, and the basin residual for the Big Sandy River Basin above Bruceton, 

Term., is typical in that it shows the relatively small part played by 

infiltration and surface storage during the later storm periods, when 

much of the rain fell at rates in excess of the caps city of the ground to 

absorb it.

Comparisons cannot be made successfully between the basin residuals 

and the infiltration rates of the different drainage areas for the individual storms because the lengths of the individual storm periods and the 

occurrence of the precipitation as rain or snow" varied in different parts 

of the Ohio River Basin. Significant comparisons between basins ean be 

made, however, for the total storm period, of the total basin residualsj 

the duration of significant rainfall, and approximate infiltration capacities.

These data have been generalized on figures 65, 66, and 67* Figure 

65 shows for the Ohio River Basin the differences between the total precipitation for the period December 26 to January 25 plus antecedent snow 

on areas as denoted and the resulting direct run-off. The approximate 

weighted average of the basin residuals is 3.85 inches. An analysis of 

the discharge record of the Ohio River at Metropolis, 111., adjusted for 

daily changes in channel storage (see figure 92, in "Channel storage 

studies"), gave a value of 4.1 inches for the difference between the total 

precipitation above Metropolis and the direct run-off. Figure 66 shows 

graphically for the Ohio River Basin the number of hours in the entire 

storm period during which precipitation is estimated to have fallen at 

rates exceeding 0.02 inch per hour. The lines of equal duration of
520 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

significant rainfall shown in figure 66 were computed by adding the hours 

of significant precipitation obtained for each storm period by methods 

previously described. The- average for the entire basin was approximately 

111 hours.

ISO Miles

Figure 65. Map of the Ohio River Basin, showing approximate total basin 

residuals (differences between total precipitation and total direct 

run-off), December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937.

On figure 67 are shown for the Ohio River Basin generalized average 

infiltration capacities for the total storm period December 26 to January 

25, based upon data obtained by division of the individual basin residuals 

by the average number of hours of significant precipitation for the individual basins. Roughly, for the storm period as a whole, 97 percent of the 

basin had an approximate infiltration capacity of less than 0.06 inch per 

hour, 63 percent less than 0.04 inch per hour, and 19 percent less than 

0.02 inch per hour, or an approximate average for the entire basin of 

0.036 inch per hour.
RAINFALL AND RON-OFF 521

In presenting the generalized information shown on figure 67 it is 

recognized that in parts of the Ohio River Basin some of the storm precipitation occurred as snow and that infiltration from such snow is not 

related to the duration of significant precipitation. It should be noted,

150 Miles

Figure 66. Map of the Ohio River Basin, showing duration, in hours, of 

precipitation at rates in excess of 0.02 inch per hour, December 

26, 1936, to January 25, 1937.

however, that snow melt constituted apparently a very small part of the 

total water supply and that material differences are not evident between 

results determined for those areas where snow was involved and for adjacent areas where all the precipitation fell as rain. The study indicates 

clearly that for the storm as a whole and also for the individual storm 

periods, there is considerable uniformity over wide areas in the amounts 

of the basin residuals and the infiltration capacities. In the analysis 

of the floods of March 1936 (Water-Supply Papers 798, 799, and 800) the
522 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

same tendency for uniformity of basin residuals over wide areas was indicated. On account of the large amount of snow involved in the floods of 

1936 no attempt was made, however, to translate basin residuals into 

infiltration capacities.

84°

EXPLANATION

01-.02 inches per hr.

.02-.04 " " "

.04-.06 " " "

.06-.08 " " " ^^

50 0 50 100 150 Miles

Figure 67. Map of the Ohio River Basin, showing approximate infiltration 

capacities (total basin residuals divided by durations of precipitation at rates in excess of 0.02 inch per hour) during floods of 

January-February 1937.

As discussed more fully by basins, in some areas there seemed to be 

a general tendency for the infiltration capacities to increase in a downstream direction. In other basins no such tendency was evident. All 

basins, however, showed a significant decrease in infiltration capacities 

with the prolongation of the storm period, which condition is conformable 

with statements of many observers that the precipitation during the later 

part of the storm period fell on saturated ground and nearly all ran off. 

A very large part of the rain during the last storm period fell at rates 

exceeding the infiltration capacities, which, as has been shown, were 

materially less than during the first storm period.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 523

Comparison of plate 6 and figure 67 suggests that the infiltration 

may be affected to a slight extent by-the depth of rainfall, in that the 

regions of high infiltrated capacity approximately coincide with those of 

high total rainfall and regions of low infiltration approximately coincide 

with those of low rainfall. This approximate coincidence may relate in 

part to the effect of rainfall intensity and depth of water upon the 

ground on the rate of infiltration as previously discussed under "Methods 

of analysis."

In the discussion of meteorologic and hydrologic conditions the 

statement was made that probably ground conditions at the beginning of the 

storm period were more favorable for the retention and absorption of water 

than would normally be expected in late December. If this deduction is 

correct then there was less run-off during the first storm than would be 

expected under normal conditions. However, had there been an increased 

run-off during the first storm period, December 26 to January 5, it would 

largely have passed out of the Ohio River Basin before the major peak of 

late January and so probably would not have increased that peak. It seems 

improbable that the infiltration capacities during the last storm period, 

January 20-25, could have been much less than they were regardless of the 

condition of the ground on December 25, and the infiltration rates indicated for the last storm period should closely approximate minimum capacities 

for winter conditions with unfrozen ground in the Ohio River Basin.

The substantial uniformity of infiltration capacities over broad 

areas with widely variable soils, slopes, and cover, suggests that the 

influences of these features on infiltration capacities were largely 

equalized during the prolonged flood period. The significant decrease in 

the abstraction of water through surface storage and detention and in the 

capacity of the soil to absorb water, as the storm progressed, indicates 

the practical limitations to the effectiveness of these agencies in the 

control of run-off from great and prolonged storms. It follows that reliance for flood control must be placed more exclusively on measures that 

provide storage in reservoirs, or retarding basins, large and small. However, with rainfall such as occurred over the Red River Basin above Adams, 

Term., where the total depth exceeded 22 inches, about 10 inches falling 

during the last four days of the storm period, the possibilities of control through any means may have serious practical limitations.
524 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Allegheny, Beaver, and Little Beaver River Basins

In the Allegheny, Beaver, and Little Beaver River Basins, as In most 

areas In the Ohio River Basin, mean temperatures during December 1936 were 

above normal, total snowfall was below normal, and precipitation prior to 

December 26 was below normal.

The last general snowfall preceding the storm period occurred on 

December 19, 20, and 21 and ranged In different localities from 3 to 10 

Inches, all on "bare ground. By December 27 most of the snow had disappeared, and on January 1 the records indicate there was very little snow 

anywhere within the basins. On January 2, 10, and 16 there were falls of 

snow generally of an Inch or less. On January 21 and 22 several Inches 

of snow was associated with the rain, and on January 23 several stations 

reported accumulations of snow of several Inches. During the later part 

of December and all of January temperatures were unusually high, the mean 

for January being the fourth highest on record for that month. There was 

but little ice reported at any time in the rivers and lakes and no deepseated frost. The probable effects of the snow and frost are discussed 

below.

The total storm period extended from noon December 27, 1936, to 

January 25, 1937. During this period there was precipitation near Piney, 

Clarion County, Pa., during 236 hours or for 33 percent of the time. Although the continuity wss exceptional, the intensity of the rainfall, as 

reflected by the records at Piney, was low, there being only 24 hours when 

the rates exceeded 0.10 Inch an hour and 5 hours when the rates exceeded 

0.20 Inch per hour, with a maximum Intensity of 0.55 inch per hour on 

December 31. Table 3 presents a summary of other recording precipitation 

records showing rates and duration of rainfall during each storm period.

The table storm period has been subdivided into four storm periods 

for use in the rainfall and run-off studies. The number of hours of rainfall In excess of 0.02 inch in each period was greater than that In the 

preceding period as shown by tne following table:
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Summary of precipitation, by periods, In the Allegheny 

and Beaver River Basins

Storm period

Dec. 26, 1936, to 

Jan. 5, 1937

Jail. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Approximate duration, In hours, 

of precipitation in excess of 

0.02 inch per hour

Beaver

10

16

32

50

Upper 

Allegheny

13

15

25

46

Lower 

Allegheny

12

16

30

50

Precipitation 

in percent of total

13

15

28

44

The total direct run-off resulting from the precipitation and melting 

snow during the total storm period averaged between 7 and 8 inches over 

the various basins, ranging from a maximum of 9.2 Inches in the Tlonesta 

Creek Basin above Nebraska, Pa., to a minimum of 6.75 Inches for the Allegheny River Basin above Red House, N. Y. As shown by the following list 

about 6'8 percent of the total direct run-off resulted from the precipitation during the last two storm periods.

Run-off In 

percent of total

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 1937-

Jan. 6-12 -

Jan. 13-19 - --

Jan. 20-25 -

20

12

28

40

There was usually one peak associated with each storm period, with 

the major peak occurring generally on January 25 or 26. In determining 

the direct run-off an average between 0.6 and 0.7 second-feet per square 

mile (or about 0.75 Inch for a 31-day month) has been estimated for 

ground-water run-off.

The direct run-off during the first storm period, December 26 to 

January 5, exceeded the precipitation In all parts of the Allegheny River 

Basin and in portions of the Beaver River Basin, thus clearly Indicating 

a contribution to flood run-off from snow on the ground on December 25. 

The excess of run-off over the rainfall during the first storm period 

averaged about 0.6 inch over the Allegheny River Basin and showed no 

systematic variation for different parts of the basin. In the Beaver 

River Basin the differences Indicated a smaller contribution of run-off 

from snow In the western part of the basin than In the eastern part. 

From a study of daily records by cooperative observers of the Weather
526 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Bureau, it is estimated that the average water content of snow on the 

ground on December 25 ranged from about one-half inch in the western 

portion of the Beaver River Basin to somewhat more than 2 inches in the 

French, Crooked, Blacklick, and Mahoniijg Creek Basins. (See table 28.)

Inasmuch as there was accumulated in the first storm period about 

100 degree-days of temperature above 32°F., it may be assumed that all 

the snow on the ground on December 25 melted and was associated with the 

direct run-off observed during the period December 26 to January 5. 

Accordingly, the estimated water content of the snow plus the precipitation from December 26 to January 5 exceeded the run-off by 0.5 to 1.5 

inches (graph C; fig. 68), which Is indicative of the total infiltration, 

surface storage, and evaporation. The general tendency for the difference 

to equal or exceed 1 inch may indicate that there has been an underestimation of the water content of the snow on December 25 in areas where 

the differences are materially less than 1 inch. During the period 

December 26 to January 5, minimum daily temperatures were in general above freezing, the mean temperature being well above 40° F. All of the 

precipitation fell as rain, but not with high intensity. Surface conditions were generally conducive to high retention.

During the second storm period, January 6 to 12, precipitation was 

general on January 7, 8, 9, and 10, some stations showing precipitation 

on January 11.. Intensities were low, few stations exceeding 1 inch in 24 

hours. At some stations there was an inch or less of snowfall recorded 

on January 10. Some freezing occurred at night during the period except 

on January 7 and 8, when temperatures did not fall below freezing. There 

was little freezing during the days when most of the precipitation occurred. The average temperature during the/ period was 37° as compared 

with 44° during the first period. Because of more freezing at night a 

somewhat lower infiltration rate would be expected during this period 

than during the first period. The direct run-off resulting from the 

second storm period (see table 28) was at every station less than the 

precipitation during that second storm period. The difference between 

the precipitation and associated direct run-off (graph D, fig. 68) was 

small, however, averaging uniformly less than one-half inch, and showed 

no systematic variation for different parts of the basin.

Precipitation during the third storm period, January 13-19, occurred 

in two general storms both of relatively high intensity, the first on 

January 14 and 15, during which time minimum temperatures, were well above 

freezing, and the second on January 17 and 18 when some freezing may have
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF

11

10

8 

7

Graph A. Water content of snow on Dec. 25, 1936, plus total precipitation 

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937 

Graph B. Total direct run-off

^Greph A

/-Graph B

Graph C.--Difference between water content of snow on Dec. 25, 1936, plus 

precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 1937, and resulting direct run-off

Graph D. Difference rbetween precipitation Jan. 6-12, 1937, and resulting 

direct run-off

i I I I i I I

Graph E. Difference between precipitation Jan. 13-19, 1937, and resulting 

direct run-off

Graph F. Difference between precipitation Jan. 20-25, 1937, and resulting 

direct run-off

_LJ I.I JLi

Graph G.--Difference between water content of snow Dec. 25, 1936, plus total

precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937, 

_______________ and resulting total direct run-off__________________

1 

fati 2 15 16 17 19 20 3 4 25 26 28 29 30 61 n66 67 60 59 nn60A 55 56 57 58

Allegheny River Basin Beaver River Basin

Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in tables

22 and 26 and in figures 53 and 54. Reading from left to right the

basins are arranged approximately in downstream order.

Figure 68. Comparison of differences between precipitation plus water content of

antecedent snow cover and run-off, in depth in inches, for indicated storm

period for drainage areas in the Allegheny and Beaver River Basins.
528 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

occurred. January 16 and 17 were colder with some freezing, and snow fell 

on both days. The total snow as reported was, however, less than 1 inch. 

Table 28 shows the direct run-off associated with the third storm period 

and the precipitation during the period. It will be observed (graph E, 

fig. 68) thatf the direct run-off in many of the northern and western 

basins exceeded the estimated precipitation for the period. The storm 

intensities were somewhat higher than during the first two periods, 

temperatures were somewhat lower, and both conditions would be reflected 

in lower infiltration rates. Possible explanations for the apparent 

discrepancy between the rainfall and the run-off in some of the basins 

during the period probably relates to the behavior of the snow; there may 

have been heavier snowfall in the higher areas than was indicated at any 

of the precipitation stations and some snow may have remained on the 

ground from the snowfall of January 10 and 11 which did not run off until 

after the high temperatures of the 14th.

During the fourth storm period, January 20-25, precipitation was almost continuous, with relatively high intensity on January 20 and 25, 

many stations recording 24-hour rains on those days of 1.5 inches and 

over. At Piney, Pa., there were 48 hours when the rain fell with intensities greater than 0.02 inch per hour and about 80 percent of the rain fell 

at intensities greater than 0.05 inch per hour.

Maximum temperatures were, in general above freezing during each 

day, but frosts occurred each night, the average temperature for the 5-day 

period being only slightly above freezing. Palls of snow were reported 

at many of the stations on January 21, 22, and 23, which totaled between 

3 and 6 inches. However, only traces were reported on the ground at cooperative Weather Bureau stations on January 26, although snow probably 

did not completely disappear until the period of warmer weather, which began about January 30.

Table 28 shows the direct run-off resulting from the fourth storm 

period. Differences between rainfall and run-off for the last storm period are shown on graph P, figure 68, and averaged somewhat less than 0.5 

inch. The large inconsistencies shown for Connoquenessing and Slippery 

Rock Creeks probably relate to the effect of snow.

These differences between the total precipitation for the' total 

storm period December 26 to January 25, plus the estimated water content 

of the snow on December 25, and the run-off (see table 28) are shown in 

graph G, figure 68. The average for the entire group was between ij- and 

2tjr inches and represents the basin residual.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 529

Largely because of the lack of sufficient observations of accumulation, depletion, and water content of the snow cover, from December 25 

through the storm period, the Indicated basin residuals cannot be translated accurately into Infiltration rates. Those observations of snow 

cover that were made at the stations of the cooperative observers of the 

Weather Bureau were most helpful but were deficient to the extent that 

these observations perhaps do not indicate adequately the snow cover in 

the more rural and mountainous areas of the basin.

In the Allegheny River Basin above Barkers Landing, Pa., there Is an 

average of one rain gage to about 500 square miles, but for the entire 

Ohio River Basin the average is one rain gage to about 240 square miles, 

and the results of the studies may be affected by the relative lack of 

data.

Detailed studies of precipitation, run-off, and temperatures of Oil 

Creek above Rouseville, Pa., are shown on figure 69. This basin has been 

selected as representative of characteristics of the rainfall and run-off 

in the Allegheny River Basin as a whole. The figure shows the cumulative 

daily precipitation over the basin during the flood period, the cumulative daily direct run-off (discharge at Rouseville minus ground-water 

flow, adjusted for daily changes in channel storage), the day-to-day 

difference between cumulative precipitation and cumulative run-off, and 

the dally mean temperature. The difference between cumulative precipitation and run-off, shown in figure 69 as a broken line, is significant in 

that it indicates the total water in the basin that has not entered the 

stream channels. This basin residual includes infiltration, surface 

storage, unmelted snow, and evaporation. The initial value of the residual Is the water content of the antecedent snow cover, in this basin estimated at 2.1 inches. By subtracting the daily water content of snow cover 

in the basin (if such observations were available) from the day-to-day 

residual shown in figure 69 the net infiltration might thereby be indicated. The residual as determined indicates changes In the basin detention, which may be studied in conjunction with records of temperature and 

snowfall.

During the period December 25 to January 25 the amount of water 

stored in Pymatuning Reservoir on the Shenango River increased from 

6,863,000,000 cubic feet to 8,890,000,000 cubic feet; the amount stored 

in Meander Reservoir from 1,220,000,000 cubic feet to 1,640,000,000 cubic 

feet; and the amount stored in Milton Reservoir on the Mahoning River
FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Mean daily temperature at MeadviiLle, Pa

Snow on ground, approximate depth in inch

Cumulative

precipitation plus>j\

- water content of *

snow on ground /

on Dec. 25 /

''Cumulative direct run-otff 

(adjusted for channel storage)

Basin residual (difference between 

cumulative precipitation and 

cumulative direct run-off 

plus water content or si pw

on ground on Pec. 25J _____

31

December 1936

10 15 20 

January 1937

25 31 5 10 

Feoruary 1957

Figure 69. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Oil Creek Basin 

above Rouseville, Pa.
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 from 383,000,000 cubic feet to 1,450,000,000 cubic feet. Where appropriate the run-off record in table 28 has been corrected for the effect of 

storage in these reservoirs.

Muskingum River Basin

In the Muskingum River Basin the surface was generally free of snow 

before the storm period and the ground was generally unfrozen. Temperatures during the period December 1-25 averaged about 33.5°, which was about 1° above normal. Precipitation during the same period was about 1.3 

inches below normal. The total snowfall during the period averaged about 

4.5 inches, or 2 inches below normal, of which about 3 inches fell on 

December 2 and melted by December 5 and the remainder fell on December 19- 

20 and disappeared before December 25. Although some ice cover was reported above Mohawk Dam on December 22, the streams were generally free of 

ice, and ice was not a factor in the flood.

The storm period was preceded by a moderate rise in temperature to above 40° on December 24, and this was followed by comparatively warm 

weather for the remainder of the month. Temperatures during the period 

December 26 to January 25 averaged about 10° above normal. The prevailing mean temperatures in the basin are illustrated by the following two 

records--Wooster, Ohio, in the upper Muskingum River Basin, and Marietta, 

Ohio, at the mouth of the river:

Storm period

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 

1937 

Jan. 6-]?2

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 

1937

Mean temperature (°F.)

Wooster, Ohio

41.0 

38.7

36.4

31.5

37.6

Marietta, Ohio

44.8 

45.5

44.6

44.9

45.0

The above table shows that a material difference in temperature existed between the upper and lower basins and that this difference became 

greater as the storm continued, reaching an average difference of 13.4° 

during the last storm period.

At Wooster, Ohio, there were 19 days during the total storm period 

in which the minimum and 2 days (January 11 and 23) in which the maximum 

daily temperature fell below freezing. In the lower basin at Marietta, 

Ohio, there were only 10 days that had a minimum daily temperature below 

freezing and there were none in which the temperature during the entire
532 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

day was below freezing. The precipitation was in the form of rain with 

the exception of general snowfall over the basin on January 22 and 23, 

which averaged nearly 5 inches in the upper basin and about 4 inches in 

the lower basin.

During the 31-day storm period there were 14 days at Coshocton, Ohio, 

that had a daily precipitation greater than 0.1 inch and 15 days that had 

a daily precipitation in excess of 0.05 inch. The maximum daily precipitation, 2.15 inches, was on January 25. Analyses of hourly rainfall 

intensities, recorded at several automatic rain gages in adjacent basins 

during the selected storm periods, are given in table 3.

The following table shows the approximate distribution of the rainfall among the selected component storm periods at two rainfall stations 

in the Muskingum River Basin--Ashland, in the upper basin, and Zanesville, 

in the lower basin:

Storm period

Dec. 26, 1936, to 

Jan. 5, 1937 

Jan. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Length of 

period 

in days

11 

7

7

6

Precipitation in percent of total

Ashland, Ohio 

(8.88 inches)

15.8 

10.9

41.5

31.8

Zanesville, Ohio 

(10.39 inches)

11.3 

12.1

26.1

50.5

Plate 8 shows generalized isohyetal lines of average precipitation 

during the component storm periods. The mean precipitation over the 

several sub-basins in the Muskingum River Basin is tabulated in table 28. 

As shown, the precipitation for the first storm period (average 1.3 

inches) was fairly uniform over the basin, increasing from about 1 inch 

along the northeastern divide to about 1.75 inches in the western part of 

the basin. The precipitation for the second storm period (average 1.15 

inches) was likewise quite uniform, ranging from 1 inch in the upper 

basin to about 1.5 inches in the lower basin. During the third storm 

period the precipitation decreased downstream from more than 4 inches at 

the northwestern divide to almost 2.75 inches in the lower basin. The 

precipitation for the fourth storm period averaged 4.95 inches but was 

heaviest in the lower basin, ranging from 3.25 inches in the upper basin 

to nearly 6 inches in the lower basin. The precipitation for the total 

storm period, as shown in figure 24, tended to increase downstream from 

about 9 inches along the northern divide to more than 12 inches in the 

lower basin. However, the precipitation over the greater part of the
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER «38 PLATE 12

A. LOl ISVILLE, KY., JANUARY 27, 1937. 

Courtesy of 38th Division Aviation, Indiana National Guard.

B. EVANSVILLE, I!ND., JANUARY 26, 1937. 

Courtesy of 38th Division Aviation, Indiana National Guard.

FLOOD SCENES ON THE OHIO RIVER.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE

A. EVANSVILLE, IND., AT CREST STAGE OF THE OHIO RRER. 

Note street lights.

B. OVERFLOW FROM THE KENTUCKY RIVER AT FRANKFORT, KY.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 533

basin was between the limits of 10 and 12 inches; the average over the 

basin above McConnellsville was 10.6 inches. The total mean storm precipitation by basins is listed in table 28 and is shown as graph A in 

figure 70.

The total direct run-off of the storm from the Muskingum River Basin 

above McConnellsville equaled 7.75 inches over the basin. The total runoff of the minor basins of the Muskingum, as well as that associated with 

the selected component storm periods, is tabulated in table 28. The total 

storm run-off is shown as graph B, in figure 70. The latter graph, although indicating a general upward trend downstream, is more irregular 

than graph A, which shows the total precipitation.

Figure 70 also shows graphically by minor basins arranged in downstream order, the differences between the precipitation and associated 

direct run-off of the component and total storm periods. The total residual, or difference between the total precipitation and total direct 

run-off, is tabulated in table 28.

As shown by graph G (fig. 70), the total residual varies considerably between the several basins, although there is some indication of a 

lower residual in the downstream tributary basins than in those nearer 

the headwaters. Some of the variation shown by graph G may be the result 

of insufficient base data as well as of inadequacies in the methods of 

analysis. However, the basin residuals considered as a whole, give a 

definite conception of the magnitude of the infiltration of which they 

largely consist, as has previously been pointed out.

Determination of the approximate infiltration capacity of selected 

tributary areas have been made by methods previously explained, and the 

results of those computations are shown in table 29 (pp. 540-545). The 

results show an apparent decrease in infiltration capacity with the 

passage of time during the storm, but the infiltration during any storm 

appears to be fairly uniform as between the several basins shown; at least 

no systematic variation is disclosed.

The Muskingum River Basin is reasonably well covered with rain gages 

maintained by the Weather Bureau and the Soil Conservation Service (150 

square miles per rain gage, as compared with an average of 240 square 

miles per rain gage in the entire Ohio River Basin), and the mean areal 

precipitation reported in table 28 should be comparatively reliable. However, during the last storm period a few of the tributary basins, notably 

Wills Creek Basin above Birds Run, Ohio; Stillwater Creek Basin above 

Uhrichsville, Ohio; and Watomika Creek Basin above Frazeysburg, Ohio, 

77596 O 38 35
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Graph A. Total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937 

Graph B. Total direct run-off

Graph C. Difference between precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 

5, 1937, and resulting direct run-off

ill I . I I I I I I I I I I I I I

Graph D. Difference between precipitation Jan. 6-12, 1937, and 

resulting direct run-off

. I I I i i i . I I I II I I I I ii~i I 0}

 g Graph E. Difference between precipitation Jan. 13-19, 1937, and

fi resulting direct run-off H 2-

I I i I I .. I i I I I I I iTTTii

Sraph p. Difference between precipitation Jan. 20-25, 1937, and 

resulting direct run-off

I . I I . . I 1 I I I I I I . . I

6

i

Graph G. Difference between total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to 

Jan. 25, 1937, and resulting total direct run-off

1 1

1 1 1 . 1 1 1

76 75 77 70 71 78 83 82 79 80 85 84 81 72 73 74 86 87 88

Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers 

in table 22 and in figure 55. Reading from left to right the 

basins are arranged approximately in downstream order.

Figure 70. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in depth 

In Inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in the Huskingum 

River Basin.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 535

show residuals between the precipitation and associated run-off approaching zero, and, in one basin, an excess of direct run-off over the precipitation. The information at hand is insufficient to explain these apparent 

discrepancies.

There are 14 reservoirs in the Muskingum River Basin under construction by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, in cooperation with 

the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. Daily records of storage 

in these reservoirs are included in this report and have been applied to 

the adjustment of measured stream flow to eliminate the effects of artificial storage in the upstream reservoirs.

Scioto and Hocking River Basins

In the Scioto and Hocking River Basins, the portion of December preceding the beginning of the storm period was notably free from severe 

weather; before December 26 the temperatures averaged about normal, but 

precipitation was somewhat below normal. Snowfall was about 2 inches below normal; however, because of moderate temperatures the ground was 

generally free of frost. There was a slight snow cover on December 20, 

which entirely disappeared by December 25. The storm period was preceded 

by a moderate rise in temperature on December 23, to about 40°. Temperatures during the storm period, December 26 to January 25, were comparatively high, averaging about 10° above normal. The prevailing mean 

temperatures in the Scioto River Basin are illustrated by the records for 

Marysville, Ohio, in the upper portion, and Chillicothe, Ohio, in the 

lower portion.

Storm period

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 

1937 

Jan. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 

1937

Mean temperature (°F.)

Chillicothe, Ohio

41.6 

41.7

41.4

38.3

41.0

Marysville , Ohio

42.0 

40.3

36.9

31.0

38.3

There were about 16 days during the 31-day storm period, December 26 

to January 25, in which the minimum and but one day, January 23, in which 

the maximum temperatures fell below freezing. The variations of temperature are illustrated by figure 33, which shows the maximum and minimum 

daily temperatures at Columbus, Ohio.
536 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

With the exception of general snowfall over the basin on January 22 

and 23, the precipitation was all In the form of rain.

During the storm period there were 12 days at Columbus, Ohio, on 

which the dally precipitation was greater than 0.1 Inch, and 16 days on 

which It was greater than 0.05 Inch. The greatest 24-hour precipitation 

at Columbus, was 2.16 Inches, on January 14-15. No Information Is available concerning hourly rates of precipitation at the Columbus gage.

The following table shows the distribution of the storm rainfall for 

the selected storm periods at two representative rainfall stations In the 

Scloto River Basin:

Period

Dec. 26, 1936, to 

Jan. 5, 1937 

Jan. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Length 

of period 

In days

11 

7

7

6

Precipitation In percent of total

Chilli cothe, Ohio 

(14.05 Inches)

11.5 

12.7

24.3

51.5

Marysville, Ohio 

(11.59 Inches)

15.5 

8.5

35.0

41.0

As shown In table 28, the total precipitation over the Scloto River 

Basin averaged 11.9 inches In the basin above Chllllcothe, Ohio, and 12.5 

inches in the basin of the Hocking River above Athens, Ohio. Isohyetal 

lines of total storm precipitation are shown In figures 24 and 26. The 

mean areal precipitation for the total storm period over the several 

basins (arranged In downstream order) Is shown on graph A, figure 71. 

The areal mean precipitation for the component storms by basins, Is shown 

In table 28 and Isohyetal lines for these separate periods are shown In 

plate 8. The precipitation during the first three storm periods showed a 

slight tendency to increase downstream. During the fourth period, January 

20-25, this tendency was very marked, and In fact the precipitation was 

largely concentrated in the lower basin.

As shown In table 28, the total direct run-off averaged 8.75 Inches 

from the Scloto River Basin above Chllllcothe, Ohio, and 9.6 Inches from 

the Hocking River Basin above Athens, Ohio. The total direct run-off for 

minor basins of the Scloto River Basin Is shown on graph B, figure 71. 

This graph shows an upward trend In the downstream direction that is consistent with the downstream Increase In precipitation. The direct runoff associated with the separate storm periods Is tabulated In table 28.

For the purpose of determining the direct run-off the base or groundwater discharge for the month of January was estimated at about 0.35 inch 

In the Scloto River Basin and about 0.60 Inch In the Hocking River Basin.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 537

Figure 71 shows, for the minor basins of the Scioto River Basin 

arranged In downstream order, In addition to the total storm precipitation, the total direct run-off, and the differences between the precipitation and associated direct run-off of the component and total storm 

periods. Although a definite downstream Increase both In total precipitation and direct run-off Is Indicated, there Is no Indication of any 

systematic variation In the differences between rainfall and the direct 

run-off.

Figure 72 presents a detailed study of selected hydrologlc data relating to the Hocking River Basin above Enterprise, Ohio. This figure 

shows by days, from December 25, 1936, to February 10, 1937, Inclusive, 

the maximum and minimum recorded temperatures at Columbus, Ohio, the 

depth of snow on the groiind, the cumulative precipitation, the cumulative 

direct run-off (adjusted for changes in channel storage), and the basin 

residual or difference between cumulative precipitation and cumulative 

run-off.

The basin residual as shown in figure 72 closely conforms to the 

cumulative precipitation from the beginning of the storm period, December 

26, to about December 30, thus indicating that the initial rainfall largely remained in the basin as initial detention and storage. Significant 

run-off began on December 30 and continued through December 31. Light 

rainfalls between January 1 and 6 about equaled the direct run-off, and 

the basin residual remained about constant at 0.85 inch. With the beginning of the second storm period on January 6, the basin residual increased, reaching a maximum of 1.9 inches on January 10, when the rainfall 

of this period ended. Surface drainage during the next three days reduced 

the residual to 1.7 inches, and this quantity probably very closely represents the total infiltration to this date. Prom January 13 to 15 there 

was about 2 j.nches of rainfall over this basin. During the same time the 

residual increased about 1.1 inches, reaching a peak of 2.8 inches on 

January 15. Surface drainage on the following day reduced this residual 

to 2.5 Inches. From January 16 to January 25 there was very nearly continuous rainfall, and the basin residual steadily increased. However, a 

sharp rise in this residual occurred from January 22 to January 24, representing the accumulation of snow during this period. A peak of 5.2 Inches 

was reached on January 24, but rapid thawing of snow reduced this residual to 4.25 inches on January 26. Freezing weather on January 26-27 arrested thawing, and slight amounts of snow remained, which thawed during 

the warmer period following, January 28-30. The basin residual on
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546 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

January 30 was 4.15 inches, very closely representing the total infiltration, surface detention, and minor evaporation. However, this net difference or residual is doubtless largely indicative of the infiltration.

Determinations of the approximate infiltration capacity have been 

made as previously explained by dividing the indicated infiltration in the 

several basins by the duration in hours of significant rainfall, which has 

been assumed as that falling at a rate in excess of 0.02 inch per hour. 

The computed approximate infiltration capacities in the Scioto and Hocking 

River Basins thus determined are given in table 29. The results of these 

computations show an apparent decrease in infiltration capacity with respect to time during the storm. The infiltration capacity during any 

particular storm, however, appears to be fairly uniform, as between the 

several basins shown; at least no significant trend downstream or upstream 

is disclosed. Generalized geographical distribution of the average infiltration capacity during the whole storm is shown on figure 6V.

The areal mean precipitation reported in table 28 has been computed 

by the methods outlined in the section "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions" and hps been based upon observations at rain gages maintained by 

the Weather Bureau and the Soil Conservation Service. The Scioto River 

Basin above Chillicothe, Ohio, is reasonably well equipped with rain 

gages--about 300 square miles to the gage, as compared with an average of 

about 240 square miles to the gage in the entire Ohio River Basin. There 

are no indications that the rainfall characteristics over the basin in 

general were different from those at the rain gagea in the basin. The 

computed mean areal precipitation in the Scioto River Basin is, therefore, 

believed to be reliable.

The areal mean precipitation in the Hocking River Basin, as shown in 

table 28, decreases slightly downstream, whereas the direct run-off increases. It is probable that the isohyetal lines (see fig. 24), which 

have been largely based on the record at Athens, Ohio, do not correctly 

represent the actual precipitation in the lower Hocking River Basin. The 

record at Athens compares favorably with that at nearby stations for the 

period December 26 to January 19, but for the final storm period, January 

20-25, it appears to be about an inch low.

There are two storage reservoirs in the Scioto River Basin, O'Shaughnessy Reservoir near Dublin, Ohio, with a gross storage capacity of 

682,000,000 cubic feet and Qriggs Reservoir near Columbus, Ohio, with a
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 547

gross storage capacity of 171,000,000 cubic feet. However, these reservoirs were filled above spillway level throughout December, January, and 

February, and consequently run-off values shown in table 28 probably represent natural conditions.

Miami River Basin

In the Miami River Basin, the temperature during the period December 

1 to December 25 averaged about 33°, very nearly 1° above normal. Precipitation during this period averaged about 1 inch, about 1.4 inch below 

normal. Rains fell intermittently during the first 11 days of December. 

Snow was general on December 19, the depth averaging about 2 inches, but 

had entirely disappeared before December 25. Aside from the snowfall of 

December 19, all precipitation in December was in the form of rain. The 

snowfall for the month was about 2 inches below normal. The ground was 

generally free of frost and the streams free of ice.

The storm period was immediately preceded by a moderate rise in 

temperature to above 40°, which began on December 23. Temperatures during the storm period, December 26 to January 25, averaged about 9° above 

normal. The prevailing mean temperatures are illustrated by the following records at two stations in the Miami River Basin--Sidney, Ohio, in the 

upper basin, arid Hamilton, Ohio, in the lower basin:

Period

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 1937

Jan. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Dec. 26 to Jan. 25

Mean temperature (°P.)

Sidney, Ohio

42.8

38.0

36.8

28.3

37.5

Hamilton, Ohio

45.3

42.0

39.9

34.4

41.2

The records indicate that the temperature at the station in the lower 

Miami River Basin averaged about 3° to 4° higher than that at the station 

in the upper basin. The table also shows a downward trend in temperature 

during the storm period, such trend probably being in harmony with the 

normal seasonal behavior. Except for the last period, January 20-25, mean 

temperatures were sufficiently high to indicate that the run-off in this 

basin was not materially affected by freezing.

Precipitation fell as rain with the exception of a trace of snowfall 

recorded on January 3 or 4 at nine stations in the basin and a general 

snowfall over the basin on January 22-23 that averaged about 5 inches.
548 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

During the total storm period there were 17 days at Dayton, Ohio, 

with precipitation in excess of 0.01 inch and 15 days with precipitation 

in excess of 0.10 inch, the greatest 24-hour precipitation was 2.55 

inches on"January 13-14. ,

In general, intensities of rainfall were comparatively low, as illustrated by the analysis of the record at Dayton, where out of 180 hours of 

rain at the rate of 0.01 inch an hour or greater only during 9 hours was 

the rate in excess of 0.20 inch per hour. The maximum hourly rainfall 

was 0.44 inch between midnight January 20 and 1 a.m. January 21. Rates 

and duration of precipitation for each storm period are given in table 3.

The selected component storm periods are identical with those used 

for the adjoining basins of the Wabash and the Scioto Rivers, and generally for the region north of the Ohio River. The following table illustrates the distribution of the total storm rainfall at two representative 

rain gages in the basin:

Period

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 

1937

Jan. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Length of 

period 

in days

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7

7

6

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Sidney, Ohio 

(11.11 inches)

11.8

12.2

39.0

37.0

Hamilton, Ohio 

(14.88 inches)

9.1

14.3

31.4

45.2

As shown in table 28, the total storm precipitation in the Miami 

River Basin averaged 12.25 inches for the part of the basin above Hamilton, Ohio.

Isohyetal lines of total storm precipitation are shown in figure 27. 

The areal mean precipitation for the total storm period over the several 

sub-basins in the Mami River Basin (arranged in approximate downstream 

order) and also for the Little Miami River Basin and the White River Basin 

in Indiana is shown in graph A, figure 73. The mean precipitation by 

basins for the component storms is shown in table 28. Generalized isohyetal lines for the separate storm periods are shown in plate 8.

The total precipitation and the precipitation during each of the 

separate storms consistently increased downstream. This trend was more 

marked in the last two than in the first two periods. During the first 

period, the distribution of precipitation was fairly uniform, as shown in 

table 28, increasing from 1 inch along the upper divide to 1.75 inches in 

the lower basin. The precipitation during the second storm ranged from
 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 14

A. OHIO RIVEB AT MARKLAND, IND., FEBRUARY 3, 1937. 

Courtesy of 38th Division Aviation, Indiana National Guard.

B. OVERFLOW OF THE WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL, ILL., JANUARY 25, 1937. 

Official photograph, United States Army Air Corps.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 15

A. PRIOR TO OVERTOPPING OF THE LEVEE, JANUARY 25. 1937. 

Official photograph, United States Army Air Corps.

B. SUBSEQUENT TO OVERTOPPING OF THE LEVEE.

Official photograph, United States Army Air Corps.

OHIO RIVER AT SHAWNEETOWN, ILL.
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in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in the Miami, 

Little Miami, and Blue River Basins.

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1.2 inches in the upper basin to 2.0 inches in the lower basin. Precipitation during the third storm increased from 3.7 inches to 4.8 inches, 

and during the fourth storm from 3.5 inches to 6.0 inches, from the upper 

to the lower basin.

As shown in table 28, the total direct run-off from the Miami River 

Basin above Hamilton, Ohio, averaged 8.8 inches. The total direct run-off 

is shown for the individual basins in graph B, figure 73. The direct runoff associated with each of the separate storm periods and the total storm 

period is tabulated in table 28.

Ground-water or base discharge was estimated at about 0.6 inch during the month of January.

Figure 73 shows, in addition to the total storm precipitation for 

sub-basins in the Miami River Basin arranged in approximate downstream 

order, the total direct run-off, and the differences between the precipitation and the associated direct run-off of the component and total storm 

periods. These differences, or basin residuals, consist of infiltration, 

surface detention, and evaporation. Except for the large basin residual 

in the Mad River Basin during the third and fourth periods, these residuals show no significant variation with respect to the location of the 

basin. During the first period the difference between the rainfall and 

associated run-off, averaged about 1 inch, during the second period also 

about 1 inch, during the third period 0.85 inch, and during the fourth 

period 1.05 inches.

Determinations of the approximate infiltration capacity have been

made as explained under "Method of analysis", by dividing the indicated

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infiltration in the several basins by the duration of significant rainfall. The computed approximate infiltration capacities in the Miami 

River Basin thus determined are shown in table 29. The results of these 

computations show an apparent significant decrease in infiltration capacity with respect to time during the storm, except perhaps for the 

basins of the Mad River, which seem to show a higher sustained infiltration capacity than the other basins. The infiltration capacity durittg 

any particular storm, however, seems to be fairly uniform, as between the 

several basins shown. At least no systematic variation is disclosed. 

(See fig. 67.)

The Miami River Basin contains five detention reservoirs. Theae 

reservoirs are of the fixed outlet type, from which the rate of discharge 

varies with the volume of storage. The reservoirs automatically discharge 

their water in accordance with the outflow capacity and the pool level,
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and consequently these reservoirs have the same effect as a corresponding 

increase in channel storage. Except for the Stillwater River at Englewood, Ohio, where it was found necessary to correct the observed stream 

flow for daily changes in storage in Englewood Reservoir, the detention 

reservoirs have presented no material difficulties in the analysis of the 

hydrographs.

Wabash River Basin

In the Wabash River Basin, December 1936 was moderately cool, the 

temperature averaging about 33° until December 24, when a rise occurred 

to about 40°. About 0.6 inch of rain fell during the first week of the 

month, which to seme extent relieved surface dryness. There followed a 

two-week period of light rain, which was succeeded by the general storm 

beginning on December 26. Precipitation in December was largely in the 

form of rain. Light snowfall was recorded during the first week at some 

stations, particularly in the upper basin, and all stations reported snow 

on December 19, the amount averaging about 2 inches. However, this snow 

largely disappeared from the ground by December 25. The total snowfall 

during December was about half of normal. About the middle of the month 

light ice cover formed on some streams in the northern and central parts 

of the basin but melted before the beginning of the storm period. Streams 

in the Wabash River Basin were free of ice throughout the floods.

Although a protective snow cover was absent from the ground during 

the greater part of December, temperatures were such that little if any 

frost was in the ground on December 26, except to a minor extent in the 

upper portion of the basin. Antecedent conditions just prior to the 

storm period were probably such as to afford a normal infiltration capacity for unfrozen ground in December.

The temperature during the different storm periods at three representative Weather Bureau stations in the basin was as follows:

Mean temperature (°F.) in the Wabash River Basin for periods shown

Station

Wabash, Ind.

Urbana, 111.

Bedford, Ind.

Dec. 26, 1936, 

to Jan. 5, 1937

38.7

37.7

43.2

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31.7

31.3

40.7

Jan. 

13-19

31.0

29.3

38.0

Jan. 

20-25

22.3

21.2

32.0

Dec. 26, 1936, to 

Jan. 25, 1937

32.2

31.2

39.3

The above table shows a definite downward trend in temperature during 

the total storm period, such trend following the normal seasonal trend.
552 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Temperatures in the Wabash River Basin were of critical significance in 

that they were not far from the freezing point, and consequently small 

variations determined the form of the precipitation.

During the 31-day storm period there were 20, 22, and 24 days at 

Wabash, Ind., Urbana, 111., and Bedford, Ind., respectively, when the recorded minimum temperature was below freezing and 7, 8, and 1 days at the 

same places, respectively, when the daily maximum temperature was below 

freezing.

The mean precipitation over the several sub-basins in the Wabash 

River Basin is tabulated in table 28. Precipitation from December 26 to 

January 5 averaged 2.15 inches over the Wabash River Basin above Mount 

Carmel, 111., and generally fell as rain except for light snow on Janusry 

3 in the northern and central parts of the basin. During the second 

storm period, January 6 to 12, the precipitation, which averaged 2.3 

inches over the basin was in the form of snow, sleet, rain, and glaze. 

In the western part of the basin in Illinois a heavy glaze storm occurred 

on January 7 and 8. This storm was followed over the greater part of the 

basin by sleet and snow. A study of the records of the cooperative observers of the Weather Bureau indicates that the snow and ice cover on 

January 10 averaged about 0.5 inch over the upper basin, 0.2 inch over 

the central basin, and 0.1 inch over the lower basin. The snow and ice 

accumulated during this period did not entirely melt until the temperature rose above freezing on January 12 and 13, when further rains occurred.

Precipitation averaged 3.3 inches over the basin above Mount Carmel 

between January 13 and 19. On January 15 in the upper basin snowfalls 

averaging about 0.5 inch were reported. Traces of snow were reported in 

the central basin on this day but none in the lower basin. Any snow that 

fell on January 15 largely melted before January 19, inasmuch as no snow 

cover was reported anywhere on that day.

Precipitation between January 20 and 25 averaged 3.05 inches over 

the basin. The precipitation of January 20 fell as rain, although some 

sleet was recorded in the upper basin. Late in the day on January 21 a 

drop in temperature occurred, and some snow and sleet was recorded on 

that day. January 22 continued cold and snowfall was general over the 

basin. The snow continued until January 23, and an average snow cover of 

about 3.5 inches accumulated over the upper basin, 4.0 inches in the 

central basin, and 4.8 inches in the lower basin. A study of the recorded precipitation and resultant snow cover indicates that the snow cover 

had a relatively high content of water. January 24 was warmer, though
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generally below freezing, and some sleet and glaze were reported in the 

upper and central basins on that day. Thawing began on January 25 and 

continued to the end of the month, when little snow was reported as remaining. Some snow melt was associated with the run-off resulting from 

the rainfall .of January 31. The snow and the colder weather of'this period aided materially in retarding surface run-off.

During the 31-day period December 26 to January 25 there were 13 

days that had more than 0.1 inch precipitation. In general, rainfall intensities were low, as illustrated by the data given in table 3.

The total precipitation averaged 10.8 inches over the basin above 

Mount Carmel. Mean precipitation by basins for the total storm period is 

given in table 28 and by graph A, figure 74. This graph shows the very 

marked Increase downstream for the total storm precipitation. The distribution of precipitation among the individual storm periods is Illustrated 

in the following table:

Period

Dec. 26, 1936, to 

Jan. 5, 1937

Jan. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Length of 

period 

in days

11

7

7

6

Precipitation In percent of total

Wabash, Ind. 

(8.05 inches)

28

33

17

22

Urbana, 111. 

(8.33 inches)

35

40

16

9

Bedford, Ind. 

{15.86 Inches)

11

14

41

34

As shown In table 28, the total direct run-off averaged 6.4 Inches 

over the basin of the Wabash River above Mount Carmel. Run-off was greater from the White River Basin than from the upper Wabash River Basin. 

The total direct run-off from the former above Hazleton, Ind., was 9.1 

inches and from the latter above VIncennes, Ind., was 3.9 inches. The 

total storm run-off from the several basins Is shown in graph B, figure 

74. The maximum total direct run-off In the Wabash River Basin was 15.7 

inches from the Muscatuck River above Austin, Ind., and the minimum, 2.5 

inches, from the basin of the TIppecanoe River above Montlcello, Ind. 

The direct run-off associated with the separate storm periods in the 

several basins, as well as total direct run-off, is given In table 28.

For the purposes of determining the direct run-off, as explained 

under "Method of analysis", base or ground water discharge has been estimated at about 0.40 inch for the month of January.

Figure 74 shows, in addition to the total storm precipitation and 

total direct run-off, the differences between the precipitation and the
554 FLOODS OF OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Graph A. Total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937 

Graph B.--Total direct run-off

Graph A 

Graph BGraph C.--Difference between precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 

____________1937, and resulting direct run-off

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Graph D. Difference betweejn precipitation Jan. 6-12, 1937, and result- 

__________________ ing direct run-off ___ ___ ____ ~1

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Graph E. Difference between precipitation Jan. 13-19, 1937, and result1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 llll .ll. 1 1 ,

Graph F. Difference between precipitation Jan. 20-25, 1937, and result- 

______________ ing direct run-off __ ________________

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Graph G.--Difference between total precipitation Dec. 26, 1937, to Jan. 

__________25, 1937, and resulting total direct run-off _____

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Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in 

tables 22 and 28 and in figure 61. Reading from left to right 

the basins are arranged approximately in downstream order.

Figure 74.--Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in depth 

in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in the 

Wabash River Basin.
RAIHPAIi AND HUN-OFF 555

associated run-off for the component and total storm periods. In view of 

the relatively large range in precipitation, these differences, consisting of infiltration and natural surface storage together with possible 

evaporation, are fairly uniform. A slight tendency is shown for these 

differences to increase downstream, a condition which may be related in 

some degree to the downstream increase in precipitation, but more likely 

the increase is related in greater degree to differences in topography and 

to variations in the types of soil.

Figures 75 and 76 present detailed studies of the available hydrologio data relating respectively to the basins of the West Branch of Salt 

Fork above Urbana, 111., and of West Fork of White River above Munoie, 

Ind. These figures give the maximum and minimum daily recorded temperatures appropriate to these basins, snow on the ground, cumulative daily 

precipitation, cumulative daily direct run-off, and the daily basin residuals.

The difference between the rainfall and run-off of the first storm 

period, December 26 to January 5, averaged about 1.4 inches. (See graph 

C, fig. 74.) This residual, which is greater than that of the other 

storm periods, includes the initial depression storage that is, water 

required to wet the ground and vegetal surfaces and fill surface depressions. As shown in detail in figures 75 and 76, the first rain of 

December 27 produced virtually no run-off. The initial depression 

storage constituted an abstraction from the precipitation, which was 

satisfied before active run-off began. Detention of further precipitation was thereafter more definitely limited by the infiltration capacity 

of the surface.

The basin residual during the second period, January 6-12, averaged 

about 1.0 inch. (See graph D, fig. 74.) It has been pointed out that 

some snow and sleet, which remained on the ground until January 14, fell 

during this period, at least in the upper basin, and was carried over into the third storm period. It is likely, however, that the quantity so 

carried over did not exceed 0.1 or 0.2 inch of water. If it be assumed 

that the former amount is correct then the adjusted residual for this 

period is 0.9 inch.

The excess of precipitation over the associated direct run-off of the 

third storm January 13-19 averaged about 0.4 inch (graph E, fig. 74). The 

run-off during this period includes that carried over from the previous 

storm period. On the assumption that it averaged 0.1 inch, the adjusted 

average excess is 0.5 inch. It should be noted by comparison of the precipitation and direct run-off values given in table 28 that the direct


558 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

run-off from a few of the upstream basins exceeded the precipitation by 

amounts ranging from zero for the Embarrass River Basin above Ste. Marie, 

111., to 0.45 inches for the Salamonie River Basin above Dora, Ind. On 

the assumption that all the data are correct, these negative results constitute quantitative indications of the minimum amount of carry-over of 

snow or ice from the previous storm period. All snow and ice apparently 

melted during the third period, as none was reported present on January 

19.

The difference between the precipitation of the fourth period, 

January 20-25, and the associated run-off averaged about 0.9 inch as 

shown on graph F, figure 74. The precipitation largely fell as snow and 

sleet and its melting was retarded by cold weather until the warmer 

weather of January 27-31. Some of the snow melt was associated with runoff following the rainfall of January 31. The direct run-off reported in 

table 28 includes all of the run-off that may be attributed to the precipitation between January 20-25, with the exception of any small residual snow on the ground on January 31. The accumulation of snow and the 

delayed run-off may be observed on the basin residual graphs shown in 

figures 75 and 76.

Owing to the low prevailing temperatures and the consequent snow and 

ice effects, no determination can be made of the infiltration capacity, 

except possibly for the period December 26 to January 5. During this 

period the average basin residual was 1.40 inches; the duration of significant rainfall, assumed as that greater than 0.02 inch per hour, was 

about 17 hours; and the indicated infiltration rate therefore is 0.082 

inch per hour. This rate can only be roughly indicative of the infiltration capacity, inasmuch as the total residual for this storm includes the 

Initial depression storage, which, as previously stated, was substantial.

The basin precipitation has been computed by the methods outlined 

under "Method of analysis" and has been based on observation at rain 

gages maintained by the Weather Bureau and the Bureau of Agricultural 

Engineering, of the Department of Agriculture. There are about 340 square 

miles per rain gage in the Wabash River Basin, as compared with an average of about 240 square miles per rain gage in the entire Ohio River 

Basin. The density of the sampling in the Wabash River Basin was therefore less than average. However, the precipitation during the storm that 

produced the floods was general in extent, of moderate intensity, and 

rather uniformly distributed over considerable areas. No information was 

found to indicate that intensity or amount of precipitation at points
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 559

away from precipitation stations was greatly different from that recorded 

at adjacent precipitation stations. It is believed that the determinations of areal precipitation given in table 28 are reasonably accurate.

Continuity of rainfall together with the characteristic sluggishness 

of some of the streams, particularly those in the lower White River Basin, 

made difficult the analyses of the stream-flow hydrographs to determine 

the run-off associated with the individual rainstorms. Recourse was made 

to channel-storage studies, by which, as explained in the section "Channelstorage studies", account was taKen of the measured channel outflow at 

the river-measurement stations and the water in the channels upstream 

which had not yet passed the point of measurement. By this procedure many 

hydrographs in which the variations in surface run-off were obscured by 

large channel-storage volume were successfully analyzed. For example, 

reference should be made to figure 91, showing the observed hydrograph of 

the Wabash River at Mount Carmel, 111., and the hydrograph adjusted for 

daily changes in channel storage.

Except possibly for two reservoirs on the Tippecanoe River maintained 

by the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., there is no storage in the 

Wabash River Basin sufficient to affect run-off. Although there is no 

definite information available as to the amount of storage in the reservoirs on the Tippecanoe River, it appears that they affected the flow in 

the Tippecanoe River only to a slight extent during periods of rapidly 

changing stage. It is believed that the effect of such storage on the 

flood flow in the Wabash River at and below the mouth of the Tippecanoe 

River is not appreciable.

Monongahela River Basin

In the Monongahela River Basin, precipitation of 0.01 inch per hour 

or more occurred at the Weather Bureau station at Elkins, W. Va., for 151 

hours during the storm period December 26, 1936, to January 25, 1937. 

Although the long continuity of the rainfall was exceptional the intensity was relatively low, there being only 94 hours when the rate exceeded 

0.02 inch per hour and 16 hours when the intensity exceeded 0.10 inch per 

hour. The maximum intensity of 0.17 inch per hour occurred on January 15.

As in the other nearby basins the total storm period in the Monongahela River Basin has been subdivided into four periods for use in the 

rainfall and run-off studies. The precipitation in each period was greater than that in the preceding period, as shown in the following table, 

which presents average conditions in this basin.
560 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

jummary of precipitation, by periods, in the Monongahela River Basin.

Storm period

Dec. 26, 1936, 

to Jan. 5, 1937

Jan. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Approximate duration, in hours, 

of precipitation in excess of 

0.02 inch per hour

Upper 

basin

16

19

25

34

Lower 

basin

13

22

28

44

Precipitation

Inches

1.4

1.85

2.35

3.65

Percent of 

total

15

20

25

40

The distribution of the total precipitation over the basin was fairly 

uniform. (See fig. 22.)

The last general snowfall preceding the storm period occurred on 

December 19, 20, and 21 and ranged from 2 to 12 inches, depending upon the 

location, all falling on bare ground. The heaviest snow was reported in 

mountainous sections between the Cheat River and the North Branch of the 

Potomac River. In urban areas, where most of the Weather Bureau stations 

are situated, the snow had largely disappeared by December 25. Only a 

few stations recorded as much as 1 inch on that date. A study of the 

rainfall and run-off records indicates, however, that in all probability 

there was snow in the headwater area of sufficient water content to contribute between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of water to the direct run-off during 

the'first flood period, December 26 to January 5.

On January 16 a few stations reported a trace of snow and on the 23d 

there was general snowfall amounting to 1 to 3 inches. Such snow as may 

have fallen during the period is believed to have melted within a few 

days after it fell, and at all stations the direct run-off therefrom is 

believed to be included in the direct run-off measured during the flood 

period.

Although December was unusually warm, temperatures of 20° to 25° may 

have frozen the ground to some extent by the beginning of the flood period. Except, however, for cold nights on January 4, 5, and 6, minimum 

temperatures were above freezing, and it seems almost certain that there 

was no frost present from January 13 to 25, when 65 percent of the precipitation and 55 percent of the total direct run-off occurred.

The direct run-off from the precipitation and the melting snow during 

the total storm period averaged about 7 inches over the Monongahela River 

Basin and ranged from a maximum of 9.45 inches in Buffalo Greek Basin to 

about 6 inches in the upper Tygart River Basin. The precipitation waa so 

nearly continuous that direct run-off into stream channels occurred most
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 561

of the time, and although the river slopes are steep there was an accumulation of water In the channels especially during the later half of the 

flood-period.

The precipitation and run-off by storm periods for various sub-basins 

are listed In table 28. On figure 77 are plotted the differences between 

the precipitation and the direct run-off for the Individual storm periods 

and also for the total period. The recorded precipitation from December 

26 to January 5 and the direct run-off are shown on graph A, figure 77. 

In many basins negative or very small differences between the recorded 

precipitation from December 26 to January 5 and the direct run-off are 

shown, thus indicating the probable presence of snow on the groand at the 

beginning of the storm period, the run-off from which was associated with 

that from the later storm. The estimated water content of the snow believed to have been on the ground within the various basins at the beginning of the storm period Is given in table 28. Graph C, figure 77, shows 

the differences between the rainfall for the period December 25 to January 5 plus the estimated water content of the snow and the run-off. Fairly uniform results averaging between 0.5 and 1.0 inch are indicated for 

all basins. Graphs D and E, figure 77, show the differences between the 

rainfall and the direct run-off for the second and third flood periods. 

Differences during both periods were quite uniform over the basins and 

averaged about 0.5 Inch In each. In the Youghiogheny River Basin a discrepancy of several tenths of an inch Is indicated during the second 

storm period. The precipitation during the period January 6-12 in that 

basin was considerably above that recorded in the other parts of the 

Monongahela Basin, and there is the possibility that there was heavier 

precipitation over parts of the basin than Is shown by the available 

observations.

Differences between the direct run-off and the precipitation for the 

period January 20 to 25 are shown in graph F, figure 77. In several of 

the basins negative differences are obtained, thus disclosing a condition 

similar to that in the Allegheny River Basin. It would appear that the 

indicated discrepancy In results relates to the general snowfall of January 23 and that there was actually more water in the various basins In 

the form of snow than is Indicated by the precipitation records. This 

condition seems probable in view of the fact that most of the Weather 

Bureau stations are situated in urban and valley areas, and there seems 

to be a general tendency during periods when snow Is involved for such 

stations to underreglster the precipitation over the basin as a whole.
FLOODS OP OHIO'AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

11

10 

9 

8 

7

Graph A. --Water content of snow on Dec. 25, 1936, plus total precipitation Dec. 

26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937 

Graph B. Total direct run-off

 

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1

Graph A

Grap"I (

Graph C. Difference between water content of snow on Dec. 25, 1936, plus_ 

precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 1937, and resulting direct run-off

1 1 1 I 1 I 1 . 1 1 1 « i

Graph D. Difference between precipitation Jan. 6-12, 1937, and resulting 

direct run-off

1 1 1 1 1 1 1i i i i . i i .

Graph E. Difference between precipitation Jan. 13-19, 1937, and resulting 

direct run-off

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1i i i . i i . i

Graph P. Difference between precipitation Jan. 20-25, 1937, and resulting 

direct run-off

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Graph G. Difference between water content of snow on Dec. 25, 1936, plus total 

precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937 and resulting total direct run-off

I

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1 1 III, Mill 46 43 31 32 33 34 38 40 41 35 44 42 45 36 47 50 37

Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in tables 22 

and 28 and in figure 53. Reading from left to right the basins are arranged 

approximately in downstream order.
RAINFALL AND RON-OFF 563

Graph G, figure 77, shows the differences for the total storm period, 

including the estimated amount of snow on the ground December 25. With 

the exception of the Tygart River Basin above Daily, W. Va., the differences are fairly uniform, varying between 1^ and 2j inches, and are comparable with differences for the Allegheny River Basin. Because melting 

snow and ice are involved in the run-off, no attempt has been made to compute infiltration rates. For the Tygart River Basin the observed storm 

run-off seems somewhat high for both the second and fourth storm periods.

Kanawha and Little Kanawha River Basins

In the Kanawha and Little Kanawha River Basins, precipitation of 

0.01 inch or more was recorded at Parkersburg, Clarksburg, and Elkins, 

W. Va., and Wytheville, Va., for an average of 118 hours or about 16 percent of the time, during the total storm period extending from December 

26, 1936, to January 25, 1937. Although the continuity was notable the 

intensity of the rainfall as reflected by the records collected at 

Clarksburg, 1i. Va. (see table 3), was low, there being 116 hours when the 

precipitation was in excess of 0.01 inch per hour, 103 hours in excess of 

0.02, 71 hours in excess of 0.05, and 20 hours in excess of 0.10 inch per 

hour. The maximum intensity, 0.34 inch per hour, occurred on December 31.

The total storm period has been divided into four major storm periods as outlined under "Method of analysis." The precipitation during the 

third and fourth storm periods was practically continuous. The following 

table shows the general distribution of the precipitation in the portions 

of the Kanawha River Basin above and below Hinton, W. Va., on the New 

River:

Storm period

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 1937

Jan. 6-12

Jan. 13-19

Jan. 20-25

Precipitation in percent of total

Upper basin 

(7.0 inches)

42

15

31

12

Lower basin 

(7.1 inches)

21

17

27

35

The storm characteristics in the upper part of the Kanawha River 

Basin were similar to those in the upper Tennessee River Basin, where the 

precipitation during the first storm period was considerably larger than 

during later periods. The storm characteristics in the basin below Hinton 

were similar to those in the Ohio River Basin proper, where there was a 

progressive increase in the intensity of the precipitation that culminated 

in the heavy storm of January 20-25.
564 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

The last general snowfall preceding the storm period occurred on 

December 19 and 20 and amounted to 3 to 7 inches. It was confined largely to that part of the basin north and east of Hinton, including the 

Greenbrier and Elk River Basins. This snow fell on bare ground and by 

December 25 had almost entirely disappeared at all the Weather Bureau 

stations. The rainfall and run-off studies indicate, that there was snow 

on the ground on December 25, at least in the headwater areas, the melt 

from which ran off during the first storm period. Several stations reported a-trace of snow on January 19 and from a trace to 2 inches on 

January 25. Otherwise there was apparently no snow involved in the flood 

run-off. At the beginning of the total storm period there may have been 

some frost in the ground. This probably disappeared, however, during the 

first storm period, when temperatures were unseasonably high, and with 

the possible exception of a few nights during January when freezing 

temperatures occurred it is believed that frost was generally absent during the greater part of the storm period.

The total direct run-off resulting from the precipitation and the 

melting snow during the total storm period, December 26 to January 25, 

averaged about 4.5 inches and ranged from a maximum of more than 8 inches 

in the Little Kanawha River Basin to about 3 inches in the New River 

(head of Kanawha River) Basin above Allisonia, Va. In most parts of the 

basins the major flood peaks occurred during the last storm period. With 

the possible exception of two or three days during the early part of January there was continuous contribution of surface run-off to stream channels throughout the entire period and a resulting accumulation of water 

in the channels which reached a peak between January 20 and 25.

Only one sub-basin the Cherry River Basin above Penwick, W. Va. 

shows outstandingly inconsistent differences between rainfall and run-off, 

although several contiguous sub-basins show slightly inconsistent results. 

It seems probable that precipitation in the area lying between the Greenbrier River on the east and the Gauley River on the west was actually 

greater than that shown by the isohyetals based on the relatively few precipitation stations in the area.

The direct run-off resulting from the first storm period, December 

26 to January 5, exceeded the precipitation in most of the tributary area 

between Hinton and Charleston, W. Va., clearly indicating that melting 

snow contributed to run-off during the first flood period. In the absence 

of snow records in these headwater areas it has been necessary to estimate 

on very meager information a water equivalent between 1 and 1.5 inches on 

the ground in much of this area on December 26.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 16

A. APPROXIMATELY 28 MILES ABOVE THE MOUTH, FEBRUARY 20, 1937.

A 700-pound steer caught in the fork of a tree and left hanging as the river level receded. Courtesy of Corps 

of Engineers, United States Army.

B. FOX BLUFF, TENN., JANUARY 26, 1937. 

View upstream from top of bluff. Courtesy of Corps of Engineers, United States Army.

FLOOD SCENES ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 17

A. NASHVILLE, TENN., JANUARY 26, 1937. 

View across flooded section from top of State Capitol. Courtesy of Corps of Engineers. United States Army

B. UPSTREAM SIDE OF FLOODED ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD BRIDGE AT MILE 31.5,

FEBRUARY 5, 1937.

Courtesy of Corps of Engineers, United States Army,

FLOOD SCENES ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 5&5

In table 28 is shown the precipitation by storm periods and the resulting run-off. On figure 78 are graphs showing for the Kanawha and 

Little Kanawha River Basins and also for the Middle Island Creek Basin 

the total storm precipitation plus the water content of the snow on December 25 and differences between the direct run-off and the precipitation, by storm periods. For the first storm period the differences between precipitation and direct run-off were very low or even negative for 

most of the headwater areas. Graph C, figure 78, shows differences after 

including an estimate for the water content of the snow on December 25 

and indicates an average retention in the basin of about 1 inch. Some of 

the basins, more particularly those of the Williams River and Cherry 

River, show very small residuals, indicating that in all probability 

there has been an underestimate of the water equivalent of the snow on 

December 25. No large amounts of water were involved in the second flood 

period, January 6-12, and the differences between the rainfall and the 

run-off shown in graph D, figure 78, are fairly consistent and about 0.5 

inch.

The precipitation was so continuous during the period January 14 to 

25 that for the larger basins no attempt has been made to separate the 

resulting direct run-off between storm periods. In table 28 is shown the 

total direct run-off associated with the precipitation from January 13 to 

25. Differences between the run-off and the precipitation are shown in 

graph E, figure 78. These differences average only about 1 inch. In the 

Williams River Basin a negative difference is shown and in nearby basins 

the differences average only about 0.5 inch. These differences indicate 

strongly that actual precipitation over these particular mountainous 

areas probably exceeded the average shown by the relatively few Weather 

Bureau stations. The total direct run-off for the entire flood period is 

shown in table 28 and the total basin residuals, equal to the difference 

between the run-off and the total precipitation plus the estimated water 

content of the snow on December 25, are shown in graph F, figure 78. 

Differences in basin characteristics for the areas above and below the 

mouth of the Greeribrier River are indicated by the relatively large basin 

residual for the New River Basin above Allisonia, Va., and Hinton, W. 7a., 

and the small residual for the basin below Hinton.

For two of the smaller basins--those of the Gauley River above 

Camden on Gauley, W. Va., and the Coal River above Ashford, W. Va.--the 

daily discharge has been adjusted for changes in channel storage and compared with the recorded precipitation. The results of this comparison 

77596 O 58 37
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

11

Graph A. Total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936 to Jan. "25, 1937, plus water content of snow on Dec. 25

Graph B. Total direct run-off

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Graph C. Difference between precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 1937, 

plus water content of snow on Dec. 25, and direct run-of-f

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Graph D. Difference between precipitation Jan. 6-12, 1937, and direct

run-off i i.. i i. 11111111

Graph E.--Difference between precipitation Jan. 13-25, 1937, and direct

run-off

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Graph P. Difference between total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937, 

plus water content of snow on Dec. 25, and total direct run-off

Kanawha River Basin

Middle 

Island 

Creek 

Basin

en o 03 en 

Little 

Kanawha 

River 

Basin

Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in tables

22 and 28 and in figures 54 and 56. Reading from left to right the

basins are arranged approximately in downstream order.

Figure 78. Comparison of differences between precipitation plus water content of 

antecedent snow cover and direct run-off, in depth in incshes, for indicated 

storm period for drainage areas in the Kanawha River, Middle Island Creek, 

and Little Kanawha River Basins.
Inches 
568 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Maximum and minimum daily temperature at 

Beckley, W. Va.

Cumulative direct

run-off (adjusted for

channel storage )>

Basin residual (difference 

between cumulative precipitation and cumulative direct run-off)

25 31 

December 1936

10 15 20 

January 1937

31 5 

February 1937

Figure 80. Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Coal River Basin above

Ashford, W. Va.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OPP 569

are presented in figures 79 and 80. These figures show the cumulative 

precipitation for each basin, based on the average of precipitation 

stations within and adjacent to each basin, the cumulative direct run-off 

adjusted for changes in channel storage, the difference between the cumulative precipitation and the direct run-off, and a temperature graph. In 

the Gauley River Basin it is estimated that there was an average of 1 

inch of water in the form of snow on December 25. In the Coal River 

Basin it is assumed that there was no snow in the basin on December 25. 

In the Gauley River Basin there may have been small amounts of snowfall 

on January 17 and 23. In the Coal River Basin there probably was no snow 

at any time.

The indicated difference between1 the cumulative rainfall and the 

cumulative run-off is considered here as infiltration. Determination of 

the rate at which the water may have entered the soil was made by dividing the basin residual by the duration, in hours, of the significant rainfall, which has been assumed as the duration of rainfall at a rate in excess of 0.02 inch per hour. The computed average infiltration capacity 

for these two basins thus determined is shown in table 29. These results 

show an apparent decrease in infiltration capacity during the storm.

The mean areal precipitation shown in table 28 was based on observations at rain gages maintained by the Weather Bureau. In the Kanawha 

River Basin there are approximately 300 square miles per rain gage, compared with an average of approximately 240 square miles per rain gage in 

the entire Ohio River Basin.

Guyandot, Big Sandy, and Licking River Basins

In the Guyandot, Big Sandy, and Licking River Basins the last general snowfall prior to the storm period occurred on December 18-20, but 

at no point within the basins was the fall heavy and apparently all 

snow had disappeared by December 25. Minimum daily temperatures prior to 

December 25 were somewhat below freezing, and at the beginning of the 

storm period there may have been some frost in the ground. Temperatures 

were comparatively high between December 27 and 31 and any frost which 

may have been in the ground on December 25 would probably have disappeared. No sleet or snow was reported at any point within the basins during 

the storm period, December 26 to January 25. There is a possibility, 

however, that some sleet may have been associated with the rainfall of 

January 23.
570 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

The general storm characteristics In the basins named were similar 

to those along the Ohio River and Its tributaries from the north. About 

25 percent of the total storm precipitation occurred during the first 

storm period, December 26 to January 5; 1O percent during the second 

storm period, January 6 to 12; and 65 percent during the third and fourth 

storm periods, in which the precipitation was almost continuous from 

January 14 to 25. There was a pronounced increase in total storm precipitation from east to west, ranging from about 7 inches in the headwaters 

of the Guyandot River Basin to somewhat more than 14 inches in the Licking River Basin above Catawba, Ky. (See graph A, fig. 81.)

The rainfall and run-off relations in the three basins during the 

total storm period are so similar that they have been grouped together 

for purposes of discussion. The precipitation during each of the selected 

component storm periods and the resulting direct run-off are shown in 

table 28, and graphs showing differences between the rainfall and the runoff for the individual storm periods and for the total storm period are 

shown in figure 81. All relations seem consistent with the exception of 

those during the fourth storm period (January 20-25) for 'the Licking 

River Basin above Catawba, Ky., where the direct run-off slightly exceeds 

the indicated precipitation. The precipitation was unusually heavy in 

the lower part of this basin and probably averaged from 0.5 to 1 inch 

more than is indicated by the Isohyetals based on the record at the available stations. Graph C, figure 81, shows the differences between the 

rainfall and the run-off during the first period. These differences 

average about 1 Inch. In the Licking River Basin, where the precipitation 

during the first storm was more than 2^ inches, the difference is somewhat 

greater than in the Guyandot Basin, where the precipitation during the 

first storm was less than 2 Inches. The differences between the rainfall 

and the run-off during the second, third, and fourth storm periods (graphs 

D, E, and P, fig. 81) averaged only about 0.5 inch for each period, although the precipitation ranged from less than 1 inch during the second 

storm period to nearly 6 inches during -the fourth storm period.

The indicated basin residuals during each storm period have been 

translated into approximate infiltration capacities by dividing the residual value by the estimated number of hours of significant rainfall. 

The results are shown in table 29. An apparent decrease in the rates 

throughout the storm period is indicated, with minimum less than 0.01 

inch per hour in the Licking River Basin during the last storm period.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 571

Graph A,--Total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937, 

Graph B.--Total direct run-off

Graph A^s» 

Graph B jGraph C.--Difference between precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 

1937, and resulting direct run-off

Graph D. Difference between precipitation Jan. 6-12, 1937, and result

ing direct run-off

Graph E. Difference between precipitation Jan. 13-19, 1937, and resulting direct run-off

Graph F. Difference between precipitation Jan. 20-25, 1937, and re

suiting direct run-off

Graph G. Difference between total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan

85, 1937, and resulting total direct run-off

119 120 121 124 185 138 133

Guyandot River Basin Big Sandy River Basin Licking River Basin

Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in 

tables 22 and 28 and in figure 59. Reading from left to right 

the basins are arranged approximately in dowistream order.

Figure 81. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in depth

in inches, for indicated period for drainage areas in the Guyandot, Big Sandy,

and Licking River Basins.
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The mean areal precipitation as shown in table 28 has been computed 

by methods explained in the section "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions" and has been based on observations at rain gages maintained by the 

Weather Bureau. However, the three basins here considered have the 

lowest density of observation records in the Ohio River Basin there being 

an average of about 750 square miles per rain gage, as compared with an 

average of approximately 240 square miles per rain gage in the entire 

Ohio River Basin. Apparently a deficiency in base data exists here, 

which probably impairs the accuracy of the computed mean areal precipitation.

Kentucky River Basin

The last general snowfall in the Kentucky River Basin prior to 

December 25 occurred on December 21 and 22. However, the reported falls 

were light and apparently there was no snow on the ground in the basin at 

the beginning of the stonn period. Several Weather Bureau stations reported some sleet on December 23, but otherwise there was apparently no 

sleet or snow during the storm period December 26 to January 25. Prior 

to December 25 there were minimum temperatures on some days below freezing and there may have been small amounts of frost in the ground at the 

beginning of the storm period. Any frost present probably would have disappeared with the high temperature of December 27 to 30. There were two 

or three days in the first part of January when temperatures were below 

freezing and again on January 23, when a general sleet storm occurred. 

Except for the periods noted, minimum temperatures were well above freezing.

About 65 percent of the total storm precipitation occurred during 

the third and fourth storm periods (January 13 to 25) during which precipitation occurred almost continuously with accumulated totals averaging 

more than 9 inches over the basin. The first storm period, December 26 

to January 5, had greater precipitation in this area than in areas to the 

north and east, with an average of about 3 inches or 20 percent of that 

for the total storm. In general the precipitation was light during the 

second period, January 6 to 12, and amounted to only about 15 percent of 

the total.

With the exception of the Dix River Basin all the drainage areas exceed 1,000 square miles each and relations between rainfall and associated 

direct run-off are obscured by large volumes of channel storage. There is 

also artificial storage on the Dix River, and coneequently in this study
RAINFALL AND ROT-OFF - 573

It has been necessary to adjust all dally records for changes both In 

channel and artificial storage. The first and In some places the second 

storm period produced Isolated peaks of discharge. Beginning on January 

13, however, the effect of storage In general obscures the Influence on 

run-off of variations In rainfall.

The rainfall during each storm period and the corresponding direct 

run-off are given In table 28, and the differences between the rainfall 

and the run-off are shown graphically In figure 82. Run-off records of 

the Kentucky River at Locks 6, 4, and 2 have been adjusted for storage In 

Dix Reservoir, on the Dix River near High Bridge, Ky., which stored until 

January 20, when it was filled to capacity (5,800 million cubic feet). 

The natural flow, though retarded to some extent, passed through the 

reservoir during the period January 21 to 24. The net effect of the 

reservoir was to reduce the direct run-off for the flood period at Lock 2 

by an amount equivalent to about 0.4 inch depth over the drainage basin.

Graphs A and B, figure 82, show the total rainfall and the total 

direct run-off by basins arranged in approximate downstream order and indicate the marked downstream increase in precipitation.

Graph C, figure 82, shows differences between rainfall and run-off 

for the first storm period. These differences are quite uniform, averaging somewhat less than ij Inches or about 50 percent of the precipitation 

during the period. Comparable differences in the second and third storm 

periods, as shown by graphs D and E, were close to 0.8 inch, although the 

precipitation during the third period averaged about twice that during the 

second period. The differences during the fourth storm period (graph F) 

averaged slightly more than 1 Inch, and the rainfall during the period 

ranged from 3.8 inches to 6.7 Inches. Differences for the entire period 

shown in graph G averaged about 4 Inches and the total precipitation 

ranged from 11.9 inches to 17.3 inches.

Figure 83 shows a comparison of dally rainfall and run-off in the 

Dix River Basin above High Bridge, Ky. On this drainage area of 416 

square miles there was a total average storm precipitation of somewhat 

more than 17 Inches and a direct run-off, after correcting for storage, 

of more than 13 Inches. Maximum and minimum daily temperatures are shown 

at the Dlx Reservoir, and a graph of the daily basin residual equivalent 

to the differences between cumulative rainfall and cumulative direct runoff. The precipitation above High Bridge, Ky., is based on that at seven 

stations in and adjacent to the basin. The run-off values have been adjusted for channel storage and for daily changes in storage In Dix
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

18 

17 

16 

15 

14 

13 

12 

11 

10 

9 

8 

7 

6 

2 

1 

0 

1 

0

1

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2 

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5 

4 

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Graph A. Total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937 

Graph B. --Total direct run-off Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937

Graph A^.

Graph B>

Graph C. --Difference between precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 5, 1937, 

and resulting direct run-off

 M

Graph D. --Difference between precipit 

direct

1

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ation Jan. 6-12, 1937, and resulting 

run-off

Graph E. Difference between iii,precipitation Jan. 13-19, 1937, and resulting 

direct run-off

1 L , 11 1

Graph P. Difference between precipitation Jan. 20-25, 1937, and resulting 

direct run-off

1

1

r+H-rGraph G. Difference between total precipitntion Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 

1937, and resulting total direct run-off

1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1

153

Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in tables 

22 and 28 and in figure 59. Reading from left to right the basins are 

arranged approximately in downstream order.

Figure 82. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in depth 

in inches, for indicated storm period for draimge areas In the Kentucky 

River Basin.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF

Maximum and minimum dally temperature at Dix Dam, Ky

Cumulative 

precipitation.

Cumulative direct run-off

(adjusted for channel ___

storage and storage

in Dix Reservoir)

> *>s-Bas: n residual 

-* - (difference between

cumulative precipitation 

and cumulative run-off)

25 31 

December 1936

10 15 20 

January 3937

31 5 10 

February 1957

Figure 83.--Meteorologic and hydrologic data relating to the Dix River Basin above

High Bridge, Ky.
576 FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Reservoir. Erratic fluctuations In the Indicated values of basin residuals probably relate In some part to Incorrect timing in the adjustments 

for storage.

Determinations of the approximate Infiltration capacity have been 

made for selected tributary basins by dividing the computed basin residuals by the duration of significant rainfall. The results of these comparisons are shown in table 29.

The computed infiltration capacities show a tendency to decrease 

throughout the storm period. A generalized map showing the average approximate Infiltration capacities during the storm of January 1937 in the 

Ohio River Basin Is shown in figure 67.

Green and Tradewater River Basins

Antecedent conditions In the Green and Tradewater River Basins were 

comparable to the general conditions described elsewhere and were characterized by a general absence of snow, frost, or ice and with soil conditions probably favorable for relatively high retention of water or absorption.

Although the total precipitation during the total storm period over 

the Green River Basin was fairly uniform, ranging over different areas 

from about 19 'to 23 inches, there was considerable variation in the amount 

and duration of the rainfall during each of the four component storm periods. During the first storm period tiie upper part of the basin received 

the most rainfall. The duration of rainfall in ex-cess of 0.02 inch per 

hour ranged from about 30 hours in the headwaters to about 16 hours at the 

mouth. The precipitation during the second storm period was generally 

light, with a tendency toward lesser amounts in the headwater areas. The 

duration of significant rainfall ranged from 30 hours in downstream areas 

to 20 hours upstream. The third storm period was marked by unusually 

heavy precipitation over all the basin with the number of hours of significant rainfall ranging between 35 and 40. The fourth storm period had 

precipitation centered largely over the downstream part of the basin, with 

a very rapid decrease upstream. The range in precipitation was from 7 

Inches in the upstream areas to more than 12 Inches in the downstream 

areas, and the duration of significant rainfall ranged from 50 to 70 hours. 

In most parts of the basin some snow and sleet were associated with the 

precipitation that occurred on January 23.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 577

About 30 percent of the precipitation fell in the first two storm 

periods and 70 percent in the last two. There was a major flood peak in 

most of the sub-basins toward the end of the storm period on January 24- 

25. The total storm run-off was apparently fairly uniform for all of the 

basin and ranged from 14.85 inches to 16.6 inches in different basins.

The precipitation by storm periods and the resulting run-off are 

given in table 28. Because of the continuity of the rainfall and the 

large amounts of channel storage, which effectively obscured any except 

the most general responsiveness between rainfall and run-off, the hydrographs could be divided into only three time periods, namely,. December 26 

to January 5, January 6 to 12, and January 13 to 25. Reasonably satisfactory relations are disclosed between the rainfall and run-off during 

the first and second storm periods. Relations for the combined third and 

fourth storm periods and also for the total storm period are erratic. 

The differences between rainfall and run-off for the various periods are 

shown on figure 84. Although there is a rather wide distribution, the 

differences (graphs C and D, fig. 84) during the first and second periods 

averaged about 1% inches and 1 inch, respectively.

In general the variations in the differences for the first and second 

storm periods probably result mainly from an inability to determine accurately the direct run-off attributable to each of the storm periods. With 

respect to the combined third and fourth storm periods differences between 

rainfall and run-off of 0.2 inch to 5.4 inches are indicated (graph E, 

fig. 84). The variations in the direct run-off during the third and 

fourth storm periods are not large, the range being from about 11.45 

inches to 13.9 inches, and these figures are subject to some adjustment, 

owing to inability to make an accurate analysis of the hydrographs and to 

the use of basic data which may be relatively inaccurate. The total precipitation during the third and fourth periods ranged from 12.9 inches to 

16.85 inches.

The lower Green River Basin was near the center of the third and 

fourth storms. In general it is believed that the wide range in the differences between the rainfall and the run-off results partly from the 

fact that the relatively few precipitation stations (about 700 square 

miles per rain gage, as compared with an average of about 240 square 

miles per rain gage in the entire Ohio River Basin) did not indicate the 

areal distribution of the precipitation that actually occurred and partly
578 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

23 

22 

21 

20 

19 

18 

17

Graph A. Total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 

Graph B. Total direct run-off Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan

25, 1937 

25, 1937

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Graph B-^

^-Graph A

Graph C. Difference between precipitation Dec. 26, 1936,to Jan. 5, 

1937, and resulting direct run-off

Graph D. Difference between precipitation Jan. 6-12, 1937, and resultIng direct run-off

I I I I i

Graph E. Difference between precipitation 

reaultlng direct run-off

ill! 1

Jan. 13- 2 5, 1937, and

Graph P. Difference between total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936,to Jan. 

25, 1937, and resulting total direct run-off

h-h L70 171 172 173 174 175 17 236 

Green River Baain Tradewater River Basin

Drainage baaln deaignationa corresponding to the reference numbers In tables 

22 and 28 and In figure 60. Reading from left to right the basins are 

arranged apnroxlmately In downstream order.

Figure 84. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, In depth 

In Inches, for Indicated storm period for drainage areaa In the Green and 

Tradewater River Basins.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 579

from the inadequacies In methods of analysis. The indicated dlfferennes 

for several of the basins have been translated Into approximations of the 

Infiltration capacity by dividing the residual values by the number of 

hours that rain fell at Intensities greater than 0.02 Inch per hour. The 

results of this analysis are shown in table 29.

Cumberland River Basin

The first three weeks of December 1936 generally approached normal 

In the Cumberland River Basin with respect to both temperature {average 

about 39°) and precipitation. Soil moisture, which had been depleted In 

the preceding three-weeks period of little rainfall in November, had been 

replenished to some degree. Immediately prior to tha storm period frost 

was generally absent from the ground, and there waa little If any snow on 

the ground or Ice In the streams.

The beginning of the storm during the last week of December was contemporaneous with a rise in temperature to about 55 . Temperatures during 

the storm period, which extended to January 25, were comparatively high. 

The prevailing mean temperatures are illustrated by the following records 

at two representative Weather Bureau stations Willlamaburg, Ky., and 

Clarksville, Term. in the upper and lower Cumberland River Basins, respectively:

Period

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 4, 1937

Jan. 5-8

Jan. 9-15

Jan. 16-19

Jan. 20-25

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937

Mean temperature (°F.)

Wllliamsburg, Ky.

49.3

48.8

54.2

48.5

52.7

50.9

Clarkaville, Tenn.

49.6

53.8

45.0

41.0

40.8

46.3

The above table shows that the prevailing temperatures were sufficiently above freezing so that snow or sleet were not generally-present 

during the total storm period except as noted below.

Mean dally temperatures in the basin approached freezing on January 

4 and 23, the average of the records in the basin being about 34° and 35° 

respectively. At Wllliamsburg a minimum temperature of 21° was recorded 

on January 4, and for four days there were minimum temperatures below
580 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

freezing. At Glarksville a minimum temperature of 22 was recorded on 

January 23, and on four days during the storm period there were minimum 

temperatures below freezing.

On January 4 no precipitation was reported. However, on January 23 

temperatures varied considerably over the basin, the daily mean decreasing westerly from 38° at Williamsburg, Ky., to 27° at Clarksvllle, Tenn. 

The precipitation on January 23, therefore, was sleet in the western part 

of the basin and rain elsewhere. On the following day the temperature 

rose sharply and continued well above freezing for the remainder of the 

month.

During the period December 26 to January 25, there were at Nashville, 

Tenn., 18 days having a rainfall greater than 0.1 Inch, and only 8 days 

during which no rain fell. Rainfall intensities were relatively low. 

The recording gage record at Nashville shows 48 hours with hourly rainfall in excess of 0.01 inch, 17 hours in excess of 0.20 inch, and 10 

hours In excess of 0.30 inch. The maximum hourly rainfall was 0.47 inch, 

between 4 and 5 p.m. January 20.

For the purpose of analysis the general storm has been subdivided 

Into five individual storm periods, selected after a study of the rainfall records and of the hydrographs of stream flow. The distribution of 

rainfall among the individual storm periods for the records at Williamsburg, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., is shown In the following table:

Period

Dec. 26, 1936, to 

Jan. 4, 1937

Jan. 5-8

Jan. 9-15

Jan. 16-19

Jan. 20-25

Length of 

period 

in days

10

4

7

4

6

Precipitation In percent of total

Williamsburg, Ky. 

(12.91 inches)

31

1

19

24

25

Nashville, Tenn. 

(15.53 inches)

23

3

14

21

39

The total precipitation over the 16,OOO square miles In the basin above Glarksville, Tenn., averaged 16.4 inches for the 31-day period, as 

shown In table 28, and fell almost entirely as rain with the exception of 

sleet in the lower basin on January 23. The precipitation was generally 

heavier In the lower basin that in the upper, as shown In table 28 and In 

figure 85.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 18

The city

FLOOD SCENE AT CAIRO, ILL., FEBRUARY 5, 1937.

city was successfully protected from overflow hy its surrounding levee. The flood was near its crest at the time this picture was taken. Official photograph, United States Army Air Corps.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 19

A. LOOKING NORTH ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AT THE LEVEE, FEBRUARY 4, 1937.

B. VIEW OF RIVER FRONT, FEBRUARY 5, 1937. 

Official photograph, United States Army Air Corp8-

LEVEE ALONG OHIO RIVER AT CAIRO, ILL., SHOWING THE EMERGENCY 

EMBANKMENT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST OVERTOPPING.

RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 581

The total direct run-off averaged 12.6 inches over the Cumberland 

River Basin above Clarksville, Term. The direct run-off ranged between 

9.5 inches from the 2,010 square miles of the basin above Cumberland 

Falls, Ky., and 16.2 inches from the 678 square miles of the basin of the 

Red River above Adams, Term. The run-off for the individual storm periods is shown in the following table:

Basin

Cumberland River above 

Cumberland Falls , Ky.

Caney Fork above Silver 

Point, Tenn.

Red River above Adams, 

Tenn.

Run-off in percent of total

Dec. 26- 

Jan. 4

28

41

8

Jan. 

5-8

1

2

1

Jan. 

9-15

14

22

12

Jan. 

16-19

21

10

27

Jan. 

20-25

36

25

52

The above table indicates that in the upper and central basins the 

run-off resulting from the first storm was much greater than in the lower 

basin, but the run-off from the last storm was larger in the lower basin.

The estimated base or ground-water flow deducted from the observed 

flow for the determination of the direct run-off, averaged about 0.8 inch 

during the month of January.

The variations in the differences between rainfall and the associated 

direct run-off of the individual and total storm periods for the different 

sub-basins are shown in figure 85. These differences, which include infiltration and natural surface storage together with evaporation, show a 

tendency to increase downstream.

The variation of the cumulative rainfall and associated direct runoff and the differences therein with respect to time for representative 

areas in the Cumberland River Basin are shown in figure 86. The data 

thus shown are the average of corresponding data for the basins of the 

Collins River above McMinnville, Tenn., and the Stone River above Smyrna, 

Tenn. Although the indicated difference between cumulative rainfall and 

cumulative direct run-off, treated herein as infiltration, increases 

throughout the storm there is an apparent decrease in the rate of infiltration as suggested by the change in the slope of the graph from the 

beginning to the end of the storm period. Determinations of the maximum 

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16 

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Graph A. --Total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937 

Graph B. Total direct run-off

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______________25, 1957, and resulting total direct run-off________

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Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in tables 

22 and 28 and in plate 11. Reading from left to right the basins are 

arranged approximately in downstream order.

Figure 85. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in depth 

in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in the 

Cumberland River Basin.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 583

rate at which the water may have entered the soil, herein called infiltration capacity, were made by dividing the indicated infiltration during 

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McMinnville, Tenn., and the Stone River above Smyrna, Tenn.

determinations are given in table 29. The results shown indicate an 

apparent decrease in infiltration capacity with respect to time throughout 

the total storm period, and indicate an increase in the average infiltration capacity in a downstream direction.

Brief studies have been made of the rainfall and associated run-off 

of the flood of March 1929 in the Cumberland River Basin. The results 

are tabulated below:
584 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Basin

Cumberland River Basin above 

Burns ide, Ky.

New River Basin above. New River, 

Tenn.

South Fork Cumberland River Basin 

above Nevelsville, Ky.

Obey River Basin above Byrdstown, 

Tenn.

Caney Fork Basin above Rock Island, 

Tenn.

Collins River Basin above 

McMinnville, Tenn.

Precipitation &/ 

(Inches)

5.0

8.0

6.05

5.3

8.45

7.5

Direct 

run-off 

(inches)

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4.4

4.3

7.8

5.9

Infiltration 

(inches)

1.45

0.9

1.65

1.0

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1.6

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Div. Geology, Bull. 40, p. 73, 1931.

Tennessee: Tennessee Dept. Education,

In this storm, the average infiltration as indicated above was about 

1.2 inches and the period of significant rainfall was about 22 hours. 

The average infiltration capacity, therefore, Is indicated as about 0.055 

Inch per hour, somewhat greater than the average Infiltration rate observed during the comparable first storm period, December 26 to January 5, in 

the storm of 1937.

There are no indications that snow or sleet were Involved in the 

storm of 1937, with the possible exception of sleet In the downstream 

areas on January 23, as already noted. Any sleet no doubt melted rapidly 

with the rising temperature that followed.

The precipitation has been computed by the methods outlined under 

"Method of analysis" and has been based on observations at rain gages 

maintained by the Weather Bureau and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The 

Cumberland River Basin is not well supplied with rain gages (about 470 

square miles per rain gage, as compared with an average of about 240 

square miles per rain gage for the entire Ohio River Basin) and the computed areal precipitation may be affected to some extent by the lack of 

sufficient observations.

The continuity of the precipitation In some areas made difficult the 

segregation of precipitation for Individual storms, especially when there 

was an Interval less than a whole day between the separate storms. In 

addition, Insufficient time between the storms for the recession of the 

rivers made difficult the analysis of the hydrographs of stream flow to 

determine the run-off associated with the Individual storms, particularly 

for the larger basins. For the basins of the Cumberland River above
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 585

Celina, Carthage, Old Hickory, and Clarksville, complete separation into 

definite periods was not attempted. Although the computed run-off and 

the resultant infiltration for the separate storm periods may be subject 

to error, these errors are largely of a compensating nature and the averages for corresponding basins should tend to eliminate the influence of 

errors and give reasonably reliable results. The direct run-off and the 

computed infiltration for the total storm period are believed to be 

entirely free from these errors.

There is no storage in the Cumberland River Basin sufficient to affect run-off, with the possible exception of the reservoir of the Tennessee Electric Power Co. on the Caney Fork above Rock Island, Term. 

Storage in this reservoir during December was equivalent to only 0.02 

inch over the basin above Rock Island and was insignificant during January and February.

Tennessee River Basin and basins in western Tennessee

Normal weather conditions prevailed in the Tennessee River Basin and 

in western Tennessee during the portion of December 1936 preceding the 

general storm period. Temperatures during this antecedent period averaged 

approximately 40.5°, only about 0.5 degree above normal, while precipitation over the basin averaged about 4 inches, or slightly above normal. 

Recorded sno^i'all during the period averaged about 5 inches in Virginia 

and 3 inches in North Carolina, in the upper basin, about 1 inch in the 

middle Tennessee River Basin, and practically none in the lower basin or 

in western Tennessee. On December 26, the beginning of the storm period, 

the surface was generally free of snow. No specific information is available concerning frost in the ground, except that it may be inferred from 

the temperature record that little if any ground was frozen at the beginning of the storm period.

Temperatures during the storm period continued high and averaged 

nearly 50° in the Tennessee River Basin. The station records in the following table are representative of the prevailing mean temperatures in 

the basin during each of the subdivisions of the total storm period selected for this basin.
586 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937,

Period

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 4, 1937

Jan. 5-8

Jan. 9-15

Jan. 16-18

Jan. 19-20

Jan. 21-25

Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937

Mean temperature (°P. )

Johnsonville, 

Tenn.

50.8

55.4

49.1

44.8

48.5

44.3

49.3

Albertvllle, 

Ala.

54.6

47.9

58.5

52.3

56.5

61.1

55.6

Emory, 

Va.

46.1

44.2

54.1

44.8

45.3

54.6

48.9

The prevailing temperatures were so much above the freezing point 

that sleet and snow had no appreciable effect In the storm, although some 

sleet and snow were recorded In the lower Tennessee River Basin and In 

the Ohio River Basin on January 22-23, when the dally temperature In that 

region fell below freezing for a brief time. Minimum dally temperatures 

approached and at some places fell below freezing on January 4 and 16 but 

probably had no effect cm the conversion of precipitation Into run-off, 

since on both these days there was little or no precipitation.

Except for traces of sleet or snow In the lower basin on January 22- 

23, all of the precipitation during the storm was In the form of rain. 

There was relatively little interruption In the rainfall. During the 31- 

day period December 26 to January 25, there were between 15 and 20 days 

In which there was more than 0.05 inch of rainfall, and there were only 

about 7 days during which no rain fell.

The continuity of rainfall made difficult the division of the total 

storm period Into isolated storms, or component periods which are essential for a satisfactory analysis and study of rainfall and run-off 

relations. In the greater part of the Ohio River Basin the total storm 

period was divided Into four component storm periods described under 

"Method of analysis." However, a study of the precipitation records In 

the Tennessee River Basin Indicates that the same four periods are not 

applicable to this basin. Moreover, It appeared that the marked divisions 

between certain selected periods of continuous rainfall were not equally 

definite in all parts of ttie basin. As a result of a study of the rainfall characteristics, supplemented by a study of the hydrographs of 

stream flow, the total storm period was divided Into six component storm 

periods for purposes of detailed analysis.

Two major precipitation periods may be recognized for all the area 

the first between December 26 and January 3 and the second between January
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 587

10 and 25. Relatively little rain fell over the Tennessee River Basin 

between January 3 and 9, so that there was generally sufficient time in 

this interval for most streams to recede to relatively low flows on or 

soon after the later date. Between January 10 and 25 rains in most of 

the basin were not interrupted by more than one or two days, and therefore some difficulty was experienced in making the desired analysis. 

The distribution of the total storm rainfall among the selected 

component storm periods is shown in the following table. This information is given for three rainfall stations one in the headwater region of 

the Tennessee River Basin, one in the central basin, and the third in the 

lower basin, adjoining the western Tennessee basins, in order to illustrate the lack of uniformity in the areal distribution.

Period

Dec. 26, 1936, to 

Jan. 4, 1937

Jan. 5-8

Jan. 9-15

Jan. 16-18

Jan. '19-20

Jan. 21-25

Length of 

period 

in days

10

4

7

3

2

5

Precipitation in percent of total

Emory, 

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(9.05 inches)

32.5

2.8

21.1

14.0

13.9

15.7

Albertville , 

Ala. 

(16.87 inches)

51c5

5.3

15.5

9.2

4.4

14.1

Johns on ville, 

Tenn. 

(25.11 inches)

11.7

.8

19.1

18.4

6.4

43.6

Except in the lower Tennessee River Basin and in western Tennessee, 

more precipitation fell during the first storm period than during any of 

the subsequent periods and most streams in the middle and upper Tennessee 

River Basin reached their maximum flood stages at that time. In the 

lower basin and in western Tennessee the period January 19-25 was the 

principal storm period and the one in which streams in the region attained 

the greatest flood peaks.

The total storm precipitation over the Tennessee River Basin above 

Buchanan, Tenn., as shown in table 28, averaged 13.25 inches and over 

basins in western Tennessee, about 19 inches. Jsohyetal lines of total 

storm precipitation are shown on plate 7 and figure 32 and the total 

storm precipitation by basins arranged in downstream order is shown 

graphically in figures 87 and 88. These data show for the Tennessee River 

Basin a marked downstream increase in total storm precipitation.

Table 28 shows the total direct run-off by basins. The total direct 

run-off of the Tennessee River Basin above Buchanan, Tenn., was equivalent 

to 7.8 inches. Graph B, figure 87, shows the total direct run-off by
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22 

20 

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Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in 

tables 22 and 28 and in plate 11. Reading from left to right 

the basins are arranged approximately in downstream order.

Figure 87. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in depth 

in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in the Tennessee

River Basin.
RAINFALL AND ROH-OPP

Graph A. Total precipitation Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937 

Graph B. Total direct run-off Dec. 26, 1936, to Jan. 25, 1937

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Drainage basin designations corresponding to the reference numbers in 

tables 22 and 28 and in figure 62. Reading from left to right 

the basins are arranged approximately in downstream order.

Figure 88. Comparison of differences between precipitation and direct run-off, in depth

in inches, for indicated storm period for drainage areas in the Obion,

Hatchie, and Wolf River Basins.
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basins arranged in downstream order and indicates a trend in magnitude 

that is consistent with the downstream increase in precipitation. The 

direct run-off from minor basins associated with such component storm 

periods as could he identified on the several hydrographs is tabulated in 

table 28. As mentioned previously, where less than one day intervened between successive storms, difficulty was found in dividing stream-flow 

hydrographs into separate storm rises and in associating the run-off 

represented by these rises with the precipitation producing them. Recourse was frequently had to an analysis of channel storage, as described 

in the following section, to aid in making this segregation of stream 

flow. For many records, particularly between January 8 and 25, a complete analysis was not possible.

Base or ground-water discharge during the month of January was estimated to total about 1.2 inches from the Tennessee River Basin and about 

0.55 inch from the basins in western Tennessee.

The differences between the precipitation and the associated direct 

run-off for the total storm period and for the component storm periods, 

December 26 to January 8 and January 9-25, for areas in the Tennessee 

River Basin, arranged in downstream order, are shown graphically in figure 

87. During the two periods this difference or residual averaged respectively, 2.85 and 2.5 inches, the majority of the basins having residuals 

within 1 inch of these averages. The total residual averaged about 5.35 

inches, and a slight tendency to increase downstream is indicated in 

graph E, figure 87.

Figures 89 and 90 present detailed studies of selected hydrologic 

data for the period December 25 to February 10, for the Sequatchie River 

Basin above Whitwell, Tenn., in the central Tennessee River Basin, and 

the Big Sandy River Basin above Bruceton, Tenn., in the lower basin. 

These figures show the maximum and minimum daily temperatures at representative Weather Bureau stations, the cumulative precipitation, the cumulative direct run-off, and the basin residual.

A study of these figures indicates that the precipitation between 

December 26 and 31 resulted in but little run-off and was principally 

consumed in satisfying the initial detention and depression storage. The 

amount of the precipitation so abstracted from potential direct run-off, 

together with the infiltration during this initial period, is closely indicated (see fig. 89) by the residual on December 31, on which day active 

direct run-off began. With continued rainfall the basin residual increased, reaching a maximum on January 2, when the rainfall began to

FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Maximum and znlnJj&uiD clAlly teznpe at HcK0n*lft, Tetto.

Cumulative precipitation

(Jumulative direct run 

(adjusted for channel 

storage)

.Basin residual (difference, 

between cumulative precipitation 

.and cumulative direct j*un-oIT) 

25 31 

December 1956

10 15 20 

January 1937

5 10 

February 1937

Figure 90. Meteorologlc and hydrologlc data relating to the Big Sandy River Basin

above Bruceton, Term.
RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF 593

diminish. Surface drainage on the following day reduced this residual to 

a value that increased only slightly during a period of light rainfalls 

between January 3 and 9. With the resumption of heavy rainfall on January 

10, the residual Increased steadily except for occasional decreases (January 15, 18, and 25), due probably to surface drainage contemporaneously 

with cessations in rainfall. The final residual, which Is largely infiltration and hence representative of the total infiltration, Is Indicated 

by the quantity shown by the diagram on January 27. Some additional 

light rains between January 27 and February 1 resulted In further Increments to the basin residual as shown.

Of special Interest Is the comparatively small increase (0.85 inch) 

In the basin residual between January 19 and 25 for the Big Sandy River 

Basin above Bruceton, Term. (fig. 90), when It Is considered that 10.95 

Inches of rain fell during the period. It seems probable that this condition may have been due partly to the lowered infiltration capacity of 

this basin, since about 10 Inches of rain had previously fallen upon it 

In the storm period, and partly to the relatively high Intensity of rainfall. Three rain gages adjacent to this basin recorded about 5 Inches of 

precipitation In one day, and according to the recording-gage record of 

the Tennessee Valley Authority at Cuba Landing, Tenn., 82.5 percent of 

the precipitation between January 20 and 25 fell at rates in excess of 

0.10 Inch per hour.

Results of determinations of the approximate Infiltration capacity 

made by the methods previously explained are given in table 29. The approximate average infiltration capacities for the Tennessee River Basin, 

as shown In the table, indicate that the highest rates prevailed during 

the first storm period. This is due to the fact that the total infiltration-ascribed to the first storm period includes the Initial and detention storage as well as to the fact that there probably was a high initial Infiltration capacity. The Infiltration capacity for the second 

period was materially lower. It is evident that some recovery in infiltration capacity probably took place during this period of light discontinuous rainfall, because the approximate average infiltration capacity 

of the third period was apparently higher than that of the second. The 

approximate Infiltration capacity, however, during the remainder of the 

stonn, with almost continual rainfall, shows an apparent decrease. 

Figure 67 presents a generalized map of the average approximate Infiltration capacity during the storm period in the Ohio River Basin.
594 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

The areal mean precipitation given in table 28 has been computed by 

methods outlined under "Method of analysis" and has been based upon 

observations at rain gages maintained by the Weather Bureau and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Tennessee River Basin above Buchanan, Term., 

is well served by rain gages, there being about 135 square miles per rain 

gage as compared with an average of about 240 square miles per rain gage 

in the entire Ohio River Basin. Therefore, except possibly for those 

regions where there was great variation in precipitation with respect to 

time and place, the computed mean areal precipitation shown in table 28 

is believed to be comparatively reliable.

Principal storage in the Tennessee River Basin during the flood was 

in Norris, Wheeler, and Wilson Reservoirs, maintained by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority. Daily records of storage volumes in these reservoirs 

are included in this report and have been applied to the adjustment of 

measured stream flow to eliminate the effects of artificial storage. Net 

storage of direct run-off in Norris Reservoir between December 25 and 

January 27 amounted to about 50,000 million cubic feet, equivalent to 

0.54 inches over the basin above Buchanan. River discharge was stored in 

and released from Wheeler Reservoir and Wilson Reservoir. There was a 

net release, however, from these reservoirs of 2,100 million cubic feet, 

equivalent to 0.02 inch over the basin above Buchanan. A complete discussion of the operations at these reservoirs is contained in "Tennessee 

Valley Authority Water Control Operations January 1937 Flood", March 1937, 

published by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

CHANNKL-STORAGE STUDIES

Run-off from precipitation is followed by the movement of water in 

surface channels, which generally increase in size downstream from small 

inconspicuous rivulets to rivers, small and great. A depth of water, 

which also generally increases downstream, is essential for sustaining 

movement of water through the channels of flow and for overcoming channel 

friction. This depth is indicative of a volume of moving water and represents a form of storage. Such storage is a function of an everchanging depth or stage of flow and is effective in reducing peak rates 

of flood discharge. A complex and changing interrelation exists between 

depth, velocity, and volume during the passage of a flood in the channels 

that have been provided by nature for the accommodation and discharge of 

flood waters. Under present limited knowledge the relationships involved
CHANNEL STORAGE 595

are beyond exact analysis. Nevertheless, the importance of natural 

storage In stream channels, flood-plains, and overflow areas and the 

Interest In available Information of Its volume have led to the development of approximate methods of analysis. For the purpose of this report, 

systematic methods have been developed and applied to the approximate 

determination of the magnitude of channel-storage volumes and of their 

effect on rates of discharge during major floods.

As discussed In the section "Rainfall and run-off studies" the large 

volumes of channel storage In many of the basins obscured the evidence of 

all except the most general relations between storm precipitation and the 

resulting direct run-off. For such basins studies have been made to derive hydrographs of channel Inflow that would be free from the Influence 

of channel storage and that would make more apparent the correlation between the direct run-off Into the channels and the associated rainfall. 

In addition, channel-storage studies have been made to determine an approximate dally Inventory of the amount of water that had run off and was 

In stream channels and the disposition thereof throughout the flood period.

The term "channel storage" as used In tills report designates the runoff In defined stream channels, however small, as well as that on river 

flood-plains. The segregation of volumes Involved In the run-off phase 

of the hydrologlc cycle Is surrounded by some difficulties. The volumes 

of water designated In this report as channel storage, computed by the 

methods described, represent principally, within appropriate limits of 

accuracy, the water associated with river channels as channel prlsmoidal 

and flood-plain storage and other adjacent storage such as that In riverbank voids. Water retained in surface depressions of the ground generally 

and isolated from channels of flow or water in transit upon or Immediately beneath ground surfaces as distinguished from and not associated with 

stream channels Is not included In channel storage to any appreciable extent.

In arriving at estimates of channel storage use has been made of analytical methods outlined by Horton.* Through analysis of the recession 

limbs of discharge hydrographs Horton has defined the relationship between 

the rate of discharge from surface water sources and the volume of surface 

water run-off remaining as channel storage in the basin.

* Horton, R. E., Natural stream channel storage: Am. Geophys. Union 

Trans., pt. 2, July 1936, pp. 406-15, and pt. 2, July 1937, pp. 440-456.
596 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

In addition, certain other methods''' of analysis have been developed 

in an endeavor to determine the channel storage as closely as possible 

from the usually few base data.

The methods Which have been used are briefly described below.

In smaller streams where a definite relation exists between stage 

and discharge and where experience indicates that within certain limitations the stage at any time may be assumed to be indicative of stages 

prevailing over the basin, the recession limbs of hydrographs of outstanding and basin-wide flood rises were analyzed and relations determined between rates of flow at any one time and the direct run-off remaining in 

the surface channel systems of the basin> which had not passed the gaging 

stations. In these analyses hydrographs having recession limbs that were 

as free as possible from contemporaneous inflow of surface water to the 

stream channels were selected.

Relations thus determined have been applied to rising limbs of hydrographs, .disregarding, necessarily because of present insufficient knowledge, the inconsistencies involved in differences in slopes of stream 

surfaces and other drainage-system conditions during rising and falling 

stages. Volumes of channel storage thus obtained include water in transit in all minor channels and in lakes and other more or less minute retarding depressions within the drainage basin tributary to the given gaging station as well as in the main trunk channel or channels of the stream 

system.

In larger drainage basins the channel storage has been computed for 

the drainage area intervening between river-measurement stations by a 

similar study of the increments in intervening storage. Assuming that at 

an upper gaging station, A, the channel storage corresponding to a certain 

rate of flow per square mile is represented by As and that at a lower gaging station, B, the channel storage corresponding to the same rate of flow 

per square mile is equal to Bs , the storage in the channels between the 

two gaging stations A and B at a certain time may tie approximated by 

multiplying the channel storage for the entire basin above station B as 

determined by the discharge at the lower gaging station, B, by the following factor:

Bs - As

Bs 

This factor has been found to vary comparatively little over wide ranges

t Langbein, W. B., Some channel storage studies and their application 

to the determination of infiltration: Am. Geophys. Union Trans., 1938.
CHANNEL STORAGE 597

of discharge and has been evaluated at the mean of the discharges prevailing through the floods. The increment thus determined is added to 

the value for the storage above station A to give what is considered a 

more correct value for the storage above B than could be obtained by the 

use of the discharge hydrograph and corresponding discharge-channel 

storage relation of station B alone.

No fixed relation exists between stage and discharge in sections of 

the lower reaches of the principal tributaries and also of the Ohio River 

itself, because of the effects of varying backwater at the higher stages 

and the resultant changes in slopes. For all such conditions, approximate relations have been determined between mean stage and channel storage 

by the application of the principle that, for such sections or reaches of 

partial basin systems, the total inflow plus or minus changes in storage 

must equal the outflow and hence that differences between inflow and outflow represent the changes in channel storage.

The method of analysis for reaches of irregularly varying slope was 

essentially as follows: For a given reach, tabulations were prepared of 

the cumulative differences by 5-day periods from December 25 to February 

28, between the sums of the measured or estimated daily inflow into the 

reach, and the measured daily outflow from the reach. In accordance with 

the principle previously stated, the cumulative differences so computed 

are equal to the water stored or released in the given reach from midnight of December 24 to the close of the period over which the summation 

had been made. The values of total storage volumes at 5-day intervals so 

determined were plotted against the mean river stages in the reach at the 

close of the intervals, based upon gages in the middle and at both ends 

of the reach. Fairly definite stage-storage relations for seven reaches 

of the Ohio River and of the lower reaches of the principal tributaries 

were derived by this procedure. These relations were applied to a determination of the daily volume of water or storage in each reach, in excess of the volume of water in the reach on December 25, which was used 

as a base. Since the determinations of channel storage by this method 

are based upon the differences between relatively large aggregate values 

of inflow and outflow, they may contain errors that exceed the errors in 

the measured run-off. On the other hand, the relatively good correlation 

obtained between stage and storage has served as an assurance of the comparative accuracy of the records of run-off at the Several river-measurement stations on the Ohio River and its principal tributaries. 

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598 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Although volumes of channel storage determined by the method described may be regarded only as rough approximations they can be made with 

sufficient accuracy in the smaller basins, at least, to serve as an effective aid in studies of rainfall and run-off relations. Examples of 

the results of adjusting the discharge for channel storage are given in 

figures 91 and 92. Figure 91 shows the observed discharge of the Wabash 

River at Mount Carmel, 111. (drainage area, 28,600 square miles), and the 

hydrograph of inflow into the channel system of the Wabash River, derived 

by adjusting the observed outflow hydrograph for daily changes in channel 

storage determined as described above. Theoretically the hydrograph thus 

obtained is an approach to a hydrograph which would be obtained through 

the summation of the direct run-off from a series of small drainage areas 

covering the entire Wabash River Basin. The hydrograph of computed inflow 

corresponds closely with the graph illustrating rainfall distribution and 

with observed hydrographs of discharge of small drainage areas In the 

Wabash River Basin. Similarly, figure 92 shows the observed discharge 

hydrograph of the Ohio River at Metropolis, 111.(drainage area, 203,000 

square miles), and the hydrograph as adjusted for daily changes in channel 

storage, which thus reflects the composite distribution with respect to 

time of the inflow to the channel system over the entire Ohio River Basin.

In the larger basins the results obtained by the application of 

these channel-storage studies may be subject to considerable error, but 

nevertheless they present a reasonable picture of the approximate magnitude and distribution of channel storage which, if more exactness were to 

be utilized in their determination, would necessarily await the availability and analyses of detailed maps and cross sections covering hundreds 

of miles of river channele and many other detailed hydrologic data.

Storage in channel f of the Ohio River

Throughout the flood the main channel of the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to the mouth served as a retarding basin and hence, in a limited 

sense, as a storage reservoir for the run-off contributed by its various 

tributaries. Inco this channel there was discharged during the period 

December 25 to January 27 a volume of water equivalent to 45 million 

second-foot days (89 million acre-feet) and during the same period 26 

million second-foot days had passed into the Mississippi River at Cairo, 

111., leaving a difference of 19 million second-foot days equal to 38 

million acre-feet or 1,650,000,000,000 cubic feet In the channel as temporary natural storage. This volume is about l£ times the capacity of Lake
CHANNEL STORAGE

Hydrograph adjusted 

for daily changes in channel storage

31 

December 1936

10 15 20 

January 1937

31 5 10 

February 1937

Figure 91. Comparison between the hydrograph of observed Bean daily discharge of the 

Wabash River at Mount Camel, 111., and the hydrograph of mean daily 

discharge adjusted for daily changes in channel storage.
Discharge In thousand
CHANNEL STORAGE 601

Mead, created by Boulder Dam on the Colorado River, the largest artificial reservoir In the world.

The records- of run-off and stage haye been analyzed through the 

flood period as explained above for the purpose of accounting for the Immense volumes 'of water In the various parts of the channel system of the 

Ohio River and Its tributaries and of showing the dally changes therein.

Figure 93 shows graphically the approximate amount of channel storage 

throughout the flood In the tributary area above Wheeling, W. Va., and 

the channel storage In the tributary basins from Wheeling, W. Va., to 

Metropolis, 111. All graphs have been plotted to the same scale. In 

general, the storage reached a peak on January 25, when about 11 million 

second-foot days, or more than 21 million acre-feet, was In channels tributary to the main Ohio River. Of this amount roughly 70 percent was In 

the broad, flat channels of the Blue, Green, Wabash, Cumberland, and 

Tennessee Rivers, and 30 percent In the upper major tributaries, Including the Kentucky, Miami, Scioto, Muskingum, Hocking, Kanawha, Allegheny, 

and Monongahela Rivers. With the cessation of rain on January 25 there 

was a rapid drop in the storage in tributary basins, and by February 6 

practically all of the water involved had passed into the Ohio River 

channel with the exception of about 2 million second-foot days, which 

still remained in the downstream reaches of the Wabash, Cumberland, and 

Tennessee Rivers. These values represent the storage In excess of the 

assumed base storage on December 25, at which time most of the rivers 

were low, flowing at a rate between 0.6 and 0.8 of a second-foot per 

square mile, and include all accretions to artificial storage after December 25. Of the 21 million acre-feet of water impounded in the tributary channels on January 25 about 1.7 million acre-feet was stored in 

artificial reservoirs.

Figure 94 shows the volumes of water during the flood period in the 

various reaches of the Ohio River from Sewicicley, Pa., to the mouth. 

This water represents the storage above the assumed base stage on December 25, which corresponds to a run-off rate between 0.6 and 0.8 seconck 

foot per square mile. For the 932 miles of channel as a whole, including 

that part of the main tributaries below the lowest gaging stations, the 

volume of water in the channels reached a maximum on January 28 of 19 

million second-foot days or 38 million acre-feet, of which 68 percent was 

in the 337-mile reach between Metropolis, 111., and louisville, Ky., and 

32 percent in the 595-mile reach between Louisville and Sewickley. During 

the last storm period, January 20 to 25, water was flowing into the Ohio
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Figure 94. Graphs of storage In Indicated reach of the channel of the Ohio River, 

December 25, 1936, to February 10, 1937.
604 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

River channel at a rate of about 2 million second-feet in excess of the 

outflow at Metropolis, 111., and the storage in the main Ohio River 

channel and upon the overflow areas was being increased at a rate of nearly 4 million acre-feet per day during this critical 5-day period. Immediately following the cessation of rain on January 25 there began a rapid 

decrease of the inflow into the Ohio River channel, and on January 28 the 

Inflow for the channel as a whole equaled the outflow and there was no 

additional increase in the channel storage. After January 28 the volume 

of water in the Ohio River channel began decreasing, largely owing to the 

drop in stages above Louisville. In the reach between Evansville, Ind., 

and Metropolis, 111., the channel storage continued to increase until 

February 2, when the flooded area below Evansville was at a maximum.

If it is assumed that up to the normal flood stages, as defined by 

the United States Weather Bureau, the channel can accommodate the flow 

without material flooding or overflow, the amount of storage above the 

normal flood stage indicates the volume of water that is associated with 

serious overflow. Roughly, these values are as follows for the various 

reaches: From Sewickley to Wheeling (77 miles) the channel system at 

normal flood stages contains storage of about 125,000 second-foot days; 

the maximum on January 25 amounted to 220,000 second-foot days, representing an excess of 95,000 second-foot days, or 190,000 acre-feet.

In a similar manner the excess of the channel-systern storage at its 

maximum stage during the flood of 1937 above that at the normal flood 

stage was computed with the following results:

Acre-feet

Wheeling, W. Va., to Pomeroy, Ohio, 162 miles, Jan. 26 850,000 

Pomeroy, Ohio, to Huntington, W. Va., 58 miles, Jan. 27 890,000

Huntington, W. Va., to Cincinnati, Ohio, 162 miles,

Jan. 26 2,800,000

Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louisville, Ky., 136 miles,

Jan. 27 2,500,000

Louisville, Ky., to Evansville, Ind., 185 miles,

Jan. 28 6,600,000

Evansville, Ind., to Metropolis, 111., 152 miles,

Feb. 2 16,000,000

Total for the whole length of the Ohio, Sewickley,

Pa., to Metropolis, 111. (not simultaneous) 29,830,000

These volumes may be in some measure indicative of the volumes of 

water that would have had to be artificially stored or otherwise retained 

if the flow during the flood period had been confined to normal flood 

stages as defined by the Weather Bureau. The total indicated storage above flood stage on January 28, when the volume in the entire Ohio River
CHANNEL STORAGE 605

channel was at its maximum, was 27,300,000 acre-feet, or a volume nearly 

equal to the capacity of Lake Mead. The total quantity of water artificially stored in the Ohio River Basin between December 25 and January 25 

amounted to only 1,700,000 acre-feet.

In figure 95 is shown a mass diagram of direct run-off of the Ohio 

River at Metropolis, 111., a mass diagram of direct run-off plus the

50,000

45,000

m

% 40,000

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g 30,

n 25,

o

m

C 20 > 

a

(0

2

| 15,

10,

000

000

000

000

000

000

5,000

-10

-9

-8

-7

Channel storage in 

tributaries of Ohio Rive

_ g Cumulate 

plus total

-5 S

c -4 H

-3

-2

^^

^

^^

ve direct run-off . 

L channel storage-^

x-

' J/

.' .

Cumi

/

J f

' X

X

r FT1h-1 j

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/

alative direc

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^

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' Storage in 

/« channel of --Ohio "*" J

/

/

t run-o

/

'f

"25 31 

December 1936

10 15 20 

January 1937

25 31 5 

February 1937

Figure 95. Graphs showing cumulative direct run-off of the Ohio River 

at Metropolis, 111., volume of storage in the channel of the main 

Ohio River, and volume of storage in channels of the tributary rivers above Metropolis, 111.

storage in the channel of the Ohio River, and a graph that includes in 

addition the storage in the tributary channel systems. The vertical 

ordinate between these various mass curves represents the total amount of 

channel storage, the distribution of which is shown in figures 93 and 94. 

The total volume of channel storage in the Ohio River Basin, main channel 

as well as tributaries, reached a maximum of 28,000,000 second-foot days 

(56 million acre-feet) on January 26.
606 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

FLOOD CRESTS

During or immediately after the floods of January-February 1957 various agencies of the Federal and State Governments began the work of identifying and marking crest stages reached by the rivers in the flood 

areas. Field parties examined the major streams to obtain comprehensive 

and systematic information concerning floodmarks. The Corps of Engineers, 

United States Army, was especially active in this work,, particularly along 

the main channel of the Ohio River. The floodmarks were referred to the 

mean sea level datum of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The 

relative positions were identified by distances along the rivers.

Table 30 presents records of flood-crest stages for the Ohio River 

and many of its tributaries. The data for the main channel of the Ohio 

River are presented graphically in figure 96. Records of crest stages at 

the principal river-stage stations on the Mississippi River are presented 

in table 31 and are shown graphically in figure 97.

Records of crest stages are of special interest in presenting a 

limiting factor in planning future developments along the rivers and in 

furnishing basic information as to velocity of transmission of flood 

crests, valley or flood-channel storage, the effects of channel constrictions, natural or artificial, and other aspects of river behavior. 

Table 30 shows the observation points by reference to local features and 

river distances, day and hour of crest (where known), and altitude of 

crest at places of observation. The intervals of observation points along the river channel vary, but generally the number of points Is sufficient for satisfactory definition of the profile of the flood crest. 

Where observations were more plentiful than needed for adequate definition of a flood profile, selection for publication has been limited to 

those that are essential for that purpose. Some of the observations that 

were close together have been combined and the mean recorded as at one 

point. Certain observations that were obviously unreliable are not included.

The altitudes of some points in the vicinity of gages may not agree 

closely with the altitude determined by adding the crest gage height to 

the altitude of the zero of the gage. Such discrepancies may be due in 

some degree to the fact that the floodmark used for the determination of 

the flood crest was at such a distance from the gage that the watersurface elevation was not the same as at the gage or possibly that the
700

600

500

S 400

350

300

250

100 200 300 400 500 600 

Miles above Cairo, 111.

Figure 96.--Profile of maximum crest stages on the Ohio River during the floods of January-Febru
460

400

1,100 900 800 700 600 500 400 

Miles from Cairo, 111.

Figure 97. Profile of maximum crest stages on the Mississippi River during the floods of 
FLOOD CBESTS 609

gage structure had shifted in position (or was a temporary gage) and proper corrections to the gage readings had not been determined.

The times of crest at river-measurement stations and at certain 

other points, such as locks and dams, are in general well established. 

At many other points this infonnation is approximate.

The crests of floods within the building limits of cities and towns 

and at other places more or less distant from a river may, for various 

reasons, be materially different from those along the main river channel 

and may seemingly be inconsistent if consideration is not given to the 

effect of slope in the water surface. Consequently inconsistencies may 

appear to exist between local information and the records herein published. Flood crests on opposite banks of a stream may differ materially because of the effects of bends and obstructions in the channel.
610 FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages

Stream and location

Upper Ohio River Basin b/

Allegheny Rivers

Warren, Pa.

Franklin, Pa., highway bridge, gage, right bank

Parkers Landing, Pa., highway bridge, gage, right bank

*

Mosgrove, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 8, upper gage, left

bank

Mosgrove, Pa., Lock and Dem Do. 8, lower gage, left

bank

Kit tanning, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 7, upper gage, right

bank

Kit tanning, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 7, lower gage, right

bank

Clinton, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 6, upper gage, right

bank

Clinton, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 6, lower gage, right

bank

Freeport, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 5, upper gage, right

bank

Freeport, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 5, lower gage, right

bank

Natrona, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 4, upper gage, right

bank

Natrona, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 4, lower gage, right

bank

Acmetonia, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 3, upper gage, left

bank

Acmetonia, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 3, lower gage, left

bank

Sharpsburg, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 2, upper gage, left

bank

Sharpsburg, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 2, lower gage, left

bank

Pittsburgh, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 1, lower gage, left

bank

Monongahela River:

Morgantown, W. Va.

Point Marion, Pa., Loek and Dam No. 8, upper gage, left

bank

Point Marion, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 8, lower gage, left

bank

Greensboro, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 7, upper gaga, left

bank

Greensboro, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 7, lower gage, left

bank

Rices Landing, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 6, upper gage, left

bank

Rices Landing, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 6, lower gage, left

bank

Brownsville, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 5, upper gage, right

bank

Brownsville, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 5, lower gage, right

bank

Charier oi, Pa.

Cherleroi, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 4, upper gage, right

bank

Charleroi, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 4, lower gage, right

bank

Elizabeth, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 3, upper gage, right

bank

Elizabeth, Pa., Lock and Dam Ho. 5, lower gage, right

bank

Braddock, Pa., Look and Dam Ho. 2, upper gage, right

bank

Braddock, Pa., Lock and Dam No. 2, lower gage, right

bank

Pittsburgh, Pa., Look and Dam No. 1, upper gage, right

bank

Pittsburgh., Pa., Look and Dam No. 1, lower gaga, right

bank

Miles 

above 

Pittsburgh

191.7

124.9

83.8

52.6

52.6

45.7

45.7

36.3

36.3

30.4

30.4

24.2

24.2

14.5

14.5

6.7

6.7

1.7

100.9

90.6

90.6

84.8

84.8

68.3

68.3

56.5

56.5

41.6

41.4

41.4

23.8

23.8

11.2

11.2

1.9

1.9

Day 

and 

hour

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

4 pm

Jan. 25

6 pm

Jan. 25

3-10 pm

Jan. 25

5-10 pm

Jan. 25

7-10 pm

Jan. 25

7-10 pm

Jan. 25

7-10 pm

Jan. 25

7-10 pm

Jan. 25-26

8 pm-2 am

Jan. 25-26

8 pm-2 am

Jan. 25

9 pm-midn.

Jan. 25

9 pm-midn.

Jan. 25-26

10 pm-2 am

Jan. 25-26

11 pm-2 am

Jan. 26

1-3 am

Jan. 26

1-3 am

Jan. 26

1-4 am

Jan. 23

2:30 pm

Jan. 23

1-3 pm

Jan. 23

noon-1 pm

Jan. 23

11 am

Jan. 23

noon-3 pm

Jan. 23

1-3 pm

Jan. 23

4-6 pm.

Jan. 25

11 am-noon

Jan. 25

11 am-noon

Jan. 25

noon-4 pm

Jan. 25

3 pm

Jan. 25

2-6 pm

Jan. 85

3-6 pm

Jan. 2S-26

9 pm-1 am

Jan. 25-26

9 pm-2 am

Jan. 25-26

midn.-2 am

Jan. 25-86

mldn.-3 am

Jan. 86

1-4 em

Jan. 26

1-4 am

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

1,182.2

974.19

866.34

809.5

802.9

796.0

791.2

781.3

777.8

772.1

768.7

762.0

756.4

747.0

743.0

736.7

734.1

729.8

807.73

801.55

793.1

789.0

783.9

774.6

767.9

761.8

758.7

750.66

750.6

746.2

739.4

758.4

734.1

732.6

729.3

729.1

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. 8. Army.
FLOOD CRESTS 611

Table 50. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River main stem b/

Ohio Rivers

Pittsburgh, Pa., junction Allegheny and

Monongahela Rivers, Point Bridge, gage

Emsworth Lock and Dam, upper gage, right bank

Coraopolls, Pa., (old Lock No. 2), gage

Sewickley, Pa. , gage

Dashlelds Lock and Dam, upper gage, left bank

Montgomery Island Lock and Dam, upper gage, left

bank

Lock and Dam No. 7, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 8, left bank

Loci? and Dam No. 9, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 10, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 11, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 12, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 13, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 14, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 15, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 16, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 17, right bank

Marietta, Ohio, gage, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 18, right bank

Parkersburg, W. Va. , gage, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 19, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 20, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 21, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 22, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 23, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 24, right bank

Lock and- Dam No. 25, left bank

Point Pleasant, W. Va., gage, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 26, loft bank

Qalllpolis Lock and Dam, upper gage, left bank

Lock and Dam Ho. 27, right bank

Huntlngton, W. Va. , gage, left bank

Lock and Dam Mo. 28, right bank

South Point, Ohio, 1 mile above Lock and Dam No.

29, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 29, loft bank

South Point, Ohio, 1 mile below Lock and Dam No.

29, right bank

Ashland, Ky. , Twentieth St. between Front and

Oreanup Sts.

Ashland, Ky. , Ashland-Coal Grove highway bridge,

left bank

Coal Grovo, Ohio, below Oarlyle Tile Co., right

bank

Ashland, Ky., 1 mile below, left bank

Ashland, Ky., 2.4 miles below, left bank

Irontdn, Ohio, 1917 South Third St.

Ironton, Ohio, Telephone Oo. building, right bank

Miles 

below 

Pittsburgh

0

6.2

9.2

11.8

13.3

31.7

36.5

46.4

56.1

66.2

76.9

87.4

96.1

114.0

129.1

146.5

167,5

172.0

179.9

184.6

192.2

202.5

214.6

220.9

231.4

242.5

260.7-

265.2

278.5

279.2

301.0

308.3

311.6

318.9

319.9

320.9

322.2

322.8

323.0

323.8

325.0

325.9

327.0

Miles 

above 

Cairo

979.5

973.3

970.3

967.7

966.2

947.8

943.0

933.1

923.4

913.3

902.6

892.1

883.4

865.5

850.4

833.0

812.0

807.5

799.6

794,9

787.3

777.0

764.9

758.6

748.1

737.0

718.8

714.3.

701.0

700.3

678.5

671.2

667.9

660.6

659.6

658.6

657.3

656.7

656.5

655.7

654.5

653.6

652.5

Day 

and 

hour

Jan. 26

3-5 am

Jan. 25-26

mldn.-6 am

Jan. 26

4-6 am

Jan. 26

5 am

Jan. 26

5-6 am

Jan. 26

5-8 am

Jan. 26

6-8 am

Jan. 26

7-10 am

Jan. 26

10 am-noon

Jan. 26

10 am- 3 pm

Jan. 26

2-4 pm

Jan. 26

6-8 pm

Jan. 26

4-9 pm

Jan. 26-27

10 pm-1 am

Jan. 26-27

mldn. 5 am

Jan. 27

1-4 am

Jan. 26-27

mldn. -7 am

Jan. 26

midnight

Jan. 27

1-4 am

Jan. 26

4 pm

Jan. 26-27

2 pm 9 am

Jan. 26-27

11 pm-8 am

Jan. 27

6-11 am

Jan. 27

2 am

Jan. 27

5 am- 5 pm

Jan. 27

7 am-7 pm

Jan. 27

11 am- 2 pm

Jan. 27

Jan.- 27

1-8 pm

Jan. 27

1-8 pm

Jan. 27

9 am-10 pm

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

noon

-

Jan. 27

noon-11 pm

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

Altitude 

in 

feet c/

728.50

7,23.27

714.53

712.81

711.51

697.76

691.60

683.30

677.50

670.60

664.50

659.50

654.80

644.96

637.27

630.67

623.29

622.12

619.14

617.27

613.30

607.73

602.39

598.64

593.43

587.80

578.96

576. B2

572. S9

572.60

562.77

560.60

559.63

556.74

556.71

556.50

555.69

555.53

555.04

554.99

554.30

564.09

553.63

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers s IF. S. Army. 

c Above mean soa level, 1907 adjustment.
612 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River main stem Continued

Ohio River Continued

Russell, Ky., Bellefonte and Main Sts.

Ironton, Ohio, 1563 North Second St.

Worthlngton, Ky. , Ferry and Prospect Sts.

Hanging Rock', Ohio, Methodist Episcopal church

Pond Run 0.2 mile above mouth, left bank

Pond Run 0.7 mile below mouth, right bank

Wurtland Ky. , 0.3 mile above, left bank

Rlverton Ky. , right bank

Rlverton Ky. , Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. station

Greenup, Ky. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. station

Greenup, Ky. right bank

Greenup, Ky. 1.2 miles below, right bank

Greenup, Ky. 2.4 miles below, right bank

Greenup, Ky. 2.4 miles below, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 30, left bank

Franklin Furnace, Ohio, post office

Franklin Furnace, Ohio, 1 mile below, right bank

Franklin Furnace, Ohio, 1.6 miles below, left

bank

Franklin Furnace, Ohio, 2.5 miles below, right

bank

Franklin Furnace, Ohio, 2.8 miles below, left

bank

Wheelersburg, Ohio, 3.2 miles east, right bank

Wheelersburg, Ohio, east end, Oak and Granite

Sts.

Llmeville, Ky. , Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. station

Wheelersburg, Ohio, Spring and Granite Sts.

Sciotoville, Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. bridge,

right bank

Little Scioto River, left bank opposite mouth

New Boston, Ohio, 1.2 miles above, right bank

New Boston, Ohio, Municipal Building

New Boston, Ohio, Bush and Gallia Sts.

Fullerton, Ky. , left bank

Portsmouth, Ohio, 1306 Offnere St.

Portsmouth, Ohio, post office

Portsmouth, Ohio, gage, right bank

South Portsmouth, Ky. , Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.

station

Portsmouth, Ohio, 1.6 miles below, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 51, left bank

Sugar Grove, Ohio, right bank

Friendship, Ohio, half a mile above, left bank

Friendship, Ohio, right bank

St. Pauls Landing, Ky. , left bank

Quincy, Ky. 3.2 miles above, right bank

Quincy, Ky. 2.1 miles above, right bank

Quincy, Ky. 1.2 miles above, right bank

Quincy, Ky. right bank

Quincy, Ky. post office

Quincy, Ky. 1.1 miles below, right bank

Garrison, Ky. , Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. station

Garrison, Ky. , 0.9 mile below, right bank

Tomblesons Run, mouth

Tomblesons Run, 0.2 mile below mouth, right bank

McGaw, Ohio, right bank

Mill Hollow Creek, half a mile above mouth, left

bank

Buena Vista, Ohio, right bank

Buena Vista, Ohio, 0.7 mile below, left bank

Buena Vista, Ohio, 1.4 miles below, right bank

Vanceburg, Ky. Lewis County courthouse

Vanceburg, Ky. right bank

Vanceburg, Ky. below Machine Creek, left bank

Vanceburg, Ky. 2.2 miles below, right bank

Vanceburg, Ky. 2.9 miles below, right bank

Quick Run, 300 feet below mouth, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 32, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 32, 0.2 mile below, right bank

Rome, Ohio, right bank

Rome, Ohio, left bank

Carrs, Ky. , right bank

Carrs, Ky. , post office

Ohio Brush Creek, 0.4 mile above mouth, right

bank

Miles 

below 

Pittsburgh

327. 3

328.2

329.0

329.7

330.9

331.8

332.4

335.0

335.4

336.1

336.2

337.3

338.6

338.6

339.4

340.2

341.2

341.8

342.7

343.0

343.8

345.5

345.5

346.9

348.8

349.0

350.6

351.7

352.5

354.0

354.9

355.5

356.0

356.0

357.6

359.5

360.1

361.5

362.1

363.1

363.6

364.7

365.6

366.7

366.8

367.9

369.1

369.7

370.7

370.9

372.4

372.8

373.9

374.6

375.3

378.0

378.0

379.8

580.1

380.8

381.9

382.7

382.9

383.8

384.1

385.8

385.9

387.3

Miles 

above 

Cairo

652.2

651.3

650.5

649.8

648.6

647.7

647.1

644.5

644.1

643.4

643.3

642.2

640.9

640.9

640.1

639.3

638.3

637.7

636.8

636.5

635.7

634.0

634.0

632.6

630.7

630.5

628.9

627.8

627.0

625.5

624.6

624.0

623.5

623.5

621.9

620.2

619.4

618.0

617.4

616.4

615.9

614.8

613.9

612.8

612.7

611.6

610.4

609.8

608.8

608.6

607.1

606.7

605.6

604.9

604.2

601.5

601.5

599.7

599.4

598.7

597.6

596.8

596.6

595.7

595.4

593.7

595.6

592.2

Day 

and 

hour

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

Jan. 27

2-6 pm

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

Jan. 27

3 pm

_

-

Jan. 27

9-11 am

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

Jan. 27

11 am-11 pm

_

_

_

_

_

-

Altitude 

in 

feet c/

553.40

553.18

552.82

552.93

551.80

552.06

551.58

551.33

551.19

551.04

550.79

550.10

549.79

550.06

549.90

549.62

549.22

549.13

548.75

548.90

548.30

547.91

548.12

547.86

547.30

546.55

546.51

546.29

546.24

545.92

545.17

545.25

545.13

544.96

545.09

544.56

544.52

544.09

544.16

543.95

543.64

543.37

542.81

542.79

542.67

542.20

541.96

541.72

541.26

540.89

540.26

540.21

539.85

539.37

538.68

537.63

537.34

537.29

536.64

535.82

535.89

535.54

535.62

535.52

535.24

554.98

534.53

534.28

c Above mean sea level, 1907 adjustment.
FLOOD CRESTS

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River main stem Continued

Ohio River Continued

Ohio Brush Creek, 0.3 mile below mouth, left

bank

Concord, Ky., Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. station

Concord, Ky. , 0.8 mile below, right bank

Wrlghtsvllle, Ohio, right bank

Gllplns Run, mouth

Gllplns Run, 0.4 mile below, right bank

Manchester, Ohio, 2.3 miles above, right bank

Manchester, Ohio, 2.0 miles above, left bank

Manchester, Ohio, upper end, right bank

Manchester, Ohio, Washington St. between Sixth

and Seventh Sts.

Manchester, Ohio, Sixth St. and Broadway

Trinity, Ky. , Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. station

Manchester, Ohio, right bank, below McClellands

Run

Trinity, Ky. , 1.4 miles below, left bank

Manchester, Ohio, 2 miles below, right bank

Manchester, Ohio, 3.3 miles below, right bank

Sprlngdal'e, Ky. , 3.1 miles above, left bank

Sprlngdale, Ky. , Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. station

Sprlngdale, Ky. , 1.2 miles below, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 33, left bank

Maysvllle, Ky. , 2^ miles above, left bank

Maysvllle, Ky. , Third and Commerce Sts.

Aberdeen, Ohio, 700 feet above bridge, right

bank

Aberdeen, Ohio, below Fish Gut Creek, right bank

Maysvllle, Ky. , Chesapeaks & Ohio Ry. freight

depot

Aberdeen, Ohio, 2.2 miles below, right bank

Aberdeen, Ohio, 2.3 miles below, left bank

Aberdeen, Ohio, 3.8 miles below, right bank

Aberdeen, Ohio, 6 miles below, right bank

Eagle Creek, mouth

Rlpley, Ohio, 1 mile above, right bank

Rlpley, Ohio, half a mile above, left bank

Rlpley, Ohio, Second and Market Sts.

Rlpley, Ohio, just below corporation line, right

bank

South Rlpley, Ky. , 0.7 mile below railroad

station, left bank

Dover, Ky. , 0.7 mile above, right bank

Dover, Ky. , post office

Levarma, Ohio, right bank

Levanna, Ohio, 1 mile below, right bank

Straight Creek, mouth

Straight Creek, 0.6 mile below mouth, left bank

Hlgglnsport, Ohio 1.5 miles above, right bank

Hlgglnsport, Ohio 0.8 mile above, right bank

Hlgglnsport, Ohio upper end, right bank

Hlgglnsport, Ohio left bank

Hlgglnsport, Ohio right bank

Hlgglnsport, Ohio lower end, right bank

Augusta Ky. upper end, right bank

Augusta Ky. public school

Augusta Ky. 0.5 mile below, right bank

Augusta Ky. 1.6 miles below, right bank

Augusta Ky. 1.7 miles below, left bank

Utopia, Ohio right bank

Utopia, Ohio left bank

Utopia, Ohio 1 mile below, right bank

Rural, Ohio, right bank

Wellsburg, Ky. , railroad station

Child, Ohio, 1.3 miles above, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 34, 0.2 mile above, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 34, right bank

Chllo, Ohio, right bank

Bradford, Ky. , railroad atatlon

Willow Grove, Ky., railroad station

Willow Grove, Ky. , 0.3 mile below, right bank

Neville, Ohio 1.3 miles above, right bank

Neville, Ohio 1.3 mile 8 above, left bank

Foster, Ky. , railroad station

Neville, Ohio public school

Neville, Ohio 0.8 mile below, right bank

Carntown, Ky. 0.7 mile above, right bank

Carntown, Ky. left bank

Moscow, Ohio, 0.4 mile above, right bank

Miles 

below 

Pittsburgh

388.0

390.2

390.9

391.8

393.0

393.4

395.0

395.3

396.3

397.2

397.5

397.8

398.5

399.2

399.3

400.6

401.0

403.0

404.3

405.1

406.0

408.1

408.2

409.1

409.1

410.6

410.7

412.1

414.3

415.0

416.5

417.0

417.4

418.0

418.4

419.0

419.7

419.8

420.8

421.7

422.3

425.1

423.8

424.3

424.6

424.7

424.9

426.3

426.8

427.5

428.6

438.7

429.7

429.9

430.5

431.6

432.2

433.3

433.9

434.1

434.6

434.7

436.0

436.3

437.3

437.3

438.5

438.7

439.4

440.6

441.4

443.2

Miles 

 above 

Cairo

591.5

589.3

588.6

587.7

586.5

586.1

584.5

584.2

583.2

582.3

582.0

581.7

581.0

580.3

580.2

578.9

578.5

576.5

575.2

574.4

573.5

571.4

571.3

570.4

570.4

568.9

568.8

567.4

565.2

564.5

563.0

563.5

562.1

561.5

561.1

560.5

559.8

559.7

558.7

557.8

557.2

556.4

555.7

555.2

554.9

554.8

554.6

553.2

552.7

552.0

550.9

550.8

549.8

549.6

549.0

547.9

547.3

546.2

545.6

545.4

544.9

544.8

543.5

543.2

542.3

542.3

541.0

540.8

540.1

533.9

538.1

537.3

Day 

and 

hour

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 27-28

7 am-2 am

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 26

8-10 pm

_

-

-

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_

-

_

-

-

-

-

Altitude 

in 

feet c/

534.37

533.18

533.18

533.11

532.48

532.35

532.03

531.78

531.74

531.41

531.36

530.94

531.08

530.41

530.80

529.63

529.81

529.23

527.99

527.9

527.67

527.08

526.94

526.61

527.00

526.05

525.86

525.70

524. 35

524.32

523.75

523.55

523.41

523.48

523.20

523.12

522.71

522.68

522.54

522.33

522.39

522.45

521.69

521.71

521.44

521.58

521.41

521.09

520.75

520.79

520.48

520.51

520.27

520.00

530.04

519.78

519.71

519.49

519.40

519.34

519.31

519.12

518.74

518.78

518.50

518.60

518.45

518.16

517.98

517.62

517.47

517.68

c Above mean Bea level, 1907 adjustment. 

77596 O 38 *0
614 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River main stem Continued

Ohio Elver Continued

Ivor, Ky. , railroad station

Moscow, Ohio, public school

Moscow, Ohio, 1.2 miles below, right bank

Mentor, Ky. , railroad station

Point Pleasant, Ohio, right bank

Point Pleasant, Ohio, 0.8 mile below, left bank

Point Pleasant, Ohio, 1.0 mile below, right bank

California, Ky., railroad station

California, Ky., right bank

New Richmond, Ohio, waterworks

New Richmond, Ky., railroad station

New Richmond, Ohio, High St.

Lock and Dam No. 35, left bank

New Richmond, Ohio, half a mile below, right

bank

Oneonta, Ky., left bank

Blairsville, Ohio, right bank

Blairsvllle, Ohio, left bank

Palestine, Ohio, left bank

Palestine, Ohio, lower end, right bank

Rosa, Ky. , 0.3 mile above, right bank

Rosa, Ky., left bank

Eight Mile Creek, 0.3 mile below mouth, right

bank

Seven Mile Creek, mouth

Melborne, Ky. , post office

Silver Grove, Ky. , 0.3 mile above, right bank

Stevens, Ky. , railroad station

Lock and Dam No. 36, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 36, 0.8 mile below, right bank

California, Ohio, Eldorado and Kellog Aves.

Brent, Ky., 2 miles below, left banfe

Cincinnati, Ohio, 0.1 mile below mouth of Little

Miami River, right bank

Cincinnati, Ohio, 2817 Eastern Ave.

Dayton, Ky. , Fifth and Boone Sts.

Cincinnati, Ohio, 2009 Eastern Ave.

Dayton, Ky. , Sixth St. and Terrace Ave.

Bellvue, Ky. , left bank

Cincinnati, Ohio, Pearl and Butler Sts.

Newport, Kentucky, Louisville & Nashville R. R.

bridge, left bank

Cincinnati, Ohio, Broadway gage, right bank

Covlngton, Ky., Shelby and First Sts.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Walnut and Water Sts.

Covington, Ky., Suspension Bridge, left bank

Cincinnati, Ohio, Front and Smith Sts.

West Covington, Kentucky, Spring St. and Highway

Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Front and Bymlller Sts.

West Covington, Ky. , left tank

Cincinnati, Ohio, Southern Ry. bridge, right bank

Ludlcw, Ky. , Southern Ry. bridg*^ left bank

Cincinnati, Ohio, Eighth Street Viaduct

Ludlow, Ky. , Adelia and Elm Sts.

Cincinnati, Ohio, 2548 Riverside St.

Bromley, Ky. , Shelby and Rohman Sts.

Riverside, Ohio, Pure Oil Co. office

Riverside, Ohio, Leland and Listen Aves.

Bromley, Ky. , 1.7 miles below, left bank

Riverside, Ohio, 3974 Listen Ave.

Constance, Ky. , Just below Dry Ruri, left bank

Andersons Ferry, Ohio, right bank

Andersona Ferry, Ohio, 1 mile below, right bank

Stringtown, Ky. , left bank

Industry, Ohio, 0.3 mile above, right bank

Industry, Ohio, 6344 Lower River Rd.

Saylor Park, Ohio, 6838 Hokomis Ave.

Look and Dam No. 37, half a mile above, left

bank

Lock and Dam No. 37, right bank

Fernbank, Ohio, 7501 Lower River Rd.

Loders Creek, 0.2 mile below mouth, left bank

Addyston, Ohio, right bank

North Bend, Ohio, 0.5 mile above, left bank

North Band, Ohio, right bank

North Bend, Ohio 1.0 mile below, right bank

Miles 

below 

Pittsburgh

442.6

442.7

443.8

444.6

445.1

445.9

446.1

447.2

447.2

449.1

450.2

450.2

451.0

451.5

451.8

452.9

453.1

453.9

454.3

455.6

455.9

456.7

457.5

457.9

459.1

459.5

460.9

461.7

462.4

463.6

464.2

466.6

467.3

467.8

468.1

469.1

469.6

469.7

470.2

470.2

470.3

470.4

471.0

471.4

471.6

471.9

472.3

472.3

472.7

473.2

473.2

474.0

474.2

475.3

475.7

476.5

477.4

477.5

478.5

478.8

481.4

481.9

482.6

482.7

483.2

483.9

484.3

484.5

485.8

486.0

487.3

Miles 

above 

Cairo

536.9

536.8

535.7

534.9

534.4

533.6

533.4

532.3

532.3

530.4

529.3

529.3

528.5

528.0

527. 7

526.6

526.4

525.6

525.2

523.9

523.6

522.8

522.0

521.6

520.4

520.0

518.6

517.8

517.1

515.9

515.3

512.9

512.2

511.7

511.4

510.4

509.9

509.8

509.3

509.3

509.2

509.1

508.5

508.1

507.9

507.6

507.2

507.2

506.8

506.3

506.3

505.5

505.3

504.2

503. S

503.0

502.1

502.0

501.0

500.7

498.1

497.6

496.9

496.8

496.3

495.6

495.2

495.0

493.7

493.5

492.2

Day 

and 

hour

-

-

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Jan. 26

3-7 am

_

.

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-

-

-

_

_

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-

Jan. 26

1-11 am

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

Jan. 26

4 am

-

_

_

-

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Jan. 25-26

10 pm-8 am

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_

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Altitude 

in 

feet _o/

516.95

517.11

516.73

516.48

516.60

516.01

516.14

515.82

515.98

515.75

515.51

515.31

515.1

515.23

515.12

514.83

514.66

514.50

514.69

514.65

514.34

514.47

514.13

513.83

513.67

513.56

513.35

513.15

512.93

512.4

5T2.24

511.74

511.14

510.92

510.54

510.27

510.12

510.27

509.8

509.87

509.66

509.66

509.05

509.29

508.50

508.11

508.53

507.89

508.33

507.44

507.60

507.24

507.11

506.88

506.87

506.55

506.25

506.13

505.43

505.80

504.32

504.23

504.21

504.98

504.1

504.05

503.94

503.98

504.10

503.41

503.17

c Above laean sea level, 1907 adjustment.
FLOOD CRESTS 615

Table 30. Flood-creat stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River main stem Continued

Ohio River Continued

North Bend, Ohio, 2.2 miles below, right bank

Garrison Run, 0.4 mile above mouth, left bank

Garrison Run, 0.2 mile aboy« mouth, right bank

Elizabethtown, Ohio, right bank

Lawrenoeburg, Ind., 1 mile above right bank

Lawrenceburg, Ind., Main and Mill Sta., right

bank

Lawrenoeburg, Ind., Lawrenoeburg powerplant,

right bank

Lawrenceburg, Ind., Fire Co. No. 2, right bank

Lawrenceburg, Ind., courthouse, right bank

Lawrenceburg, Ind., left bank, opposite Dearborn

County courthouse

Lawrenceburg, Ind., 2 miles below, right bank

Lawrenceburg, Ind., 2.5 miles below, right bank

Petersburg, Ky. , left bank

Aurora, Ind., 0.8 mllea above, right bank

Aurora, Ind., school building, right bank

Aurora, Ind., Baltimore & Ohio R. R. depot,

right bank

Aurora, Ind., post office, right bank

Aurora, Ind. , right bank

Aurora, Ind., 1.1 milea below, left bank

French, Ind. , right bank

French, Ind., 1 mile below, right bank

Whitlock Terminal, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 38, Maxvllle, Ky., gage, left

bank

Look and Dam No. 38, 0.1 mile below, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 38, 1.3 mile below, left bank

Rialng Sun, Ind., Walnut and 6th Sts., right

bank

Rising Sun, Ind., right bank

Rabbit Hash, Ky. , left bank

Rising Sun, Ind. , right bank

Rabbit Haah, Ky. , 1 mile below, left bank

Rising Sun, Ind., 1.4 miles below, right bank

Arnolds Landing, Ind., right bank

North Landing, Ind. , right bank

North Landing, Ind., 1.1 miles below, right bank

Kirtley Landing, Ky., 0.4 milea above, left bank

Klrtley Landing, Ky., right bank

Hamilton, Ky., 1.4 miles above, right bank

Hamilton, Ky. , 0.4 mile above, right bank

Hamilton, Ky. , left bank

Patriot, Ind., 3.2 miles above, right bank

Hamilton, Ky. , 1.5 milea below, left bank

Patriot, Ind., 2.3 milea above, right bank

Patriot, Ind., 1.5 milea above, right bank

Patriot, Ind., 0.5 mile above, right bank

Patriot, Ind., Methodist church, right bank

Patriot, Ind. , 1 mile below, right bank

Patriot, Ind., 1.1 milea below, right bank

Patriot, Ind., 1.3 miles below, left bank

Jack a on Landing, Ky. , 0.5 mile below, right bank

Jackson Landing, Ky., 0.6 mile below, left bank

Pratt Landing, Ky., 0.1 mile above, left bank

Pratt Landing, Ky. , Big Sugar Creek bridge, left

bank

Baxter Landing, Ky., right bank

Baxter Landing, Ky., 0.5 mile below, left bank

Baxter Landing, Ky. , 0.7 mile below, right bank

Rail Landing, Ind., 0.2 mile above, right bank

McDanlela Landing, Ky. , 0.3 mile above, left

bank

Wiley Landing, Ind. , right bank

Warsaw, Ky. , 0.2 mile above, left bank

Florence, Ind., 0.8 mile above, right bank

Warsaw, Ky. , 0.9 mile below, left bank

Florence, Ind., right bank

Florence, Ind., 0.5 mile below bridge over

Craiga Creek, Ky. , left bank

Florence, Ind., 1.0 mile below, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 39, 1 mile above Markland, Ind.,

right bank

Lock and Dam No. 39, left bank

Turners Landing, Ky. , left bank

Markland, Ind. , right bank

Markland, Ind., 1.4 milea below, right bank

Markland, Ind., 2.5 miles below, right bank

Vevay, Ind., 0.2 miles above, right bank

Miles 

below 

Pittsburgh

488.5

490.2

490.4

491.3

492.0

493.0

493.0

493.0

493.2

493.3

494.0

494.5

495.1

495.9

496.3

496.7

496.9

497.0

497.8

499.0

500.0

502.0

503.3

503.4

504.6

505.7

505.9

506.3

506.4

507.3

507.7

508.7

509.6

510.5

512.1

512.5

513.5

514.5

514.9

515.7

516.4

516.6

517.4

518.4

518.9

519.9

520.0

520.2

522.5

522.6

522.8

522.9

523.8

524.3

524.5

526.0

526.5

527.5

527.8

528.3

529.1

529.2

529.8

530.3

531.6

531.6

532.5

532.7

534.0

535.1

537.0

Miles 

above 

Cairo

491.0

489.3

489.1

488.2

487.5

486.5

486.5

486.5

486.3

486.2

485.5

485.0

484.4

483.6

483.2

482.8

482.6

482.5

481.7

480.5

479.5

477.5

476.2

476.1

474.9

473.8

473.6

473.2

473.1

472.2

471.8

470.8

469.9

469.0

467.4

'67.0

466.0

465.0

464.6

463.8

463.1

462.9

462.1

461.1

460.6

459.6

459.5

459.3

457.0

456.9

456.7

456.6

455.7

455. E

455.0

453.5

453.0

452.0

451.7

451.2

450.4

450.3

449.7

449.2

447.9

447.9

447.0

446.8

445.5

444.4

442.5

Day 

and 

hour

-

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Jan. 26

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

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_

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-

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_

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-

-

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_

_

_

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Altitude 

in 

feet c/

501.84

501.81

501.24

501 31

501.27

501.0

500.8

500.5

500.7

501.8

500.5

500.4

500.0

499.7

499.9

499.8

499.8

498.9

498.2

498.0

498.0

497.4

496.5

497.0

496.7

495.7

495.8

496.3

495.6

495.4

495.6

495.3

494.6

494.3

493.0

492.9

492.3

491.8

492.4

491.7

491.0

491.3

490.6

490.1

490.7

489.94

488.1

487.9

487.8

488.2

488.0

488.6

487.0

487.6

487.3

486.0

486.3

485.8

485.4

485.0

484.8

484.7

484.8

484.5

484.1

484.1

483.7

484.1

483.6

482.4

482.5

c Above mean sea level, 1907 adjustment.
616 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, '1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River main stem Continued

Ohio River- -Continued

Ghent, Ky., left bank

Ghent, Ky. , left bank

Vevay, Ind., fire house, right bank

Ghent, Ky. , 0.4 mile below, left bank

Vevay, Ind., 0.9 mile below, right bank

Ghent, Ky. , 1.7 miles below, left bank

Vevay, Ind., 2.0 miles below, right bank

Ghent, Ky., 2.9 miles below, left bank

Vevay, "Ind., 3.9 miles below, right bank

Lamb, Ind., 3.5 miles above, right bank

Carrollton, Ky., 3.3 miles above, left bank

Lamb, Ind., 2.4 miles above, right bank

Lamb, Ind., 1.3 miles above, right bank

Carrollton, Ky. , left bank

Carrollton, Ky., 5th and High Sts., left bank

Carrollton, Ky., Marshall & Harris Tobacco Co.

warehouse, left bank

Lamb, Ind., 0.2 mile above, right bank

Kentucky River, mouth of, left bank

Prestonvllle, Ky., left bank

Lamb, Ind. , 0.8 mile below, right bank

Lamb, Ind., 2.4 miles below, right bank

 Bradley Landing, Ky., left bank

Brooksburg, Ind., 1 mile above, right bank

Bradley Landing, Ky. , 1.1 miles below, left bank

Brooksburg, Ind., post office, right bank

Hunters Bottom, Ky. , left bank

Beecamp Landing, Ky., right bank

Hunters Bottom, Ky. , left bank

Milton, Ky., 2.4 miles above, left bank

Madison, Ind., gage, right bank

Madison, Ind., 0.3 mile below, left bank

Madison, Ind., 1.3 miles below, right bank

Madison, Ind., 2.9 miles below, right bank

New London, Ind., 3.0 miles above

New London, Ind., 1.2 miles above, left bank

New London, Ind., right bank

New London, Ind., 1.8 miles below, right bank

New London, Ind., 2.1 miles below

New London, Ind., 2.3 miles below, left bank

Bethlehem, Ind., 2.0 miles above, left bank

Bethlehem, Ind. , right bank

Westport, Ky. 2.0 miles above, left bank

Westport, Ky. left bank

Westport, Ky. 2.2 miles below, right bank

Westport, Ky. 3.8 miles below, right bank

Westpbrt, Ky. 5.7 miles below, left bank

Westport, Ky. 7.5 miles below, left bank

XJtica, Ind., 6.4 miles above, right bank

Utica, Ind., 4.0 miles above, left bank

TTtlca, Ind., average both banks

TJtica, Ind., 8.1 miles below, right bank

Louisville, Ky., waterworks, left bank

Jeffersonvllle, Ind., right bank

Louisville, Ky., left bank

Louisville, Ky. , Jefferson and Wenzel Sts., left

bank overflow

Jeffersonvllle, Ind., right bank

Jeffersonvllle, Ind., right bank

Lock and Dam No. 41, Louisville, Ky. , upper gage,

left bank

Lock and Dam No. 41, Louisville, Ky. , lower gage,

left bank

Louisville, Ky., Broadway and 9th St., left bank

overflow

Louisville, Ky. , Kentucky and 13th Sts., left

bank overflow

New Albany, Ind. 2.4 miles below, right bank

New Albany, Ind. 4.5 miles below, left bank

Bridgeport, Ind. 0.3 mile above, left bank

Bridgeport, Ind. right bank

Bridgeport, Ind. 4.4 miles below, right bank

Bridgeport, Ind. 4.6 miles below, left bank

Kosmosdale, Ky. , 0.8 mile above, left bank

Kosmosdale , Ky. , right bank

West Point, Ky., mouth of Salt River, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 43, gage, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 43, 0.2 mile below, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 43, 0.4 mile below, left bank

Miles 

below 

Pittsburgh

537.4

537.7

537.7

538.2

539.0

539.5

539.8

540.5

541.5

542.3

542.4

543.4

544.5

545.2

545.5

545.5

545.6

545.8

545.9

546.6

548.2

548.7

549.4

550.0

550.3

552.5

5SS.7

553.6

554.7

557.7

559.4

560.4

562.0

564.0

565.8

567.0

569.0

569.3

569.5

572.6

574.6

578.4

580.3

582.9

584.5

586.4

588.2

589.1

591.5

595.8

598.0

600.6

601.5

602.2

-

602.8

603.8

606.8

607.0

_

_

611.4

613.3

616.9

617.3

621.7

621.9

626.0

627.0

630.0

633.2

633.4

633.6

Miles 

above 

Oaii"o

442.1

441.8

441.8

441.3

440.5

440. C

439.7

439.0

438.0

437.2

437.1

436.1

435.0

434.3

434.0

434.0

433.9

433.7

433.6

432.9

431.3

430.8

430.1

429.5

429.2

427.0

426.8

425.9

424.8

421.8

420.1

419.1

417.5

415.5

413.7

412.5

410.5

410.2

410.0

406.9

404.9

401.1

399.2

396.6

395.0

393.1

391.3

390.4

388.0

383.7

381.5

378.9

378.0

377.3

-

376.7

575.7

372.7

372.5

.

-

368.1

366.2

362.6

362.2

357.8

357.6

353.5

352.5

349.5

346.3

346.1

345.9

Day 

and 

hour

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

Jen. 26

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

Jan. 36

4 pm

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 27

7 am

-

-

Altitude 

in 

feet jo/

483.5

482.2

482.2

481.8

481.9

481.4

481.8

481.0

481.4

480.7

480.8

480.7

480.2

480.2

480.2

481.0

479.8

479.7

479.5

479.1

479.1

479,0

478.7

478.5

478.1

476.6

477.1

476.4

476.2

475.5

474.6

474.6

474.5

473.1

471.7

471.7

471.2

471.0

470.8

469.9

469.2

467.9

467.2

466.9

466.2

465.6

465.5

464.8

464.1

462.8

462.5

461.7

461.5

461.4

461.2

460.7

460.6

460.1

459.5

459.8

458.5

458.8

457.6

457.0

457.0

455.9

455.8

454.4

454.8

454.2

453.1

453. 5

453.1

c Above mean sea level, 1907 adjustment.
FLOOD CRESTS

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River main stem Continued

Ohio River--Continued

Rock Haven, Ky., right bank

Rock Haven, Ky. , left bank

Bock Haven, Ky. , 3.7 miles bejow, both banks

Brandenburg, Ky., left bank

Mauckport, Ind. , right bank

New Amsterdam, Ind., 3.4 miles above, left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind., left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. , right bank

Lock and Dam No. 44, 0.1 mile above, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 44, low- water gage, right bank

Leavenworth, Ind. , left bank

Leavenworth, Ind. , right bank

Freedonla Landing, Ind., 2.5 miles below, left

bank

Freedonla Landing, Ind., 3.4 miles below, right

bank

Cape Sandy Landing, Ind. , right bank

Cape Sandy Landing, Ind., 1.2 miles below, left

bank

Alton, Ind. right bank

Alton, Ind. 1.2 miles below, left bank

Alton, Ind. 2.0 miles below, left bank

Concordla, : y. , left bank

Derby, Ind. 1.6 miles above, right bank

Derby, Ind. 0.9 mile below, left bank

Derby, Ind. 2.1 miles below, right bank

Rome, Ind., 3.4 milas above, right bank

Stephensport, Ky. , left bank

Lock and Dam No. 45, low-water gage, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 45, 0.3 mile below, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 45, 2.9 miles below, left bank

Toblnsport, Ind., 0.7 mile above, right bank

Cloverport, Ky. , left bank

Cloverport, Ky., left bank

Cloverport, Ky. , left bank

Cloverport, Ky. , 3.3 miles below, left bank

Tobinsport, Ind., 4.6 miles below, right bank

Cannelton, Ind., 5.0 miles above, right bank

Cannelton, Ind., right bank

Hawesville, Ky., 0.3 mile below, left bank

Tell City, Ind. , right bank

Tell City, Ind., left bank

Tell City, Ind., 0.6 mile below, left bank

Troy, Ind. , right bank

Troy, Ind., 2.8 miles below, left bank

Lewisport, Ky. , 1.0 miles above, right bank

Lewisport, Ky. , left bank

Grandview, Ind., 0.7 mile above, left bank

Grandview, Ind. , right bank

Rockport, Ind. , left bank

Rockport, Ind., right bank

Rockport, Ind. ,0.4 mile below, left bank

Rockport, Ind., 4.0 miles below, right bank

Owensboro, Ky. , right bank

Lock and Dam No. 46, low-water gage, left bank

Enterprise Ind. 2.2 miles above right bank

Enterprise Ind. 1.8 miles above right bank

Enterprise Ind. 1.5 miles above left bank

Enterprise Ind. 0.6 mile above, left bank

Enterprise Ind. 2.7 miles below left bank

Enterprise Ind. 2.9 miles below left bank

Yankeetown Landing, Ind., 3.7 miles above, right

bank

Yankee town Landing, Ind., 0.6 mile above, right

bank

Yankee town Landing, Ind. , right bank

Lock and Dam No. 47, 1.6 miles above, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 47, Newburg, Ind. , low-water

gage, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 47, left bank

Newburg, Ind., 0.5 mile below, left bank

Newburg, Ind., 1.4 miles below, left bank

Green River, mouth of, left bank

Kentucky- Indiana highway bridge, 0.2 mile above

right bank

Kentucky- Indiana highway bridge, Corps of

Engineers, U. S. Army, gage

Kentucky- Indiana highway bridge, 0.6 mile below

right bank

c Above mean sea level, 1907 adjustment.

Miles 

below 

Pittsburgh

636.7

637.8

641.5

646.2

648.3

652.5

655.6

655.9

663.1

663.2

663.6

664.0

669.4

670.3

674.2

675.3

679.0

680.4

681.2

686.4

690.7

693.2

694.4

697.3

700.9

703.0

703.3

705.9

710.0

710.4

710.7

711.0

715.0

715.6

718.7

724.5

724.7

727.8

727.9

728.4

730.9

733.6

736.7

737.9

741.3

742.0

747.3

747.6

748.0

751.2

756.8

757.3

761.1

761.5

761.8

762.7

766.0

766.2

768.5

771.6

772.3

776.1

777.7

777.7

778.9

779.8

784.2

786.6

786.8

787.4

Miles 

above 

Cairo

342.8

341.7

338.0

333.3

331.2

327.0

323.9

323.6

316.4

316.3

315.9

315.5

310.1

30&.2

305.3

304.2

300.5

299.1

298.3

293.1

288.8

286.3

285.1

282.2

278.6

276.5

276.2

273.6

269.5

269.1

268.8

268.5

264.5

263.9

-260.8

255.0

254.8

251.7

251.6

251.1

248.6

245.9

242.8

241.6

238.2

237.5

232.2

231.9

231.5

228.3

222.7

222.2

218.4

218.0

217.7

216.8

213.5

213.3

211.0

207.9

207.2

203.4

201.8

201.8

200.6

199.7

195.3

192.9

192.7

192.1

Day 

and 

hour

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

Jan. 27

7 am

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

Jan. 28

7 am

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

Jan. 29-30

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

Jan. 30

7 am

Jan. 30

7 am

.

_

-

-

-

-

Altitude 

in 

feet c/

449.4

450.3

448.6

446.9

445.9

444.8

443.4

443.7

441.6

441.3

441.1

441.1

437.5

437.3

435.3

434.4

431.6

430.9

430.7

426.9

425.6

423.9

423.6

422.5

420.0

418.5

418.6

417.3

414.6

414.2

414.0

414.1

410.9

410.6

410.3

405.6

405.4

404.5

404.4

404.7

403.6

401.2

400.0

399.5

398.5

398.9

396.5

396.5

396.6

395.1

394.0

393.9

392.3

392.4

391.9

391.6

390.4

390.1

389.4

390.0

389.9

387.8

387.2

386.9

386.9

387.0

384.6

384.0

583.4

383.0
618 FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River main stem Continued

Ohio River Continued

Evansvllle, Ind., TJ. S. Weather Bureau gage,

right bank

Henderson, Ky. , left bank

Benders on, Ky., right bank

Henderson, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. 8. Army,

gage, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 48, low-water gage, right bank

West Franklin, Ind., 4.0 miles above, right bank

West Franklin, Ind., 2.7 miles above, right bank

West Franklin, Ind., 1.6 miles aboVe, left bank

West Franklin, Ind. , right bank

Mount Vernon, Ind., 2.7 miles above, right bank

Mount Vernon, Ind. , left bank

Mount Vernon, Ind. , gage, right bank

Mount Vernon, Ind., 2.7 miles below, right bank

TJnIontown, Ky. , 3.6 miles above, left bank

Unlontown, Ky. , left bank

Lock and Dam No. 49, low-water gage, left bank

Lock and Dam No. 49, 1.5 miles below, left bank

Shawneetown, 111., First National Bank, right

bank

Shawneetown, 111. , Posy Building, right bank

Shawneetown, 111., Gallatln County courthouse,

right bank

Shawneetown, 111., City gage, right bankLock and Dam No. 50, gage, left bank

Ellzabethtown, 111., filling station, southwest

Corner, main Intersection, right bank

Ooloonda, 111., Anderson Building, right bank

Golconda, 111., post office, right bank

Ooloonda, 111., school building, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 51, gage, right bank

Smlthland, Ky. , courthouse

Paducah, Ky. Franklin School, left bank

Paducah, Ky. opposite courthouse, left bank

Paducah, Ky. Geological Survey gage, left bank

Paducah, Ky. Irvln Cobb Hotel, left bank

Paducah, Ky. Rltz Hotel, left bank

Brookport, 111., drug store, main Intersection,

right bank

Brookport, 111., post office, right bank

Lock and Dam No. 52, gage, right bank

Fort Massac Park, 111., superintendent's houee,

right bank

Fort Massac Park, 111., pavilion, right bank

Metropolis, 111., Davls Produce Co., right bank

Metropolis, 111., Chrysler Oarage, right bank

Metropolis, 111., Geological Survey gage, right

bank

Joppa, 111., brick building, main Intersection,

right bank

Grand Chain, 111., Geological Survey, gage,

right bank

Lock and Dam No. 53, gage, right bank

Kound City, 111., Phoenix Building, right bank

Hound City, 111., Pulaskl County courthouse,

right bank

Cairo, 111., gage

Miles 

below 

Pittsburgh

792.4

802.0

803.0

803.9

809.6

812.8

814.1

815.2

816.8

825.6

828.3

829.2

832.8

838.8

842.4

845.0

846.5

-

-

857.8

857.8

876.8

889.0

902.5

902.5

902.5

903.1

920.5

933.6

934.5

934.6

934.7

935.4

937.5

937.5

938.9

942.1

942.1

944.0

944.0

944.1

951.2

962.1

962.6

-

973.4

979.5

Miles 

above 

Cairo

187.1

177.5

176.5

175.6

169.9

166.7

165.4

164.3

162.7

153.9

151.2

150.3

146.7

140.7

137.1

134.5

133.0

-

-

121.7

121.7

102.7

90.5

77.0

77.0

77.0

76.4

59.0

45.9

45.0

44.9

44.8

44.1

42.0

42.0

40.6

37.4

37.4

35.5

35.5

35.4

28.3

17.4

16.9

-

6.1

0

Day 

and 

hour

Jan. 31

midnight

-

-

Feb. 1

7 am

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Feb. 1-2

-

-

-

-

Feb. 2

Feb. 2, 3

-

-

-

-

Feb. 2, 3

-

-

-

Feb. 2

-

-

-

-

Feb. 2, 3

-

-

-

-

Feb. 2

-

Feb. 2, 3

Feb. 2, 3

-

-

Feb. 4

Altitude 

In 

feet o/

382.95

381.8

381.7

381.3

381.2

381.1

381.2

380.6

379.6

378.6

378.2

378.0

377.8

377.2

376.9

376.5

376.4

374.22

374.23

374.20

374.6

369.4

364.79

357.84

357.83

357.80

357.2

350.82

347.61

347.32

346.95

347.29

347.02

346.34

346.27

345.6

d344.32

d344.24

343.24

343.24

343.20

340.84

337.14

337.1

333.13

335.15

350.41

c Above mean sea level, 1907 adjustment.

d Elevation of water surface probably affected by sharp bend in river.
FLOOD CRESTS 619

Table 30. Flood 'crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Ohio River overflow f/

Approximate center of Bay Creek Valley, right bank of lowwater channel of Ohio River

Dixon Springs, 111., 2 miles east of, on Illinois State

Highway 146

Renshaw, 111., on Illinois State Highway 146, near Bey

Creek bridge

Renshaw, 111., post office or Dixon Springs Station

Reevesville, 111., west of Illinois Central R. R.

Big Bay, 111. (Molfoel Post Office)

New Columbia, 111., 0.8 mile southeast of, north edge of

Geological Survey discharge measuring section

Hex-met, 111.

Karnak, 111., east of, on Post Creek and Illinois State

Highway 165

Post Creek bridge, Illinois State Highway 2

Karnak, 111., Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. depot

Karnak, 111., post office

White Hill, 111.

White Hill, 111., on Illinois State Highway 37

Perks, 111.

Ullin, 111., on Illinois State Highway 2 and Illinois

Central R. R.

Ullin, 111., on Illinois State Highway, east of Illinois

Central R. R.

Pulaski, 111.

Tamms , 111 .

Sandusky, 111.

Olive Branch, 111.

Muskingum Elver Basin np/

Tuscarawas and Muskingum Rivers:

Clinton, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, 100 feet below

bridge, right bank

Canal Pulton, Ohio, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

gage, 200 feet below Cherry Street Bridge, left bank

Hasslllon, Ohio, right bank 50 feet below Tuscarawas

Avenue Bridge

Bolivar, Ohio, 50 feet downstream from bridge on Canton

road, left bank

Bolivar, Ohio, 6000 feet below mouth of Sandy Creek

Zoar, Ohio, at bridge, upstream side, right bank

Zoarville, Ohio, bridge over Conotton Creek, Corps of

Engineers, 17. S> Army, gage

Dover, Ohio, Dover Dam, upper gage

Dover, Ohio, Dover Dam, lower gage

Dover, Ohio, bridge on State Highway 16, Geological

Survey gage

Dover, Ohio, Wooster Avenue Bridge, U. S. Weather

Bureau gage

New Philadelphia, Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio R. R. bridge,

mouth of Sugar Creek

New Philadelphia, Ohio, highway bridge on South Broadway, upstream side

Hew Philadelphia, Ohio, 3 miles south of, above highway

bridge

New Philadelphia, Ohio, 3 miles south of, below highway

bridge

Tuscarawas, Ohio, 100 feet above bridge on road to

Uhriehsville

Onadenhutten, Ohio, Pennsylvania R. R. bridge, upstream

side

Miles 

above 

mouth

go

g7.5

glO

glO

g!2

g!3

g!5

gSO

KS8.5 °m4)

m.5

gS9.5

g29.5

g32

g32

g35.5

g41.5

g41.5

g45.5

g47

g48.5

g53.5

21S.3

208.1

198.4

181.3

179.7

176.3

173.2

171.4

171.4

169.2

166.6

165.8

162.9

159.3

159.3

152.8

147.4

Day 

and 

hour

Feb. 2, 3

Feb. 2, 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 5

Feb. 5

Feb. 5

Feb. 5

Feb. 5

Feb. 4

Jan. 16, 26

Jan. 22, 23

11 pm-6 am

Jan. 23

1:30-5:30 am

Jan. 25

7:15 pm

Jan. 25

8 pm

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

4:50 pm

Jan. 25

10 pm

.Jan. 26

10 am

Jan. 26

4 am

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Altitude 

in 

feet &/

h355.1

(1J355.5)

ek354.9

ek353.6

b.353.5

(bj353.83)

ek352.0

ek351.7

h350.85

(bj351.18)

ek349.1

ek345.9

ekSSS.O

e345.97

e345.88

h344.4

(bJ344.75)

ek345.46

ek345.0

bek340.0

ek340.3

ek338.5

ek334.3

ek334.2

ek332.2

946.0

940.8

931.6

899.8

897.6

894.2

888.1

887.8

882.2

877.0

874,5

872.1

863.3

855.1

854.2

841.3

830.7

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

e 1929 adjustment.

f See also Cache River Basin.

g Distance below head of diversion, which leaves Ohio River about 71.2 miles 

above Cairo and flows througn valleys of Bay Creek and Cache River. Distance 

measured along approximate center line of main overflow.

h Corrected to 1929 adjustment by applying equation to altitude based on 1907 

adjustment.

1 Computed from flood crest profile of Ohio River.

j 1907 adjustment.

k Data furnished by Illinois State Highway Department.

m Distance above mouth of Post Creek Cut-off, which is about 21.8 miles above 

Cairo.

n Data furnished by Husklngum Watershed Conservancy District.

p Altitudes in tfiia basin agree with 1907 and 1912 level adjustments.
620 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Muskingum River Basin Continued

Tuscarawas and Muskingum Rivers Continued

Gnadenhutten, Ohio, Pennsylvania R. R. bridge, downstream side

Port Washington, Ohio, bridge 0.3 mile from town

Newcomerstown, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, downstream

side of bridge

Newcomers town, Ohio, 2j miles below highway bridge on

State Highway 16

Orange, Ohio, highway bridge

West Lafayette, Ohio, 0.9 mile north of, left bank

Coshocton, Ohio, 2 miles east of, i mile below Morgan

Run, left bank

Cosh&cton, Ohio, about 5 mile northwest of Junction of

State Highway 76 and road to Canal Lewisville

Coshocton, Ohio, TJ. S. Weather Bureau gage, 0.3 mile

above mouth of Tuscarawas River

Coshocton, Ohio, 2 miles south of, Geological Survey

gage above bridge on State Highway 16

Tyndall, Ohio, south edge of, right bank

Conesvllle, Ohio, covered bridge, right bank, upstream

and downstream sides

Dresden, Ohio, 100 feet below suspension bridge,

Geological Survey gage

Rock Cut Station, Ohio, 1800 feet north of right bank

Ellis, Ohio, Lock and Dam Ho. 11, upper gage

Ellis, Ohio, Pennsylvania R. R. bridge, upstream side,

right bank

Ellis, Ohio, Pennsylvania R. R. bridge, downstream

side, right bank

Zanesville, Ohio, 4 miles above

Zanesville, Ohio, 100 feet south of waterworks pumping

station, left bank

Zanesville, Ohio, Lock and Dam Ho. 10, upper gage

Zanesville, Ohio, Lock and Dam No. 10, lower gage

Zanesville, Ohio, corner of Main and Pine Sts.

Zanesville, Ohio, lookmaster's house, 0.8 mile below

Lock and Dam No. 10

Frazier, Ohio, 300 fe«t southeast o£ Five-mil* Bridge

Philo, Ohio, Lock and Dam No. 9, mark on tool house

opposite upper lock gate

Eagleport, Ohio, Lock and Dam No. 8, mark on tree in

lockmaster1 s yard

McConnelsville, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, Just above

Lock and Dam No. 7

Stockport, Ohio, Lock and Dam No. 6, mark on lockmaster's house

Luke Chute, Ohio, Lock and Dam No. 5, mark on tree in

lockmaster' a yard

Beverly, Ohio, 0.5 mile below Lock and Dam Ho. 4, mark

on lockmaster' s house

Lows 11, Ohio, 0.6 mile below Lock and Dam No. 3, mark on

lockmaster' s house

Devol, Ohio, Lock and Dam No. 2, mark on lockmaster 's

house

Marietta, Ohio, Lock and Dam No. 1, upper gage

Sandy Creek:

Magnolia, Ohio, 100 feet north of bridge on State Highway 80

Sandyville, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, 200 feet below

bridge on State Highway 8

Bolivar, Ohio, 6000 feet above Bolivar Dam

Bolivar, Ohio, 600 feet below Bolivar Dam

Nimlshillen Creek:

North Industry, Ohio, 1 mile southeast of Geological

Survey gage

Sugar Creek:

Beach City, Ohio, Beach City Dam, approach gage

Beach City, Ohio, Beach City Dam, stilling basin gage

Strasburg, Ohio, bridge on 17. S. Highway 21, Geological

Survey gage

Miles 

above 

mouth

147.4

140.7

132.9

129.9

125.4

121.0

115.3

111.1

110.6

108.3

105.2

102.7

91.3

87.2

84.3

83.9

83.9

80.2

77.6

75.9

75.1

75.8

75.1

70.9

67.0

56.2

48.6

39.3

33.5

24.2

13.5

5.9

.3

13.7

7.3

1.7

:e

8.3

11.9

11.8

7.0

Day 

and 

hour

-

-

Jan. 26

9 pm

-

_

-

_

_

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

11-12 pm

-

-

Jan. 26

1 am

Jan. 25

Jan. 26

1 am

-

-

_

-

Jan. 25-26

9 pat 2 am

Jan. 25-26

11 pm-4 am

-

Jan. 25

11 pm

Jan. 26

2 am

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

4 am

Jan. 26

8 am

Jan. 26

10 am

Jan. 26

midnight

Jan. 27

2 am

Jan. 27

1 am

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

midnight

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

1-2 pm

Jan. 25

4 pm

Jan. 25

4 pm

Jan. 25

6 am

Jan. 25

2-5 pm

Jan. 25

1-9 pm

Jan. 25

8-9 pm

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

829.8

816.6

800.7

794.4

782.5

773.1

762.4

757.8

756.8

752.0

746.5

740.6

724.0

720.5

716.5

716.1

715.1

711.1

708.2

705.6

702.6

705.3

703.4

698.1

694.0

680.6

671.4

657.6

648.7

637.7

627.7

623.3

621.6

949.9

927.S

905.9

900.8

980.0

953.6

940.4

908.4

a Above mean sea level.
FLOOD CRESTS 621

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Muskingum River Basin- -Continued

Stillwater Creeks

Piedmont, Ohio, Piedmont Dam, Intake gage

Piedmont, Ohio, Piedmont Dam, outlet gage

Freeport, Ohio, highway bridge on State Highway 8

Tippecanoe, Ohio, highway .bridge, upstream side

Stillwater, Ohio, 1 mile southeast of, highway bridge

Newport, Ohio, Baltimore, & Ohio R. R. bridge, 1^ miles

ups tream

XJhrichsville, Ohio, old Geological Survey gage at

Dennison and TJhrichsville waterworks

TJhrichsville, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, just above

Trenton Ave.

Midvale, Ohio, highway bridge, upstream side

Black Forks

Mifflln, Ohio, half a mile west of, highway bridge

Charles Mills, Ohio, above Charles Mills Dam

Charles Mills, Ohio, below Charles Mills Dam

Perrysville, Ohio, Main St. Bridge, upstream side

Perrysville, Ohio, Main St. Bridge, downstream side

Loudonville, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, downstream

side of bridge

Mohican Rivers

Spellacy, Ohio, highway bridge, downstream side

Spellacy, Ohio, 2 miles below, 1500 feet above highway

bridge

Greer, Ohio, Geological Survey gage

Brinkhaven, Ohio, upstream wingwall of highway bridge

Cavallo (Wintergreen Post Office), Ohio, east abutment

of highway bridge

Walhonding Rivert

Mohawk, Ohio, above Mohawk Dam

Mohawk, Ohio, below Mohawk Dam

Nellie, Ohio, old bridge on State Highway 79, upstream

Nellie, Ohio, old bridge on State Highway 79, downstream

Warsaw, Ohio, above Six Mile Dam

Warsaw, Ohio, below Six Mile Dam

Warsaw, Ohio, mouth of Klllbuck Creek, right bank

Roscoe, Ohio, first highway bridge above town, upstream

side

Roscoe, Ohio, first highway bridge above town, downstream side

Clear Forks

Newville, Ohio, Geological Survey gage on highway bridge

Perrysville, Ohio, 2i miles south of, Pleasant Hill Dam,

gage 1300 feet above.

Perrysville, Ohio, 2j miles south of, Pleasant Hill Dam,

gage 1200 feet below

Jerome pork and Lake Porks

Jeromeville, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, upstream side

of highway bridge

Jeromeville, Ohio, three quarters of a mile south of,

highway bridge

Spreng, Ohio, 0.4 mile south of, highway bridge

Lake Fork, Ohio, highway bridge

Mouth of Jerome Fork

Mohioanville, Ohio, 2 miles east of, Mohicanville Dam,

gage above

Mohicanville, Ohio, 2 miles east of, Mohicanville Dam,

gage below

Mohicanville, Ohio, 2 miles southeast of, highway bridge

Loudonville, Ohio, 4£ miles northeast of, highway bridge

Loudonville, Ohio, downstream side of highway bridge,

Geological Survey gage

Loudonville, Ohio, first highway bridge above mouth

Mouth of Lake Fork, mile 23.4 on Mohican River

Miles 

above 

mouth

40.6

40.3

34.9

25.1

20.7

9.9

7.1

5.3

.7

21.7

18.5

18.5

8.2

8.2

2.6

24.6

22.8

16.4

11.6

6.5

17.3

17.3

15.6

15.6

8.8

8.8

7.3

4.6

4.6

10.6

5.4

5.0

19.7

18.7

16.6

13.9

13.7

12.0

12.0

10.9

7.2

1.9

.9

0

Day 

and 

hour

Jan . 25

8 pm

Jan. 25

-

-

-

-

Jan. 25

4 pm

Jan. 25

2-5 pm

-

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

midnight

Jan. 26

midnight

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

noon

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

noon

Jan. 25

2 pm

Jan. 25

3 pm

Jan. 25

8 pm

Jan. 22, 26

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

-

-

-

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 15

2 am

Jan. 25

7 am

Jan. 25

7 am

Jan. 15, 25

Jan. 15

Jan. 15

Jan. 16

-

Jan. 16

12-8 am

Jan. 16

12-8 am

-

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

2 am

Jan. 25

am

-

Altitude 

in 

feet &/

899.5

884.9

879.3

867.3

861.5

855.9

853.6

852.0

848.1

1,006.4

1,006.5

990.3

961.8

961.4

940.3

915.4

907.0

885.2

869.6

853.3

840.7

812.6

808.8

808.2

781.3

778.1

773.7

764.1

764.0

1,028.1

983.1

977.6

960.5

957.9

950.0

948.8

-

947.8

939.8

937.1

926.9

913.7

910.6

-

a Above mean sea level.
622 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Muskingum River Basin Continued

Kokosing River:

Millwood, Ohio, Millwood Sand & Gravel Co.

Millwood, Ohio, 2^ miles southeast of, Geological Survey

gage, downstream side of bridge

Millwood, Ohio, 3.6 miles below, left bank

Walhonding, Ohio, 3.8 miles above

Walhonding, Ohio, 2.5 miles above

Mouth of Kokosing River, mile 23.2 on Walhonding River

Killbuck Creek:

Millersburg, Ohio, waterworks

Millersburg, Ohio, 3 miles south of, left bank

Killbuck, Ohio, Pennsylvania R. R. bridge

Killbuck, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, highway bridge,

downstream

Killbuck, Ohio, about 2 miles south of, left bank

Killbuck, Ohio, about 2 miles south of, right bank

Layland, Ohio, half a mile east of

Doughty Creek, 0.6 mile above mouth

Blissfield, Ohio, 500 feet north of railroad station

Metham, Ohio, 200 feet east of bridge

Mouth of Killbuck Creek, mile 7.3 on Walhonding River

Wills Creek:

Cambridge, Ohio, west side of town, highway bri'dge

Cambridge, Ohio, three quarters of a mile north of

Tyner, Ohio, near Pennsylvania R. R. crossing

Kimbolton, Ohio, .about half a mile southeast of

Birds Run, Ohio, 0.2 mile below, Geological Survey gage

Linton Mills, Ohio, highway bridge, upstream side

Plainfield, Ohio, 2 miles east of, highway bridge

Plainfield, Ohio, highway bridge, upstream side

Marquand Mill, Ohio, highway bridge

Wills Creek, Ohio, Wills Creek Dam, 1,000 feet above

Wills Creek, Ohio, Wills Creek Dam, 1,200 feet below

Mouth of Wills Creek, mile 99.6 on Muskingum River

Licking River:

Newark, Ohio, Miller and Linn Sts.

Newark, Ohio, Ceder and Linn Sts.

Newark, Ohio, east edge of, near Children's Home

Claylick, Ohio, highway bridge, upstream side

Claylick, Ohio, highway bridge, downstream side

Toboso, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, right bank, 30

feet below bridge

Nashport Station, Ohio, highway bridge, upstream side

Nashport Station, Ohio, highway bridge, downstream side

Dlllon Palls, Ohio, highway bridge

Mouth of Licking River, mile 75.8 on Wusklngum River

South Pork of Licking River:

Newark, Ohio, 3^ miles south of, bridge

Newark, Ohio, Orchard Street Bridge

Newark, Ohio, Caoburn and Sixth Sts.

Newark, Ohio, National Drive and Fifth St.

Newark, Ohio, Holiday and Third Sts.

Newark, Ohio, Pleek Avenue and First St.

Confluence of North and South Forks of Licking River,

mile 28.0 on Licking River

North Fork of Licking River:

Newark, Ohio, gage near waterworks

Newark, Ohio, Manning Street Bridge

Newark, Ohio, north end of Everett Park

Newark, Ohio, Main Street Bridge, upstream side

Newark, Ohio, Main Street Bridge, downstream side

Newark, Ohio, Fleek Avenue Bridge

Miles 

above 

mouth

7.8

5.3

4.2

2.7

1.4

0

28.5

24.9

21.7

21.0

19.4

19.3

15.8

13.7

9.6

4.3

0

60.7

55.4

48.5

42.0

30.7

26.5

23.8

18.4

9.8

6.5

6.1

0

28.0

27.7

26.9

21 . 9

21.9

17.5

12.5

12.5

3.4

0

4.2

1.4

.8

.6

.4

.1

0

2.8

1.6

.9

.6

.6

.2

Day 

and 

hour

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

noon

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

3 am

Jan. 25

10:30 pm

-

_

_

_

Jan. 25

11 am

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

8 am

_

-

Jan. 25

8-10 pm

Jan. 26

-

Jan. 26

noon

Jan. 26

2 pm

Jan. 26

8 am

Jan. 27

4 am

Jan. 26

8 am

Jan. 27

4 am

-

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

-

-

Jan. 25

10 am

-

-

-

-

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

-

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Altitude 

in 

feet &/

875.1

858.5

853.1

846.2

841.8

-

818.4

810.7

807.0

805.2

803.5

802.8

798.1

796.6

789.5

784.8

-

791.6

787.0

782.6

776.9

768.6

765.3

763.6

762.2

760.3

760.6

742.0

-

812.2

809.1

804.2

785.4

784.5

763.0

744.3

743.9

712.6

-

845.0

818.5

815.6

814.2

813.4

812.5

-

832.8

822.3

818.1

815.3

814.6

812.5

a Above mean sea level.
FLOOD CRESTS 623

Table 30.--Flqod-crest stages--Continued

Stream and location

Licking River Basin q/

Licking River:

West Liberty, Ky. , house, 600 feet from left bank

West Liberty, Ky. , bridge on State Highway 40

West Liberty, Ey. , Stacy residence, 300 feet from left

bank

Farmers, Ky. , about 10 miles above, near Cave Run,

right bank

Farmers, Ky. , shed, 200 feet east of and 100 feet upstream from right abutment of bridge on U. S.

Highway 60

Salt Lick, Ey. , first residence east of Methodist

Episcopal church, 0.5 mile up Salt Lick Creek

Wyoming, Ky. , church, south side of road, 0.2 mile from

left bank

Wyoming, Ky. , school house, north side of road, 0.2

mile from left bank

Sherburne, Ky. , downstream side of store, upstream side

of road, 400 feet east of right abutment of bridge

Sherburne, Ky. , right abutment of bridge, downstream

side

Sherburne, Ey. , house, 240 feet west of left abutment

of bridge

Sherburne, Ky. , upstream side of post office, 420 feet

east of right abutment of bridge

Myers, Ey. , house, 80 feet from left bank

Myers, Ky. , new highway bridge, left abutment

Blue Lick Springs, Ky. , tree, 110 feet west of and 80

feet upstream from left abutment of bridge on U. S.

, Highway 68

Blue Lick Springs, Ky. , store, river side, 280 feet

east of right abutment of bridge, upstream side of

road

Blue Lick Springs, Ey. , store, downstream side, 290

feet east of right abutment of bridge, upstream

side of road

Blue Lick Springs, Ky. , barn, upstream side, 315 feet

east of right abutment of bridge, downstream side

of road

Claysville, Ky. , bridge, upstream side, left abutment

Claysville, Ky. , garage, 500 feet west of left abutment

of bridge

Claysville, Ky., Thompson Store, 310 feet west of left

abutment of bridge

McEinneysburg, Ky. , store, 50 feet west of left abutment of bridge

McKinneysburg, Ky., shop, left abutment of bridge

Falmouth, Ky. , silo, 0.9 mile below mouth of Blanket

Creek, left bank

Falmouth, Ky. , house, 225 feet east of right abutment

of bridge

Falmouth, Ky., Oldham residence

Catawba, Ey. , Geological Survey gage, left bank

Butler, Ky. , inside of Foe residence, left bank

Butler, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, tablet on

Stillwells Restaurant, left bank

Butler, Ky. , Montgomery's Lunch. Room, right bank

Senton, Ey. , 0.3 mile from right bank

Kenton, Ky. , 0.3 mile from right bank

Sprlnglake, Ky.

Decourcey, Ey.

Newport, Ky. , Fisher's Storage House, left bank

Newport, Ky. , courthouse, left bank

Mouth

South Fork of Licking River:

Cynthiana, Ky., 700 feet below lower highway bridge,

right bank

Cynthiana , Ky. , right bank

Berry, Ky. , 30 feet west of left abutment, county road

bridge

Berry, Ky. , 100 feet west of left abutment, county road

bridge

Hayes, Ky. , 1,600 feet above highway bridge

Hayes, Ky. , 200 feet above highway bridge, right bank

Hayes, Ky. , 250 feet below highway bridge, right bank

Miles 

above 

mouth

229.5

229.2

229.1

183.5

173.6

169.3

147.4

147.4

128.8

128.8

128.8

128.8

110.7

110.7

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

79.4

79.4

79.4

66.2

66.2

56.1

53.2

53.2

48.9

35.8

35.7

35.7

24.5

24.4

8.7

6.4

-

-

0

47.3

46.9

26.1

26.1

4.3

4.1

4.0

Day 

and 

hour

-

-

-

-

Jan. 25

1 am

-

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

7-11 am

Jan. 25

2 am

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 22

Jan. 22

Jan. 23

1 am

Jan. 24

Jan. 24

Jan. 24

11:30 pm

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

Jan. 22

6 am

Jan. 22

6 am

-

-

-

-

-

Altitude 

In 

feet &/

760.9

760.39

760.1

D691.30

672.70

664.3

652.05

652.08

637.00

636.87

636.83

637.06

618.7

618.63

608.17

607.93

607.77

 607.96

585.28

585.06

585.06

568.73

568.37

555.69

552.79

552.70

544.35

529.55

529.59

529.51

521.27

521.32

b512.64

b512.78

b510.08

b509.71

b509.71

707.8

707.2

657.35

657.31

b563.46

b562.70

b561.70

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army.

q Altitudes In this basin refer to 1929 level adjustment, unless otherwise 

indicated.
624 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Miami River Basin £/

Miami River:

Sidney, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, North Street

Bridge, upstream side

Piqua, Ohio, Ash Street Bridge

Troy, Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio R. R. bridge, downstream

side

Tippecanoe City, Ohio, upper bridge

Taylorsville, Ohio, three-quarters of a mile north of,

upper gage at Taylorsville Dan

Taylorsville, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, below

Taylorsville Dam

Dayton, Ohio, Main Street Bridge

Dayton, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, 1,000 feet below

Main Street Bridge

Mlamlsburg, Ohio, Sycamore Street Bridge

Franklin, Ohio, highway bridge

Middleton, Ohio, electric railway bridge

Hamilton, Ohio, Main Street Bridge

Hamilton, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, 1000 feet below

Columbia Bridge

Stlllwater River:

Covington, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, 100 feet below

Bridge Street Bridge

Pleasant Hill, Ohio, 1 mile northwest of, Geological

Survey gage

Englewood, Ohio, half a mile southeast of, upper gage

at Englewood Dam

Englewood, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, below Englewood Dam

Mad River:

Springfield, Ohio, 3 miles west of Geological Survey

gage

Dayton, Ohio, 6 miles northeast of, upper gage at Huffman Dam

Dayton, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, below Huffman Dam

Buck Creek:

Springfield, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, Plum Street

Bridge

Twin Creek:

Ingomar, Ohio, about 1 mile west of

Germantown, Ohio, ij miles northwest of, upper gage at

Germantown Dam

Germantown, Ohio, Geological Survey gage, a quarter of

a mile below Germantown Dam

Kentucky River Baa in r/

North Fork of Kentucky River (head of Kentucky River) :

Hazard, Ky. , U. S. Weather Bureau gage

Jackson, Ky. , U. S. Weather Bureau gage

Kentucky River:

Lock 14, Heldelburg, Ky. , upper gage, right bank

Lock 13, Willow, Ky. , upper gage, left bank

Lock 12, Ravenna, Ky. , upper gage, right bank

Lock 11, College Hill, Ky. , gage, right bank

Lock 10, Winchester, Ky. , upper gage, left bank

Miles 

above 

mouth

130

1-15

108

100

92

92

81

81

67

60

52

35

35

33

29

9

9

23

5.7

5.6

2.4

24

10

10

356.4

306.4

249.3

239.3

221.3

201.3

176.3

Day 

and 

hour

Jan. 15

1 am

Jan. 15

8 am

Jan. 15

9 am

Jan. 15

4 am

Jan. 15

2 pm

Jan. 15

12-2 pm

Jan. 22

1 am

Jan. 22

2 am

Jan. 22

2 am

Jan. 22

8 am

Jan. 22

8 am

Jan. 22

4 am

Jan. 22

7 am

Jan. 14

midnight

Jan. 14

midnight

Jan. 23

1 am

Jan. 22-23

8 pm-2 am

Jan. 21

11 am

Jan. 25

3:30 am

Jan. 22

6 am-noon

Jan. 22

6 am

Jan. 25

2:30 am

Jan. 14

noon

Jan. 15

10 am

Jan. 15

9-10 am

Jan. 25

8 am

Jan. 25

9 pm

Jan. 26

1 am

-

-

-

Jan. 23

5-6 am

Altitude 

In 

feet a/

937.08

856.9

827.3

800.3

786.9

773.40

735.6

734.25

699.0

675.1

638.5

577.4

576.31

883.50

863.92

826.7

780.25

893.81

801.0

786.51

914.92

830.6

775.8

728.79

8851.02

e724.56

648.06

633.1

618.9

603.3

588.02

a Above mean sea level, 

e 1929 adjustment.

p Altitudes In this basin agree with 1907 and 1912 level adjustments, 

r Altitudes In this basin refer to 1907 level adjustment (Ohio River Datum), 

unless otherwise Indicated.

s Date of adjustment of elevation not known.
FLOOD CRESTS

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Kentucky River Basin Continued

Kentucky River- -Continued

Lock 9, Valley View, Ky. , upper gage, right bank

Lock 8, Little Hickman, Ky. , upper gage, right bank

Lock 7, High Bridge, Ky. , upper gage, right bank

Lock 6, Warwick, Ky. , 200 feet southeast of Geological

Survey gage, right bank

Lock 6, Warwick, Ky. , 200 feet below and 100 feet

southeast of Geological Survey gage, on assistant

lockmaster's house, right bank

Lock 5, Tyrone, Ky., upper gage, left bank

Frankfort, Ky. , 300 feet upstream from St. Clair Street

Bridge, left bank

Frankfort, Ky. , post office, right bank

Frankfort, Ky. , railroad station on Broadway

Lock 4, Frankfort, Ky. , upper gage, left bank

Lock 3, Best, Ky. , upper gage, left bank

Lock 2, Lockport, Ky. , upper gage, left bank

Lock 1, Carrollton, Ky. , upper gage, right bank

Carrollton, Ky. , mouth

South Fork of Kentucky River:

Booneville, Ky. , Geological Survey gage, left bank

Red River:

Clay City, Ky., Geological Survey gage

Dix River:

Dix Dam, near Burgin, Ky., reservoir stage

Dix Dam, near Burgin, Ky. , tailwater stage

North Elkhorn Creek (head of Elkhorn Creek):

Great Crossing, Ky. , 0.6 mile above bridge on TJ. S.

Highway 227, right bank

Great Crossing, Ky. , 0.3 mile above bridge on TJ. S.

Highway 227, right bank

Elkhorn Creek:

Millbrook, Ky., 0.1 mile below dam at K. Taylor

Distillery, right bank

Millbrook, Ky., 0.3 mile below dam at K. Tsylor

Distillery, right bank

Eagle Creek:

Jonesville, Ky., 3.9 miles north of, left bank

Jonesville, Ky. , 3.9 miles north of, left bank

Salt River Basin rj

Salt River:

Taylorsville, Ky. , right bank

Taylorsville, Ky. , below bridge on State Highway 55,

left bank

Mouth of Elk Creek, right bank

Mouth of Elk Creek, 2 miles below, right bank

Waterford, Ky. , 1.4 miles south of, right bank

Smithville, Ky. , left bank

Bethel Church, 2 miles southeast of, right bank

Bethel Church, 2 miles south of, right bank

Pleasant Grove School, 1.5 miles south of, right bank

Mouth of Floyds Fork, right bank

Shepherdsville, Ky.

Shepherdaville, Ky., courthouse

Glenbeddis School, right bank

Mouth, of Rolling Fork

West/ Point, Ky. , 7.2 miles above, right bank

West Point, Ky. , 3.5 miles above, right bank

West Point, Ky. , mouth

Floyds Fork:

Mount Washington, Ky. , 2.6 miles northwest of, below

U. S. Highway 31E

Miles 

above 

mouth

157.2

139.3

117.0

96.2

96.2

82.2

66.6

66.5

-

65.0

42.0

31.0

4.0

0

11.0

18.3

3.5

3.5

46.6

46.3

17.1

16.9

21

20

51.7

51.6

48.1

46.2

41.9

35.9

29.6

28.7

25.7

24.1

21.6

-

14.9

11.9

7.2

3.5

0

18.0

Day 

and 

hour

Jan. 23

Jan. 23

Jan. 23

Jan. 25

8 am

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

7 am

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

4 am

Jan. 25

Jan. 24

4 pm

Jan. 26

Jan. 26

-

Jan. 19

Jan. 20-25

Jan . 23

10 am

-

-

Jan . 23

Jan. 23

-

-

_

Jan. 22

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 26

-

-

-

-

Jan. 27

Altitude 

in 

feet &/

575.1

562.44

546.66

531.93

b531.87

521.8

511.33

b511.21

b510.61

510.42

496.36

491.26

480.30

479.72

671.4

618.7

760.0

549.0

e775.3

6775.0

6645.4

8643.1

586.7

586.5

b495.2

t494.8

b484.3

b481.0

b470.3

b461.0

b459.1

b458.3

b456.5

b456.0

b455.6

e454.62

b455.4

b455.2

b454.9

b454.6

b454.2

U480.4

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 

e 1929 adjustment.

r Altitudes in this basin refer to 1907 level adjustment (Ohio River Datum), 

unless otherwise indicated, 

t 1912 adjustment, 

u 1903 adjustment.
626 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages--Contlnued

Stream and location

Salt River Basin- -Continued

Rolling Pork:

New Haven, Ky. , above Louisville & Nashville R. R.

bridge, 680 feet from right bank

New Haven, Ky. , below Louisville & Nashville R. R.

bridge, left bank

Boston, Ky. , 4 miles southwest of, mouth of Beech Pork

Beech Pork:

Boston, Ky.

Indian Creek Basin br/

Indian Creek:

New Amsterdam, Ind. 10 miles northeast of, left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 10 miles northeast of, right bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 10 miles northeast of, right bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 10 miles northeast of, right bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 9 miles northeast of, right bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 8 miles northeast of, left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 8 miles northeast of, left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 7 miles northeast of, left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 7 miles northeast of, right bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 6 miles northeast of, right bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 4 miles northeast of, left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 3 miles northeast of, left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 2 miles northeast of, left bank

New Amsterdam, Ind. 1 mile north of, mouth of Big

Indian Creek

Blue River Basin t>r/

Blue River:

White Cloud, Ind., 0.4 mile below, right bank

White Cloud, Ind. , 1 mile below, left bank

Wyandotte, Ind. 1.2 miles above, left bank

Wyandotte, Ind. 0.9 mile above, right bank

Wyandotte, Ind. 0.8 mile above, right bank

Wyandotte, Ind. 0.7 mile above, right bank

Wyandotte, Ind. 0.4 mile above, right bank

Wyandotte, Ind. right bank

Wyandotte, Ind. 4.4 miles below, right bank

Wyandotte, Ind. 5.4 miles below, at mouth

Anderson River Basin t>r/

Anderson River:

St. Meinard, Ind. , left bank

Pudda, Ind., left bank

Huffman, Ind. , left bank

Huff, Ind., 2 miles east of, right bank

Troy, Ind., 1.1 miles north of, right bank

Maxville, Ind., mouth

Green River Basin r/

Ore en River:

Cannier, Ky» , Z\ miles north of, at highway bridge

Munfordville, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage

Mammoth Cave, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage

Brownsville, Ky., 2 miles above left bank, opposite

mouth of Nolin River

Lock 6, Brownsville, Ky. , upper gage, right bank

Lock 5, Olenmore, Ky. , gage

Lock 4, Woodbury, Ky. , lower gage, left bank

Woodbury, Ky. , 1 mile below, left bank

Woodbury, Ky. , 1.9 mile below Corps of Engineers, IF. S.

Army, gage, left bank

Morgantown, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage

ook 3, Rochester, Ky. , gage

Livermore, Ky. , mouth of Rough River, left bank

Livermore, Ky. , gage, right bank

Miles 

above 

mouth

28.0

28.0

18.5

2.4

10.5

10.2

10.0

9.6

8.7

7.9

7.5

7.1

6.6

5.5

2.8

2.0

1.1

0

7.8

7.1

6.6

6.3

6.2

6.1

5.8

5.4

1.0

0

19.5

15.5

12.5

9.1

1.7

0

230.8

225.5

197.8

183.7

181.7

168.0

149.1

148.1

147.2

143.3

108.5

71.2

71.2

Day 

and 

hour

Jan. 22

Jan. 22

-

Jan. 22

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

_

Jan. 23

4 pm

Jan. 24

7 am

Jan. 25

Jan. 25

-

Jan. 24

midnight

Jan. 24

-

Jan. 24

midnight

Jan. 26

7 am

-

Jan. 30

1-6 am

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

463.0

462.8

45*1.7

454.8

480.4

477.5

475.9

475.3

470.0

467.6

457.9

451.7

444.7

4T3.6

443.6

443.5

443.3

443.2

444.5

443.7

443.0

442.3

442.1

441.9

441.9

441.7

441.7

441.5

413.5

405.7

403.8

403.6

403.7

403.2

e510.9

e502.10

471.9

459.9

t458.10

t447.7

t432.7

t432.0

t431.96

t429.2

t414.2

t398.9

t398.87

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, D. S. Army, 

e 1929 adjustment.

r Altitudes in this basin refer to 1907 level adjustment (Ohio River Datum), 

unless otherwise indicated, 

t 1912 adjustment.
FLOOD CRESTS 

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

627

Stream and location

Green River Basin Continued

Green River Continued

Diver-more, Ky. , 2.7 miles below, left bank

Rumsey, Ky. , 0.4 miles above, right bank

Lock 2, Rumsey, Ky. , upper gage, left bank

Rumsey, Ky. , 4.1 miles below, left bank

Pond River, mouth of, right bank

Ashbyburg, Ky. , left bank

flrightsburg, Ky., left bank

Roland Ferry, 1 mile below, right bank

McKinley, Ky. , 2 miles above, right bank

Delaware, Ky. , 1 mile above, right bank

Curdsville, Ky. , 2.5 miles above, right bank

Hamilton Ferry, Ky. , left bank

Birk, Ky. , right bank

Newman, Ky. , 1.5 miles southwest of, right bank

Bluff City, Ky. , right bank

Look 1, Spottsville, Ky.

Spottsville, Ky. , left bank

Baskett, Ky. , 3 miles northeast of

Mouth

Nolin River:

White Mills, Ky. , mill above highway bridge, right bank

White Mills, Ky. , left bank

Hughes Mill, Ky., downstream side of bridge, right bank

Wax, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage

Kyrock, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage,

right bank

Mouth

Barren River:

Scottsville, Ky., 0.2 mile below Browns Ford, right

bank

Claypool, Ky. , 1 mile west of Rock Springs School, left

Bowling Green, Ky.

Dock 1, Greencastle, Ky. , upper gage, right bank

Mouth

Drakes Creek:

Alvaton, Ky. , 2.5 miles northwest of county road

bridge, upstream end of left abutment

Mud River:

Gus, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage

Rough River:

McDaniels, Ky. , 4 miles southwest of, left bank

Falls of Rough, Ky., 100 feet above bridge on State

Highway 110, right bank

Falls of Rough, Ky. , downstream side of bridge on State

Highway 110

Barretts Ferry, P. 0. Ky. , 0.3 mile above Barretts

Ferry bridge, right bank

Dundee, Ky. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, gage

Hartford, Ky. , downstream side of bridge on State Highway 71, right bank

Livermore, Ky. , mouth of Rough River

Pond River:

Kirkmansville, Ky. , highway bridge on road from

Kirkmansville to Cliffy

Johnsons, Ky., right bank

White Plains, Ky. , 3.2 miles southeast of, left bpnk

White Plains, Ky. , downstream side of Illinois Central

R. R. bridge, gage

Browder Church, Ky. , left bank

Sacrernento, Ky. , 2.8 mile southwest of, mouth of Log

Creek, right bank

Sacramento, Ky. , west of, left bank

Friendship School, left bank

Mouth of Pond River

Miles 

above 

mouth

68.5

63.5

63.1

59.0

55.0

54.2

48.8

45.8

40.0

35.0

30.5

25.9

23.0

18.7

13.4

9.2

9.0

5.0

0

80.1

80.1

63.0

27.9

9.9

0

103.5

61.1

30.0

15.0

0

11.8

16.2

93.2

82.5

82.5

61.6

56.4

29.3

0

79.0

55.2

49.3

39.2

24.0

14.3

9.4

-

0

Cay 

and 

hour

_

-

Jan. 30

midnight

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

Jan. 22

Jan. 24

noon

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 23

-

-

Jan. 25

-

-

-

-

Jan. 25

6 pm

-

-

Jan. 24

-

-

Jan. 31

7 am

-

_

-

-

-

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

b399.41

b398.89

t398.07

b398.75

b398.72

b398.72

b398.07

b397.16

b395.91

b395.8

b393.18

b390.65

b390.18

b389.22

b388.94

t388.02

b388.0

b387.12

b384.56

3624.3

S624.2

e588.9

3495.07

3464.8

459.9

3554.96

3480.2

4"49.4

6438.51

433.7

e474.46

t415.17

S471.4

3455.7

3454.4

3425.3

t419.32

3399.4

t398.9

J459.42

411.6

403.7

398'. 8

b398.9

J398.5

b398.9

b398.7

b398.7

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S Army.

e 1929 adjustment.

j 1907 adjustment.

s Date of adjustment of elevation not known.

t 1912 adjustment.
628 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Pigeon Creek Basin r/

Pigeon Creek:

Buckskin, Ind. , 3 miles southweat of bridge on State

Highway 68

Elberfield, Ind., 1.5 miles east of, right bank

Elberfield, Ind., 2.5 miles southeast of, right bank

Millersburg, Ind., 2 miles above, left bank

Millersburg, Ind., 1 mile above, left bank

Millersburg, Ind., right bank

Millersburg, Ind., left bank

Stevenson, Ind., 1.8 miles north of, left bank

Evansville, Ind., 1.4 mile north of, upstream side of

bridge on U. S. Highway 41

Evansville, Ind., 1.4 mile north of, downstream side of

bridge on U. S. Highway 41

Evansville, Ind., 1 mile north of

Mouth

Wabash River Basin q/

Wabash River:

Bluff ton, Ind. , Geological Survey gage

Wabash, Ind. , Geological Survey gage

Logansport, Ind., Geological Survey gmge, left bank

Lafayette, Ind., Geological Survey gage, right bank

Covington, Ind., U. S. Weather Bureau gage

Montezuma, Ind. , Geological Survey gage

Terre Haute, Ind., D. S. Weather Bureau gage

Terre Haute, Ind., D. S. Weather Bureau gage, left bank

RuaBelville, 111., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, right bank

Vincennes, Ind., Geological Survey gage

Vincennes, Ind., 3 miles be lew, Corps of Engineers,

D. S. Array, temporary gage, left bank

Vincennes, Ind., 5 miles below, Corps of Engineers,

TJ. S. Army, temporary gage, left bank

Vincennes, Ind., 7 miles below, Corps of Engineers,

D. S. Army, temporary gage, left bank

Vincennes, Ind., 8 miles below, Corps of Engineers,

U. S. Array, temporary gage, left bank

Ht. Carmel, 111., U. S. Weather Bureau gage

Rochester, 111., Corps of Engineers, D. S. Array,

temporary gage, right bank

Crowleyville, 111., 0.9 mile above, fight bank

Crowleyville, 111., right bank

Jlmtown, Ind. , left bank

Jimtown, Ind., 5.4 miles below, left bank

Grayville, 111., right bank

Grayville, 111., 1.9 miles below, right bank

Griffin, Ind., left bank

Black River, mouth of, left bank

New Harmony, Ind. , left bank

Maunee, 111., right bank

Mouth

Mlsslsslnewa River:

Marion, Ind., Geological Survey gage, left bank

Eel Rivers

North Manchester, Ind., Geological Survey gage

Vermilion River:

Danville, 111., 2-fc miles southeast of, Geological

Survey gage

West Branch of Salt Fork:

Urbana, 111., 1 mile east of, Geological Survey gage

Miles 

above 

mouth

33.0

30.6

28.8

27.4

26.4

24.8

24.6

15.8

6.2

6.2

5.9

0

431.2

387.2

353.8

311.9

270.7

240.0

215.0

214.4

140,4

127.7

125

123

121

120

94.5

88.8

86.4

84.5

83.4

78.0

65.2

63.5

59.4

55.4

51.4

33.9

0

30.2

43.5

20

9.5

Day 

and 

hour

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

Jen. 16

9:30 am

Jan. 16

noon

Jan. 16

noon

Jan. 17

8 am

Jan. 18

7 am

Jan. 16

Jan. 16

Jan. 16

7 pm

Jan. 21

4 pm

Jan. 22

4 pm

Jan. 22-23

Jan. 22-23

Jan. 22-23

Jan. 22

Jan. 22

3 pm

_

_

_

_

_

.

-

_

_

_

-

Jan. 15

4 pm

Jan. *15

4 pm

Jan. 9

12:30 pm

Jan. 9

2t45-3:45am

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

e400.6

0395.5

b392.3

b389.8

b387.7

b387.1

b386.9

b383.4

0382.93

0382.83

b382.9

b382.9

804.99

663.96

588.25

525.42

499.3

482.64

467.0

466.43

427.1

419.23

417.2

416.3

414.7

412.4

398.5

396.06

b394.45

b392.85

b390.80

b387.70

b384.61

b381.48

b378.94

b379.33

b377.6

b376.87

b376.1

789.34

746.60

524.49

693.61

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, D. S. Army.

e 1929 adjustment.

4 Altitudes in this basin refer to 1929 level adjustment, unless otherwise 

Indicated.

r Altitudes In this basin refer to 1907 level adjustment (Ohio River Datum), 

unless otherwise indicated.
FLOOD CRESTS 

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

629

Stream and location

Wabash River Basin Continued

Busseron Creek:

Sullivan, Ind., 2 miles southeast of, at bridge on

State Highway 54

Paxton, Ind., 1.5 miles northwest of, at bridge on

U. 3. Highway 41

Embarrass River:

Ste. Marie, 111., highway bridge, Geological Survey gage

West Fork of White River (head of White River) :

Muneie, Ind., 150 feet above Cleveland, Cincinnati,

Chicago & St. Louis R. R. , right bank

Muneie, Ind., downstream side, Cleveland, Cincinnati,

Chicago 4 St. Louis R. R. fill, right bank

Muneie , Ind., Macedonia St.

Muneie, Ind., 500 feet above Broadway

Muneie, Ind., at New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R.

bridge

Muneie, Ind., 100 feet below Pennsylvania R. R. bridge

Muneie, Ind., 100 feet above Walnut St. Bridge

Muneie, Ind., Geological Survey gage, right bank

Muneie, Ind., Minnetrista Blvd. and Wheeling Ave.,

right bank

Muneie, Ind., 50 feet above High St. Bridge, left bank

Muneie, Ind., 125 feet below High St. Bridge, right

bank

Muneie, Ind., 150 feet below Jackson St. Bridge

Muneie, Ind., 100 feet above Niehols Ave. Bridge

Muneie, Ind., 125 feet below Niehols Ave. Bridge

Muneie, Ind., 75 feet above Tillbtson Ave. Bridge

Anderson, Ind., Lynn St.

Anderson, Ind., 50 feet above Wheeler Ave. Bridge

Anderson, Ind., 150 feet below Wheeler Ave. Bridge

Anderson, Ind., U. S. Weather Bureau gage, left bank

Anderson, Ind., 100 feet above Ninth St. Bridge

Anderson, Ind. , 25 feet below Ninth St. Bridge

Anderson, Ind. , Central Indiana R. R. bridge

Anderson, Ind., Main St. Bridge

Anderson, Ind. , 50 feet above Central Indiana R. R.

bridge

Anderson, Ind., 25 feet below Central Indiana R. R.

bridge

Anderson, Ind., 25 feet above Pennsylvania R. R. bridge,

200 feet from left bank __

Anderson,- Ind., 25 feet below Pennsylvania R. R. bridge,

75 feet from left bank

Anderson, Ind., 25 feet above Delaware St. Bridge

Anderson, Ind. , 50 feet below Delaware St. Bridge

Anderson, Ind., Hughes-Curry Packing Co. plant, left

bank

Anderson, Ind. , Moss Island Bridge

Noblesville, Ind., 7 miles northeast of, Geological

Survey gage

Noblesville, Ind., U. S. Weather Bureau gage

Nora, Ind. , 2 miles east of, Geological Survey gage

Indianapolis, Ind., Indianapolis Water Co., Broadripple

gage, right bank

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, upstream side of bridge on State

Highway 431

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy,

temporary gage, downstream side of bridge on State

Highway 431

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, upstream side of Kessler Blvd.

Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, downstream side Eessler Blvd.

Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineer, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, upstream side of Northwestern Ave.

Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, IT. S. Army,

temporary gage, downstream side of Northwestern Ave.

Bridge

Miles 

above 

mouth

18.3

14.3

71

306.7

306.7

306.0

305.5

305.3

305.1

304.9

304.8

304.4

304.0

304.0

303.3

302.4

302.4

302.0

286.2

285.7

285.7

285.6

285.4

285.4

284.9

284.8

284.6

284.6

284.5

284.5

284.4

284.4

282.9

282.1

269.2

262.0

250.8

247.3

247.0

247.0

245.2

245.2

241.5

S41.5

Day 

and 

hour

-

-

Jan. 16

4 pm

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 15

3:30 am

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 15

2 pm

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

Jan. 15

10 pm

Jan. 16

7 am

Jan. 16

10 am

Jan. 16

noon

Jan. 16

noon

Jan. 16

noon

Jan. 16

1 pm

Jan. 16

1 am

Jan. 16

4 pm

Jan. 16

4 pm

Altitude 

in 

feet &/

C452.8

C444.55

467.93

b947.97

b947.66

b944.19

b941.29

b940.04

b939.14

b938.62

938.17

b934.36

b932.16

b930.62

b926.27

b925.16

b924.93

b922.85

b844.79

b844.25

b844.17

843.65

b843.16

b843.03

b842.19

b842.07

b841.59

b841.07

b840.84

b840.43

b839.90

b839.59

b835.15

b831.94

-

755.8

726.09

720.25

717.33

717.41

712.22

712.13

705.34

705.39

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U.

c Above mean sea level, 1907 adjustment.

77596 O 38 41

S. Army.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Wabash River Basin Continued

West Fork of White River Continued

Indianapolis, Ind. , Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy,

temporary gage, upstream side of 30th St. Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy,

temporary gage, downstream side of 30th St. Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, upstream side of 16th St. Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, downstream side of 16th St. Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, Belt R. R. bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, 10th St. Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, upstream side of Michigan St. Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, downstream side of Michigan St.

Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, upstream side of New York St. Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

temporary gage, downstream side of New York* St.

Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Geological Survey gage, Morris St.

Bridge

Indianapolis, Ind., Indianapolis sanitation plant,

West Street gage, left bank

Glen Valley, Ind., 3 miles northwest of, Indianapolis

sanitation plant, Antrim gage

Martinsville, Ind., 1.5 miles west of, 350 feet from

upstream aide of bridge on State Highway 39, left

bank

Martinsville, Ind., 1.5 miles west of, 350 feet below

bridge on State Highway 39, right bank

Martinsville, Ind., 1.5 miles west of, 400 feet below

bridge on State Highway 39, left bank

Spencer, Ind., Geological Survey gage

Freedom, Ind., 1,200 feet above bridge on county road,

right bank

Worthington, Ind., 0.6 mile southeast of, downstream

side of left abutment of bridge on State Highway 157

Elliston, Ind., U. S. Weather Bureau gage

Newberry, Ind. , Geological Survey gage , right bank

Newberry, Ind., 0.2 mile north of overflow bridge,

right abutment, upstream wing wall

Newberry, Ind.', 0.2 mile north of overflow bridge,

right abutment, downstream wing wall

Newberry, Ind. , 0.5 mile north of

Newberry, Ind., 0.8 mile north of overflow bridge,

right abutment, upstream wing wall

Newberry, Ind., 0.8' mile north of overflow bridge,

right abutment, downstream wing wall

Blnora, Ind., 2 miles west of, bridge on State Highway

58, left abutment, upstream wing wall

Elnora, Ind., 2 miles west of, bridge on State Highway

58, right abutment, downstream wing wall

Plainville, Ind., left bank

Edwardsport, Ind., U. S. Weather Bureau gage

Maysville, Ind., 0.5 mile west of, bridge over main 

channel, U. S. Highway 50, right abutment, upstream

wing wall

Maysville, Ind., 0.5 mile west of, bridge over main

channel, U. S. Highway 50, downstream wing wall

Maysville, Ind., 1.1 mile west of, bridge over old

channel, U. S. Highway 50, right abutment, upstream

wing wall

Maysville, Ind., 1.1 mile west of, bridge over old

channel, U. S. Highway 50, right abutment, downstream

wing wall

Maysville, Ind., 0.5 mile west of, bridge over main

channel, U. S. Highway 50, Corps of Engineers, TJ. S.

Army, temporary gage

Confluence with East Fork of White River, left bank

Miles 

above 

mouth

239.4

239.4

237.9

237.9

237.4

237.0

236.6

236.6

236.4

236.4

234.8

234.1

226.9

194.7

194.7

194.7

165.9

153.0

139.2

129.8

117.9

117.9

117.9

117.9

117.9

117.9

104.7

104.7

92

84.2

64.0

64.0

64.0

64.0

64.0

51.6

Day 

and 

hour

Jan. 16

4 pm

Jan. 16

4 pm

Jan. 16

3 pm

Jan. 16

3 pm

Jan. 16

11 pm

Jan. 16

noon

Jan. 16

11 am

Jan. 16

11 am

Jan. 16

11 am

Jan. 16

11 am

Jan. 16

3 pm

Jan. 16

4 am

Jan. 15

4 pm

Jan. 16

Jan. 16

Jan. 16

Jan. 16

7 am

_

-

Jan. 17

7 pm

Jan. 18

6 am

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 19

7 am

-

-

-

-

Jan. 19

3 pm

-

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

698.80

698.68

695.18

694.86

690.42

690.55

688.73

688.36

687.45

687.34

683.83

683.6

664.54

596.94

596.12

596.11

549.26

531.37

V511.5

503.07

489.10

V489.2

V489.0

V489.5

V489.9

V488.7

v474.ll

V473.S1

b463.5

453.9

V438.92

V437.28

V43S.31

V436.91

436.5

-

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

v Data furnished by State Highway Commission of Indiana 
FLOOD CRESTS 631

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Wabash River Basin Continued

White River:

Petersburg, Ind., 1.3 miles north of, upstream side of

fill, 400 feet south of overflow bridge, State

Highway 61

Petersburg, Ind., 1.3 miles north of, overflow bridge,

State Highway 61, left abutment, upstream wing wall

Petersburg, Ind., 1.3 miles north of, overflow bridge,

State Highway 61, right abutment, upstream wing wall

Petersburg, Ind., 1.3 miles north of, downstream side

of fill, 400 feet south of overflow bridge, State

Highway 61

Petersburg, Ind., 1.3 miles north of, overflow bridge,

State Highway 61, left abutment, downstream wing

wall

Petersburg, Ind., 1.3 miles north of, overflow bridge,

State Highway 61, right abutment, downstream wing

wall

Petersburg, Ind., 0.6 mile north of, upstream side of

fill, 200 feet north of bridge on State Highway 61

Petersburg, Ind. , 0.6 mile north of, bridge on State

Highway 61, right abutment, upstream wing wall

Petersburg, Ind., 0.6 mile north of, bridge on State

Highway 61, left abutment, upstream end

Petersburg, Ind. , 0.6 mile north of, downstream side

of fill, 200 feet south of bridge on State Highway

61

Petersburg, Ind., 0.6 mile north of, bridge on State

Highway 61, left abutment, downstream end

Petersburg, Ind. , 0.6 mile north of, bridge on State

Highway 61, right abutment, downstream end

Petersburg, Ind. , 0.6 mile north of, U. S. Weather

Bureau gage

Decker, Ind. , U. S. Weather Bureau gage

Hazleton, Ind. > Geological Survey gage, left bank

Hazleton, Ind. , upstream side road, 3,000 feet north of

bridge on U. S. Highway 41

Hazleton, Ind., 100 feet upstream from bridge on U. S.

Highway 41, left bank

Hazleton, Ind., bridge on U. S. Highway 41, right abutment, upstream end

Hazleton, Ind., 2,500 feet north of bridge on TJ. S.

Highway 41, downstream side of road

Hazleton, Ind. , 100 feet downstream from bridge on

U. S. Highway 41

Fall Creek:

Millersville, Ind., Geological Survey gage, left bank

Griffy's Creek:

Bloomington, Ind. , 2 miles north of, at city reservoir

Eel River:

Bowling Green, Ind., Geological Survey gage, left bank

Centerpoint, Ind. , 4.5 miles south of, 700 feet above

abandoned Geological Survey gage, right bank

Centerpoint, Ind. , 4.5 miles south of, 700 feet above

county highway bridge, left bank

Centerpoint, Ind., 4.5 miles south of, 50 feet below

county highway bridge

Howesville, Ind., 2.0 miles northeast of, bridge on

State Highway 59

Howesville, Ind. , 2.0 miles northeast of, 0.1 mile

north of bridge on State Highway 59

Howesville, Ind., 2.0 miles northeast of, 0.3 mile

north of bridge on State Highway 59

Howesville, Ind., 1.0 mile northeast of, 0.9 mile

north of bridge on State Highway 59

Howesville, Ind., 1.0 mile east of, 1.5 miles north of

river, at bridge over Muirs Lake on State Highway 59

Worthington, Ind., 4.2 miles north of, bridge on State

Highway 157, right abutment, downstream wing wall

Worthington, Ind., bridge on State Highway 67, right

abutment, downstream wing wall, right bank

Prairie Creek:

Washington, Ind. , north of, bridge on State Highway 57

Miles 

above

mouth

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

47.8

22.2

18.9

18.7

18.7

18.7

18.7

18.7

4.8

3.5

38.7

33.3

33.3

33.2

12.2

12.2

12.2

12.2

12.0

5.2

1.1

7.1

Day 

and 

hour

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

Jan. 21

Jan. 21

Jan. 22

2 am

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 15

1 pm

Jan. 19

Jan. 15

9 am

Jan. 15

Jan. 15

Jan. 15

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

V430.96

V427.60

V427.25

V428.80

V427.50

V427.09

V430.15

V429.95

V429.70

V429.20

V428.75

V428.65

428.4

416.8

414.81

V416.4

V414.78

V414.44

V414.50

V414.78

733.49

J630.4

570.58

563.64

563.72

563.31

V526.0

V524.0

V523.7

V521.3

V520.4

V517.4

V515.2

v451 . 5

a Above mean sea level.

j 1907 adjustment.

v Data furnished by State Highway Commission of Indiana.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30.--Flood-crest stages--Continued

Stream and location

Wabash River Basin Continued

East Fork of White River:

Azalia, Ind. , left bank

Seymour, Ind., 2 miles northwest of, left bank

Seymour, Ind. , 1 mile northwest of, Geological Survey

gage, left bank

Seymour, Ind., 3 miles southwest of, left bank

Seymour, Ind., 5 miles southwest of, left bank

Brownstown, Ind. , 6 miles northeast of, left bank

Brownstown, Ind., 5 miles northeast of, left bank

Brownstown, Ind., 4 miles northeast of, Baltimore &

Ohio R. R. track, left bank

Brownstown, Ind., 4 miles northeast of, Baltimore &

Ohio R. R. track, left bank

Brownstown, Ind., 3 miles northeast of, left bank

Brownstown, Ind., 2 miles northeast of, left bank

Brownstown, Ind., downstream corner light plant, left

bank

Spring Mill State Park, Ind., backwater, 2 miles south

of river

Bedford, Ind. , 2 miles south of, upstream side of

approach fill, bridge on U. S. Highway 50, left bank

Bedford, Ind. , 2 miles south of, downstream side of

approach fill, bridge on U. S. Highway 50, left bank

Williams, Ind., 1 mile east of, 0.4 mile from right

bank

Williams, Ind., 0.2 mile east of, right bank

Williams, Ind., TJ. S. Vteather Bureau gage, right bank

Shoals, Ind., Geological Survey gage

Rogers, Ind., bridge on State Highway 57, right abutment, upstream wing wall

Rogers, Ind., bridge on State Highway 57, left abutment, upstream wing wall

Confluence with West Fork of White River

Muscatatuek River:

Austin, Ind., 2 miles north of, Geological Survey gage,

right bank

Boggs Creek:

Burns City, Ind., 2.7 miles northeast of, bridge on

State Highway 45, right abutment, upstream wing wall

Burns City, Ind., 2.7 miles northeast of, bridge on

State Highway 45, left abutment, downstream wing wall

Patoka River:

Winslow, Ind., 0.2 mile south of, bridge on State Highway 61

Patoka, Ind., 400 feet south of bridge on U. S. Highway

41

Patoka, Ind., Geological Survey gage

Mount Carmel, 111., 0.1 mile below mouth, U. S. Weather

Bureau gage

Black River:

Griffin, Ind. , right bank

Mouth

Little Wabash River:

Wilcox, 111., highway bridge, Geological Survey gage

Skillet Fork:

iSlayne City, 111., highway bridge 1 mile north of,

Geological Survey gage

Saline River Basin q/

Middle Fork of Saline River:

Harrisburg, 111., J. B. Ford Lumber Co.

Miles 

above 

mouth

180

168.2

167.6

163.1

158.4

157.7

156.3

155.3

155.3

154.4

153.4

149.5

103.5

94.2

94.2

80.5

79.7

79.2

56.0

1.1

1.1

0

23.2

13.9

13.9

51.1

14.4

14.4

0

2.5

0

117

56

31

Day 

and 

hour

_

_

Jan. 16

2 am

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

Jan . 25

7 am

Jan. 25

noon

-

-

-

Jan. 15

-

-

-

-

Jan. 26

8 am

Jan. 22

3 pm

-

-

Jan. 15

9 pm

Jan. 15

2 pm

Feb. 3

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

b591.55

b571.89

570.17

b560.71

b556.87

b553.69

b552.41

b551.87

b551.67

b551.1

b546.9

b541.37

W517.8

506.75

506.4

v499.89

V499.52

497.6

479.99

V435.22

V435.16

-

520.32

V512.26

V509.77

V448.95

V415.0

414.67

398.5

b386.23

b379.33

X413.90

X403.78

375.32

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 

q Altitudes in this basin refer to 1929 level adjustment, 

indicated.

v Data furnished by State Highway Commission of Indiana. 

w Data furnished by Indiana Department of Conservation. 

x Crest determined from graph of gage readings.

unless otherwise
PLOOP CRESTS 632

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Saline River Basin Continued

Middle Pork of Saline River Continued

Harrlsburg, 111., Uncle Tom's Auto Trim Shop

Harrlsburg, 111., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St.

Louis R. R. depot

Harrlsburg, 111., junction Illinois State Highway 13

and U. S. Highway 45

Saline River:

Bridge on Illinois State Highway 140

Tradewater River Basin r/

Tradewater River:

Dawson Springs, Ky. , store 0.4 mile west of

Olney, Ky., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy, gage

Dalton, Ky., Wilson Bridge, Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Army, gage

Dalton, Ky., Wilson Bridge, left bank

Montgomery Ford, Ky., right bank

Utley Ford, Ky. , right bank

Yarbro, Ky., left bank

Providence, Ky., 3.5 miles above, left bank »

Plney, Ky., 1 mile above, right bank

Blackford, Ky., right bank

Sullivan, Ky., 1 mile right of right bank

Sturgis, Ky. , right bank

Grangertown, Ky. , right bank

Srangertown, Ky. , 2 miles below, right bank

Mouth

Cumberland River Basin byz/

Cumberland River:

High-water mark No. 1

High-water mark No. 2

High-water mark No. 3

High-water mark No. 4

High- water mark No. 5

High-water mark No. 6

High-water mark No. 7

High-water mark No. 8

High-water mark No. 9

High-water mark No. 10

High-water mark No. 11

High-water mark No. 12

High-water mark No. 13

High-water mark No. 14

High-water mark No. 15

High- water mark No. 16

High-water mark No. 17

High- water mark No. 18

High-water mark No. 19

High-water mark No. 20

High-water mark No. 21

High-water mark No. 22

High-water mark No. 23

High-water mark No. 24

High-water mark No. 25

High-water mark No. 26

High-water mark No. 27

High-water mark No. 28

High-water mark No. 29

High-water mark No. 30

High- water mark No. 31

High-water mark No. 32

High- water mark No. 33

High-water mark No. 34

High-water mark No. 35

High-water mark No. 36

High-water mark No. 37

Miles 

above 

mouth

31

31

31

14

90.0

69.8

60.4

60.3

54.9

47.7

42.7

31.9

26.3

19.3

16.7

6.8

5.5

2.1

0

2.0

2.8

5.7

10.8

15.9

19.7

23.8

26.0

29.6

31.5

36.0

38.0

41.3

43.5

45.2

50.1

52.5

56.0

58.1

59.1

61.5

63.1

64.0

69.0

73.1

78.8

84.6

89.2

90.5

95.6

99.4

104.0

107.5

110.6

113.1

114.8

117.2

Day 

and 

hour

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 3

Feb. 2, 3

Jan. 22

-

Jan. 22

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Altitude 

in 

feet &/

375.28

375.08

hk375.38

(J375.87)

k375.1

J396.94

J382.1

b375.14

b375.2

b371.1

b370.2

b370.2

b370.2

b370.2

,b370.2

b370.2

b370.2

b370.1

b370.2

b370.2

350.70

351.08

351.67

354.54

355.70

357.04

358.78

359.47

360.49

360.83

362.69

363.21

365.09

366.55

366.88

368.54

369.35

370.72

371.83

371.96

372.37

372.66

373.01

374.71

375.92

377.56

380.24

381.13

381.66

383.51

385.47

387.61

389.16

390.14

391.68

392.49

393.44

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

h Corrected to 1929 adjustment by applying equation to altitude based on 1907 

adjustment.

j 1907 adjustment.

k Data furnished by Illinois State Highway Department.

r Altitudes in this basin refer to 1907 level adjustment (Ohio River Datum), 

unless otherwise indicated.

y Information regarding exact location of numbered high-water marks may be 

obtained from Nashville, Tenn., office of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

z Altitudes In this basin refer to Cumberland River Survey datum known as 

Sandy Hook datum.
634 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Cumberland River Basin Continued

Cumberland Rlver--Contlnued

High-water mark No. 38

High-water mark No. 39

High- water mark No. 40

High-water mark No. 41

High-water mark No. 42

High-water mark No. 43

High-water mark No. 44

High-water mark No. 45

High-water mark No. 46

High-water mark No. 47

High-water mark No. 48

High-water mark No. 49

High-water mark No. 50

High-water mark No. 51

Red River:

High-water mark No. 1

High-water mark No. 2

Hlghrwater mark No. 3, 900 ft. upstream from head of

Klllebrew Island

High- water mark No. 4

Tennessee River Basin ybaa/

Tennessee River:

Bridge on U. S. Highways 60 and 62, Paducah, Ky. , to

Smlthland, Ky.

High-water mark No. 1

High-water mark No. 2

High-water mark No. 3

High-water mark No. 4, Martins Landing, Ky.

High-water mark No. 5

Gllbertsville, Ky.

High-water mark No. 6, Hambys Landing, Ky.

High-water mark No. 7

High-water mark No. 8, Ingram Lodge, Ky.

High-water mark No. 9

Eggners Bridge, Ky.

Galloway Landing, Ky.

Dlldaya Landing, Ky.

Pine Bluff, Ky.

Buffalo Landing, Ky.

Port Henry Perry, Term.

Bridge on State Highway 76, Centervllle Landing, Term.

Big Sandy Island

Hurricane Island, lower end

Louisville & Nashville R. R. bridge, Danville, Term.

Lower end of White Oak Island

Clydeton Landing, Tenn.

Reynoldsburg Landing, Tenn.

Bridge on U. S. Highway 70, Trotters Perry, Tenn.

Trotters Island

Suck Bar

Byrds Landing, Tenn.

Sycamore Landing, Tenn.

Cuba Landing, Tenn.

Daniels Landing, Tenn.

Densons Landing, Tenn.

Lower Mouse tall Landing, Tenn.

500 feet upstream from bridge, Perryvllle, Tenn.

Mouth of Cypress Creek

Bronsport Landing, Tenn.

Bobs Landing, Tenn.

Beech Creek Island

Miles 

above 

mouth

124.2

125.8

126.1

126.5

126.9

128.2

132.4

135.5

139.2

142.9

147.2

153.3

158.0

162.3

0.3

4.7

9.2

12.7

16.9

17.6

18.1

21.5

25.4

29.9

31.55

32.0

33.0

37.3

43.0

49.3

5.0

5.S

9.6

14.8

18.0

21.6

21.8

26.8

31.1

35.1

41.7

41.8

45.0

49.2

54.2

57.5

61.3

66.3

70.0

75.8

78.2

80.8

87.9

94.6

100.5

102.2

104.9

108.9

111.4

115.1

120.0

124.0

130.5

134.9

136.5

140.6

150.9

154.6

Day 

and 

hour

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

Altitude 

In 

feet &/

395.41

396.73

396.76

397.02

397.17

397.31

398.94

399.92

401.46

401.88

403.44

405.44

406.77

407.70

397.15

398.53

400.99

404.73

409.10

411.03

413.13

416.14

421.37

428.51

431.95

432.64

436.06

446.04

459.96

477.98

348.34

348.35

348.79

348.98

349.14

349.15

349.21

350.22

350.47

351.02

351.02

351.05

351.42

351.55

352.79

352.85

354.13

354.50

355.62

356.34

357.49

358.00

359.65

361.63

362.06

362.89

363.66

364.14

365.27

366.62

366.83

367.59

369.14

369.94

370.33

371.27

373.73

374.72

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

y Information regarding exact location of nvunbered high-water marks may be 

obtained from Nashville, Tenn., office of Corps of. Engineers, U. S. Army, 

aa Altitudes In this basin refer to 1912 adjustment.
FLOOD CRESTS

Table 30. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Tennessee Hiver Basin Continued

Duck Hiver:

Cold Branch Bridge

Link Bridge

Gaging station (Tanksley Bridge)

Barren Hollow Bridge

Beaverdam Bridge

Huddles ton Bridge

Centerville, Term.

Tottys Bend Bridge

Anderson Bridge

Shady Grove Bridge

Buffalo Hiver:

Bakerville Bridge

Blue Hole Bridge

Standing Rock Bridge

Lobelville Bridge

Beardstown Bridge

Cache River Basin

Cache River (see also Ohio River overflow):

Fonnan, 111., Chicago, Burlington & Quincy H. R. bridge

Olive Branch, 111., 4.3 miles southeast of, on State

Highway 150 and Illinois Central H. H.

Mounds, 111., Roxy Theater Building

Mounds, 111., Egyptian Tea Room

Mounds, 111., high school

Cache River bridge levee, TJ. S. Highway 51

Lake Creek:

Olive Branch, 111., southeast of

Kaskaskia River Basin §J

Easkaskla River:

Gallatin St. Bridge, Vandalia, 111.

Carlyle, 111., Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army, gage

Fayetteville, 111., highway bridge, Geological Survey

gage

New Athens, 111., Geological Survey gage, half a mile

below highway bridge

Big Muddy River Basin cj/

Big Muddy River:

Plumfield, 111., 2.6 miles below mouth of Middle Fork

Zeigler, 111., 5.6 miles belo* mouth of Middle Fork

Murphysboro, 111., mouth of Lewis Creek

Miles 

above

mouth

11.65

16.0

20.4

32.3

47.9

64.0

71.3

82.4

89.1

98.2

7.3

13.0

17.7

22.6

31.6

55

9

2.5

2.5

2.5

1.0

-

164

107.8

51.9

42.5

83.4

80.4

34.7

Day 

and 

hour

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jan. 16

3 am

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Jan. 15

9 pm

Jan. 17

8 am

Jan. 21

9 am

Jan. 21

5 to 11 pm

Jan. 17

10 am

Jan. 17

1 pm

Jan. 18

4 to 8 am

Altitude 

in 

feet a/

368.47

378.69

385.40

407.73

434.04

465.14

475.83

495.88

506.98

522.34

392.08

409.09

418.26

432.76

456.69

e 350. 46

h330.3

(bj330.65)

e332.89

e333.03

e332.94

ek332.67

ek330.7

X477.50

429.42

393.03

385.51

382.45.

381.29

369.36

a Above mean sea level.

b Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 

e 1929 adjustment.

h Corrected to 1929 adjustment by applying equation to altitude based on 1907 

adjustment.

j 1907 adjustment.

k Data furnished by Illinois State Highway Department, 

q Altitudes in this basin refer to 1929 level adjustment. 

x Great determined from graph of gage readings.
636 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 31. Flood-crest stages at gages on the Mississippi River

Location sj

St. Louis, Mo.

St. Louis, Mo.

Chester, 111. aj

Cape Girardeau, Mo. £/

Cairo, 111.

WieKliffe, Ky.

Columbus, Ky.

HicKman, Ky.

Hew Madrid, Mo.

Cottonwood Point, Mo.

Pulton, Tenn.

Memphis, Tenn. (Beale St.)

Memphis, Tenu. d/

Mhoon Landing, Miss.

Helena, ArK.

Sunflower Landing, Miss.

Mouth of White River, ArK.

Arkansas City, Ark.

Greenville, Miss.

Warfleld Point, Miss.

Lake Providence, La.

Ticksburg, Miss, (canal)

7icKsburg, Miss, (bridge)

St. Joseph, La.

Hatehez, Miss.

Angola, La.

Bayou Sara, La.

Baton Rouge, La.

Plaquemine, La.

Donaldsonville, La.

College Point, La.

Bonnet Carre, La.

Hew Orleans, La. £/

Carrollton, La.

Chalmette, La.

West Point a la Hache, La.

Fort Jackson, La.

Miles 

from 

Cairo

Above

182.0

181.6

111.5

53.9

0

Below 

4.3

21.6

35.9

71.0

124.5

175.4

227.0

228.3

273.2

307.1

353.7

393.2

437.5

480.2

485.6

542.3

601.8

602.8

662.7

705.7

771.4

807.3

842.4

862.8

895.4

913.1

942.2

964.2

966.7

979.6

1,021.0

1,051.2

Pate

Feb. 25

Feb. 25

Feb. 26

Feb. 6

Feb. 4

Feb. 4

Jan. 25

Feb. 1

Feb. 3

Feb. 6-7

Feb. 9

Feb. 9

Feb. 10

Feb. 10

Feb. 12

Feb. 11-12

Feb. 14

Feb. 14

Feb. 15

Feb. 16

Feb. 15

Fab. 21-22

Feb. 21

Feb. 20

Feb. 21

Feb. 27-26

Feb. 27 to Mar. 1

Feb. 28

Feb. 26-27, Mar. 1

Feb. 27

Feb. 28

Feb. 18, 25 to 

Mar. 1

Mar. 1

Feb. 28

Feb. 21, 24 to 

Mar. 1, 3

Feb. 19, 25 to 

Mar. 1

Feb. 19, 26-27

Altitude 

in feet b/

398.6

398.5

360.1

332.1

329.9

327.4

321.0

316.3

303.9

274.9

256.0

234.6

232.9

214.6

202.0

183.4

166.8

150.6

140.8

139.3

117.4

101.7

99.4

87.2

75.1

59.1

52.7

45.4

40.2

35.7

28.7

e21.9

19.4

19.4

20.3

9.6

10.3

a Mississippi River Commission gage, except as noted. d Geological Surrey water-stage recorder 

b Above mean Gulf level, datum of Corps of Engineers, e Gage in spillway forebay; water surfao 

U. S. Army. in river about 1 foot higher. 

* o Corps of Engineers, U. S. Arny, gage.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 637 

RECORDS OP PREVIOUS FLOODS

Man's vision seems commonly to be seriously Inadequate In foreseeing 

the potentialities of floods and In providing protection or remedies for 

diminishing their destructive consequences. The clarity of man's vision 

in such matters seems to be very much dependent on the application of 

actual human knowledge of great floods of the past. Consequently the 

longer the records bearing upon the magnitude and frequency of great 

floods the more enlightened and adequate will be the solution of flood 

problems.

Systematic observations of the stages and discharges of rivers in 

the United States cover short periods of time and may be said to be comparatively in their infancy. The records diminish greatly in number as 

they extend into the past, and those exceeding 50 years in length are few. 

Information regarding many floods is published currently in the watersupply papers of the Geological Survey. Water-Supply Paper 771, "Floods 

in the United States - magnitude and freauency", contains an extensive 

compilation, from water-supply papers and other sources, of records of 

floods on many of the rivers covered in this report for which, in general, 

the periods of systematic observation exceed 25 or 30 years.

Information regarding some notable floods that occurred prior to the 

comparatively short period of systematic observations, much of it combined for purposes of ready comparison with lists of records pertinent to 

recent floods, is presented below for the group of river basins covered 

in this volume. This information has been assembled as an incident to 

the preparation of the report on the floods of January-February 1937. 

Variations in the nature and origin of the information obtained from 

different sources have necessitated the variation in the form of presentation for different basins.

This section does not purport to present records of previous floods 

in a comprehensive or exhaustive manner. It is intended to afford 

general view of the great floods of the past and to furnish references to 

data which will be helpful in the pursuance of more detailed investigations of the subject.

The reports of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, on the 

development and utilization of many of the rivers of the country, published under the provisions of law contained in House Document '308, 69th 

Congress, 1st session, are sources of information regarding historical 

floods. Many official State reports of agencies and departments that are
638 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

concerned with the use of water contain data and information about past 

floods. Specific references are given in the following pages as to the 

source of information regarding early floods.

Detailed information concerning floods, in adequate form for significant comparison, diminishes very greatly in proportion as the floods antedate the periods of systematic observation, which, as stated above, began 

generally within the last 50 years. It is natural, however, that records 

pertaining to the more outstanding early floods should be preserved 

through the years and compared with those of later floods.

Although available flood records are invaluable, it must be emphasized that the experience disclosed even by 100- or 200-year records may 

have serious limitations in establishing a reliable long-time experience 

with relation to the magnitude and frequency of rare floods. A broad 

knowledge of practical meteorology, hydrology, and hydraulics is essential 

to the most effective interpretation of the records in respect to the 

occurrence of rare floods.

The records of previous floods are generally compiled only for the 

major rivers, and therefore little definite information regarding the 

floods on the smaller tributaries ia ordinarily available. However, the 

occurrence of the floods on such smaller streams, except those caused by 

cloudbursts, undoubtedly is associated more or less closely with the 

occurrence of the floods on the neighboring larger streams.

Ohio River

The known history of floods on the Ohio River probably begins with 

the occupancy by the French of Fort Duquesne (at the present site of 

Pittsburgh, Pa.) in 1756. Mention of trouble from floods appeared in 

letters emanating from that fort and later from Fort Pitt.

The greatest known floods on the Ohio River prior to 1937, considering both the height of the water and the length of river affected, were 

those of 1884 and 1913. However, in certain sections of the river, 

floods in other years were greater and more disastrous. For example, in 

the vicinity of Pittsburgh the flood of March 1936 was the greatest known, 

while that of March 1907 was the second greatest since 1763. In the 

lower reaches of the river the flood of 1883 closely approached that of 

1884.

In table 32 are presented the maximum annual stages for recorded 

floods at the principal gages on the Ohio River. Figure 96 shows the
PREVIOUS FLOODS 639

Table 32. annual stages on the Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati

Station a/....

Mile b/.......

&age zero .o/..

Year

1762

1763

1773

1784

1787

1792

1793

1806

1807

1810

1813

1816

1832

1840

1846

1847

1848

1850

18S1

1852

18S5

1856

1857

1858

1859

1860

1861

1862

1863

1864

1865

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

1871

1872

1873

1874

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

Pittsburgi, Pa.

979.5

694.0

Day

Jan. 9

liar. 9

-

_

January

_

-

Apr. 10

May 18

HOY. 11

January

February

Feb. 10

Feb. 1

liar. 15

Feb. 2

Dec. 22

Dec. 8

Sept. 20

Apr. 19

Apr. 14-15

Apr. 18

May 6

Hay 27

Apr. 27-38

Apr. 12

Sept. 29

Jan. 21

Dec. 16

Sec. 18,20

Bar. 19

Feb. 14

Bar. 13

liar. 18

Bar. 31

Jan. 19

Jan. 17

Apr. 11

Sea. 14

Jan. 8

Aug. 3

Sept. 19

Jan. 17

Sec. 11

Bar. 12

Feb. 14

Jane 10

Jan. 28

Feb. 8

Feb. 6

Jan. 17

Apr. 7

Feb. 12,27

Aug. 22

June 1

Bar. 23

Feb. 18

Jan. 15

Feb. 8

Hay 22

Jan. 8

Sage

height

(feet)

39.2

41.1

-

38.2

35.2

_

-

37.1

30.1

40.2

32.2

36.2

38.2

30.0

28.2

30.1

26.2

23.2

34.1

35.1

22.7

21.7

24.5

29.2

25.2

32.9

34.2

33,2

21.6

22.7

34.5

20.7

26.7

25.2

22.7

21.2

21.7

23.8

28.9

26.6

25.1

28.2

27.8

27.7

23.1

24.8

30.3

24.7

31.2

36.5

26.2

26.0

25.2

29.2

27.2

27.5

34.5

26.2

27.2

26.4

29.0

Marietta, Ohio

807.5

567.1

Day

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

,

Dee. 15

Jan. 9

Aug. 3

Feb. 13

Jan. 18

Deo. 13

Bar. 13

Feb. 16

Feb. 13

Feb. 23

Feb. 9

Feb. 9

Jan. 18

Apr. 9

Feb. 14

Aug. 24

Jttne 3

Bar. 25

Feb. 20

Jan. 16

Feb. 11

May 23

Apr. 12

Gage

height

(f<w»t>

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

36.8

37. B

35.1

31.2

29.0

32.1

29.7

31.5

39.5

35.1

43.7

52.0

30.5

32.1

33.0

e28.0

e24.4

33.5

43.8

26.5

36.4

25.3

e24.6

Point Pleasant, 

W. Ta.

714.3

514.1

Day

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

NOT. 24,26

liar. 24

Feb. 23

Jan. 16

Feb. 19

May 35

Jan. 12

Sage

height

(feet)

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

60

-

_

_

_

B24.8

47.9

50.0

38.3

45.5

28.2

44.5

Portsmouth, Ohio

623.5

470.9

Day

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

Feb. 12

-

_

Dec. 15

Mar. 31

Feb. 21

Bar. 24-25

Feb. 24

Apr. 24

Feb. 19

Feb. 14

Jan. 13

Gage

height

(feet)

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

61.69

-

_

61.13

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

^

_

60.52

66.26

-

_

 6.S

37.9

37.4

55.5

55.2

41.8

53.0

33.4

47.4

Cincinnati, Ohio

509.3

d429.76

Day

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

Feb. 18

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

Jane 16

Feb. 22

Apr. 17

Apr. 20

Jan. 24

liar. 12

Dec. 23

Mar. 7

Sept. 26

liar. 15

liar. 30

Apr. 2

Jan. 19

Hay 13

Apr. 13

Deo. 18

Jan. 13

Aug. 6

Jan. 29

Jan. 20

Dec. 15

Dec. 27

Fe>. 17

Feb. 16

Feb. 21

Feb. 15

Feb. 14

Jan. 20

Apr. 9

Feb. 6

Apr. 1

Feb. 22

Mar. 25

Feb. 25

Apr. 26

Feb. 20

Feb. 15

Jan. 14

Sage

height

(feet)

-

-

76

_

-

63

57

_

-

-

_

-

64.2

-

_

63.6

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

43.8

55.4

49.2

49.4

57.3

42.8

45.1

56.2

42.5

55.7

48.2

48.8

55.2

40.5

41.8

44.4

47.9

55.4

51.8

53-8

41.2

42.3

53.2

50.8

58.6

66.3

71.1

46.0

55.8

56.3

39.9

38.3

59.2

57.4

43.8

54.9

35.6

48.4

a TJ. S. Weather Bureau gages, 

b Miles above Cairo, 111. 

o Altitude, in feet, abore mean sea level, 

1907 adjustment.

d Prior to 1908 gage zero mai 0.3 

foot higher.

e Heoords incomplete; mil mum for 

year nay have been greater.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1957

Table 32. Maximum annual stages on the Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati Continued

Station a/.....

Mile b/.. ......

Gage zero jj/. ..

Year

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Pittsburgh, Pa.

979.5

694.0

Day

July 26

Feb. 24

Mar. 24

Mar. 6

Nov. 27

Apr. 21

Mar. 1

Mar. 1

Jan. 23

Mar. 22

Apr. 1

Mar. 15

Feb. 16

Feb. 25

Jan. 19

Jan. 21

Mar. 22

Jan. 9

Mar. 29

Feb. 3

Mar. 29

Jail. 23

Feb. 21

Jan. 3

liar. 13

Nov. 29

Apr. 15

May 13

May 30

Feb. 13

Nov. 17

Dec. 14

May 1

Feb. 27

Feb. 27

Apr. 4

Apr. 1

liar. 15

Mar. 6

Mar. 13

Mar. 18

Jan. 26

Sage

height

(feet)

26.2

32.7

32.1

25.2

30.9

30.7

35.6

32.1

33.2

32.2

22.0

38.7

33.9

25.5

26.0

28.4

31.3

34.5

24.4

31.6

25.0

28.4

30.3

26.0

28.3

28.6

23.5

22.5

32.4

25.1

22.9

30.4

24.9

25.3

23.9

24.6

23.8

29.6

25.8

26.3

46.0

34.5

Marietta, Ohio

807.5

567.1

Day

July 25

Feb. 25

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

Mar. 29

Mar. 31

Feb. 4

Mar. 30

Mar. 15

Feb. 23

Jan. 4

Mar. 15

Nov. 30,

Dec. 1

Apr. 17

May 15

Apr. 1

Feb. 13

Feb. 28

Jan. 24

Apr. 1

Mar. 1

Feb. 28

Apr. 5

Apr. 3

Mar. 17

Mar. 7-8

-

Mar. 20

Jan. 26

Gage

height

(feet)

32.1

36.0

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

59.9

32.3

40.5

35.6

36.7

34.5

30.7

34.8

34.0

32.4

26.5

39.1

29.5

28.2

44.0

27.0

33.1

30.9

29.5

26.3

41.0

26.2

-

48.1

55.0

Point Pleasant, 

W. Ta.

714.3

514.1

Day

Apr. 3

Feb. 25

Mar. 27

Mar. 7

Nov. 29

Apr. 24

Mar. 3

Mar. 4

Jan. 27

Mar. 25

Apr. 2

Mar. 18

Feb. 19

Feb. 27

Mar. 5

Feb. 1

Mar. 25

Mar. 30

Apr. 3

Feb. 5

Mar. 31

Mar. 15

Mar. 15

Jan. 4

Mar. 21

Deo. 25

Mar. 17

Feb. 5

Jan. 5

Feb. 16

Jan. 23

Jan. 25

May 2

Mar. 2

Mar. 2

Apr. 6

Feb. 6

Mar. 22

Mar. 7

Mar. 14

Mar. 22

Jan. 27

Gage

height

(feet)

41.2

52.3

51.2

47.2

34.6

53.0

46.3

45.0

42.1

44.1

37.3

54.8

45.7

42.6

44.8

45.4

43.1

62.8

38.4

49.8

43.0

47.3

46.9

45.0

45.0

43.9

39.6

34.0

45.9

.34.5

38.7

50.0

34.1

44.2

33.0

38.4

38.5

50.9

40.0

43.6

54.4

62.7

Portsmouth, Ohio

623.5

470.9

Day

Apr. 3

Feb. 25

Mar. 28

Mar. 7

Nov. 30

Apr. 26

Mar. 3

Mar. 4

Mar. 8

Mar. 12

Apr. 2

Jan. 20

Apr. 3

Feb. 27

Mar. 6

Feb. 2

Mar. 26

Mar. 31

Apr. 3-4

Feb. 6

Mar. 31

Mar. 17

Mar. 16

Jan. 4

Mar. 21

Deo. 27

Mar. 17

Feb. 5

Jan. 5

Feb. 17

Jan. 24

Jan. 26

May 2

Mar. 3

Mar. 2

Apr. 7

Feb. 1

Mar. 22

Mar. 8

Mar. 15

Mar. 23-24

Jan. 27

Gage

height

(feet )

46.5

59.0

57.3

55.8

38.9

58.4

50.4

51.3

45.3

47.7

47.4

60.9

54.0

51.6

50.9

49.8

51.0

67.9

45.8

54.7

53.2

54.4

52.1

51.5

52.9

53.5

50.1

45.1

54.4

42.5

46.0

57.2

40.9

51.9

39.6

43.8

48.5

60.7

45.7

51.1

59.2

74.23

Cincinnati, Ohio

509.3

d429.76

Day

Apr. 4

Feb. 26

Msr. 29

Liar. 8

Deo. 1

Apr. 27

Mar. 5

Mar. 5

Mar. 9

Mar. 13

Apr. 2

Jan. 21

Apr. 4

Feb. 28

Mar. 7

Feb. 3

Mar. 27

Apr. 1

Apr. 4

Feb. 7

Apr. 1

Mar. 17

Feb. 12

Jan. 6

Mar. 22

Deo. 27

Mar. 1

Feb. 5

Jan. 6

Feb. 18

Jan. 25,

Deo. 29

Jan* 27

July 2

Mar. 4

Jan. 15,18

Apr. 8

Feb. 7

Mar. 21

Mar. ( 9

Mar. 16

Mar. 28

Jan. 25-26

Gage

height

(feet)

47.7

61.2

61.4

57.4

40.0

59.7

50.9

53.2

45.9

48.3

50.4

65.2

55.9

54.6

51.8

49.1

53.4

69.9

47.2

55.9

53.5

56.1.

61.3

52.0

54.6

56.1

52.2

47.6

55.8

42.3

46.3

59.1

43.8

52.7

41.0

44.1

50.4

63.6

46.6

52.4

60.6

80.0

a U. S. Weather Bureau gages, 

b Miles above Cairo, 111. 

o Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level, 

1907 adjustment.

d Pridr to 1908 gage zero -was 0.3 

foot higher.
PREVIOUS FLOODS

Table 32. Maximum annual stages on the Ohio Hirer, Louisville to Cairo

Mile d/.......

Gage zero £/. 

Tear

1832

1844

1851

1858

1859

1860

1861

1862

1864

1865

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

1871

1872

1873

1874

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892 

1893

1894

1895

1896 

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904 

1905

1906 

1907

1908 

1909 

1910

1911 

1912 

1913 

1914 

1915

Louisville, 

Ky. sJ

372.7

403.0

Day

-

-

Har. 2

June 17

Feb. 24

-

_

_

_

-

Jan. 1

Har. 15

Har. 31

Apr. 4

-

Nov. 24

Apr. 14

Dec. 19

Feb. 26

Aug. 7

Jan. 30

Jan. 21-22

Dec. 17

Dec. 29-30

Feb. 19

Feb. 17

Feb. 22

Feb. 16

Feb. 16

Jan. 21

Apr. 10

Feb. 6

Apr. 1-2

Feb. 23

Mar. 28

Feb. 27

Apr. 23 

Feb. 21

Feb. 14

Jan. 15

Apr. 5 

Feb. 28

Har. 30

liar. 10

Dec. 1

Apr. 29

Har. 9

Har. 9

Mar. 28 

Mar. 14

Apr. 3 

Jan. 22

Apr. 6 

Feb. 27 

Jan. 18

Feb. 5 

Mar. 28 

Apr. 2 

Apr. 5 

Feb. 8

Sage

height

ifeet)

40.8

-

20.3

19.1

33.8

-

_

_

_

-

18.6

37.6

22.3

24.3

-

6.50

20.95

18.30

22.35

30.30

32.50

29.90

15.50

19.60

30.00

22.50

37.40

43.80

46.7

21.70

32.70

32.55

16.05

13.80

35.4

32.4

21.6 

26.89

12.7

20.7

22.4 

35.3

36.2

32.8

15.4

33.2

24.80

28.5

22.9 

22.0

26.3

41.4

31.1 

32.9 

27.5

22.9 

28.7 

44.4 

22.3 

29.9

Evansville, 

Ind. b/

187.2

329.2

Day

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

Dec. 20

Feb. 28

Aug. 9-10

Jan. 31

Jan. 23

Dec. 18-19

Dec. 30-31

Feb. 21

Feb. 19

Feb. 24

Feb. 19

Feb. 18-19

Jan. 23

Apr. 14

Feb. 8-9

Apr. 3-4

Feb. 25,

Nov. 30

Har. 30-31

Har. 2

Apr. 25-28 

Feb. 24

Feb. 19

Jan. 17-18

Apr. 7-8 

Har. 2-3

Apr. 2-3

Mar. 12

Dec. 3

Apr. 30,

May 1 

Har. 11,

Dec. 22

Mar. 11

Apr. 3-4 

Mar. 17

Apr. 6 

Jan. 24-25

Apr. 8-9 

Har. 2 

Jan. 27

Feb. 9 

Har. 31

Apr. 5 

Apr. 8 

Feb. 11

Gage

height

(feet)

46.29

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

f34.6

29.2

41.9

43.3

41.5

31.8

37.3

42.1

38.9

44.9

47.8

48.0

37.5

43.4

43.2

35.2

29.0

44.4

42.8

38.2 

41.8

31.8

35.5

38.0 

43.6

44.8

42.7

33*6

41.8

40.0

42.4

39.8 

37.4

41.1 

46.2

42.2 

43.2 

38.6

38.8 

42.6 

48.4 

38.0 

42.6

Shawneetown, 

111. o/

121.7

309.1

Day

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

Aug. 12

_

_

_

_

-

_

Feb. 28

Feb. 25

Feb. 24

-

_

_

_

-

Mar. 7

_

Apr. 29 

Hay 12

_

-

Mar. 16

Apr. 3

Mar. 17

-

Hay 3

_

Feb. 14

Apr. 5

Jan. 28

Oct. 10

Apr. 19 

Apr. 10 

Apr. 5 

Apr. 10 

Feb. 13

Sage

height

(feet)

51,2

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

_

51.2

_

-

-

_

_

_

 .

46.8

_

-

_

_

-

_

51.2

55.8

56

-

_

-

_

-

48.8

_

40.8 

46.2

-

-

g49.6

g53.3

§44.9

-

g42.0

_

g41.1

g48.2

g52.9

f27.6

39.2 

47.9 

58.9 

38.2 

44.0

Padueah, Ky. b/

45.0

286.26

Day

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

Har. 21

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

Har. 21

Feb. 5

Jan. 27

Apr. 29

Jan. 25

Har. 22-23

Feb. 23-24

Feb. 26

Feb. 25

Feb. 23

Jan. 25

Apr. 17

Har. 8

Apr. 4-6

Feb. 26

Har. 11

Har. 4

AT>r. 29 

Feb. 27

Feb. 15-16

Jan. 20-21

Apr. 11 

Har. 24-25

Apr. 6

Apr. 4-5

Har. 15-16

May 1

Har. 15-16

Mar. 15-16

Apr. 4 

Har. 17-18

Apr. 8 

Jan. 26

Feb. 26 

Har. 5-6

Bar. 11-13

Apr. 20 

Apr. 8-11 

Apr. 7 

Apr. 9-10 

Feb. 11-12

Oage

height

(feet)

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

51.97

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

44.33

44.92

38.83

29.00

38.83

44.00

40.60

49.95

50.70

54.25

38.00

50.40

46.80

40.60

31.40

48.50

45.30

42.9 

44.3

36.3

32.8

37.3 

50.9

47.3

43.8

30.9

39.4

39.7

47.6

44.7 

33.6

40.5 

45.7

40.9 

44.5 

36.2

42.6 

49.9 

54.3 

36.4 

42.3

Cairo, 111. b/

0

270.9

Day

-

July

_

June 21

May 7

Jan. 23

Apr. 24-25

May 2

Hay 2

Mar. 19

May 1

Mar. 21

Hay 19

-

Apr. 30

Har. 6

Apr. 19-20

Feb. 26

Apr. 26

Aug. 8

Apr. 6-7

Apr. 15

Apr. 29

Dec. 31

Har. 22

Apr. 20

Feb. 26

Feb. 27

Feb. 22-24

Jan. 26

Apr. 19

Mar. 9-10

Apr. 4-5

June 24

Har. 12

Mar. 4-6

Apr. 28 

Hay 9

Feb. 16

Jan. 21-22

Apr. 13 

Mar. 25-26

Apr. 6

Apr. 2

Mar. 17

May 1-2

Har. 17

Har. 16-17

Apr. 5 

May 24

Apr. 9 

Jan. 27

Har. 19

Mar. 16-17 

Har. 15

Apr. 21 

Apr. 6-7 

Apr. 7 

Apr. 10 

Feb. 12

Sage

height

(feet)

-

46.8

_

49.53

46.49

37.26

43.16

50.76

33.56

47.90

42.30

50.97

45.64

-

38.79

43.50

39.20

41.55

47.37

45.12

46.38

40.52

37.04

36.50

44.60

45.80

51.87

52.17

51.79

39.00

51.02

48.50

45.35

34.53

48.80

46.21

48.29 

49.33

37.00

33.00

39.20 

51.72

49.78

46.24

39.17

43.20

42.14

50.57

49.10 

38.56

46.90 

50.33

45.55 

47.27 

42.15

45.39 

53.94 

54.69 

41.32 

45.56

a Dpper gage at Lock Ho. 41, Corps of Engineers, 

u. s. Army.

b Oorps of Engineers, D. S. Anty, gage.

c City of Shawneetown gage; records by 0. S. 

Weather Bureau.

d Miles above Cairo, 111.

e Altitude, in feet, above mean sea 

level, 1907 adjustment.

f Records incomplete; maximum for year 

may have been greater.

g From records of Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army.
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 32. Maximum animal stages on the Ohio River, Louisville to Cairo Continued

Mile d/.......

Sage zero jj/..

Tear

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Louisville, 

KJT. a/

372.7

403.0

DayJan. 15

Mar. 19

Feb. 14

Jan. 7

Mar. 23

Dec. 28

liar. 19

Feb. 6

Jan. 7

Feb. 19

Dec. 30

Jan. 27

July 3

liar. 5

Jan. 16

Apr. 8

Feb. b

liar. 23-24

Mar. 11

Mar. 18

Mar. 29

Jan. 27

Sage

height

(feet)

31.2

30.5

26.7

27.5

31.5

32.3

30.2

27.0

32.9

18.4

26.1

35.6

22.1

28.4

19.8

19.0

29.7

39.1

21.9

30.0

36.6

57.1

Evansville, 

Ind. b/

187.2

329.2

Day

Jan. 18

Mar. 22

Feb. 17

Dec. 16-17

Mar. 25

Dec. 30

Mar. 21

Feb. 7-8

Jan. 11

Feb. 21-22

Dec. 31

Jan. 29-30

July 5

Mar. 11

Jan. 17-18

Apr. 11

Feb. 7

Mar. 27

Mar. 13

Mar. 20

Mar. 31,

Apr. 1

Jan. 31

Qage

height

(feet)

43.6

42.9

39.8

42.3

42.8

43.1

42.9

42.2

43.5

33.4

41.1

44.8

38.4

42.1

39.9

34.7

43.2

45.2

38.5

42.9

44.4

53.75

Shawneetown,

111. £/

121.7

309.1

Day

Jan. 20,22

Feb. 8

Mar. 24

Feb. 25

Dec. 18-19

Mar. 27

Dec. 31

Mar. 25

Feb. 9

Jan. 14

HOT. 18

Dec. 31

Feb. 2

July 7

Mar. 11

Jan. 20-21

Dec. 21

Feb. 10-11

Mar. 31,

Apr. 1

_

-

_

Feb. 1

Qage

height

(feet)

47.1

47.1

45.5

40.0

41.6

45.7

43.4

47.3

41.8

43.9

31.7

37.6

47.9

37.0

43.8

45.8

33.6

45.1

49.9

_

-

_

65.5

Paduean, Ky. J>/

45.0

286.26

Day

Jan. 18-19

Mar. 25-26

Feb. 25-26

Mar. 22

Mar. 28

Dec. 31

Mar. 24

Feb. 11,13

Jan. 13-14

Feb. 26

Dec. 31

Apr. 18

July 8

Mar. 14-15

Jan. 19

Dec. 21

Feb. 12-13

Apr. 3

Mar. 15

Mar. 23

Apr. 15

Feb. Z

Sage

height

(feet )

45.7

47.1

36.6

42.8

45.3

35.5

48.85

42.8

42.7

33.6

42.2

47.2

39.6

45.0

40.5

34.5

46.8

47.3

39.3

45.4

49.2

60.60

Cairo, 111. .fa/

0

270.9

Day

Feb. 4

Apr. 4-5

Feb. 25

liar. 24

Mar. 31

Apr. 3-4

Mar. 26

Mar. 21-22

Jan. 14-15

Feb. 27

Dec. 31

Apr. 20

July 5-7

Hay 19

Jan. 19

Dec. 21-22

Feb. 15,17

Apr. 5

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

Apr. 16

Feb. 4

Qage

height

(feet)

53.21

49.95

39.83

48.45

51.40

38.50

53.60

46.60

43.7

37.60

44.30

56.4

45.5

52.7

44.25

38.7

49.06

51.87

41.25

49.9

52.8

59.51

a Upper gage at Lock Bo. 41, Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Amy.

b Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy, gage.

c City of Shawneetown gage; records by IT. S. 

Weather Bureau.

d Miles above Cairo, 111. 

e Altitude, in feet, above mean sea 

level, 1907 adjustment.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 643

profile of crest stages on the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cairo, 

111., for the flood of January-February 1937, and the profile established 

by the crest stages of previous floods.

A summary of floods on the Ohio River, which describes the causes 

and the characteristics is given in a report on the Ohio River by the 

Corps of Engineers, United States Army.*

Allegheny River Basin

Several floods of record in the Allegheny River Basin have exceeded 

those of January-February 1937 in both gage height and discharge. Information of previous floods in this basin up to and including the floods of 

March 1936 is summarized in Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 800 (pp. 

340-342).

Monongahela River Baain

The floods of January-February 1937 were not particularly outstanding 

at most places in the Monongahela River Basin. Brief descriptions and 

tabulations of comparative data on the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers 

are given in Water-Supply Paper 800 (pp. 342-343). Tabulations of flood 

data prior to and including the year 1934 for both the Allegheny and 

Monongahela River Basins are given in Water-Supply Paper 771 (pp. 168-176).

Beaver River Basin

The greatest flood of record in the Beaver River Basin was that of 

March 1913. Since that time there have not been any flood heights that 

have approached even closely those of the 1913 flood. The completion In 

1934 of Pymatuning Reservoir, which controls the flow from 158 square 

miles on the Shenango River, was influential in lowering the floods of 

1936 and 1937.

The following table gives the maximum annual stage and discharge, if 

known, at indicated places on the Beaver River and Shenango River.

* 74th Cong., 1st. sess., H. Doc. 306, pp. 71-74, 1936.
644 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Maximum annual gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, 

at indicated places in the Beaver River Basin

Year

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Beaver River 

at Beaver Palls, Pa. a/

Day

Apr. 30

Mar. 3

Oct. 2

Aug. 26

Mar. 27

May 13

Feb. 2

Mar. 27

Jan. 6

Feb. 20

May 11

Mar. 13

Mar. 8

Apr. 15

May 13

June 29

Feb. 10

Feb. 26

Dec. 14

July 20

Apr. 5

Jan. 13

Apr. 4

Jan. 18

Mar. 15

Aug. 9

Jan. 22

Mar. 25

Jan. 25

Gage height

10.5

12.8

12.9

10.6

17.4

11.0

12.2

10.8

9.6

11.1

10.7

11.3

8.2

9.5

10.1

10.3

9.0

10.3

13.1

9.2

12.3

10.5

7.8

9.3

11.7

9.7

8.6

12.1

13.8

Shenango River at Sharon, Pa.

Day

Mar. 2

Sept. 16

Mar. 30

Mar. 26

May 13

Feb. 2

Mar. 28

Jan. 6

Mar. 15

May 11

Mar. 13

Nov. 3

Apr. 1

Jan. 22

Jan. 12

Feb. 10

Feb. 27

Dec. 2

Feb. 9

Apr. 5

Jan. 14

Apr. 4

Jan. 18

Mar. 15

Mar. 6

Jan. 22

Mar. 25

Jan. 26

Gage height

12.81

12.48

9.80

18.1

11.52

11.69

11.86

10.10

12.60

12.5

13.3

8.80

8.8

8.9

10.80

11.3

9.64

12.30

9.38

12.00

10.5

7.15

8.82

10.65

9.62

b7.73

13.40

13.52

Discharge

13,400

12,100

7,560

25,200

9,080

9,460

8,980

6,180

10,400

11,300

13,200

4,690

4,690

4,810

7,340

8,130

5,660

9,760

5,410

9,250

6,900

3,000

4,680

7,050

5,670

3,490

11,900

13,300

a U. S. Weather Bur. record.

b Maximum gage height, 9.36 feet. Feb. 17; affected by ice.

Continuous records of stage and discharge of the Mahoning River, the 

head of the Beaver River, are available only since 1921, when the Geological Survey established a station at the Bridge Street Bridge in Youngstown, Ohio. The flood of 1937 was the greatest during the period of record but was exceeded by the greatest known flood, that of March 1913, by 

11.6 feet. Altitudes, in feet above mean sea level, reached during the 

floods of 1913 and 1937 were 853.0 and 841.4 feet, respectively.

Altitudes above mean sea level, reached during the flood of 1913 at 

towns in the vicinity of Youngstown, furnished by E. P. Haseltine, civil 

engineer of Youngstown, are listed below:

Niles, Ohio, Pennsylvania R. R. station...... 868.3

Girard, Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio R, R. station. 862.9

Youngstown, Ohio, Bridge Street Bridge....... 853.0

Youngstown, Ohio, Homer Baldwin's mill....... 847.8

Lowellville, Ohio............................ 814.6

Altitudes above mean sea level, reached during various floods on the 

Mahoning River at Homer Baldwin's mill in Youngstown, Ohio, are given below. These data also were furnished by E. P. Haseltine.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 645

1878 .................

1884 .................

1901 .................

1904 .................

1910 .................

1913. March 26 ........

Altitude 

........ 836.7

........ 838.2

........ 837.5

........ 841.5

O«ZC) <Z

........ 847.8

Muskingum River Basin

In the Muskingum River Basin the flood of 1913 far exceeded any previously known flood, and the stages and discharges have been determined 

at many places. Continuous records of discharge of the Geological Survey 

in the Muskingum River Basin do not antedate 1921. Discharge records 

prior to that time are scattered and meager. Records of stage at stations 

of the Weather Bureau are also comparatively short and do not afford a 

comprehensive knowledge of known floods prior to 1913.

Little Kanawha River Basin

The lower reaches of the Little Kanawha River are subject to greater 

and more frequent inundation by backwater from the Ohio River than from 

floods arising within its own basin. Backwater from the great Ohio River 

flood of March 1913 overtopped Dam No. 4, 31 miles from the mouth, to a 

depth of 8 feet and extended to Dam No. 5, 40 miles from the mouth.

Records of stage have been kept on the Little Kanawha River at Glenville, W. Va., and Creston, W. Va., since 1900. The record of maximum 

annual stages at Glenville is presented in the following table.

Maximum annual stage, in feet, of the Little 

Kanawha River at Glenville, W. Va. a/

Date

1901, Apr. 4

1902, Dec. 16

1903, Feb. 28

1904, Mar. 23

1905, Mar. 10

1906, Dec. 18

1907, Jan. 9

1908, May 10

1909, Feb. 16, May 1

1910, Jan. 7

1911, Jan. 30

1912, July 22

1913, July 16

1914, Feb. 19

1915, Oct. 1

1916, Jan. 12

1917, Jan. 22

1918, Mar. 13

1919, Jan. 2

Stage

24.3

16.2

18.6

b9.0

23.5

14.6

21.2

15.0

12.0

15.0

20.1

16.6

23.0

21.4

24.0

28.2

28.5

32.9

27.4

Date

1920, July 25

1921, Dec. 24

1922, June 18

1923, Feb. 2, Dec. 31

1924, May 12

1925, May 12

1926, Nov. 16

1927, Feb. 19

1928, June 30

1929, Oct. 3

1930, Feb. £

1931, Aug. 22

1932, Feb. 5

1933, Mar. 19

1934, Mar. 3

1935, Aug. 8

1936, Mar. 25

1937, Jrin. 23

Stage

27.4

26.4

22.8

23.8

29.7

22.5

33.6

22.8

19.6

23.9

16.8

18.0

27.8

21.5

22.5

28.2

24.8

25.1

a Records of U. S. Weather Bur.

b Probably not the maximum; no record Apr.

77596 O 38 42

1 to July 11.
646 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Hocking River Basin

Records of floods in the Hocking River at Athens, Ohio, prior to the 

establishment of a Geological Survey river-measurement station in May, 

1915, are discussed on pages 5 and 11 of a report by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, entitled "Hocking River, Ohio."*

The following table shows the maximum annual stages and discharges, 

where known, reached during the recorded major floods of the Hocking 

River at Athens, Ohio.

Maximum annual observed stages and discharges of 

Hocking River at Athens, Ohio

Date

1873

1884

1907, January

1913

1915, Dec. 18

1916, May 8

1917, Jan. 23

1918, Mar. 14

1919, Nov. 28

1920, Apr. 21

1921, Dec. 25

1922, Apr. 16

1923, .Dec. 24

1924, Mar. 30

Stage 

(feet)

23

24

a26.7

24

17.9

16.5

16.4

17.9

19.1

19.2

20.9

21.8

16.6

18.6

Discharge 

(Second-feet)

_

-

b 50, 000

-

12,800

10,100

9,960

12,800

16,100

16,500

24,000

28,700

10,300

14,600

Date

1925, May 11

1926, Aug. 19

1927, Jan. 22

1928, June 22

1929, Nov. 19

1930, Mar. 9

1931, Apr. 5

1932, Jan. 3

1933, May 15

1934, Mar. 4

1935, Sept. 5

1936, Apr. 7

1937, Jan. 23

Stage 

(feet)

13.9

a!7.7

18.4

18.3

17.25

a!7.5

a!7.4

a!4.4

a!9.93

a!5.04

a!9.87

a!7.96

a22.65

Discharge 

(Second-feet)

6,700

12,300

14,000

13,700

11,300

11,900

11,700

7,220

19,300

7,950

19,300

13,000

33,200

a Crest.

b Computed by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Kanawha River Basin

Continuous records of stage and discharge in the Kanawha River Basin 

are relatively long, those on the main Kanawha River extending back to 

1877. A study of these records indicates that the discharges of the 

floods of January-February 1937 were not extraordinary and have been exceeded many times in the period of record. A general discussion of the 

past floods is contained in a report by the Corps of Engineers, United 

States Army, entitled "Kanawha River, W. Va., Va., and N. 0."*

The following table presents the discharges for the maximum annual 

floods of the Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls, W. Va.

* 73d Cong., 1st sess., H. Doc. 82, 1933.

t 74th Cong., 1st sess., H. Doc. 91, pp. 62-67, 1935.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 647

Mean daily and peak discharges, in second-feet, for maximum annual floods 

on the Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls, W. Va.

Date

1877, Nov. 25

1878, Sept. 14

1879, Jan. 13

1880, Feb. 14

1881, Feb. 11

1882, Jan. 22

1883, Apr. 1

1884, Feb. 10

1885, Jan. 17

1886, Apr. 1

1887, Jan. 25

1888, Sept. 17

1889, June 1

1890, Feb. 26

1891, Apr. 12

1892, Jan. 15

1893, May 4

1894, Feb. 4

1895, Apr. 9

1896, Mar. 51

1897, Feb. 23

1898, Aug. 10

1899, Mar. 5

1900, Nov. 26

1901, May 23

1902, Mar. 1

1903, Mar. 24

1904, Mar. 9

1905, July 13

Mean daily 

discharge

175,000

230,000

122,000

100,000

96,800

99,200

99,200

104,000

65,000

204,000

96,800

-

161,000

121,000

103,000

137,000

108,000

-

150,000

116,000

189,000

-

809,000

-

232,000

197,000

169,000

44,800

-

Peak

discharge

206,000

270,000

131,000

100,000

-

107,000

106,000

116,000

66,500

-

-

92,000

161,000

121,000

114,000

137,000

129,000

74,000

154,000

117,000

192,000

127,000

210,000

159,000

242,000

198,000

171,000

-

121,000

Date

1906, Jan. 24

1907, June 14

1908, Feb. 16

1909, Apr. 15

1910, June 17

1911, Jan. 30

1912, Mar. 16

1913, Mar. 28

1914, Dec. 6

1915, Jan. 8

1916, July 17

1917, Mar. 5

1918, Mar. 13

1919, Jan. 2

1920, Jan. 23

1921, Dec. 24

1922, Feb. 21

1923, Feb. 3

1924, May 13

1925, Feb. 16

1926, Nov. 16

1927, Feb. 24

1928, May 1

1929, Oct. 3

1930, Feb. 6

1931, Apr. 5

1932, July 5

1933, Mar. 20

1934, Mar. 5

1935, Jan. 23

1936, Mar. 18

1937, Jan. 21

Mean daily 

discharge

144,000

152,000

137,000

60,000

97,600

-

92,000

173,000

67,200

129,000

146,000

134,000

-

148,000

97,000

74,600

-

-

126,000

41,700

129,000

90,000

74,000

139,000

46,100

50,300

64,700

73,500

153,000

123,000

142,000

113,000

Peak 

discharge

147,000

-

147,000

67,200

102,000

96,000

118,000

184,000

67,200

133,000

219,000

-

166,000

174,000

-

-

78,200

104,000

-

-

-

-

-

168,000

-

-

113,000

78,500

168,000

159,000

150,000

118,000

Flood stages in the lower reaches of the Kanawha River are affected 

by backwater from the Ohio River as well as by high discharges from the 

Kanawha River. Such a combination of conditions existed in the floods of 

January-February 1937, as is indicated by the record at the mouth, Point 

Pleasant, *. Va., where the stage equaled the maximum for the flood of 

March 1913. During the latter flood the effect of backwater from the 

Ohio River reached to the foot of Kanawha Falls, 95 miles from the mouth.

Guyandot River Basin

In this basin the valleys are generally narrow, and on both banks 

the hills paralleling the river and tributaries rise abruptly in steep 

slopes from the narrow banks of the streams. Floods are relatively less 

destructive than in adjacent basins. Records of stage and discharge are 

available at Branchland, W. Va. for the periods July 1915 to September 

1922 and December 1928 to date. The Guyandot River at Branchland, W. Va., 

reached on January 21, 1937, a stage of 25.77 feet, with a discharge of
648 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

19,300 second-feet, and on January 29, 1918, a stage of 39.24 feet, with 

a discharge of 36,900 second-feet. The maximum known stage at this place 

is about 44 feet and probably occurred in 1907.

Big Sandy River Basin

Floods in the Big Sandy River Basin are generally most serious along 

the main stream. Flooding is also caused more or less frequently by backwater from Ohio River floods, the effect of which may extend upstream as 

far as Louisa, W. Va., a distance of 27 miles. Records of discharge are 

few and short but in no instance did the floods of January-February 1937 

exceed the known maxima. Stage records are also few and relatively short. 

Records of previous floods have been discussed in a report of the Corps 

of Engineers, United States Army, entitled "Big Sandy River, W. Va., Ky., 

and Va. H *

Scioto River Basin

The flood of January 1957 was not a record-breaking flood on the 

Scioto River. It is certain that higher stages and higher flows occurred 

in 1898, 1907, and 1913. Several other floods since 1833 were probably 

as great or greater than the flood of 1937.

The most complete record of previous floods is at Circleville, Ohio, 

where the greatest floods since 1860 have been marked at a site not far 

from the present gage of the United States Weather Bureau. As riverchannel conditions have not changed greatly during the period of record, 

the stages should be comparable. Records of notable floods for the period 1833 to 1913 were obtained from a report entitled "Flood relief for 

the Scioto Valley", by J. W. Alvord and C. B. Burdick, and together with 

data for 1937 are presented in the following table.

Records of previous floods at Circleville, Ohio

Date

1833

1860

1866, September

1868

1870, January

1884

1898, March

1904, January

1907, March

1913, March

1924, March

1927, March

1929, February

1933, May

1937, January

Altitude 

(feet)

665.7

665.1

665.7

665.1

665.8

666.3

668.7

667.0

666.3

671.2

663.3

663.2

665.4

664.3

665.3

Discharge 

(second- feet)

87,000

78 ,000

87,000

78,000

88,000

100,000

147,000

113,000

100,000

220,000

-

-

-

-

-

* 74th Gong., 1st sess., H. Doc. 245, pp. 48-50, 1935.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 649

Daily records of stage have been collected by the United States 

Weather Bureau at Columbus, Ohio, since 1896. Because of the different 

locations of the gages, levees constructed in earlier years, and channel 

improvements made in 1917 or 1918 the stages do not indicate the relative 

magnitudes of the flood flows. The maximum observed stages and corresponding discharges at Columbus are shown in the following table:

Stage, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of previous floods 

in the Scioto River at Columbus, Ohio

Date

1898, Mar. 23

1899, Jan. 14

1899, Jan. 15

1900, Mar. 7

1901, Mar. 11

1901, July 5

1902, Dec. 17

1903, Mar. 1

1904, Jan. 22

1904, Apr. 2

1905, May 12

1906, Mar. 27

1907, Mar. 14

1908, Feb. 15

1909, Feb. 24

1910, Mar. 1

1911, Jan. 30

1911, Dec. 13

1912, Feb. 26

1912, Mar. 30

1913, Mar. 25

1913, Mar. 25

Stage

a21.3

13.2

14.5

10.0

9.5

8.5

9.0

15.8

17.5

18.6

14.0

a!5.7

a!9.0

a!8.5

18.7

a!9.5

12.0

13.4

a!5.5

16.0

a22.9

C25.9

Discharge

75,000

23,980

-

16,470

-

12,540

10,500

25,200

34,850

-

18,650

26,000

37,000

35,000

36,000

39,000

16,500

-

25,500

-

b!38,000

b!38,000

Date

1914, Apr. 8

1915, July 17

1916, Mar. 28

1917, July 14

1918, Feb. 13

1922, Apr. 15

1923, May 13

1924, Mar. 29

1925, Mar. 20

1926, Apr. 9

1927, Mar. 2

1928, Dec. 1

1929, Feb. 26

1930, Jan. 10

1931, Aug. 14

1932, Jan. 17

1933, May 14

1934, Mar. 5

1935, May 3

1936, Feb. 27

1937, Jan. 15

Stage

12.2

18.1

18.3

12.8

16.0

a20.3

al9.0

a22.6

a!4.2

a79.0

a24.7

21.7

23.8

21.7

12.9

18.2

24.3

12.0

15.8

20.9

24.5

Discharge

_

-

-

-

-

22,700

18,800

30,900

9,050

18,800

39,600

27,400

35,900

27,400

7,020

16,900

37,800

5,500

11,500

24,700

38,800

a Crest.

b Estimated by Franklin County Conservancy District.

c At site of Geological Survey gage.

Note.- Stages for 1898-1918 are for Mound Street gage and were obtained from reports of U. S. Weather Bureau and report entitled "Flood protection for the city of Columbus, Ohio", by J. W. Alvord and C. B. Burdick. 

Zero of gage is 693.47 feet above mean sea level. Discharges for 1898- 

1918 were obtained from the report by Alvord and Burdick. Crest stages 

for period 1922-37 are for Geological Survey gage, ij miles below the 

Mound Street gage. Zero of gage is 680.40 feet above mean sea level.

The following data on earlier floods on the Scioto River at Columbus, 

Ohio, were obtained from "Flood protection for the city of Columbus, 

Ohio", by J. W. Alvord and C. B. Burdick.

1828, January 8.- The first noteworthy flood on record occurred in 

1828 and is mentioned in Caleb Atwater's quaint "History of Ohio." 

Atwater's observations of the Scioto River may safely be taken as extending back about twenty years previous to 1827, as his history which was 

published at Cincinnati in 1838 bears evidence of his long residence in 

the State and of careful first-hand study of many parts of the State, including the Scioto River.

1865, September 14.- The levees were low at this time and the flood 

water covered all of the west side of the city except the high ground at 

the corner of Broad and Sandusky Streets. "The water rose to the top of 

the foundation wall of the house at No. 40 South Belle Street. This 

would correspond with a level of 30.42 feet, city datum (altitude, 710.80 

feet above mean sea level)."
650 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

1870, January 1.- It is known that the levees were higher at this 

time than in 1865, as they were not overtopped when an ice jam formed at 

the Hocking Valley Bridge, shortly before the flood, which raised the 

water about 12 feet or to a level of about 32.0 feet city datum. As the 

levees were overtopped and all of the west side flooded except the high 

ground at Broad and Sandusky Streets, this flood was higher than the flood 

of 1865.

1870, February.- During this flood the water came in the windows of 

the Ohio Tool Co.'s shop, east of the river and north of Broad Street. 

This would be about 34.28 feet city datum, or an altitude of 714.66 feet 

above mean sea level. The flood was caused by heavy rains as well as 

snow that was on the ground.

1885, February 19.- This flood was caused by heavy rains and snow 

and ice on the ground. No ice gorges were reported during the flood, but 

there was much floating ice in the river. The water rose to the middle 

sash of the windows of the Ohio Tool Co.'s shop, which corresponds to a 

level of 37.23 feet city datum, or 717.61 feet above mean sea level. All 

of the west side of the city was flooded except the high ground at Broad 

and Sandusky Streets.

1898, March 25.- The flood of March 1898 was greatest flood of which 

there is record prior to the flood of 1913. The stage was about 2.75 

feet higher than any previously recorded flood. Levees were overtopped 

and broken, and the entire valley above and below the city was submerged. 

The flood was. caused by 2.25 to 3.5 inches of rain in 48 hours on the 

basin above Columbus, with the river already at a high stage due to previous rains. The altitude at the Ohio Tool Co.'s shop is not known, but 

the water rose to the middle of the upper sash of the windows.

1915, March 25.- The flood of March 1913 was the greatest and the 

most disastrous flood on the Scioto River and the only one that flooded 

most of the high ground at Broad and Sandusky Streets. It was caused by 

very heavy rainfall from March 23 to 27, an average of 9.14 inches on the 

basin above Columbus. "By far the most serious result of the March flood 

was the loss of 93 lives and the untold suffering of upwards of 20,000 

people, who were imprisoned in their homes, many of them as long as 4 

days." The damage to property in Columbus was conservatively estimated 

at $5,622,000.

The following information relating to previous floods on the Scioto 

River at Chillicothe was obtained from "Flood relief for the Scioto 

Valley", by J. W. Alvord and C. B. Burdick. The floods of 1898, 1907,
PREVIOUS FLOODS 651

and 1913 are the only ones mentioned that menaced the city. The floods 

of 1898 and, 1907 did very little damage, as they did not affect the main 

part of the town. The residential section in the lower or east end of 

the town was flooded by water that backed in from the river on the east. 

The heavy damage caused by the flood of 1913 was due to torrential 

currents through the business and residential section. The altitude, in 

feet above mean sea level, reached during the flood of March 1913 was 

633.8 feet at the Bridge Street gage. The floods of 1898 and 1907 were 

about 9 and 11 feet, respectively, lower than the flood of 1913.

The altitude at the Bridge Street gage in the 1937 flood was 621.7 

feet thus showing that the 1913 flood exceeded the January 1937 flood by 

12.1 feet.

Licking River Basin

Systematic observations of stage began at Palmouth, Ky., on the Licking River, in 1887 and at other points on the Licking River and on the 

South Pork of the Licking River in 1915. The elevations of the crest of 

some notable floods in earlier years have been determined from floodmarks 

known to residents. General information as to floods before 1887 appears 

in several publications, particularly in a history of Kentucky by R. H. 

Collins.

Table 33 gives the altitude reached by floods at various places in 

the Licking River Basin.

The earliest recorded flood is that of 1847, when small streams rose 

so rapidly during the night of December 10 that people were forced to 

leave their homes in many places, particularly along the North Pork of the 

Licking River and on Hinkston Creek. Following the rise of the tributaries, flood conditions are reported to have been general along the Licking River.

The flood of March 1854 was the greatest known prior to that of 1937 

and caused great damage at Sherburne, Ky., and various other places. 

Highways were destroyed and traffic interrupted for weeks.

No mention is found of major floods from 1855 to 1882. It appears 

that high water occurred in 1867 and that in April 1872 flood conditions 

prevailed in parts of the basin. In February 1883 extreme high water occurred on Slate Creek and other streams in the central portion of the 

Licking River Basin and at places on the South Fork. Much damage was 

reported at Wyoming, Farmers, and Cynthiana, Ky. During February 1884 

very high stages occurred on the South Fork, but flood conditions on the 

Licking River were less pronounced.
652 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

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The flood of February 1909 was of notable magnitude In the lower 

part of the basin, where It Is known to have been exceeded only twice.

On the Licking River the floods of January and March 1913 were nearly equal In stage and were of moderate proportions. On the South Fork 

the March flood was the greater and caused some damage. In February 1918, 

with only moderately high discharge, an Ice Jam caused the highest known 

stage In the vicinity of Farmers.

The flood of December 1921 was confined largely to the lower parts 

of the Licking River and to the South Fork. On the latter stream the 

stages were the second highest known. In contrast, the flood of January 

1927 was confined to the upper river, with the highest known open-water 

stage at Farmers and the highest floodmarks of record at West Liberty. 

At Salyersville, near the head of Licking River, the highest known flood 

occurred in 1926. Stages farther downstream were only moderately high in 

that year.

A very destructive flood, with crest at Farmers on June 30 and at 

Catawba on July 1, 1928, was notable as the greatest known during the 

growing season. Great damage was caused by the overflow of extensive 

areas of crops.

In the upper reaches of the river the stages in March 1935 reached 

notable heights, and some overflow took place. Only a moderate rise occurred in the central and lower parts of the basin.

Other floods are listed in table 33 for comparison, but these were 

not serious in results or notable in other ways, with the exception of 

the flood of January 1937. The crests of the flood of 1937, as described 

previously in this report, exceeded all previous stages in the central 

and lower portions of the Licking River Basin.

Miami River Basin

The great Ohio River flood of March 1913 was especially excessive 

and disastrous in the Miami River Basin. Since that flood the construction of retarding basins and the improvement of channels, completed in 

1922, have so altered run-off conditions that records of later flood 

stages and discharges are not directly comparable to the records of the 

floods of 1913 and earlier years. The flood of 1913 and major previous 

floods in the Miami River Basin above the Whitewater River have been described in reports of the Miami Conservancy District.*

* The Miami Valley and the 1913 flood: Miami Conservancy District 

 Tech. Repts., pt. 1, 1917.
654 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

The following list of stages of previous floods of the Miami River 

at Dayton, Ohio, was furnished by the Miami Conservancy District.

1805,

1814,

1828,

1832,

1847,

1866,

1882.

1883.

1884.

1893,

1897.

1898.

1903.

1904.

1904,

1904.

1905.

1906.

1907.

1907,

1907.

1908.

1908,

1908,

1908.

1909.

1910.

1910,

March - 

August 

Jan. 8--- 

FebruaryJan. 2--- 

Sept. 19- 

Feb. 21-- 

Feb. 5 

Feb. 7 

May 2 

Mar. 6 

Mar. 23-- 

Mar. 1 

Jan. 22-- 

Mar. 27-- 

Apr. 2 

May 12--- 

Mar. 27-- 

Jan. 5--- 

Jan. 20-- 

Mar. 14-- 

Feb. 15-- 

Mar. 2 

Mar. 6--- 

Mar. 19-- 

Feb. 25-- 

Jan. 18-- 

Feb. 28--

20,0

16.0

18.0

18.0

19.0

21.3

15.6

19.0

13.0

15.8

16.3

19.7

11.8

12.5

14.8

11.2

11.0

13.2

13.3

12.5

15.2

16.1

14.3

14.4

11.0

13.8

12.6

15.7

1910,

1912,

1912,

1912,

1913,

1913,

1913,

1915,

1916,

1916,

1916,

1916,

1916,

1917,

1918,

1919,

1920,

1924,

1924,

1927,

1929,

1929,

1930,

1933,

1933,

1936,

1937,

1937,

Oct. 7 -

Feb. 27 -

Mar. 15 -

Mar. 30 -

Jan. 8 -

Mar. 25 -

Apr. 4- -

July 9 -

Jan. 2- -

Jan. 13 -

Feb. 1 -

Mar. 27 -

May 7 -

Mar. 14- -

Feb. 13 -

Mar. 18 -

Apr. 21 -

Mar. 29 -

June 9 - -

May 22 -

Jan. 19 -

Feb. 27 -

Jan. 9 -

Jan. 1- - -

May 14 -

Feb. 27 --- 

Jan. 15- - 

Jan. 22- 

Stage a.

(feet)

- 16.1

. 14.5

. 11.2

. 14.2

. 11.0

- 29.0

- 11.6

. 11.3

. 14.2

- 11.0

- 14.8

. 12.0

- 11.8

. 10.5

. 11.5

. 12.7

. 16.2

. 12.3

. 13.4

- 12.8

- 11.2

- 14.4

- 12.7

- 11.9

. 14.1

. 10.6

. 14.0

. 14.6

a Zero of gage lowered 2.73 feet in 1922.

This list probably shows all floods that had discharges of 75,000 

second-feet or more since 1804. For smaller floods it is complete from 

December 1892 to the present.

The Whitewater River enters the Miami River about 5 miles above its 

mouth, and its drainage basin is chiefly in Indiana.

Continuous records of stage on the Whitewater River are available 

since 1915. General information regarding some major floods in previous 

years is found in reports of the Weather Bureau, the Corps of Engineers, 

United States Army, and in newspaper files.

The following table shows the maximum stages, in feet, of floods on 

the Whitewater River and the West Fork of the Whi-tewatel- River.

Date

1913, Mar. 26 

1916, January 

1927, March 

1929, February 

1930, January 

1933, March 

1933, May 

1937, Jan. 14, 15 

1937, Jan. 21

West Fork of 

Whitewater 

River near 

Alpine, Ind.

14.80 

12.89 

11.92 

14.76 

16.61 

15.23

Whitewater 

River at 

Brookville, 

Ind.

a43.5 

17.3 

15.6 

25.6 

16.5 

19.31 

18.07 

22.80 

22.44

a Records of U. S. Weather Bureau.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 655

Old accounts state that the flood of January 1847 was the greatest 

up to that time and that the Whitewater River reached stages 10 or 11 

feet higher than for the preceding 33 years and 3 feet higher than In 

1813.

In September 1866, at Richmond, Ind., on the headwaters, It was reported that the stage was higher than ever before known. At Connersvllle, 

Ind., the stage exceeded that of 1847 by 3 feet and was the highest known 

prLor to 1913.

No Information appears as to the occurrence of any great floods between 1866 and 1913.

The center of the great storm of March 23-27, 1913, crossed the upper 

portion of the Whitewater River Basin. Total rainfall at Richmond, Ind., 

was 11.15 Inches, of which 9.47 Inches fell In 48 hours. The resulting 

flood greatly exceeded any occurring previously or later.

Below the mouth of the East Pork of the Whitewater River the flood 

of February 1929 exceeded slightly that of 1937 and was the greatest during the years for which records are available.

Kentucky River Basin

Continuous records of stage have been kept at some of the navigation 

locks on the Kentucky River since 1885. The crest stages of notable 

floods, beginning with 1817, were marked at Lock No. 4, at Frankfort, Ky., 

until 1883, when the timber on which the marks were recorded was washed 

away. A statement by the lockmaster at that time gives the approximate 

stages of these early floods as he remembered them. General information 

concerning early floods was obtained mainly from Collins 1 History of 

Kentucky.

Data on crest stages of previous floods at various places in the 

Kentucky River Basin are summarized in table 34.

The flood of March 1854 was notable on Elkhorn Creek, where mills 

and railroads were damaged. Hlghwater occurred at Frankfort, Ky., in 

1867, but the stage was not recorded. In April 1872, following severe 

stonns, the greatest floods since 1817 are reported to have occurred in 

the upper reaches of the river and on upper tributaries. In^March 1890 

the highest stage of record is said to have occurred on the Middle Fork 

of the Kentucky River.
Table 34. Stage, in feet, of recorded floods at indicated places in the 

Date

1817

1847

1854, March

1880, February

1883, February

1890, March

1907, January

1909, February

1912

1913, January

1913, March

1915, December

1917, January

1918, January

1920, January

1921, December

1922, February

1924, January

1926, December

1927, May

1928, June

1929, March

1932, January

1935, March

1937, January

North Pork of 

Kentucky Biver

Hazard a/

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

38.5

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

25.0

37.0

5.9

23.5

21.5

22.3

13.0

Jackson &/

_

-

-

-

-

_

21.2

-

_

-

_

_

30.5

35.0

30.0

_

-

-

_

41.9

_

38.9

-

36.2

26.0

Kentucky River

Beattyville a/

_

-

-

-

-

46.3

28.5

f20.0

-

32.0

39.9

36.5

33.5

g45.0

35.0

19.0

35.0

31.4

40.1

34.8

24.7

43.1

36.5

_

-

Lock 14, 

Heideltrarg _b/

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

19.8

32.6

26.0

_

27.0

-

29.8

27.0

_

34.4

27.9

28.5

21.4

Lock 10, 

Winchester b/

_

-

-

-

-

_

23.5

21.9

_

28.5

35.1

33.6

22.1

31.6

31.7

_

26.9

-

29.2

h24.8

_

31.6

28.5

30.1

30.65

Lock 6, 

Warwick 

i/

_

-

-

-

-

_

26.1

-

_

34.0

36.0

35.0

36.0

28.0

33.0

_

26.2

34.5

33.7

h23.8

_

29.8

28.3

31.9

43.35

Lock 4, 

Frankfort b/

d37.5

d37.0

d36.5

d37.0

e42.0

37.9

29.6

34.3

-

35.8

38.3

36.2

32.6

31.5

33.4

26.6

27.3

35.1

34.9

h25.5

29.5

30.4

30.9

33.5

47.46

Lock 

Lockp

is

_

-

-

-

-

41.

40.

43.

-

45.

45.

40.

37.

40.

39.

_

32.

41.

40.

-

_

34

37

38

56

a U. S. Weather Bureau gage.

b Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, upper gage.

c Stages at Lock 2 affected by backwater from Ohio River.

d Estimated from written statem

e Estimated; floodmark 1.5 mile

f 21.9 on Maroh 10.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 657 

Salt River Basin

Only scattered and brief records of stage in this basin have been 

kept, and these do not cover any periods of exceptional floods. Information obtained from reports of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, 

and from residents indicates that backwater from the Ohio River, when 

that river is in flood, is the chief cause of overflow in the lower portion of the Salt River Basin. Such conditions were most serious at the 

time of the floods of February 1884, March 1913, and January 1937 on the 

Ohio River. Flood conditions were also serious on the Salt River and 

Rolling Fork in March 1854, due in part to backwater from the Ohio River, 

and in January 1913.

The most destructive of known floods occurred in June 1928, when the 

stage was somewhat lower than in 1913. Large areas of growing crops were 

overflowed and destroyed or damaged.

The crest of the flood of 1937 on the Salt River exceeded that of any 

previous flood. On Rolling Fork, near its junction with the Salt River, 

the stage in 1884 appears to have been the maximum but exceeded those of 

1913 and 1937 only slightly.

Blue River Basin

Records of stage on the Blue River have been obtained for the years 

1910-12, 1914-16, and 1931-37. Little published information is available 

concerning floods in other periods. Losses in the basin due to floods 

have not been great. Observed flood stages for the Blue River near White 

Cloud, Ind., are as follows:

1910, October-------------

1913, March -_ 

1933, May 

1935, March-------------

1937, January 

a Above datum of former gage.

Old newspaper accounts indicate that a flood of considerable magnitude occurred in September 1866.

The flood of March 1913 was the greatest known before 1937 and was 

exceeded only slightly in that year.
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PREVIOUS FLOODS 659 

Green River Basin

Continuous records of stage at some of the navigation locks on the 

Green River have been kept since 1899. Records on the upper part of 

Green River begin in 1915 and for the Barren River in 1916. Table 35 

summarizes the records of known flood stages.

Great areas in this basin are subject to overflow during major 

floods. Backwater from the Ohio River, when that stream is In flood, extends far up the Green River. When floods occur together on the Green 

and Ohio Rivers, the backwater, In addition to Increasing the overflow 

along the lower Green River, has also the effect of prolonging the flood 

period in that area, as crests on the Ohio River occur later than those 

on the Green River.

Floods of such magnitude as to cause extensive inundation of rural 

areas and of towns have usually occurred in the winter or the early 

spring. In the upper part of the basin the stages of the flood of January 1913 are the maximum of record, but in the central and lower parts, 

they were exceeded In January 1937. The flood of March 1913 ranks third 

among known floods In the central part of the basin.

Information regarding floods prior to 1899 in the central and upper 

parts of the basin is not definite. Damages in the earlier major floods 

were apparently much less than In those of recent years, because the 

areas subject to overflow were more sparsely settled and less developed. 

The flood of March 1854 appears to have been of considerable proportions 

and on the Nolln River is said to have been only slightly below that of 

1937. In the lower portion of the basin overflow occurred during the 

time of major floods In the Ohio River, notably In February 1883, February 1884, March 1890, and March 1898.

Wabash River Basin

Systematic records of stage of the Wabash River begin with those of 

the United States Weather Bureau at Mount Carmel, 111., in 1885. Observations at other points are available since 1891, and fairly complete records of flood stages exist, beginning with 1913. Stages of some major 

floods at Terre Haute, Ind., prior to 1891 have been recorded. Other information here presented has been taken partly from floodmarks pointed 

out by old residents and, for the most part, from State and county 

histories and newspaper files.
660 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 36 gives the maximum stages of major floods at various points 

in the Wabash River Basin.

In 1828 there was a major flood, concerning which very little information is available other than at points somewhat above Terre Haute, where 

the stages of the Wabash River equaled or slightly exceeded those of March 

1913.

In an account of a flood in January 1847 the Indiana American states 

that in Indianapolis, Ind., on the West Pork of the White River, there was 

much damage to property and loss of life. At Noblesville, Ind., this 

flood was the maximum known until 1904.

It is reported that in April 1858 a "great freshet" on Pogues Run inundated Pennsylvania and Maryland Streets in Indianapolis. A mile of 

railroad in the valley of the East Pork of the White River between 

Mitchell and Seymour, Ind., was washed away. The stage reached at that 

time at Terre Haute has been exceeded only in 1875, 1883, and 1913.

Flood conditions occurred on the headwaters of the East and West 

Porks of the White River in September 1866.

Excessive precipitation in June and July 1875, climaxed by intensive 

rainfalls from July 31 to August 2, produced a widespread flood, which is 

the only major flood known to have occurred in the summer. In the vicinity of Logansport, Ind., small streams were reported higher than ever 

before known. The stage reported for Terre Haute is the third highest 

known. On the Eel River (tributary to the West Fork of the White River) 

near Bowling Green, Ind., the stage exceeded that of March 1913.

It appears that at Terre Haute the flood of February 1883 has been 

exceeded in the past 100 years only by that of March 1913. On the Eel 

River (tributary to the Wabash River) at Roann, Ind., the stage was only 

a few inches below that of 1913. At Wabash and Lafayette, Ind., on the 

Wabash River, stages were higher than any previously known. Overflow occurred in these towns, levees were broken, farm lands inundated, and much 

damage done to railroads.

The flood of March 1897 was especially severe on the lower reaches 

of the West Pork of the White River and was also notable throughout the 

basin of the East Fork. At Worthington, Ind., on the West Fork, 6 inches 

of rain is reported to have fallen in 12 hours and the river to have 

risen 4 feet above the crest of 1875. On the smaller streams in this 

locality and westward stages were higher than in 1913. Railroad washouts 

occurred in the vicinity of Bloomfield, Clay City, and Elliston, Ind.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 661

General and intense rain March 25-26, 1904, caused a major flood 

throughout the Wabash River Basin. On the upper portions of the Wabash 

River, stages were the highest since 1883. At Terre Haute the stage was 

2 feet lower than in 1883. On the West Pork of the White River serious 

damage occurred at Indianapolis and Muncie, Ind. The stage at Noblesville, Ind., was the highest known up to that time. Many bridges were 

washed out along the West Pork. Stages on the East Pork of the White 

River were the highest since 1897.

In March 1913 there occurred the most notable and by far the most 

destructive flood in the Wabash Basin of which there is any knowledge. 

The crest stages caused by the great storm of March 23-27 are, with a few 

minor exceptions, the highest of record throughout the basin. Overflow 

and damage occurred generally along the Wabash River, with serious effects 

at Peru, Logansport and Terre Haute, Ind., and at other cities. Extremely severe damage occurred at Indianapolis, and there was some overflow at 

Vuncie and Anderson, Ind. A great many bridges were destroyed and railroads were severely damaged.

No measurements of flood discharge in 1913 were made in Indiana. 

The discharge rating curves of recent years have been extended to the 

1913 stages at some points where channel and control conditions have not 

changed materially and thus afford an indication of the crest discharge, 

in 1913. Some of these determinations of discharge are given in this report in the section "Stages and discharges at river-measurement stations" 

and in table 22. The altitudes reached during the flood of 1913 at various places on the Wabash and White Rivers are given in a report of the 

Corps of Engineers, United States Army, entitled "Wabash River, Ohio, 

Indiana, and Illinois."*

During February 1916 high water was widespread and flood conditions 

occurred on the lower West Fork of the White River and on the White River. 

At Elliston, Ind., on the West Pork, this was the second highest flood of 

record.

In March 1927 moderate flood stages were general on the upper Wabash 

River and tributaries. On the lower Wabash River and on the White River 

the flood was more pronounced but not severe. Very high stages occurred 

on the West Fork of the White River at Noblesville, Ind.

Heavy and protracted rainfall in January J.930, following th« melting 

of snow, caused a notable flood, which was most serious along the lower

* 73d Gong., 1st sess., H. Doc. 100, pp. 37-39, 1934. 

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664 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Wabash River. Many levees were destroyed and large areas overflowed. 

Much suffering in such areas was due to zero weather at the time of the 

crest. Stages on the Wabash River at Vincennes, Ind., and on the White 

River in the vicinity of Hazleton, Ind., were higher than In 1913, owing 

to the constricting effects of levees and road embankments built after 

1913.

In February-March 1936 rainfall following the breaking up of unusually heavy ice cover caused a fJLood on the Wabash River at and above 

Lafayette, Ind., and on several tributaries. Serious ice jams preceded 

the peak and caused considerable damage. At Lockport, Ind., on the Wabash 

River, the stage due to an ice jam exceeded that of 1913. On the Eel 

River (tributary to the upper Wabash River) the stage also exceeded that 

of 1913 at a few points.

Tradewater River Basin

Floods in the Tradewater River Basin have been due in considerable 

part to backwater from floods on the Ohio River. A record of major floods 

on the Tradewater River, therefore, would be to a considerable extent a 

repetition of those previously listed in this report for the lower Ohio 

River.

Only brief records of stage are available, at a point near Dalton, 

Ky., where the known flood crest stages were as follows:

1913, January1928, June 

1930, January1937, JanuaryNearly all floods in the Tradewater River Basin, both those due to 

crests in the Ohio River and those from local rains, occur in winter and 

cause only moderate damage, as there are no towns in the areas subject to 

overflow.

Cumberland River Basin

Information on early floods in the Cumberland River Basin extends 

back to 1793 as a result of an extensive study of early floods at Nashville, Tenn., made by S. A. Weakley.* The crest stages of the early 

floods as well as the highest stages in tne period of continuous record 

at Nashville and at other places in the Cumberland River Basin are given 

in table 37.

* Thesis, Vanderbilt Univ., June 1935.
PREVIOUS FLOODS

Table 37. Stage, in feet, of recorded floods at indicated places on the Cnmberland Elver 

Cumberland Falls, Ky.*

Date

1909, Feb. 25

1910, Jan. 8

1910, Feb. 18

1911, Jan. 3

1911, Mar. 8

1911, Apr. 6

1911, May 1

1915, Nov. 15

1915, Deo. 18

1915, Deo. 30

1916, Jan. 8

1916, Deo. 29

1917, Jan. 5

1917, Mar. 4

1917, Mar. 17

Stage

jy.o »q f,

ta.5

f7.0

J9.0

19.5

tlO.5

fll.O

8.3

10.4

8.2

8.1

7.4

9.3

10.7

8.7

Date

1918, Jan. 28

1918, Jan. 31

1919, Jan. 2-3

1919, Mar. 10

1920, Jan. 23

1920, Apr. 3

1921, Feb. 11

1921, Apr. 17

1922, Feb. 21

1922, Mar. 2

1922, Mar. 8

1922, Mar. 10

1923, Jan. 29

1923, Feb. 3-4

1923, Mar. 7-8

1923, Mar. 13

Stage

12.5

12.1

9.3

5.0

10.2

8.4

6.1

8.0

9.5

8.7

5.0

8.9

7.5

8.4

7.7

7.5

Date

1924, Jan. 3

1925, Feb. 16

1926, Jan. 23

1926, Deo. 22

1926, Deo. 25

1927, Feb. 24

1927, Mar. 10

1927, Nov. 17

1928, June 27

1928, June 30

1928, Nov. 20

1929, Feb. 26

1929, Mar. 23

1930, Feb. 14

1931, Mar. 29

1931, Apr. 23

Stage

9.0

8.4

6.6

10.0

11.4

7.8

7.0

6.0

4.2

8.5

8.7

8.3

12.0

6.0

6.2

7.8

Date

1932, Deo. 29

1933, Feb. 21

1934, Mar. 3

1934, Mar. 25

1935, Jan. 20

1935, Mar. 13

1935, Mar. 26

1935, Mar. 28

1936, Mar. 27

1936, Apr. 6

1937, Jan. 2

1937, Jan. 17

1937, Jan. 18

1937, Jan. 20

1937, Jan. 25

Stage

7.3

7.3

10.9

9.8

6.5

10.7

10.9

11.2

10.0

10.3

11.3

10.7

10.6

10.6

10.8

* Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level: Prior to 1911, not determined; 1915-37, 825.49 ft. 

Gage moved 800 ft. upstream Sept. 1, 1933; because of slope present gage reads 7.2, 10.4, 15.5 ft. when 

former gage reads 6.0, 8.5, 12.5 ft., respectively.

t Estimated.

Date

1885, Jan. 17

1886, Mar. 31

1886, Apr. 4

1887, Jan. 30

1887, Feb. 25

1888, Mar. 27

1889, Feb. 18

1890, Feb. 26

1890, Mar. 1

1890, Mar. 23

1891, Feb. 11

1891, Mar. 9

1892, Mar. 24

1892, Apr. 23

1894, Feb. 5

1895, Mar. 21

1896, Apr. 2

1897, Feb. 22

1897, Mar. 15

1897, Apr. 5

1898, Jan. 16

1899, Jan. 7

1899, Feb. 6

1899, Mar. 5

1900, Nov. 26

1901, Apr. 20

1901, Aug. 16

1902, Jan. 31

1902, Mar. 30

Stage

50.8

62.0

54.5

33.7

52.6

29.6

33.6

61.8

52.5

52.0

38.2

57.2

43.7

41.0

39.5

34.0

54.6

51.5

37.3

58.1

32.4

52.4

45.6

56.5

46.1

52.0

45.6

41.3

58.9

Date

1903, Mar. 1

1904, Mar. 24

1904, Mar. 27

1905, Mar. 11

1906, Mar. 31

1906, Nov. 20

1907, Feb. 26

1907, Mar. 3

1908, Feb. 12

1908, Feb. 16

1909, Feb. 25

1910, Jan. 7

1910, Feb. 19

1911, Jan. 3

1911, Mar. 8

1911, Apr. 6

1911, May 1

1911, Deo. 28

1912, Mar. 30

1912, Apr. 3

1912, Apr. 28

1913, Jan. 1

1913, Jan. 8

1913, Mar. 28

1914, Mar. 31

1915, Feb. 2

1915, Nov. 16

1915, Deo. 19

Stage

55.1

28.6

31.4

35.0

38.5

31.6

34.0

36.0

17.7

25.4

41.3

41.0

31.6

35.8

37.5

46.0

50.3

41.0

31.4

60.0

38.7

15.3

61.5

58.0

44.8

37.4

41.8

53.8

Date

1915, Deo. 30

1916, Jan. 3

1916, Jan. 8

1916, Deo. 29

1917, Jan. 5

1917, Mar. 4

1917, Mar. 18

1918, Jan. 29

1919, Jan. 2

1919, Mar. 10

1920, Jan. 24

1920, Apr. 3

1921, Feb. 11

1921, Apr. 18

1922, Feb. 21

1922, Mar. 2

1922, Mar. 8

1922, Mar. 10-11

1923, Jan. 29

1923, Feb. 4

1923, Mar. 8

1923, Mar. 13

1924, Jan. 4

1925, Feb. 16

1926, Jan. 22

1926, Deo. 22

1926, Dec. 26

1927, Feb. 24

Stage

38.6

23.9

35.3

36.3

51.4

44.4

42.3

69.5

58.0

19.2

50.2

41.0

23.1

31.5

44.8

46.2

19.3

48.0

27.5

48.2

37.1

32.3

53.8

37.0

38.0

55.5

59.3

32.1

Date

1927, Mar. 9

1927, Nov. 18

1928, June 27

1928, June 30

1928, Nov. 20

1929, Feb. 27

1929, Mar. 24

1930, Feb. 14

1931, Mar. 29

1931, Apr. 23

1931, Deo. 14

1932, Jan. 30

1932, Feb. 4

1932, Dec. 29

1933, Feb. 21

1934, Mar. 4

1934, Mar. 25

1935, Jan. 21

1935, Mar. 13

1935, Mar. 26

1935, Mar. 28

1936, Mar. 27

1936, Apr. 7

1937, Jan. 3

1937, Jan. 16

1937, Jan. 18

1937, Jan. 21

1937, Jan. 26

Stage

28.5

35.8

14.0

51.0

41.3

48.0

69.3

26.0

28.6

29.1

27.0

53.2

45.2

27.2

41.2

50.7

33.0

29.3

50.3

40.1

33.4

35.7

46.9

54.4

38.4

48.2

43.8

45.0

I Records by U. 3. Weather Bureau, except October 1914 to September 1918 and October 1926 to Feb. 18, 

1932. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level: prior to 1915, uncertain; 1915-37, 585.60 ft.
>66 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 37. Stage, in feet, of recorded floods at indicated places on the Cumberland River Continued

Nashville, Tenn.*

Date

1793

1808, Dec. 25

1815, Spring

1826, Mar. 11

1827, Feb. 11

1830, Mar. 22

1832, Feb. 22

1833, June 24

1834, Jan. 20

1835, NOT. 12

1838. May 26

1839, Feb. 14

1840, May 4

1841, Feb. 5

1842, Feb. 10

1842, Mar. 8

1843, Jan. 14

1844, Feb. 9

1845, Mar. 13

1846, Mar. 8

1847, Mar. 16

1847, Dec. 19

1848, Mar. 25

1849, Jan. 22

1849, Dec. 24

1850, Jan. 30

1850, Mar. 23

1850, Apr. 28-29

1851, Feb. 28

1852, Mar. 4

1853, Jan. 1

1854, Jan. 28

1855, Mar. 21

1856, May 10

1857, Dec. 15

1858, Apr. 25

1859, Feb. 22

1859, Dec. 12

1860, Jan. 18

1861, Jan. 20

1862, February

1862, Apr. 26

Stage

58.5

54

51.5

52.1

41

42

38

38

42.1

32

35

29

40

42

48.0

40

38

38

40

42

50.2

54.9

48.0

46.5

42.9

44.9

50.0

53.1

45

38

44

47.9

38

45

49.5

30

45.0

47.9

43

39

52.2

41

Date

1863, Mar. 2

1863, Mar. 30

1864, Nov. 13

1864, Dec. 24

18S5, Mar. 10

1865, Apr. 18

1865, May 25

1865, Dec. 30

1866, Apr. 25 

1867, Mar. 13

1868, Apr. 17

1868, Sept. 23-30

1869; Apr. 25

1870, Jan. 19

1871, Mar. 1

1872, Apr. 16

1873, Feb. 21

1874, Apr. 17

1875, Feb. 2

1875, Mar. 2

1876, Jan. 29

1877, Jan. 22.

1878, Apr. 26

1879, Jan. 19

1880, Feb. 19

1880, Mar. 20

1881, Jan. 25

1882, Jan. 22

1882, Mar. 13

1883, Feb. 14

1884, Fab. 15

1884, Mar. 15-16

1885, Jan. 21

1886, Apr. 10-11

1887, Feb. 5

1887, Mar. 2

1888, Mar. 30

1889, Feb. 21

1890, Mar. 6

1890, Mar. 28

1891, Feb. 15

1891, Mar. 13-14

1892, Mar. 28

1892, Apr. 26

1893, Feb. 22

1894, Feb. 9

1895, Mar. 25

Stage

45

46 .5

46.5

45

52.1

51.4

47

42ft

40

51 2

41

41

37

42

35

40.3

39.5

49.6

41.0

41.5

34.4

40.5

27.3

41.6

44.5

46.5

33.0

55.1

46.1

41.6

47.2

48.3

37.8

49.3

41.5

44.2

39.2

35.8

50.7

41.0

41.2

49.2

34.4

38.8

40.8

42.0

31.6

Date

1896, Apr. 7

1897, Feb. 28

1897, Mar. 20

1897, Apr. 10

1898, Jan. 23

1899, Jan. 14

1899, Feb. 11

1899, Mar. 12

1900, Hov. 30 

1901, Apr. 25

1901, Aug. 21

1902, Feb. 4

1902, Apr. 3-4

1903, Mar. 8

1904, Mar. 27

1905, Mar. 14

1906, Apr. 3

1906, Hov. 19

1907, Mar. 3

1907, Mar. 11

1908, Feb. 16

1909, Feb. 28

1910, Jan. 11

1910, Feb. 22

1911, Jan. 6

1911, Mar. 13

1911, Apr. 10-11

1911, May 6

1911, Dec. 28

1912, Jan. 1

1912, Apr. *

1912, Apr. 7-8

1912, May 3

1913, Jan. 9

1913, Jan. 13-14

1913, Apr. 2

1914, Apr. 5

1915, Feb. 6

1915, Nov. 20

1915, Dec. 24

191S, Jan. 4-5

1916, Jan. 13

1917, Jan. 1

1917, Jan. 11

1917, Mar. 10

1917, Mar. 22

1918, Feb. 5

Stage

42.8

37.5

48.8

42.3

38.6

39.9

40.6

39.0

33.1 

37.8

39.8

40.8

46.0

39.8

37.3

31.4

34.4

26.3

38.5

25.0

29.4

40.0

30.4

35.0

34.0

30.4

38.6

33.6

38.7

41.4

45.5

46.5

43.0

45.2

48.4

44.9

36.3

38.0

41.5

39.9

42.4

36.8

33.2

39.5

45.7

39.9

49.8

Date

1919, Jan. 3

1919, Jan. 7-8

1919, Mar. 18

1920, Jan. 30

1920, Apr. 7

1921, Feb. 14

1921, Apr. 20

1922, Feb. 27

1922, Mar. 7 

1922, Mar. 11

1922, Mar. 16

1923, Feb. 9

1923, Mar. 13

1923, Mar. 17

1924, Jan. 8

1925, Feb. 21

192S, Jan. 26

1927, Jan. 1

1927, Feb. 27

1927, Mar. 14

1927, Hov. 21

1928, June 30

1928, July 5

1928, Hov. 24

1929, Mar. 6

1929, Mar. 31

1930, Feb. 17

1931, Apr. 2

1931, Apr. 27

1931, Dec. 15

1932, Feb. 8

1933, Jan. 1-3

1933, Feb. 21

1934, Mar. 9

1934, Mar. 29-30

1935, Jan. 22

1935, Mar. 18

1935, Apr. 2

1935, Apr. 10

1936, Mar. 31 to

Apr. 1

1936, Apr. 11

1937, Jan. 8

1937, Jan. 26

1937, Jan. 29

Stage

44.3

44.9

30.9

44.1

42.1

32.9

32.7

35.5

43.2 

44.6

45.1

43.5

41.7

40.7

44.0

33.6

34.8

56.2

31.4

40.0

25.1

42.2

42.9

31.3

41.0

50.9

32.0

30.4

25.1

34.6

48.2

36.6

45.0

43.7

42.2

37.6

41.9

37.9

42.2

43.4

43.3

45.3

53.8

53.5

* Records prior to 1873 from thesis by S. A. Weakley, Vanderbilt Univ., June 1935; since 1873, by 

Mississippi River Commission and U. S. Weather Bureau. Zero of gage is 368.06 ft. above mean sea level.

Clarlcsville, lenn.J

Date

1900, Dec. 1

1901, Apr. 26

1901, Aug. 23

1902, Feb. 4

1902, Apr. 5

1903, Mar. 11

1904, Mar. 28

1905, Mar. 16

1906, Apr. 1

1906, Nov. 20

1907, Mar. 4

1907, Mar. 7

1908, Feb. 15

1908, Feb. 20

1909, Feb. 26

1910, Jan. 12

1910, Feb. 23

1911, Jan. 7

1911, Mar. 14

1911, Apr. 15

1911, May 7

1911, Dec. 29

Stage

37.8

41.2

43.7

47.4

50.6

49.6

44.0

39.2

38.8

43.5

45.3

45.0

32. S

34.7

45.6

31.0

40.0

35.2

31.1

43.3

35.0

45.6

Date

1912, Jan. 2

1912, Apr. 4

1912, Apr. 8

1912, May 1

1913, Jan. 9

1913, Jan. 13

1913, Mar. 28

1914, Apr. 6

1915, Feb. 3

1915, Hov. 21-22

1915, Dec. 26

1916, Jan. 3

1916, Jan. 8

1916, Jan. 14

1917, Jan. 2

1917, Jan. 7

1917, Jan. 12

1917, Mar. 11-12

1917, Mar. 25

1918, Feb. 7-8

1919, Jan. 4

1919, Jan. 9

Stage

48.3

53.6

52.2

49.6

56.0

55.5

50.9

38.7

45.2

44.1

44.1

48.2

49.2

45.6

34.4

43.5

42.8

48.7

46.1

51.8

48. S

48.1

Date

1919, Mar. la

1920, Jan. 31

1920, Apr. 5

1921, Feb. 12

1921, Apr. 21

1922, Feb. 28

1922, Mar. 4 ,

1922, Mar. 8

1922, Mar. 11-12

1922, Mar. 16

1923, Feb. 5

1923, Feb. 10

1923, Mar. 14

1923, Mar. 17

1924, Jan. 12

1925, Feb. 23

1926, Jan. 23

1927, Jan. 2

1927, Feb. 28

1927, Mar. 15

1927, Nov. 22

1928, Jnly 1

Stage

50.4

47.9

46. S

37.0

35.7

39.1

46.4

47.1

51.3

f50.6

48.6

48.0

47.1

49.0

48.4

43.1

41.0

60.0

35.3

51.1

27.2

48.0

Date

1928, NOT. 25

1929, Mar. 7

1929, Apr. 1

1930, Feb. 18

1931, Apr. 2

1931, Apr. 28

1931, Dec. 16

1932, Feb. 1

1932, Feb. 7-11

1933, Jan. 2, 4

1933, Feb. 22

1934, Mar. 10

1934, Mar. 31

1935, Jan. 22

1935, Mar. 20

1935, Apr. 2

1935, Apr. 8

1936, Apr. 2

1936, Apr. 13

1937, Jan. 10-11

1937, Jan. 25

Stage

37.9

48.0

54.4

35.8

34.1

28.2

38.8

49.3

52.3

41.5

50.6

49.2

46.8

49.7

47.2

45.8

50.5

48.2

49.2

49.5

65.7

t Records by U. S. Weather Bureau. 

f Estimated.

3ero of gage is 330.84 ft. above mean sea level.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 667

It Is evident from table 37 that the stage at Nashville determined 

for the flood of 1793 exceeded all stages known to have occurred since 

that date but was closely approached by the maximum stage reached in the 

flood of January 1927. Below Nashville the floods of January 1937 caused 

stages that were increasingly greater in relation to past floods until at 

a point between Lock 1 and Lock A and below the flood of 1937 exceeded all 

previously known stages.

A general discussion of past floods in the Cumberland River Basin Is 

contained in a report by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, entitled "Cumberland River, Kentucky and Tennessee."*

Tennessee River Basin

Table 38 contains a tabulation of crest stages of previous floods at 

indicated places on the Tennessee River. Table 39 contains similar information for tributaries of the Tennessee River. The data relate to all 

notable floods in the Tennessee River Basin, two or more of which have 

commonly occurred in one year. The tables present peak stages of such 

floods and the dates of their occurrence at all places as indicated In 

the tables, so far as known, irrespective of whether there may have been 

notable floods at all such places.

For more detailed information of previous floods in the Tennessee 

River Basin, inquiry should be made to the Tennessee Valley Authority, 

Knoxville, Tenn.; the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, Nashville, 

Tenn.; the State Geologist of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn.; or the district 

engineer, Geological Survey, Chattanooga, Tenn., who may be able to refer 

to reports or furnish data from their files concerning floods at specific 

places or times.

Kaskaskia and Big Muddy Riv&r Basins

Records of stage and discharge on streams in southern Illinois that 

drain into the upper Mississippi River are intermittent and for a period 

of not more than 30 years. It is evident from an examination of the available records that the floods of January-February 1937 were not unprecedented in the Kaskaskia and Big Muddy River Basins. As has occurred 

several times In the past, the levees along the Kaskaskia River broke In 

some places in January 1937.

The following table lists the maximum annual stages and discharges 

for the longest record in the Kaskaskia or Big Muddy River Basins.

* 73d Gong., 1st sess., H. Doc. 38, 1933.
668 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 38. Crest stages of previous floods at indicated places on the Tennessee Hiver

Year

1867

1872

1873

1874

1874

1874

1875

1875

1875

1875

1875-76

1876

1876

1876

1877

1877

1878

1878

1879

1879

1880

1880

1881

1881

1882

1882

1882

1882

1883

1884

1834

1885

1885

1386

1887

1887

1888

1888

1889

1890

1890

1890

1891

1891

1892

1892

1893

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1897

1897

1897

1898

1898

1899

1899

1899

1900

1900

1900

1900

1901

Knoxville, Term, a/

Date

Mar. 10

_

_

_

-

_

Jan. 30

Feb. 26

Mar. 4

Mar. 21

Dec. 29

Mar. 17

Mar. 27

June 19

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

Feb. 10

Mar. 7

Jan. 18

_

liar. SI

Feb. 4

Feb. 25

_

Mar. 30

Feb. 19

Feb. 28

Mar. 6

_

Feb. 11

Mar. 10

Jan. 15

Feb. 18

_

Feb. 5

Jan. 11

Apr. 3

Feb. 24

Mar. 11

Mar. 21

-

Jan. 27

Feb. 7

Mar. 16

Mar. 20

Feb. 14

Mar. 22

Hay 23

Gage 

height 

(feet)

44.4

_

_

_

-

_

20.1

43.2

26.1

24.3

16.6

7.9

7.7

23.1

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

16.1

22.3

9.7

_

29.6

14.3

12.4

13.3

15.0

23.0

6.5

_

21.9

16.9

23.3

18.0

_

15.4

18.5

28.7

26.0

22.5

13.5

-

8.9

_

23.7

20.4

23.8

13.0

13.2

_

34.8

Chattanooga, Tenn. lj/

Date

Mar. 11

_

_

_

Apr. 11

May 1

Jan. 31

Mar. 1

_

Mar. 23

Dec. 31

Mar. 18

Mar. 27

June 20

Jan. 23

Apr. 11

Feb. 25

Apr. 25

Jan. 15

Dec. 26

Mar. 18

Dec. 3

Feb. 13

Mar. 20

Jan. 19

Jan. 31

Feb. 6

Mar. 11

Jan. 23

Feb. 11

Mar. 11

Jan. 18

Nov. 9

Apr. 3

Feb. 7

Feb. 28-Mar. 1

Mar. 27

Mar. 31

Feb. 18

Mar. 2

Mar. 3

Feb. 14

Mar. 11

Jan. 17

Apr. 9

Feb. 20

Apr. 15

Feb. 6

Jan. 12

Apr. 5

Feb. 26

Mar. 14

Mar. 22

Apr. 6

Jan. 27

Sept. 5

Feb. 9

Mar. 17

Mar. 22

Feb. 15

Mar. 23

Apr. 18

May 26

ttage 

height 

(feet)

57.9

_

_

_

17.0

29.6

32.5

53.8

\

34.0

34.2

21.1

17.2

23.4

27.0

88.7

19.2

9.5

38.0

21.9

38.3

26.5

22.4

19.3

40.2

30.3

24.4

21.1

38.2

36.8

43.0

26.5

30.4

52.2

21.8

27.3

22.6

27.0

29.6

42.5

14.4

_

37.5

38.9

37.9

34.7

33.4

12.1

25.5

32.1

40.5

34.8

38.2

33.3

30.4

18.2

25.0

38.3

36.9

40.0

24.0

17.4

10.6

_

32.5

Florence, Ala. c/

Date

March

Dec. 25

Feb. 22

Mar. 24

Apr. 17

May 4

Feb. 4

Mar. 8

-

Mar. 29

Jan, 4

Mar. 20

Apr. 3

June 28-23

Jan. 25-26

Apr. 10

Feb. 27

Apr. 26

Jan. 19-20

Dec. 27-28

Mar. 18

Dec. 6

Feb. 16

Mar. 21

Jan. 22

Feb. 5

Feb. 14

Mar. 10

Jan. 28

Feb. 15

Mar. 14-15

Jan. 20

Nov. 13

Apr. 8

Feb. 8

Feb. 28-Mar. 1

Mar. 29

_

Feb. 20

Mar. 3

Mar. 11

Mar. 14

Feb. 18

Mar. 15

Jan. 21

Apr. 8

Feb. 17-20

Apr. 1§

Feb. 9

Jan. 17

Apr. 9

Mar. 2

Mar. 19

-

Apr. 10

Jan. 27-29

Sept. 8

Feb. 14

Mar. 20

-

Feb. 17

Mar. 25-26

Apr. 20

June 23

May 28-29

Sage 

height 

(feet)

31.1

16.4

22.9

18.4

26.0

20.2

18.9

29.4

-

22.6

19.8

15.2

15.1

12.4

15.8

19.4

12.2

13.6

21.4

15.0

24.5

18.1

13.8

17.4

29.6

21.8

19.9

18.0

20.3

24.2

25.2

17.8

16.5

28.1

13.3

17.5

20.5

-

19>7

23.3

21.8

11.7

21.3

22.2

20.0

23.9

20.7

18.2

17.6

17.4

19.3

17.1

32.5

-

18.1

13.8

12.6

20.4

25.1

-

14.6

11.8

19.2

12.8

16.1

Johnsonville, Tenn. d/

Date

March

_

_

_

-

_

-

Mar. 7

_

-

Jan. 6

Mar. 22

Apr. 5

June 24

Jan. 24

_

-

-

-

Dec. 30-31

Mar. 22-23

-

-

-

Jan. 31

Feb. 7

Feb. 19

Mar. 9

Feb. 2-3

Feb. 28-29

Apr. 7-9

Jan. 23

Hov. 15

Apr. 15-16

Feb. 28

Mar. 7

Apr. 1

-

Feb. 26

Mar. 8-9

Mar. 13

Mar. 17

Feb. 23

Mar. 12

Jan. 26

Apr. 14-15

Feb. 22

Apr. 18

Feb. 13-14

Jan. 19

Apr. 12

Mar. 5

Mar. 24

-

-

Jan. 24

Sept. 10

Feb. 17

-

Mar. 31

Feb. 20

Mar. 28

Apr. 23

June 30

May 31

Sage 

height 

(feet )

44.3

_

_

_

-

_

-

45.3

-

-

29.0

23.0

25.8

17.5

24.7

_

-

-

-

27.7

37.7

-

-

-

43.8

40.7

30.8

29.4

29.0

44.3

43.7

30.0

23.0

42.1

31.4

30.5

33.3

-

29.3

37.7

37.4

34.2

36.1

38.2

29.0

35.8

33.6

29.9

31.1

25.5

28.3

26.0

48.0

-

-

29.1

16.5

29.6

39.7

21.3

18.7

29.1

29.5

22.7

a Becords prior to 1925 by D. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level: prior to 

1900, uncertain; 1900-1908, 794.9 ft.; 1909-37, 797.68 ft.

b Becords by U. 3. Weather Bureau. Zero of gage is 621.12 ft. above mean sea level.

o Records prior to 1918 by Mississippi Eiver Commission; 1919-26 by IT. 3. Weather Bureau. 3ero of 

gage is 401.11 ft. above mean sea level.

d Eecords prior to 1926 by U. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level: prior to 

Oct. 11, 1932, between 320.4 ft. and 321.0 ft.; since Oct. 12, 1932, 320.49 ft.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 669

Table 38. Crest stages of previous floods at indicated places on the Tennessee Hiver -Continued

Year

1901

1901

1901-2

1902

1902

1903

1903

1903

1904

1905

1905

1905

1906

1906

1906

1906-7

1907

1907

1908

1908

1909

1909

1909

1910

1910

1911

1911

1911-12

1912

1912

1912

1913

1913

1914

1914-15

1915

1915

1915-16

1916

1916

1917

1917

1918

1919

1919

1920

1921

1922

1922

1922

1923

1924

1924

1925

1935

1926

1926

1926-27

1927

1927

1927

1928

1928

1929

1929

Knonrille, Tenn. sj

Date

Aug. 15

Dec. 16

Dec. 31

Mar. 1

Mar. 30

Mar. 1

Mar. 23

Apr. 9

Mar. 25

Feb. 10

Feb. 22

July 13

Jan. 24

Oct. 1

Nov. 20

Dec. 30

Mar. 3

June 16

Jan. 13

Feb. 16

Feb. 25

Mar. 11

June 5

Feb. 19

Sept. 1-2

Mar. 9

At>r. 7

Dec. 28

Mar. 30

Apr. 3

Apr. 30

Mar. 16

Mar. 28

Apr. 1

Dec. 26

Feb. 3

Deo. 19

Dec. 30

July 12

July 18

Mar. 5

Mar. 25

Jan. 30

Jan. 4

Mar. 7

Apr. 3

Feb. 11

Jan. 22

Mar. 3

Mar. 12

Feb. 5

Jan. 4

Dec. 9

Jan. 13

Feb. 18

Apr. 14

Dec. 11

Dec. 27

Feb. 35

Mar. 10

Apr. 12

Apr. 22

June 30

Mar. 7

Mar. 16

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.2

21.0

31.0

36.4

18.5

14.6

24.6

24.6

12.6

10.8

11.0

12.0

22.4

7.0

23.0

10.9

8.0

12.2

16.9

15.2

8.8

11.2

13.9

5.5

8.1

14.4

14.1

5.8

13.7

17.1

11.4

19.2

21.6

8.5

17.3

12.7

17.7

14.9

11.5

29.9

28.2

13.9

24.2

16.2

6.9

26.7

17.8

19.0

11.0

13.0

16.8

8.2

11.2

9.8

6.4

10.3

8.3

14.6

19.9

13.0

5.6

5.3

18.8

15.3

11.9

Chattanooga^ Tenn. £/

Date

Aug. 17

Dec. 17

Jan. 2

Mar. 4

Apr. 1

Mar. 2

Mar. 26

Apr. 11

Sage 

height 

(feet)

32.8

28.6

40.8

38.0

30.9

31.0

28.8

31.8

Mar. 25 21.8

Feb. 11

Feb. 22

July 15

Jan. 26

Oct. 2

Nov. 22

Jan. 1

Mar. 4

June 17

Jan. 15

Feb. 17

Feb. 25

Mar. 15

June 6

Feb. 20

Sept. 3

Mar. 11

Apr. 9

Dec. 29

Mar. 31

Apr. 5

May 2

Mar. 17

Mar, 30

Apr. 3

Dec. 28

Feb. 5

Dec. 20

Dec. 31

July 12

July 20

Mar. 8

Mar. 28

Feb. 2

Jan. 5

liar. 7

Apr. 5

Feb. 12

Jan. 24

Mar. 4

Mar. 12

Feb. 7

Jan. 5

Deo. 11

Jan. 14

Feb. 19

Apr. 15

Dec. 14

Dec. 29-30

Feb. 26-27

Mar. 11

Apr. 14

Apr. 24

July 2

Mar. 7

Mar. 16

22.4

21.4

12.7

21.4

19.2

33.3

20.5

18.4

15.3

20.3

24.7

21.6

24.6

25.3

13.9

9.8

20.0

29.9

18.7

31.3

30.2

36.0

31.3

33.3

21.4

33.1

26.1

32.8

31.8

28.6

30.2

47.4

34.1

42.5

32.0

23.0

43.6

34.1

35.8

30.8

32.3

32.1

26.9

24.1

24.4

20.3

20.8

21.9

38.3

30.4

28.2

16.1

21.6

30.6

29.7

28.7

Florence, Ala. a/

Date

Aug. 22

Dec. 19-20

Jan. 6

Mar. 8-9

Mar. 29

Mar. 6

Mar. 29

Apr. 14

Mar. 27

Feb. 12-13

Feb. 24

July 17

Jan. 28

Oct. 5

U07. 25

Jan. 3

liar. 5

June 19

Jan. 17

Feb. 19-20

Feb. 26

liar. 15

June 7-8

Feb. 22

Sept. 6

Mar. 13

Apr. 10

Dec. 31

Apr. S

-

Apr. 30-May 1

Mar. 21

Apr. 3

Apr. 4

Dec. 31

Feb. 4

Dec. 24

Jan. 3

July 12

July 23

Mar. 12

Mar. 28

Feb. 6

Jan. 8-9

Mar. 9

Apr. 10

Feb. 13

Jan. 28

Mar. 5

Mar. 11

Feb. 11

Jan. 6

Dec. 14

Jan. 16

Feb. 21-22

Apr. 17

Dec. 16

Dec. 29

Mar. 2

Mar. 13

Apr. 14

Apr. 24

July 5

Mar. 6-7

Mar. 16

Sage 

height 

(feet)

18.9

16.0

20.8

20.9

19.8

18.8

15.2

18.2

17.2

16.7

15.7

8.1

13.7

15.9

16.7

14.1

14.5

9.1

12.8

17.0

19.0

19.6

15.6

11.7

5.6

11.8

22.0

18.3

19.6

-

17.4

18.5

17.9

12.2

19.2

17.0

16.7

19.3

23.0

15.0

24.7

20.6

21.9

17.5

19.5

23.5

18.7

19.1

20.0

21.5

18.2

17.0

11.5

13.5

10.0

11.3

14.6

26.5

16.7

23.9

16.0

13.4

15.1

18.2

19.2

johnsonville, Tenn. d_/

Date

Aug. 26

Dec. 22

Jan. 9-10

Mar. 13-14

Apr. 2-3

Mar. 11

Apr. 1

Apr. 18

Mar. 30

Fab. 14

Feb. 26-27

July 19

Jan. 26

Oct. 9

Uov. 28

Jan. 6

Mar. 5

June 21

Jan. 19

Feb. 22

Feb. 28-Mar. 1

Mar. 21

June 11

Feb. 23

Sept. 8

Mar. 15

Apr. 17

Jan. 3

Apr. 6

-

May 2-3

Mar. 29

Apr. 6

Apr. 5-6

Jan. 2

Feb. 6

Dec. 27

Jan. 5

July 17

-

Mar. 18

Apr. 6

Feb. 10

Jan. 10-11

Mar. 19

Apr. 14

Feb. 14-15

Jan. 30

Mar. 7

Mar. 15

Feb. 16

Jan. 7

Dec. 16

Jan. 18

Feb. 24

Apr. 19

Dec. 22

Jan. 2-4

Mar. 4

Mar. 16

Apr. 16

Apr. 27

July 7

Mar. 10-12

Mar. 18

Sage 

height 

(feet)

27.6

22.8

28.5

30.8

35.6

33.7

22.2

26.9

28.1

20.7

23.9

10.4

22.2

25.3

24.8

24.1

25.4

12.7

19.0

27.1

32.9

30.0

23.0

21.3

7.6

16.4

36.1

31.0

35.4

-

32.3

33.3

31.7

19.8

27.4

30.0

25.9

31.7

30.5

~

38.9

36.1

30.6

27.2

35.3

35.9

29.5

27.3

31.0

36.4

30.3

29.7

14.0

19.9

21.1

15.4

24.6

40.5

25.2

36.0

32.1

28.1

22.2

29.4

31.5

a Records prior to 1925 by II. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level; prior to 

1900, uncertain! 1900-1908, 794.9 ft.; 1909-37, 797.68 ft.

b Records by U. S. Weather Bureau. Zero of gage is 621.12 ft. above mean sea level.

c Records prior to 1918 by Mississippi River Conmission; 1919-26, by TJ. S. Weather Bureau. Zero of 

gage is 401.11 ft. above mean sea level.

d Records prior to 1926 by U. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level: prior to 

Oct. 11, 1932, between 320.4 ft. and 321.0 ft.; since Oct. 12, 1932, 330.49 ft.
670 FLOODS OP OHIO AHD MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 38. Crest stages of previous floods at indicated places on the Tennessee River Continued

Tear

1989

19S9

1930

1930

1931

1931

1931

1931

1932

1932

1932-38

1933

1934

1935

1935

1935

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1937

1937

1937

1937

Knoxrille, Tana. &/

Date

Mar. 24

HOT. 18

liar. 9

liar. 19

Mar. 31

Apr. 6

-

Dec. 15

Jan. 31

Feb. 13

Dec. 29

Feb. 16

Har. 5

liar. 14

liar. 27

Apr. 6

Jan. 9

Jan. 30

Feb. 5

Mar. 25

liar. 37

Mar. 26

Apr. 3

Apr. 7

Jan. 3

Jan. 16

Jan. 20

Jan. 26

Sage 

height 

(feet)

17.2

8.1

7.4

9.3

4.3

15.3

-

7.4

13.4

10.9

SO.l

19.1

16.7

14.4

23.7

10.8

13.5

23.0

15.9

18.0

22.8

23.8

15.7

21.7

19.0

11.1

14.7

12.1

Chattanooga, Tenn. _b/

Date

liar. 26

Fov. 19

liar. 9

Mar. 21

Mar. 30

Apr. 8

_

Dec. 16

Feb. 1

Feb. 16

Dec. 31

Feb. 17

liar. 6

liar. 15

Mar. 29

Apr. 8

Jan. 10-11

Jan. 23

Feb. 6

-

_

liar. 29

Apr. 4

Apr. 9

Jan. 4-5

Jan. 16-17

Jan. 20

Jan. 26

Saga 

height 

(feet!

38.5

29.0

20.0

21.5

16.0

23.3

_

22.3

30.4

23.4

37.6

32.6

34.1

29.5

28.6

27.4

30.7

32.5

31.3

-

_

37.1

30.4

35.4

33.0

24.2

28.8

27.1

Florence, Ala. a/

Date

liar. 25

HOv. 19

Mar. 9

liar. 23

Apr. 1-2

Apr. 10

_

Dec. IS

Feb. 3-4

Feb. 17-18

Jan. 5

Feb. 20-31

liar. 5

Mar. 16

Apr. 1

Apr. 10

Jan. 11

Jan. 25

Feb. 9-10

-

_

Apr. 3-4

Apr. 6

Apr. 9

Jan. 4

Jan. 18

Jan. 20-21

Jan. 36-27

Sage 

height 

(feet)

22.9

20.0

14.8

12.2

10.9

12.9

_

13.6

19.7

17.3

20.6

31.3

21.2

17.9

15.9

16.4

18.7

16.9

17.9

-

_

24.2

24.4

22.5

20.3

18.1

18.0

19.3

Johnsonville, Tenn. d/

Date

liar. 29

Hov. 23-24

Mar. 12-13

Mar. 25

Apr. 2-3

Apr. 11

Dec. 17

Dec. 20

Feb. 6-10

Feb. 20

Jan. 8

Feb. 24

Mar. 9-11

Mar. 17

Apr. 4

Apr. 10

Jan. 16

Jan. 28

Feb. 13

-

_

-

-

Apr. 12

Jan. 8

Jan. 23

Jan. 25

-

Sage 

height 

(feet)

36.4

38.0

25.0

18.1

19.2

19.1

22.1

21.8

32.7

31.1

31.4

34.3

31.5

29.4

26.3

29.7

27.0

33.7

26.1

-

_

-

-

39.6

32.0

40.2

41.0

-

a Becords prior to 1935 by IT. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level: prior to 

1900, uncertain; 1900-1908, 794.9 ft.; 1909-37, 797.68 ft.

b Becords by IT. S. Weather Bureau. Zero of gage is 621.12 ft. above mean sea level.

o Records prior to 1918 by Mississippi River Conmission; 1919-26, by 0. 3. Weather Bureau. 2ew of 

gage is 401.11 ft. above mean sea level.

d Records prior to 1926 by H. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level: prior to 

Dot. 11, 1932, between 320.4 ft. and 321.0 ft.; since Oot. 12, 1933, 330.49 ft.
PREVIOUS FLOODS

Table 39. Crest stages of previous floods on tributaries of the Tennessee Biver

Tear

1867

1901

1901

1901

1901

1902

1902

1902

1903

1903

1904

1905

1905

1905

1905

1905

1906

1906

1906

1907

1907

1907

1908

1908

1909

1909

1909

1909

1910

1910

1911

1911

1912

1912 

1913

1913

1913

1913 

1914

1914

1914 

1914 

1915 

1915 

1915

1916 

1916 

1916

1916

1916

191 

1917 

191 

191

191

191 

191 

191 

191

South Pork 

of Holston Biver 

at Bluff City, 

Tenn. a/

Date

_

Apr. 20

May 22

June 23

Dec. 29

Feb. 28

Mar. 29

June 28

Feb. 17

Har. 23

Mar. 24

Jan. 13

Feb. 9

Feb. 23

Mar. 10

July 13

Jan. 23

_

JIov. 20

June 14

Sept. 24

Bov. 25

Jan. 12

Apr. 2

Mar. 10

May 1

May 22-23

June 5

July 8

Deo. 6-7

Mar. 8

Apr. 6

Mar. 30

Apr. 3 

Feb. 28 to

Mar. 1 

Mar. 15

Mar. 27

May 24

Mar. 31

Dot. 17

Dec. 5 

Dec. 26 

Feb. 2 

Deo. 18 

Dec. 30

Jan. 7 

Feb. 3

July 17

Aug. 16

Jan. 5 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 5 

Mar. 25

Jan. 29 

Jan. 31 

Dot. 26 

Dec. 23

Gage 

height 

(feet)

_

9.4

15.0

8.9

12.6

11.4

6.8

8.0

9.4

7.5

5.7

4.9

5.4

3.7

4.5

6.2

11.6

_

5.8

11.7

6.2

3.8

8.9

7.0

4.8

6.4

2.0

3.3

5.6

4.0

7.8

6.1

6.3

8.1 

3.4

7.4

10.9

6.8 

6.4

.8

4.3 

6.2 

5.9 

10.0 

5.2

10.0 

6.0

6.3

8.1

6.4 

4.7 

9.3 

6.CT

9.1 

6.7 

7.7 

3.0

Holston River 

near Bogersville, 

Tenn. J>/

Date

Mar. 10

_

_

-

-

_

Mar. 30

June 28

Feb. 17

Mar. 24

Mar. 24

Jan. 13

Feb. 10

Feb. 22-23

Mar. 11

July 13

Jan. 23

_

Bov. 20

June 15

Sept. 24

Nov. 25

Jan. 13

Apr. 3

Mar. 11

May 1

May 22

June 5

July 9

Dec. 7

Mar. 8

Apr. 6

Mar. 30

Apr. 3 

Mar. 1

Mar. 16

Mar. 23

May 24 

Mar. 31

Dot. 17

Deo. 3 

Dec. 26 

Feb. 3 

Deo. 19 

Deo. 30

Jan. 8 

Feb. 3 

July 11

July 17

Jag. 17

Jan. 6 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 5 

Mar. 25

Jan. 29 

Jan. 31 

Oct. 27 

Dec. 23

Sage 

height 

(feet)

38.4

_

-

-

-

_

10.6

10.4

17.0

14.3

7.0

5.9

6.0

5.2

6.3

6.3

17.5

_

13.5

14.0

9.0

5.3

11.5

12.7

7.4

10.3

4.7

6.2

5.5

6.0

11.0

8.7

10.1

14.4 

5.0

12.2

19.1

8.8 

9.5

3.8

4.1 

10.8 

9.6 

15.3 

9.4

12.3 

9.0 

4.9

15.4

8.9

11.0 

7.8 

17.1 

10.1

-

20.0 

11.4 

12.0 

6.1

little Tennessee 

River 

at MoGhee, 

Tenn. s/

Date

March

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

Jan. 13

Feb. 9

Feb. 21

Mar. 10

July 13

Jan. 23

Oct. 1

Nov. 19

June 9

Sept. 24

Nov. 24

Jan. 12

-

Mar. 14

May 1

May 23

June 4

July 7

Deo. 6

Mar. 9

Apr. 6

Mar. 29

Apr. 2 

Feb. 28

Mar. 15

Mar. 27

May 24 

Mar. 31

Oct. 16

Dec. 5 

Deo. 26 

Feb. 2 

Dec. 18 

Deo. 30

Jan. 8 

Feb. 3 

July 10

July 17

Aug. 17

Jan. 6 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 5 

Mar. 25

Mar. 28

Jan. 29 

Jan. 31 

Dot. 30 

Deo. 23

Sage 

height 

(feet)

39.0

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

13.0

14.0

13.7

7.4

8.7

14.0

13.3

30.0

6.1

6.6'

9.8

10.8

-

13.6

13.8

13.2

14.1

6.8

10.1

4.9

14.4

15.0

11.3 

15.2

17.6

21.6

13.6

6.8

13.9

13.3 

19.7 

14.9 

18.5 

16.0

9.9 

14.0 

13.5

10.2

5.4

9.0 

14.0 

27.7 

16.8

14.8

20.8 

18.0 

19.6 

18.8

Tooooa Biver 

near Dial, Ga. d/

Date

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

Feb. 27

Mar. 14

Mar. 27

May 23

Oct. 15

Beo. 4 

Deo. 25 

Feb. 1 

Deo. 18 

Deo. 29

Feb. 2 

July 9

July 16

~

Jan. 5 

Feb. 20 

Mar. 4 

Mar. 24

Mar. 27

Jan. 28 

Jan. 30 

Oct. 29 

Dec. 22

Sage 

height 

(feet)

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

3.9

6.6

6.0

5.0

2.6

4.6 

4.6 

4.3 

5.6 

7.1

4.2 

10.0

3.8

~

2.3 

4.2 

6.5 

6.3

4.9

3.8 

3.4 

5.5 

7.6

Oooee River 

at Emf , Tenn. e/

Date

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

"

-

-

~

Feb. 27

Mar. 14

Mar. 27

May 23 

Mar. 31

Dot. 16

Deo. 4 

Deo. 25 

Feb. 1 

Dec. 18 

Deo. 29

Feb. 2 

July 10

~

Jan. 6 

Feb. 20 

Mar. 4 

Mar. 25

Jan. 30 

Dot. 30 

Deo. 22

Gage 

height 

(feet)

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

~

-

~

~

~

-

~

~

6.4

10.5

11.4

7.4 

4.5

5.2

6.9 

8.1 

7.0 

9.6 

10.0

7.0 

13.7

~

4.6 

7.7 

12.7 

7.8

7.5

8.5 

10.4

May -------- _ _ _ lower - « - - - »« --- -". ...~..~

tM? £SjE"pS£'to 1918 by U. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level (South, 

eaS?e« sSplCntary adjustment of 1936): prior to Deo. 1, 1905. 766.66 ft.; Deo. 1, 1905 to Oot. 1, 

191d'Heo^s £orT^2f byle^e Electric Po.er Co. Zero of gage is 1,781.13 ft. above mean .ea

mean sea

level (general adjustment of 1929).
FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Table 39. Crest stages of previous floods on tributaries of the Tennessee River Continued

Year

1919

1919

1920

1920

1920

1920

1920

1920

1921

1921

1922

1922

1922

1922

1922

1922

1922

1922

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1923

1924

1924

1924

1924

1925

1925

1926

1926

1926

1927

1927

1927

1927

1927

1928

1928 

1928 

1928

1929

1929

1929

1929

1929 

1929 

1929

1929

1929

1930

1930

1930

1931 

1931

1932

1932

South Fork 

of Holston River 

at Bluff City, 

Tenn. a/

Date

Jan. 3

Dec, 8

Jan. 23

Mar. 20

Apr. 2

_

Aug. 15

Dec. 15

Feb. 11

Apr. 18

Jan. 20

Jan. 22

Feb. 15

Mar. 2

Mar. 10

Apr. 28

Dec. 15

Dec. 18

Jan. 28

Feb. 3

Feb. 13

Mar. 17

Apr. 14-15

May 30-31

June 13

Mar. 6

Apr. 19

June 14

Dec. 9

Jan. 1

Jan. 12

Dec. 22

Dec. 26

Dec. 29

Feb. 23

Mar. 8

Apr. 22

May 30

Dec. 16

Mar. 31

Aug. 17 

Sept. 2-3 

Sept. 6

Feb. 28

Mar. 6

Mar. 14-15

Mar. 23

May 7 

May 20 

June 26

Nov. 18

Mar. 8

Mar. 20

Apr. 6

Apr. 5 

Deo. 14-15

Jan. 30

Feb. 4

Gage

height 

(feet)

7.5

4.5

6.5

7.2

8.2

_

2.6

5.4

7.6

2.2

8.9

8.3

7.0

6.2

6.5

8.6

8.0

6.2

7.7

11.3

8.4

6.5

1.9

2.2

10.7

5.2

4.6

7.1

5.8

5.4

5.8

10.0

8.7

6.4

11.4

5.6

8.3

6.4

5.9

2.6

3.5 

6.3 

5.8

7.9

8.4

4.7

7.1

4.3 

5.2 

8.2

5.7

5.8

5.9

6.0

8.4 

5.1

7.4

10.0

Holston River 

near HogersviUs, 

Tenn. _b/

Date

Jan. 3

Dec. 8

Jan. 24

Mar. 20

Apr. 3

_

Aug. 15

Dec. 15

Feb. 11

Apr. 18

_

Jan. 22

Feb. 16

Mar. 3

Mar. 11

Apr. 29

Dec. 16

Dec. 18

Jan. 29

Feb. 4

Feb. 14

Mar. 18

Apr. 15

May 31

June 14

Mar. 6

Apr. 19

June 14

Dec. 9

Jan. 1

Jan. 12

Dec. 23

Dec. 26

Dec. 29

Feb. 24

Mar. 9

Apr. 22

May 30

Dec. 17

Mar. 31

Aug. 17 

Sept. 3 

Sept. 6

Mar. 1

M;r. 6

Mar. 15

Mar. 24

May 8 

May 21 

June 27

Nov. 19

Mar. 8-9

Mar. 20

Apr. 7

Apr. 5 

Deo. 15

Jan. 31

Feb. 4

Sage 

height 

(feet)

12.2

6.0

7.6

10.2

15.0

_

5.6

9.3

12.2

4.0

_

13.3

11.5

8.7

9.4

13.0

11.7

8.0

12.0

17.0

13.0

11.0

3.3

3.9

11.6

7.2

6.3

10.9

8.6

7.4

8.3

13.6

11.4

9.4

17.0

7.1

9.9

15.9

7.5

5.1

5.8 

7.6 

8.4

10.0

10.9

6.5

10.1

6.9 

7.9

8.6

6.3

5.6

6.8

6.1

10.3 

5.0

10.2

14.6

Little Tennessee 

Hiver 

at IfcGhee, 

Tenn. c/

Date

Jan. 3

Dec. 10

Jan. 25

Mar. 17

Apr. 2

Aor. 5

Aug. 15

Dec. 14

Feb. 11

Apr. 17

Jan. 20

Jan. 22

Feb. 16

Mar. 3

Mar. 11

Apr. 29

Dec. 16

Dec. 18

Jan. 28

Feb. 4

Feb. 14

Mar. 17

Apr. 14

May 31

June 13

Mar. 6

Apr. 19

June 11

Dec. 9

Jan. 1

Jan. 12

Dec. 23

Dec. 26

Dec. 29

Feb. 24

Mar. 8

Apr. 22

May 31

Dec. 16

Mar. 30

Aug. 16 

Sept . 3 

Se-ot. 6

Feb. 28

Mar. 5

Mar. 15

Mar. 23

May 7 

May 20 

June 28

Sept. 26

Nov. 18

Mar. 8

Mar. 19

Apr. 6

Apr. 5 

Dec. 14

Jan. 30

Feb. 4

Sage 

height 

(feet)

14.3

15.6

13.2

15.8

30.5

16.1

14.7

16.2

19.0

14.0

17.6

23.7

15.5

13.7

17.5

7.3

13.4

17.3

8.4

12.4

13.2

14.6

10.8

10.0

8.5

12.2

12,7

5.9

16.5

10.9

10.2

9.5

20.9

19.4

15.0

16.2

7.6

7.9

14.0

14.5

16.5 

17.9 

13.1

15.0

17.6

17.1

18.5

15.0 

13.1 

7.8

16.0

13.3

11.7

10.9

6.7

14.6 

15.6

20.6

11.3

Toccoa River 

near Dial, Ga. i/

Date

Jan. 2

Dec. 9

Jan. 24

Mar. 19

Apr. 2

Apr. 4

Aug. 14

Dec. 14

Feb. 10

Apr. 17

_

Jan. 21

Feb. 15

Mar. 2

Mar. 10

_

Dec. 15

Dec. 17

-

Feb. 5

Feb. 13

Mar. 16

Apr. 13

May 28

June 12

Mar. 5

Apr. 18

-

Dec. 8

Dec. 31

Jan. 11

Dec. 22

Dec. 26

Dec. 28

Feb. 23

Mar. 9

-

May 29

Dec. 16

Mar. 30

Aug. 16 

Sept. 2-3 

Sept. 5

Feb. 27-28

Mar. 5

Mar. 14

Mar. 23

May 6

May 19 

June 27

Sept. 25

ITov. 15

Mar. 7

Mar. 19

Apr. 6

Apr. 4 

Deo. 14

Jan. 30

Feb. 3

Gage 

height 

(feet)

4.0

6.2

3.4

3.0

7.2

4.7

5.3

6.2

9.2

3.0

_

8.0

3.8

3.2

4.4

_

2.1

5.5

-

3.2

3.8

3.4

4.1

4.6

3.0

6.0

5.4

-

3.3

4.4

2.8

2.3

5.0

5.4

3.6

3.6

-

3.3

4.0

4.0

4.0 

2.8 

4.4

5.4

4.9

6.4

6.1

5.8 

4.6 

5.0

7.0

5.6

5.6

3.2

2.2

4.5 

8.0

5.1

4.5

Ocoee River 

at Unf , Tenn. e/

Date

Jan. 2

Dec. 9

Jan. 25

Mar. 19

Apr. 2

Apr. 4

Aug. 14

Dec. 14

Feb. 10

Apr. 17

_

Jan. 21

Feb. 15

Mar. 2

Mar. 10

Apr. 29

Dec. 15

Dec. 17

-

Feb. 5

Feb. 13

Mar. 17

Apr. 14

May 29

June 12

Mar. 5

Apr. 18

June 11

Dec. 8

Dec. 31

Jan. 10

Dec. 22

Dec. 26

Dec. 28

Feb. 23

Mar. 8

-

May 30

Dec. 15

Mar. 30

Aug. 16 

Sept. 2 

Sept. 6

Feb. 28

Mar. 5

Mar. 14

Mar. 23

May 6 

May 19 

June 27

Sept. 25

Nov. 14

Mar. 7

Mar. 19

Apr. 6

Apr. 4 

Dec. 13

Jan. 30

Feb. 2

Sage 

height 

(feet

6.8

7.2

5.4

5.1

12.4

8.6

7.6

10.4

10.8

6.4

_

12.5

7.4

7.4

9.2

5.2

5.6

10.0

-

5.7

6.2

5.9

6.4

6.4

6.2

6.7

9.4

5.2

9.1

6.4

6.8

4.5

7.9

8.4

6.4

7.3

5.0

7.6

10.5

6.1 

10.1 

7.0

7.5

7.4

8.4

8.2

9.8 

8.7 

7.3

7.5

8.0

7.5

5.8

4.9

7.4 

7.9

6.5

than previous gage

c Heoords prior'to 1918 by U. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level (Southitem supplementary adjustment of 1936): prior to Dec. 1, 1905, 766.66 ft.; Dec. 1, 1905 to Oct. 1,

^'Beco^s ^oA^V^essee Electric Power Co. Zero of gage is 1,781.13 ft. above mean sea

**?££: Ul^^E^^m. Power Co. Zero of gage is 838.15 ft. above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).
PREVIOUS FLOODS 673

Table £9. Crest stages of previous floods on tributaries of ttie Tennessee River Continued

Year

1932

1932

1932

1932

1932

1932

1932

1932

1933

1933

1933

1934

1934

1935

1935

1935

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1936

1937

1937

1937

1937

South Pork 

of Holston River 

at Bluff City,

Term, aj

Date

Mar. 23

Apr. 1

May 1-2

Dec. 14

-

Dec. 26

Dec. 28

_

Feb. 8

Feb. 15

May 6

Mar. 3

Aug. 4

Jan. 23

Mar. 13

Mar. 26

Jan. 3

Jan. 10

Jan. 19

Feb. 4

liar. 25

Mar. 28

Apr. 2

Apr. 7

Apr. 10

Jan. 3

Jan. 20

Jan. 25

Feb. 10

Gage

height

(feet)

4.9

4.4

7.0

4.8

-

4.3

9.3

_

7.6

8.2

2.6

7.2

8.6

8.8

6.3

12.5

5.9

6.7

8.6

7.1

8.6

8.2

6.0

8.8

4.4

6.3

7.1

5.7

7.6

Holston Hiver 

near Eogersville, 

Tenn. b/

Date

Mar. 23

Apr. 1

Ilay 2

Dec. 15

Dec. 18

Dec. 26

Dec. 29

_

Feb. 8

Feb. 16

May 6

May 4

Aug. 5

Jan. 24

Mar. 13

Mar. 27

Jan. 4

Jan. 10

Jan. 20

Feb. 5

Mar. 25

Mar. 28

Apr. ^

Apr. 7

Apr. 10

Jan. 3-4

Jan. 19

Jan. 26

Feb. 10

Gage

height

(feet)

6.3

4.7

9.4

5.3

3.2

4.2

12.4

_

9.2

11.8

3.1

10.2

5.4

9.7

8.9

18.5

7.0

8.2

13.4

9.8

12.4

11.6

7,8

13.0

5.8

9.3

8.9

7.3

10.1

Little Tennessee 

River 

at IfcGhee,

Tenn. a/

Date

Mar. 22-

Apr. 1

May 1

Dec. 14

Dec. 17

Dec. 26

Dec. 29

Dec. 31

Feb. 8

Feb. 15

May 6

Mar. 4

Aug. 4

Jan. 22

Mar. 12

Mar. 26

Jan. 3

Jan. 9

Jan. 19

Feb. 4

Mar. 25

Mar. 28

Apr. 2

Apr. 6

Apr. 9-10

Jan. 3

Jan. 19

Jan. 25

Feb. 10

Gage

height

( feet )

10.4

12.0

16.3

15.7

11.4

11.6

27.0

14.8

14.4

20.9

10.4

22.0

4.8

11.3

19.1

6.2

13.9

16.8

23.5

24.9

12.9

21.1

20.7

25.8

13.8

20.6

15.4

13.2

15.0

Tooooa Elver 

near Dial, &a. d/

Date

Ear. 21

Ear. 31

Apr. 30

Dec. 12

Dec. 17

Pec. 25

Dec. 28

Decs. 31

FeD. 7

FeD. 15

May &

Mar. 3

Aug. 5

Jan. 22

Mar. 12

_

Jan. 2

Jan. 8

Jan. 19

Feb. 4

Mar. 25

Mar. 27

Apr. 2

Apr. 6

Apr. 9

Jan. 3

Jan. 18-19

Jan. 25

Feb. 9

Sage

height

(feet)

6.2

6.0

6.1

5.S

5.C

6.0

8.1

5.3

5.0

3.0

7.0

7.1

2.3

3.2

4.1

_

4.6

4.4

6.9

8.3

2.9

3.5

9.6

7.3

4.7

5.7

3.6

3.8

4.1

Oooee Hiver 

at anf , Tenn. e/

Date

Mar. 22

Mar. 31

Apr. 30

Dec. 12

Dec. 17

Dec. 25

Decs. 28

-

Fet. 7

Feb. 14

May 5

Mar. 2-3

Aug. 4-5

Jan. 22

Mar. 12

Mar. 26

Jan. 2

Jan. 8

Jan. 19

FeU. 4

Mar. 25

Mar. 27

Apr. 2

Apr. 6

Apr. 9

Jan. 3

Jan. 18

Jan. 25

Beb. 9

Gage

height

(feet)

5.1

6.7

9.8

6.7

6.9

6.1

9.7

-

7.0

6.4

6.5

9.8

5.2

5.2

7.8

4.0

6.0

7.6

8.1

11.7

5.1

7.1

10.4

12.0

7.6

7.1

6.5

5.9

6.5

a Zero of gage is 1,368.35 ft. above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936).

b Records t>rior to October 1923 by 0. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level 

(Southeastern'supplementary adjustment of 1936): prior to October 1933, 1,052.42 ft.; October 1923 to 

May 1934, 1,054.80 ft.-, since May 1934, 1,054.83 ft. Sage established Bay 1934 reads about 0.1 ft. lower 

than previous gage.

o Records prior to 1918 by U. S. Weather Bureau. Altitude of gage zero above mean sea level (Southeastern supplementary adjustment of 1936): prior to Dec. 1, 1905, 766.66 ft.; Dec. 1, 1905 to Oct. 1, 

1918, 760.96 ft.; 1918-1937, 760.16 ft.

d Records prior to 1925 by Tetmessee Electric Power Co. Zero of gage is 1,781.13 ft. above mean sea 

level (datum of Tennessee Electric Power Co.).

e Records prior to 1925 by Tennessee Electric Power Co. Zero of gage is 838.15 ft. above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).
674 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Maximum annual gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of 

Kaskaskia River at Vandalia, 111.

Date

1875

1882

1908, May 6 

1909, Apr. 14 

1910, Mar. 1 

1911, Oct. 4-5 

1912, Mar. 30

1915, May 27 

1916, Jan. 31 

1917, June 5 

1918, May 11 

1919, Mar. 19 

1920, May 19

Gage height

24.8

24.0

23.2 

22.9, 

21.7 

22.0 

22.1

24.15 

23.95 

25.00 

20.52 

22.14 

22.95

Discharge

-

-

aV,720 

7,570 

6,970 

a!3,000 

7,210

14,800 

14,400 

16 , 400 

8,460 

11,000 

12,600

Date

1921, Dec. 26 

1922, Apr. 18

1923, Mar. 17

T Q9A. Mor- ^1

1925, Mar. 15 

1926, Oct. 4 

1927, Mar. 20 

1928, Apr. 7 

1929, May 14 

1930, Jan. 14

1932, Jan. 24 

1933, May 15 

1934, Aug. 19 

1935, May 16 

1936, Mar. 26 

1937, Jan. 15

Gage height

18.75 

b21.87

23.81 

20.72

21.25 

C22.38 

d22 . 26 

20.48 

22.72

PI Q9

17.42 

22.65 

14.76 

21.89 

19.33 

e24.2

Discharge

6,460 

a!8,800

14,100 

8,740

9,500 

a20 ,000 

a!9,800 

8,460 

12,000 

10,600

5,550 

17,500 

4,250 

11,200 

7,290 

14,900

a Levses above station failed; discharge estimated.

b Maximum gage height for the year, 23.70 feet Mar. 15 (discharge, 

13,900 second-feet).

c Maximum gage height for the year, 22.89 feet Oct. 3 (discharge, 

12,400 second-feet).

d Maximum gage height for year, 22.55 feet Dec. 1 (discharge, 11,800 

second-feet).

e Prom graph of gage readings, corrected for effect of levee breaks.

It should be noted that the stages given in the above table are not 

comparable because of the influence of levees.

At the time this report w&s being prepared (April 1938) there occurred on the Kaskaskia River a flood in which the discharge at Vandalia 

was more than twice the maximum experienced in the flood of 1937.

Lower Mississippi River Basin

Tables 40 and 42 present for certain places on the Mississippi River 

and for some tributaries of the lower Mississippi River, respectively, a 

summary of available records of maximum annual stages. Tables 41 and 43 

present in a corresponding manner available records of maximum annual 

observed discharge. The records of maximum annual stages are generally 

continuous for each year during the past 50 or 60 years but are more 

broken prior to that time and prior to 1871 are few and scattered. In 

comparing stages of earlier and later years it must be remembered that in 

many places the regimen of the Mississippi River and its tributaries has 

been more or less materially affected during the period of observation by 

levees, cut-offs, dredging of channels, and other works for river stabilization, and that stages may therefore afford an unsatisfactory index of 

the relative magnitudes of discharge in the river channels. Because of 

crevasses In the levees, the stages of some floods were considerably 

lower than they would otherwise have been.
PREVIOUS FLOODS 675

The observed maximum discharges furnish available information as 

obtained generally from reports of the Mississippi River Commission and 

become increasingly meager as the records extend back. The records may 

not represent the maximum discharges that occurred but the maximum flood 

discharges that were observed under a system of observation which at 

times was not wholly continuous.

A summary of general information regarding early floods of the lower 

Mississippi River is presented in a-report entitled "The improvement of 

the lower Mississippi River for flood control and navigation."* This report contains references to the flood of 1543 as recorded in De la Vega's 

narrative of the De Soto expedition, the flood of 1664 as recorded in the 

history of the La Salle expedition, 12 floods in different years of the 

eighteenth century, and numerous early floods of the nineteenth century.

* Vol. 1, U. S. Waterways Exper. Sta., Vicksburg, Miss., May 1, 1932.
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29.80

32.06

26.60

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21.15

25.50

33.65

32.39

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27.10

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23.70

23.40

27.70

30.95

27.20

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23.53

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26.89

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30.20

26.20

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34.95

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May 24

Apr. 27

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Apr. 19

July 27

June 13

Apr. 30,

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Apr. 1, 16

July 26

June 21

July 17, 18

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18.2

31.2

28.3

18.0

19.4

24.8

26.8

22.2

21.4

19.4

19.75

22.8

33.4

30.4

26.55

22.75

24.00

30.75

31.0

22.2

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July 5

July 10

May 8

Feb. 24

June 27, 28

Apr. 10, 11

June 24

May 15

Mar. 10

June 4, 5

June 2

Apr. 6

Apr. 26

May 22

May 4, 5

May 13

Deo. 25

May 29

Apr. 12, 13

liar. 28

Apr. 27, 28

Mar. 17

Apr. 19

'July 26-28

June 14

May 1

Sept. 23

Apr. 2

Jan. 25

June 21-23

July 18

May 11

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g25.86

g32.96

g32.16

g34.31

g28.15

g27.35

g27.45

g22.65

g28.56

g25.80

g25.3e

g23.10

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g22.80

g23.70

28.90

31.60

27.80

26.00

25.00

24.60

26.30

36.53

34.10

30.00

27.60

29.00

34.10

35.00

26.50

liar. 6

Apr. 19, 20

Feb. 26

Apr. 26

Aug. 8

Apr. 6, 7

Apr. 15

Apr. 29

Deo. 31

Mar. 22

Apr. 20

Feb. 26

Feb. 27

Feb. 22-24

Jan. 26

Apr. 19

Mar. 9, 10

Apr. 4, 5

June 24

Mar. 12

Mar. 4-6

Apr. 28

May 9

Feb. 16

Jan. 21, 22

Apr. 13

Mar. 25, 26

Apr. 6

Apr. 2

Mar. 17

May 1, 2

Mar. 17

Mar. 16, 17

Apr. 5

May 24

Apr. 9

Jan. 27

Mar. 19

Mar. 16, 17

Mar. 15

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39.20

41.55

47.37

45.12

46.38

40.52

37.04

36.50

44.60

45.80

51.87

52.17

51.79

39.00

51.02

48.50

45.35

34.53

48.80

45.21

48.29

49.33

37.00

33.00

39.20

51.72

49.78

46.24

39.17

43.20

42.14

50.57

49.10

38.56

46.00

50.33

45.55

47.27

42.15

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Feb. 23, 24

Jan. 26

Apr. 19

Mar. 10, 11

Apr. 6

June 24

Apr. 6

Mar. 6, 7

Apr. 28

May 8-10

Feb. 16

Jan. 22

Apr. 13

Mar. 28-30

Apr. 6

Apr. 4

Mar. 17

May 1

Mar. 17

Mar. 17

Apr. 5

May 24

Apr. 10

Jan. 27

Mar. 18, 19

Mar. 17

Mar. 15

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1909

1910

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1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

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1918

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Apr. 12-15

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Hay 8, 9

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May 29

Apr. 19

Feb. 6

Mar. 26

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Mar. 21

Apr. 28, 29

Apr. 22

Apr. 22

Apr. 17

Feb. 20

Feb. 11, 12

Apr. 12, 13

Mar. 2, 3

Apr. I

Apr. 8, 9

Apr. 9, 10

May 3

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Apr. 1

Jan. 21, 22

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38.42

51.75

49.11

46.75

38.25

41.45

39.58

51.00

47.62

37.77

47.05

50.39

45.20

47.65

40.70

44.56

54.30

55.20

39.43

43.55

53.40

49.90

37.49

46.20

50.10

38.65

53.10

45.40

42.20

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Apr. 19

Mar. 29

Apr. 19-21

Apr. 15-20

Mar. 25

May 12, 13

Mar. 29

Mar. 27, 28

Apr. 19-21

June 3

Apr. 22

Feb. 8

June 2-4

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Mar. 23

May 2, 3

Apr. 12

Apr. 20

Apr . 20-23

Feb. 24, 25

Feb. 10, 11

Apr. 18

Mar. 5-7

Apr. 5, 6

Apr. 11-13

May 5, 6

Apr. 22-27

Apr. 4-7

Jan. 24-26

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41.4

52.9

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50.1

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55.15

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56.4

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49.4

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Apr. 16

Apr. 24, 25

Apr. 17-23

Mar. 27

May 16

Apr. 17

Mar. 28

Apr. 25

June 6

Apr. 26

Feb. 12, 13

June 5-8

Apr. 1, 2

Mar. 25, 26

May 6

Apr. 12

Apr. 27, 28

Apr. 26

Feb. 28,

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Feb. 15

Apr. 23

Bar. 8

Apr. 10, 11

Apr. 27

May 8, 10

Apr. 28

Apr. 9, 10

Jan. 29

Mar. 8

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41.50

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Apr. 18

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Feb. 15

Apr. 25-27

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Apr. 12-14

Apr. 28

May 10-12

Apr. 26

Apr. 14

Jan. 28 to

Feb. 2

Mar. 9, 10

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46.15

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39.80

40.25

50.35

45.50

41.27

46.7

48.9

48.9

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39.8

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51.42

52.6

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43.9

53.5

49.9

36.4

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51.5

44.9

55.3

48.5

43.45

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Apr. 22, 23

May 14, 15

Apr. 28-30

Apr. 22-27

Mar. 29

May 15-18

Apr. 18-20

Apr. 8, 9

Apr. 28-30

June 9

May 1

Feb. 15

June 14-16

Apr. 4, S

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May 12

May 11, 12

May 8

Apr. 28

Mar. 6

Mar. 2, 3

Apr. 28

May 10

Apr. 16

May 20-25

May 14

May 15, 16

Apr. 14, 15

Jan. 31 to

Feb. 3

Har. 10, 11

a Mississippi River Commission gage.

d Altitude, in feet, above mean Gulf level.

e Approximate.

k Prior to 1924, gage located 
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Tear

1851

1852

1857

1858

1866

1872

1873

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

St. Louis, MO.

Date

_

_

_

-

Oct. 24

May

Hay 16, 17

_

_

Oct. 14

Hay 4

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

May 20

May 21

_

_

(h)

(h)

(h)

(h)

Discharge

_

_

_

-

km384

k315

*369

_

_

gH.07

g896

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

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1,040

gl ,150

-

_

(h)

(h)

(h)

(h)

Cape Girardeau, 

Mo. i/

Da to

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

Discharge

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

Columbus, Ey. £/

Date

_

_

Dea. 16

Jane 17,

18, 19

-

-

-

-

Bar. 29

-

Dec. 28

Feb. 22

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

Mar. 1

Apr. 30

May 9

_

(h)

Apr. 14

Mar. 5

Mar. 9

Mar. 31

Apr. 2

Discharge

_

_

gil,140

gl,400

_

-

-

_

gi750

-

gil,120

gkl,600

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

H.,380

1,400

gl,530

_

(h)

944

H.,370

kgl,460

kgl,520

kl,510

Memphis, Term.

Date

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

Dec. 27

Jan. 24

-

-

(h)

Feb. 21

_

_

_

-

_

Mar. 20

Mar. 10

(h)

-

(h)

(h)

_

-

Discharge

_

.

-

-

-

-

-

gkn485

gkn838

-

-

(h)

gkl.190

.

_

_

-

_

1,340

1.290

(h)

-

(h)

(h)

_

-

-

Helena, Ark:, d/

Date

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

Apr. 4

_

-

Mar. 8

Mar. 13

..

Oct. 8

Oct. 9

Jan. 28

_

HOT. 29

Mar. 2

Apr. 4

Mar. 21

Mar. 27,28

May 11

May 23

._

(h)

(h)

Mar. 22

Apr. 12,15

Apr. 14,15

Discharge

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

glc729

-

-

1,560

gH.,560

_

k423

gkp466

1,020

-

K569

k800

kTl, 570

gkl,460

1,430

1,330

1,590

-

(h)

(h)

kl,490

gl,420

1,400

Arkansa

Ark. 

Date

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(h)

Jan. 16

Mar. 24

-

Jan. 28

Mar. 19

Mar. 30,31

Apr. 3, 7

May 4

May 27

-

w Jan. 4

Mar. 27

Apr. 20

Apr. 20

a Current-meter measurements from publications of Mississippi Biver Commission, 

except as noted.

b Gage at Cape Girardeauj measuring section at Thebes, 111., prior tc March 1932.

c Gage at Columbus; measuring section at Wiekliffe, Ky., 1922-23, and at Hickman, 

Ky., subsequent to 1923.

d Gage at Helena; measuring section moved to Friar Point, Miss., in April 1913 

during period of higlwater.

e Gage at Arkansas City; measuring section during highwater at Ch'ioot, Ark., subsequent to liar. 14, 1903.

f Gage at Red River Landing, La., 1871-1923 and at Angola subsequent to 1923; measuring section at Bed River Landing, La., below mouth of Old Biver.

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h Low-water meas

i Maximum discha

j Also observed 

k Hot maximum di

discharge probably 

m Measured by St

n Measuring stat

p Results doubtf

q. Measuring sect

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1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Apr. 20

Dec. 31

Apr. 2, 3

Apr. 25, 26

June 2, 3

Apr. 22

Jan. 15-19

Mar, 14, 15

Mar. 25, 26

Apr. 17, 18

Apr. 26-29

Apr. 21, 22

Apr. 20, 21

Mar. 22, 23

Mar. 7

Feb. 9-12

Apr. 13-15

May 24-26

Dec. 16-18

Apr. 9, 10

Apr. 18

Apr. 10

June 11

Jan. 4

Nov. 9

Sea. SI

Apr. 30 to May 2

July 13-17

May 28-30

Feb. 7, 8

Dec. 17

Feb. 2-5

June 2-4

Apr. 2-6

Apr. 7, 8

Apr. 24-26

Feb. 4-6

14.50

16.80

32.9

23.1

18.5

25.7

31.4

26.2

25.4

15.86

21.25

39.4

40.20

17.56

19.3

29.6

23.9

17.6

23.0

24.6

24.0

28.5

26.0

20.8

18.5

18.10

33.7

25.4

27.4

27.19

13.9

27.07

26.6

21.18

29.1

20.9

34.2

Mar. 26

Dec. 30

Mar. 20

Apr. 8

June 3

Apr. 6

May 18

May 25

Mar. 21

Oct. 18

Apr. 27

Apr. 14

Apr. 15

May 15

Sept. 2

Feb. 7

Apr. 20

May 27, 28

Jan. 8, 9

Apr. 9

May 10

Apr. 18

June 3, 4

June 23, 24

Oct. 28

Dec. 31

Apr. 23

July 1

May 24

Jan. 23, 24

Feb. 26

Jan. 30 to Feb. 2

May 28

Apr. 6, 7

Mar. 25, 26

Nov. 14

Jan. 28

26.75

28.30

32.63

29.60

29.90

33.05

34.20

30.70

28.30

25.77

29.02

32.60

30.35

27.00

33.02

38.43

27.57

30.40

28.50

29.60

30.75

30.72

30.36

26.95

28.35

27.45

43.30

34.9

31.30

30.98

26.95

30.38

30.97

29.78

33.70

22.77

35.75

Apr. 20

Dec. 19

June 2

June 11, 12

June 1

May 5

May 11

May 30

May 29

May 25

Aug. 10

May 4

Dec. 8

May 7

June 1

Feb. 2

June 12

May 14

Nov. 2

Mar. 30

Apr. 30

Apr. 15

June 18, 19

May 3, 4

Oot. 18

Oot. 13

Apr. 21

June 26

May 19

May 12

Nov. 28

Jan. 26

May 19

Apr. 9

June 23

Oot. 2

Jan. 18

19.10

20.60

26.20

29.40

24.20

21.90

23.00

27.80

25.20

15.73

20.10

25.40

19.10

19.4

26.8

28.80

16.20

20.10

18.1

22.10

22.10

24.90

26.70

22.9

14.96

24.80

34.40

22.2

25.12

23.1

16.05

21.38

24.4

17.09

30.3

16.5

20.4

_

-

-

-

Feb. 23, 24

Dec. 14

June 3-7

Feb. 26

Bar. 27

July 22

May Z

Apr. 6

Feb. 12

Apr. 14, 15

Feb. 23-25

Feb. 13-17

Apr. 17-20

May 1, 2

Apr. 2

May 7, 8

Apr. 27, 28

Mar. 22

May 30, 31

Jan. 29

Nov. 19, 20

Dec. 31

Jan. 2, 3

May 4-6

Apr. 3-5

May 29

Dec. 25, 26

Jan. 19

Apr. 14

Mar. 16-18

Mar. 19-21

Apr. 17, 18

Feb. 9

a Mississippi River Oommlssiou gages, except as noted, 

b Published by Mississippi Elver Commission as "Bridge Mo. 

Pae. E. E."j prior to 1925, as "Bridge St. 1., I. M. & S. By." 

o U. S. Weather 5*ureau gage.

d Altitude, in feet, above mean Gulf level, except aq noted. 

e Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level.

f Altitude, in feet, above mean sea level (U. 

Geodetic Survey datum, 1912 adjustment). Prior 

was 6 ft. higher; all readings are reduced to pr

g Eeoords incomplete; maximum during year may 

h From reports of Mississippi Elver Commissio
688 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

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table 43. Maximum animal observed discharges, in thousands of

Year

1851

1858

18731

1879

1880

1881

1882

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1922

1923

1924

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

St. Francis River, 

Parkin, Ark. b/

Date

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

Apr. 30 to

May 2

July 15

May 30

Feb. 8

Deo. 17

Feb. 3

June 2

Apr. 4

liar. 30

Apr. 30

Feb. 2

DisQh.

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

840.0

23.9

22.9

36.3

12.8

32.6

26.5

21.1

37.4

7.6

74.1

White River, 

Clarendon, Ark.

Bate

_

_

_

Feb. 11

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

May 28

Hay 10

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

Apr. 6

Jan. 10

-

-

_

-

Apr. 14

_

_

Sept. 2

Feb. 7

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

Apr. 23

June 30

Hay 24-25

Jan. 23-24

Feb. 26

Feb. 2

May 27

Apr. 5

liar. 24

Nov. 14

Jan. 27

Disch.

_

_

_

de39.4

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

173

202

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

210

f!73

_

-

_

-

172

_

_

202

322

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

t440

230

0156

U135

U56.9

106

125

104

181

34.5

U216

Arkansas River, 

Little Hook, Ark.

Bate

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

(h)

In)

May 3

_

_

_

Hay 23

Hay 6

(g)

Aug. 4

_

(h)

Hay 11

(g)

_

_

_

June 3

June 10

June 11

-

-

_

Hay 30

lh)

!*)

Hay 4

!h>

_

June 3

Feb. 2

W

Hay 14

_

(h)

_

June 18

June 18

_

Apr. 21

June 26-27

Hay 16

Hay 18

Hay 13

HOT. 28

Jan. 26

Hay 19

Apr. 9

June 23

Oct. 2

Jan. 18

Disch.

-

_

_

_

_

-

-

_

dfllO

ih)

(h)

f!05

_

_

_

df457

df!97

(h)

df!32

_

(h)

dk677

(g)

-

-

-

282

423

d440

-

-

_

376

th)

W

d321

W

_

d290

d458

th)

r219

_

th)

_

dSOO

299

_

d813

n232

274

d331

270

d!41

d234

d277

124

441

133

194

Yazoo River, 

Greenwood, Miss.

Date

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

Feb. 26-27

Mar. 26-28

July 21-23

May 1-2

Apr. 6-7

Apr. 16-18

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

Apr. 19

Hay 3-6

Apr. 1

Hay 27

Dec. 26

Jan. 19

Apr. 14

Mar. 12

Mar. 18

Apr. 16

Feb. 9

Disch.

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

m29.6

m27.2

m22.7

m36.3

m39.0

mqn31.7

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

df23.8

uSl.O

31.5

27.2

35.2

72.9

42.0

f!6.7

31.3

19.3

33.1

Yazoo River, 

Yazoo City, Hiss.

Date

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

January

April

April

(a)

(p)

_

-

-

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

_

Disch.

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

m!7.3

m25.6

m27.7

M

tp)

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

_

a Current-meter observations by Mississippi River Commission, except as noted, 

b Record as given includes discharge of St. Francis Bay at Riverfront, Ark. 

c How from Mississippi Hiver to Atohafalaya River, except as noted, 

d Heat measurement.

e Does not include discharge of Hockrow Bayou.

f Hot maximum discharge for year; see record in table 42 for date of maximum stage, when 

discharge probably occurred.

g Flow from Atohafalaya Hiver to Mississippi Hiver.

h Low-water measurements only.

j Does not include overbank discharge.

References.- See references to table 41.
PREVIOUS FLOODS

second-feet, on tributaries of the lower Mississippi Hirer a/

Hed Hiver, 

Alexandria, La.

Date

_

Feb. 2

_

May 26

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

July 10

June 10

Mar. 7

-

Aug. 5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Apr. 4

-

June 14

-

June 20

July 2

-

-

-

Apr. 22

-

-

May 12

May 15

Feb. 17

Feb. IS

-

-

Nov. 10

June 1

Apr. 15

Dec. 29

Jan. 1, 2

May 4

May 2, 3

Bay 31

June 7

Dec. 26, 27

Feb. 4

Feb. 8

July 31

Apr. 16

June 2

May 17

Feb. 1

Disch.

_

d90.1

_

d50.3

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

f32.1

J191

f35.6

-

93.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

f!40

-

145

-

114

210

-

-

-

113

-

-

d!37

134

d!47

144

-

-

119

152

df!41

138

129

171

1193.0

100

d!57

144

1177.2

194

d201

91.4

m.i

151

f5E.3

107

Ouaohita Hiver, 

Monroe, La.

Date

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

June 1

_

-

_

-

Mar. 30

-

-

Mar. 5

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

Apr. 16

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

Apr. 30

May 5-8

Mar. 25

Mar. 27

May 30

Dec. 27

Dec. 29

Mar. 3

Hay 8

Apr. 17

Feb. 8

Jan. 10

Feb. 7

Disch.

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

df56.2

_

-

_

-

59.1

-

-

f!9.0

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

df75.4

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

79.4

1137.9

34.2

d37.5

66.6

f63.8

fd66.8

95.4

37.2

43.7

f45.4

flO.8

U73.1

Old Hiver, 

Torras, La. c/

Date

Mar. 20

Feb. 12

_

-

July 20

_

Jan. 9

Dec. 31

Mar. 5

_

_

_

Feb. 21

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

May 1

February

-

_

-

Hay 8

Apr. 12

May 16

Apr. 30

_

_

Feb. 19

Apr. 23

_

(h)

Apr. 28

Apr. 25

Apr. 12

_

Apr. 22

July 20

June 5

June 8

Jan. 25, 30,

31

Apr. 23

Feb. 25

Mar. 4

June 12

June 15

(h)

Apr. 11

Apr. 29

Feb. 16

Feb. 2E

Disch.

102

d76.1

_

f81.6

_

df7S.4

fg63.3

fg99.1

_

_

_

fg60.8

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

133

154

-

-

-

147

f347

g316

276

_

_

270

321

-

(h)

317

f447

206

_

f335

258

d386

377

U174

u!04

f!47

dl48

d231

209

(h)

256

266

497

d514

Atchafalaya Hiver, 

Simmesport, La.

Date

Mar. 9

Feb. 11

Dec. 29

-

July 21

Dec. 13

Mar. 31

_

Feb. 6

-

_

_

Feb. 2

May 12

Apr. 27

June 24, 26

June 21

_

_

(h)

May 13

Apr. 29

-

_

_

-

Apr. 9

Apr. 28

_

Apr. 29

Apr. 29

Feb. 14

June 17

Apr. 7

-

May 9, 17

May 9

May 9

_

_

Feb. 28

Apr. 25

_

_

May 3

Apr. 27

Apr. 13

_

May 25

July 21

June 5

Feb. 7-9

Dec. SI

Mar. 5

.

June 9

June 12

(h)

July 12

July 13

May 4

May 6

Feb. 27

Disch.

d!05

d77.1

d!22

-

d86.5

dflOl

d281

_

212

-

_

_

142

480

316

451

359

-

_

(h)

406

257

_

-

-

-

388

241

_

262

d270

300

321

d307

-

209

413

395

_

_

385

282

_

_

f306

f341

311

_

d592

291

386

U246

u!93

433

d339

323

(h)

367

d375

d284

275

471

Atchafalaya River , 

Krotz Springs, La.

Date

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

July 8

May 5

Feb. 28

Disch.

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

V345

V262

v443

Year

1851

1858

1873

1879

1880

1881

1882

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1G93

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1922

1923

1924

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

k Observation not considered reliable.

m Maximum daily discharge for year; computed from stage-discharge relation; records of Seological Survey.

n No records March to July, when highsrater occurred.

p Low-water measurement by Geological Survey; no discharge records computed for 1905.

q Discharge records for period Apr. 6 to June 30 only.

r Mean of 2 measurements.

s Estimated maximum.

t Computed by Kutter's formula.

u Maximum daily discharge for year; computed from stage-discharge relation.

v Maximum crest discharge for year; records of Geological Survey.

FLOOD DEPOSITS OP THE OHIO RIVER, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1937 

A Study of Sedimentation

By G. R. Mansfield

ABSTRACT

This report gives the results of a brief geologic reconnaissance 

of the part of the Ohio River Valley between Cairo, 111., and'Huntlngton, 

V. Va., covered by the flood of January-February 1937. It Is based on 

field notes and the mechanical analysis of many samples of flood deposits 

collected at different places on both sides of the river. A few samples 

from the Potomac River are considered for comparison. The mechanically 

analyzed samples are grouped In 12 categories, depending on the position 

of the localities from which they were taken. The nature of the underlying materials was also considered. Among the more Important conclusions 

reached are the following: Graphs based on mechanical analyses show that 

In general the river silts of this flood yield a slgmold curve, characteristic of the great majority of natural sediments. Flood deposits, however, tend to come In pairs, coarse and fine, Indicating rising and fallIng stages, and to contain sandy lenses and partings, perhaps due to recurrence of storms during the flood period with corresponding effects on 

stream velocity. The flood deposits seem to become systematically coarser 

away from the river, possibly an effect of the greater velocity of the 

water during flood stages and possibly also of contributions by tributary 

streams to the main flood. Great similarity was noted in the mechanical 

composition of loess and of the river silts of the flood, probably due in 

considerable measure to the wide distribution of loess in the Ohio Valley 

area and,its erosion and transport to the flooded area by tributary 

streams. Available geologic evidence, suggestive rather than compelling, 

seems to show that in the part of the valley studied the flood of JanuaryFebruary 1937 exceeded in height any previous flood. Such brief records 

of previous floods as are available (since settlement by white men) support the geologic evidence. Thus the engineering data obtained in the 

study of this flood would seem to furnish a valuable basis for the provision of flood-control measures.

INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The investigation here reported was undertaken by the Geological Survey in response to a suggestion made to its Chief Geologist by Dr. M. M. 

Leighton, Chief of the Geological Survey Division, Illinois Department of 

Registration and Education, at the annual meeting of the Association of 

American State Geologists in Washington in February 1937. Dr. Leighton 

pointed out that the flood of January-February 1937 was of unusual proportions and must have left a geologic record, chiefly in the form of deposits which should be distinctive and which might be useful for comparison in studying some of the earlier deposits involved in the complex 

history of the Ohio Valley. These earlier deposits are the source of 

certain mineral raw materials of economic value, and any light thrown on 

their origin, distribution, or mode of deposition is of direct help in

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their successful exploitation and use. Furthermore, it was thought that 

such an investigation might yield data on the recurrence of floods of exceptional magnitude, much needed in planning for future flood control.

The report summarizes the results obtained from such study, of the 

field and laboratory data as it has been practicable to make at the time 

of writing (February 1938). It is hoped that further studies may justify 

later and more detailed publication.

The writer is indebted to his colleagues in the water-resources 

branch of the Geological Survey for the opportunity to use in the field 

the topographic maps on which they had outlined from gage-height data the 

approximate position of the maximum high-water stage along both sides of 

the river and for making mechanical analyses of the numerous samples collected. Colleagues of the writer in both the geologic and water-resources 

branches of the Geological Survey have read the manuscript and offered 

valuable criticisms and suggestions. The State geologists of the States 

affected cooperated as fully as possible, and Profs. W. H. Bucher and 

J. L. Rich, of the University of Cincinnati, who joined the Survey party 

for a day in the field, furnished valuable suggestions.

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF WORK

In the approximately three weeks available for the actual field study 

of the problem it was possible to visit selected localities only, along 

both sides of the river, with a view to the recognition and sampling of 

such deposits as might certainly be ascribed to the flood of JanuaryFebruary 1937. In this selection an attempt was made to include localities both near the outer margins of the flooded area and close to the 

river bank, as well as intermediate places, and to consider broader parts 

of the valley where the bordering uplands lie at some distance from the 

river as well as narrower parts where the uplands close in on either side. 

Preliminary study in the field, begun under the guidance of Dr. Leighton, 

was given to the problem of weathered soil zones in their possible relation to flood deposits.*

The general objectives of the study as a whole were the identification of deposits definitely ascribable to the flood of January-February 

1937, the discovery of criteria that might be useful in the study of 

other deposits of possible flood origin, and the recognition of systematic

*See, for example, Leighton, M. M., and MacClintock, Paul, Weathered 

zones of the drift sheets of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey 

Rept. Investigations no. 20, 1930. (Reprinted from Jour. Geology, vol. 

38, pp. 28-53, 1930.)
FLOOD DEPOSITS 695

differences in the deposits that are related to their position, conditions of deposition, and sources of supply or other geological factors 

affecting the deposits and the question of flood control. To a certain 

extent at least each of these objectives was achieved.

FIELD WORK

Field work on the flood problem began June 9 at Cairo, 111., and 

ended at Huntington, W. Va., on June 27, 1937. With L. Bryant Mather as 

assistant the writer drove by automobile to points on the river bank or 

in the adjacent country which, on the basis of the marked topographic 

maps, seemed to afford the most likely places for exposures of flood deposits. The ground was opened by digging with a shovel deep enough to 

expose the nature and thickness of the flood deposits, if any, and the 

character of the underlying material. Favorite places for sampling were 

localities near bridges over streams from a few hundred yards to half a 

mile or more back from the river, as those usually had adjacent areas not 

disturbed by soil cultivation, though at many places dense growths of new 

vegetation had sprung up. It was obvious that the level of the river had 

fluctuated several times since the principal flood, and during the last 

few days of field work the river rose about 30 feet. Care was taken in 

sampling to exclude surfaces affected by these later inundations, except 

that in a few places samples of the later material were taken for comparison.

Early in November 1937 the Potomac River was in a moderate flood 

stage, and on the 7th the writer collected samples of its flood deposits 

at several places above Great Falls for study in comparison with samples 

from the Ohio River.

LABORATORY WORK

The contemplated laboratory work included mechanical analysis of the 

samples, certain chemical analyses, and such investigations of the sedimentary processes as seem justified by the nature of the samples and the 

available field data. At the time of writing only the mechanical analyses 

have been made. This work has been done in the laboratories of the waterresources branch of the Geological Survey by W. W. Brannock under the 

direction of C. S. Howard.
696 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

NATURE OF THE PROBLEM

In its immediate aspects, the problem involves the general nature of 

the flood deposit as to the size and composition of its component particles or materials, its distribution, its variation with respect to 

distance from the river bank or up or down stream from large tributaries, 

and the nature of the surface on which it was deposited. On casual inspection the deposits, as seen at different places, look very much alike. 

Nevertheless the mechanical analyses reveal differences that may prove 

significant. Systematic differences in the texture of flood deposits 

across the flood plain may be recognized. Flood deposits may be expected 

to be modified by contributions received from large tributaries, especially if they drain types of country or rock formations different from those 

crossed by the main stream. The main stream itself tends to dam back the 

waters of tributaries and thus to increase deposits near their mouths. 

However, the flood waters of the main stream overflow the mouths and adjacent parts of the tributaries and to a greater or less extent tend to 

smother the effects of their contributions.

From a broader point of view the flood of January-February 1937 is a 

late entry in the geologic record of the Ohio Valley. It was well written 

and was still generally well preserved at the time the field work for 

this investigation was done. This great flood left deposits over wide 

areas not reached by ordinary floods. The deposits of earlier floods of 

equal or greater magnitude have presumably been greatly modified or 

destroyed by erosion or cultivation. They must be sought on favorably 

exposed bluffs, on the walls of gullies, or in holes bored at selected 

places. It was not practicable to extend the investigation here described 

sufficiently to include such exploration. Ultimately it may be possible 

by such means to throw light on late Pleistocene and recent chapters of 

Ohio Valley history, and possibly to furnish data on the frequency and 

magnitude of the unusual floods which any large-scale plan of flood prevention should meet.
FLOOD DEPOSITS 697 

SUMMARY OP THE PHYSIOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OP THE OHIO VALLEY

In an article by INilber Stout and G. F. Lamb,* these authors distinguish seven principal stages and nine substages In the physiographic 

record of the Ohio Basin, of which the second, correlated by them with 

the Harrisburg peneplain of Pennsylvania, represents the oldest welldefined erosion surface. The Harrisburg peneplain In Pennsylvania, 

according to P. Bascom,^ was the product of a partial erosion cycle of 

early Tertiary time. The seven principal stages In the Ohio Basin correspond In general with erosion of greater or less duration, whereas the 

substages record interruptions to or intensification of the erosive process Por example, no less than three epochs of uplift and rejuvenation 

of drainage are recorded, one of which permitted the streams to cut much 

below the depth of the older valley systems. Ice sheets or outwash front 

them also invaded the Ohio Basin three times, filling valleys, displacing 

streams, and causing rearrangements of drainage each time. The present 

scheme of drainage, Inherited from these earlier conditions, Includes many 

diverse features; for example, at some places young streams are cutting 

steep-sided new valleys whereas, at others older streams are engaged In 

removing valley fill. The present Ohio Valley is a composite, representing the results to the present time of the conditions just briefly outlined. No doubt many floods have left their records In the valley, and 

some of them may have been comparable to or greater than the one here discussed.

NATURE OF SURFACE MATERIALS FLOODED

In the part of the Ohio Valley studied some variation In the nature 

of the surfaces flooded was noted. In some places two or more successive 

deposits of apparently similar nature were seen, with lines of separation 

determined by soil layers containing old roots or other debris. Here the 

flood of January-February 1937 had apparently reoccupied earlier flooded 

territory. Such deposits were found In flood plains of several tributary 

streams near the river. Elsewhere the fine silty type of deposit, which 

came to be recognized as most characteristic of the flood, was laid on 

loose sand, presumably also of flood origin. Such places were generally 

close to the river bank and appeared to mark swifter current conditions 

(perhaps accompanying a rising stage) than the finer deposit above, which

« Stout, Wilber, and Lemb, G. F., Physiographic features of southeastern Ohio: Ohio Jour. Sci., vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 49-83, March 1938.

t U. S. Geol. Survey Geol. Atlas, Coatesville-West Chester folio, Pa.- 

Del. (no. 223), 1932.
698 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

is considered to be the product of the receding stage. In places farther 

back from the river or at higher altitudes the flood deposit appeared to 

lie on loessial or glacial materials. Such places appeared not to have 

been previously flooded. They were usually well out toward the margin of 

the flooded area and seemed to indicate that at these localities the flood 

of January-February 1937 was indeed the record flood. The systematic 

checking of such places to determine the identity of the underlying materials, together with their accurate location on maps, would supply much 

needed data for the control of floods of unusual magnitude.

If criteria emerge from this or similar studies sufficient to identify flood deposits as such and attempts are made to apply these criteria 

to the late geologic record in the Ohio Valley the nature of the underlying material and its degree of weathering will also play an important part.

FLOOD OF JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1937

The meteorologic conditions that produced the great flood of 

January-February 1937 in the Ohio Valley are described in the section of 

the main report entitled "Meteorologic and hydrologic conditions." The 

unusual feature was the long-continued localization of conditions favoring heavy precipitation over much of the Ohio River Basin, especially the 

parts outside of Pennsylvania. An Important consequence of this condition was the development of the highest flood stages in the central and 

lower portions of the Ohio River, rather than in the Pittsburgh section.

At the time the field work for this investigation was done, nearly 

five months after the flood, much had been accomplished in the way of rehabilitation, but nevertheless evidence of its destructiveness was seen 

at many places in the form of collapsed or dislocated buildings and accumulations of debris. (See pis. 20, 21.) At one place a building was 

being moved back from the middle of a street, and at another a sign 

posted by the village authorities warned that all buildings in the streets 

must be removed by March 1. As one drove along the highway it was difficult to imagine that the road had so recently been under water 10 to 20 

feet or more deep. Nevertheless, watermarks on store windows, houses, 

and barns showed the grim reality of the facts. (See pi. 22.)
FLOOD DEPOSITS 699 

PREVIOUS FLOODS

Detailed information regarding stages reached by past floods at 

different places along the river Is given In the section of the main report entitled "Records of previous floods."

Figure 96 in the accompanying report shows graphically the profile 

of the maximum crest stages on the Ohio River during the flood of JanuaryFebruary 1937 and of the maximum crest stages previously known. This 

graph shows that at places along the river above Pomeroy, Ohio, the crest 

height of the 1937 flood was exceeded by that of the 1913 and 1936 floods, 

whereas below that place, with the exception of a few miles, the crest of 

the flood of 1937 was higher than that of any previously recorded flood.

By scaling distances from this diagram It appears that at Cairo, 

111., the crest of the flood of 1937 was approached within about 3 feet 

by that of the flood of 1927. However, northeastward from Cairo earlier 

flood crests recede again rather markedly, and at Paducah, Ky., the next 

highest flood (1913) was about 6 feet lower. At Evansville, Ind., the 

flood of 1913 was also the next highest and was about 6 feet below the 

crest of 1937. Louisville, Ky., is in that part of the valley which experienced the greatest difference in crest height; there the next highest 

flood (1884) reached within about 10.5 feet of the flood of 1937. At 

Cincinnati the difference In crest height between these two floods was about 9 feet. At Portsmouth, Ohio, and Huntington, W. Va., the flood of 

1913 was the one that most nearly approached that of 1937; at Portsmouth 

the difference was about 6 feet and at Huntington, about 3 feet.

Gage-height readings available for the Cairo area, Illinois, show 

that In the years 1912-37, inclusive, seven floods reached relatively 

high crests as follows: 1912 (53.9 feet), 1913 (54.7), 1916 (53.2), 1922 

(53.6), 1927 (56.4), 1929 (52.6), and 1937 (59.5). The maximum, that of 

1937, exceeded the next highest (1927) by only 3.1 feet.

At Cincinnati the crest of the flood of 1937 stood at about 80 feet. 

As shown In the report on the floods of 1936* this crest was higher than 

that of any previous flood of which a record is available. However, two 

floods are known that exceeded 70 feet. One of them, In 1772, attained a 

crest between 75 and 76 feet. The other, In 1884, reached about 71 feet. 

The flood of 1912 stood at about 70 feet.

These earlier records need to be borne In mind in considering the 

records of the flood of 1937.

* The floods of March 1936; Part 3, Potomac, James and Upper Ohio 

Rivers: U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 800, p. 36, 1937.
700 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Figure 6 in the general report shows the approximate width of the 

flooded area in comparison with the normal width of the river for the 

region below Golconda, 111. The area flooded in the lower Ohio and adjoining parts of the Mississippi and other valleys is especially noteworthy, where the enlarged river became virtually an inland sea of irregular outline.

DSPOSITS OF FLOOD OF 1937 

Work of Soil Conservation Service

Representatives of the Soil Conservation Service arrived on the 

ground as soon as flood conditions would permit and made measurements and 

estimates of the deposits which are summarized by the Chief* of that 

Service as follows:

An examination of the flood damage and siltation on farm lands in 

the entire Ohio River flood plain was made during the disastrous flood of 

January 1937. By making detailed examinations of 175 cross sections of 

the flood plain from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cairo, 111., each approximately 

three-fourths of a mile in width, it was possible to estimate the effects 

of the flood on rural lands. Over the total flooded area of 1,576,135 

acres, which includes only the lower parts of the tributary valleys, it 

was estimated that total deposits of soil were more than 51,000,000 tons, 

 while total removals within the flood plain were in excess of 13,000,000 

tons. Damage to farm lands was greater near bends in the river channel, 

where bars and banks of unproductive sand were deposited.

These great figures translated into more readily understandable form 

mean that on the average a layer of material 1/8 inch thick and weighing 

1-| pounds was deposited on each square foot of the entire area flooded. 

The amount removed was about one quarter as much.

Distribution

The distribution of the flood deposits in the Ohio Valley region 

corresponds with the flood line, part of which is shown in figure 6 in 

the general report. In preparing this report the maximum flood heights 

recorded by stream gages and at other points were marked by Geological 

Survey engineers on available topographic maps of quadrangles along the 

river. Some of these maps were made under earlier standards of accuracy 

and some differ in contour interval, so that estimates of the position of 

the water level with respect to the contours on the maps vary accordingly. 

Probably the flood line is shown more accurately in the narrower parts of 

the valley, where the contours are not very widely spaced, than in the 

wider parts.

* Report of the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, 1937, p. 21.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 20

A. BRICK HOUSE, NEW RICHMOND. CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO, DESTROYED BY FLOOD

OF JANUARY 1937.

B. HOUSE EAST OF BUE1SA VISTA. ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO, TORN FROM FOUNDATION 

AND OVERTURNED BY FLOOD OF JANUARY 1937.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 21

A. FLOOD DEBRIS NEAR BELLEVUE, CAMPBELL COUNTY, KY

B. FLOOD DEBRIS ABOVE U. S. HIGHWAY 41 NEAR EVANSVILLE, 

VANDENBERG COUNTY, IND.
FLOOD DEPOSITS 701 

Selection of areas for sampling

Some of the maps just mentioned were made available to the writer 

for use in the field. In sampling the deposits the attempt was made, as 

stated under the heading "Field work", to select places where samples representative of different conditions of deposition and of different types 

of deposits could be obtained. In general this objective was accomplished, though the proportions of samples in the different categories are not 

as well balanced as might be desirable. This lack of balance is in part 

due to overlapping of certain categories and in part to inequalities in 

the numbers of samples. In general it was easier to get authentic, satisfactory samples nearer the river than at places near the outer borders of 

the flooded area or in intermediate localities. Over large areas cultivation of the fields had destroyed the deposits or hopelessly mixed them 

with underlying soil.

General nature of deposits

The first flood deposits studied were at Hodges Bayou, about 5 miles 

northeast of Mound City, Pulaski County, 111., in the Cairo quadrangle, 

where the bayou is crossed by a secondary road and bridge about a quarter 

of a mile back from the Ohio River. The bayou, however, is separated 

from the river at this place by a ridge that extends southwestward ij 

miles before the bayou joins the river. The land on both sides of the 

bayou was shaded by trees and shrubs, but the ground was covered by a 

dark, mud-cracked, rather slippery, and moist material, resembling axle 

grease but darker colored. This material ranged in thickness from a 

quarter of an inch to 2 inches and lay upon matted leaves, 1 to 2 inches 

thick, underlain by light-colored loesslike soil. The material could be 

cut with a knife like cheese or soap and seemed very smooth and fine 

textured. This general character and appearance was maintained at most 

localities where the deposits were found, though at some places they were 

obviously more sandy.

Actual study of the samples reveals a greater variation in the texture of different deposits than was at first apparent. A feature commonly 

observed in the field but not specifically noted at Hodges Bayou is a 

greenish-gray, olive-gray, or olive-yellow color in the undisturbed interior of the deposit. The outer surface and the surfaces of mud cracks 

and rootlet holes, where present, were brown, but this color graded into 

greenish tints away from the exposed surfaces. Prof. J. L. Rich suggested
702 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

in the field that the green color was due to the reduction of ferric 

oxide in the deposit to the ferrous state by accompanying organic matter, 

for mud carried by the river and freshly deposited is normally brown. 

Assuming this explanation to be right, the deposits as laid down have 

some of their contained iron in ferric form. This iron is then reduced 

to the ferrous state and so remains until mud cracks, root growth, and 

other disturbing agencies admit air to the interior of the mass. Then 

the green material gradually reoxidizes to the brown. Characteristic 

flood, deposits with mud-cracked surfaces are shown in plate 23, A said B.

Another type of deposit, less extensive and found generally near the 

river, is loose sand, Iocall5 with or without association of the finer 

greenish deposits. The first of these deposits observed was in the 

Hodges Bayou locality, but on top of the long ridge above mentioned and 

practically at the top of a steep slope leading down to the river shore. 

Here loose light-colored sand underlay the greenish fine-textured material 

and was in turn underlain by leaves and loessial appearing soil. The sand 

ranged from 1 to 3 inches in thickness; the greenish silt from half an 

inch to an inch. The relations here were interpreted as marking first a 

rising flood stage with relatively fast current succeeded by a recessive 

stage with lower velocity. The character of the two deposits and of the 

underlying soil is'indicated by figure 1 (pi. 25) which shows graphically 

the results of mechanical analyses of the three materials.

At some places within about 10 feet of the river level, as at East 

Cairo and at the Kentucky end of the ferry to rtockport, Ind., in the Owensboro quadrangle, the familiar greenish mud-cracked flood deposit not only 

lay upon sand but was itself overlain by similar sand. At the last-named 

locality cakes of the greenish, fine-grained material had been dislodged 

and redeposited as included lumps in the later sand. These effects were 

undoubtedly due to later minor fluctuations of river level, involving a 

rise of probably not more than 10 feet, because they were observed only 

on lower slopes within about that distance above the river. At places 

this process had been repeated more than once; for example, in the recession of the high-water stage that came near the end of June a new flood 

deposit of brown silt was laid down on sand that covered the greenish deposit of the January flood. A section including this deposit was noted 

at Cox Landing, Cabell County, W. Va., Guyandot quadrangle. (See pp. 725 

and 727.) ^

The sandy film between two successive layers of greenish silt was 

fairly common throughout the area studied. It seemed to indicate brief
FLOOD DEPOSITS 703

quickening of the current, perhaps through fresh rains, during the period 

of receding waters. In some places, too, sandy layers or lenses were 

noted in the greenish silt deposit, each probably a response to some brief 

change in local conditions.

MECHANICAL ANALYSES

Altogether 146 localities were studied in the Ohio Valley between 

Cairo, 111., and the vicinity of Huntlngton, W. Va., and samples were collected from most of them. In addition five localities were examined in the 

Potomac Valley (Seneca quadrangle, Md.-Va.) for comparison, and samples 

taken from each. Some 160 mechanical analyses were made of samples or 

parts of samples taken from the Ohio Valley and of 10 from the Potomac 

Valley. These analyses included at least the determination of the percentages of contained material having particle sizes greater or less than 

50 microns and for 100 of the Ohio Valley samples and for 4 from the 

Potomac Valley separations were made into six sizes as follows: 0-5, 5-20, 

20-50, 50-74, 74-149, and greater than 149 microns, based on standard 

screen sizes and settling velocities. The 74-micron size corresponds 

with the 200-mesh opening. The finer sizes were obtained by settling and 

decantation, using a method devised by C. S. Howard for handling rapidly 

large numbers of samples. Inasmuch as his procedure is standardized, the 

results are comparable from one size to another. However, as the decantation method he employs permits appreciable amounts of intermixed finer 

material to be retained in the coarser fractions a brief account taken 

from his laboratory directions is given here.

To a 4 or 5 gram sample of the material 4 cc of a 1.5 percent solution of sodium oxalate is added and enough distilled water to increase the 

volume to about 75 cc. The solution containing the sample is then agitated with air for 3 hours to get complete dispersion of the solid material. 

The two coarser sizes, 100 and 200 mesh, are obtained by sieving. The 

finer sizes are separated by their settling velocities, based on Stokes' 

law, in glass cylinders 300 mm high and 50 mm in diameter, with marks on 

the side to indicate heights of liquid of 5, 10, and 15 cm. The time 

allowed for settling, controlled by stop watch, depends on the length of 

the column in the cylinder, usually in these separations not more than 15 

cm, and on the temperature, which ranges between 22.5° and 27.5° C. For 

example, according to the table used in the laboratory, at a temperature 

of 22.5° the time allowed for material of 50-20 micron size to settle 

through a 15-cm column would be 6 minutes and 38 seconds, whereas the
V04 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

time allowed for the 20 to 5 micron size would be 1 hour and 45 minutes. 

Two decantations were made for the size larger than 50 microns which for 

the first decantation is allotted only 42 seconds of settling time for 10 

cm of the solution and for the second decantation 21 seconds for 5 cm. 

For the other separations only one decantation was made.

According to the Bureau of Soils classification, the 0 to 5 micron 

size is called clay; 5 to 50 microns silt; 50-100, very fine sand, and 

100-250 fine sand.

Groups of flood samples studied

The Ohio Valley samples analyzed have been divided for study into 12 

groups, 11 of which include the fine deposits. The twelfth group includes 

the send samples, which are coarser. The accompanying table 44 shows the 

basis of the grouping, the number of samples considered in each group, and 

the average percentages of particle sizes in each group. Finally the 

range of average particle sizes for the whole group of finer deposits is 

obtained, which may be compared with the results for the coarser group 

(sand). The mechanically analysed samples from the Potomac Valley are included for comparison.

Figure 2 (pi. 25) shows three curves showing the average particlesize composition of the finer textured flood samples, the average for the 

sand samples, and the results for the Potomac River samples. The first 

two curves reflect the fairly even distribution of the sizes both in the 

fine and in the coarse deposits in the Ohio Valley. The third shows that 

the size habit of Potomac River deposits, which were of the finer grained 

group, is similar to that of the Ohio, but its finer sizes are notably 

coarser than those of the Ohio.

The right-hand column in table 44 gives the average percentage of 

material of particle sizes less than 50 microns in each group and the 

average of all groups. In addition to the samples separated into six 

sizes numerous other samples were available that could not be separated 

beyond the determination of their content of material of particle size 

greater or less than 50 microns. It was thought desirable to see whether 

their omission from consideration would make any noteworthy difference in 

the results obtained from the separated samples. In table 45'their average percentages are compared with those of the separated samples in table 

44. In general they are slightly higher. The outstanding fact is that 

slightly more than 80 percent of finer textured flood deposits of the 

Ohio Valley is composed of silt and elay, of which silt comprises 60
FLOOD DEPOSITS 705

Table 44. Composites of analyses of samples collected in similar localities

No. of

analyses 

in composite

23

23

13

17

34

11

7

17

7

4

3

Total:

159

Average:

(159-rll)

12

4

Nature of grouping

Finer deposits

Localities near the

river, including

tributaries

Outer marginal area,

including tributaries

Intermediate areas,

including tributaries

On river bank

In tributary valleys,

mostly small

Open ground, fields,

etc.

Narrow part of Ohio

Valley

Wider part of Ohio

Valley

Beneath river bluffs

River bank below

large tributaries

On bridge girders,

window sills, etc.

Coarser deposits;

sand

Potomac River (for

comparison)

Sizes in microns (1/1000 millimeter)

0-5

Percent

22.0

13.0

20.7

20.7

14.1

25.4

17.8

25.2

20.4

24.8

19.7

223.8

20.3

11.2

16.4

5-20

Percent

30.4

23.7

22.7

27.4

24.3

26.5

32.1

28.3

32.8

32.4

33.3

313.9

28.5

13.9

25.7

20-50

Percent

27.3

44.0

28.2

28.1

39.4

28.6

30.5 *"*

30.5

30.5

27.2

33.5

347.9

31.6

22.6

22.9

50-74

Percent

7.1

11.7

11.0

7.8

11.5

8.6

f * 7-1

6.5

6.1

6.2

5.8

89.4

8.1

14.9

9.2

74-149

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8.6

3.9

9.1

10.1

6.2

4.6

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5.2

6.3

6.5

3.8

71.5

6.5

16.0

10.9

>149

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4.6

3.7

8.3

5.9

4.5

6.3

5.3

4.3

3.9

2.9

3.9

53.2

4.8

21.4

14.9

0-50

Percent

79.7

80.7

71.6

76.2

77.8

80.5

80.4

84.0

83.7

84.4

86.5

885.6

80.5

47.7

65.0

Table 45. --Summary of analyses ( <50 microns)

Nature of grouping

Localities near river, including

tributaries

Outer marginal area including

tributaries

Intermediate areas, including

tributaries

On river bank

In tributary valleys, mostly

small

Open ground, fields, etc.

Harrow part of Ohio Valley

Ullider part of Ohio Valley

Beneath river bluffs

River bank below large tributaries

On bridge girders, window sills,

etc.

Sums and averages

Potomac River (for comparison)

No. of

separated

samples

23

23

13

17

34

11

7

17

7

4

3

159

4

Percent

< 50

microns

79.7

80.7

71.6

76.2

77.8

80.5

80.4

84.0

83.7

84.4

86.5

80.5

65.0

No. of unseparated

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5

14

7

1

22

4

8

0

8

0

9

78

6

Percent

< 50

microns

80.5

82.1

85.8

88.5

84.7

79.5

86.1

-

84.5

-

83.9

84.0

65.7

General average

percent for

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80.0

81.2

76.7

76.3

80.5

80.2

83.3

84.0

84.1

84.4

84.5

81.3

65.4
706 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

percent and clay 20. in the Potomac Valley the percentage of less than 

50 micron material is 65 and the silt and clay percentages are 49 and 16. 

These figures, however, represent a total of only 10 determinations as 

contrasted with 237 for the Ohio Valley.

The groups summarized in the tables are described separately below.

Comparison of samples from areas near river with those near outer margin 

of flooded area and in intermediate positions

Of the 59 samples that had "been separated into 6 fractions, 23 were 

collected from places either on the river bank or only a few hundred feet 

from it. A like number was available from places near the outer margin 

of the flooded area, though in some places where the valley was relatively narrow the samples were taken less than a quarter of a mile from the 

river, whereas in places where tributary streams were involved, the 

distance was as much as 6 miles. In general the samples present a picture 

of the distribution of the grain sizes of the sediments deposited across 

the flood plain from the river to the outer margin of the flooded area.

Three curves, each a composite representing one of the three groups 

of samples mentioned, are shown in figure 3 (pi. 25). The samples from 

the outer marginal areas seem to be better sorted than the other groups. 

The samples from the intermediate areas are also intermediate in size, 

range, and sorting.^

In addition to the samples used in making the graphs 26 other samples 

were available in which a separation between sizes coarser and finer than 

50 microns had been made. Of these samples 5 represented areas near the 

river, 7 intermediate areas, and 14 areas nearer the outer margin of the 

flood. On taking these samples into consideration with those represented 

by the curves it was found that their effect upon the first and third 

groups was comparatively slight, whereas in the intermediate group the 

percentage for the 50-micron size was raised from 71.7 to 76.3.

The curves show that the variations in the sediments across the 

flood plain are probably systematic and that in localities farther from 

the river the percentage of the sizes smaller than 20 microns is less and 

of sizes between 20 and 74 microns is greater than in places nearer the 

river or in intermediate positions. These relations are shown in the 

following table.
FLOOD DEPOSITS 707

Relative Increase In coarseness of particles away from river

Position

Near river

Intermediate

Outer margins

Number of 

samples

23

13

23

Size range (microns)

<20

Average 

percent

52.4

43.4

36.7

20-50

Average 

percent

27.3

28.2

44.0

50-74

Ave rage 

percent

7.1

11.0

11.7

20-74

Average 

percent

34.4

39.2

55.7

The water remains above the areas near the river for a longer period 

and the time available for the suspended load to settle is greater than 

in the outer and intermediate areas. The thickness of the deposit is 

thus in general greater near the river, and the deposit thins to barely 

more than a film in the more remote marginal areas.

The water reaches the areas farthest from the river only at the times 

of the highest flood stages, when the general velocity of the river is 

greatest and when the coarse and fine fractions of its load are presumably 

most thoroughly mixed.

A factor that may have an effect on the coarsening of deposits away 

from the river is the Influence of tributary streams. These have relatively small drainage basins as compared with the main stream, shorter courses, 

and steeper gradients. Their loads of waste would have less opportunity 

for grinding and would presumably be coarser. Moreover their loads would 

tend to be distributed and deposited near the margins of the main flooded 

area, where the tributary floods would first feel the retarding influence 

of the main flood upon their velocities. How far this has been an actual 

cause of the effect observed it is impossible to show from present data.

Samples from the river bank

Curve A, figure 4 (pi. 25) represents a composite of 17 analyses of 

samples collected on the river bank at different places between Cairo, 

111., and Huntington, W. Va. It shows that the material deposited close 

to the normal shore line was moderately well sorted, according to Trask's* 

criteria and contains about 76.2 percent of particles smaller than 50 

microns in diameter. However, much variation in percentage of material of 

this degree of fineness occurs in the samples studied. The lowest content, 

42.8 percent, was in a sample from the top of the river bluff at locality 

41, east of Cache Island, about 7 miles north of Cairo in the Cairo 

quadrangle; the highest, 91.1 percent, was in sample no. 106-2, taken at

* Trask, P. D., The sediments [of Davis Strait] in The Marion expedition to Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, 1928, Scientific results, pt. 1, 

p. 63, U. S. Treas. Dept. Coast Guard, 1932.
708 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

the Lawrenceburg ferry, in the Lawrenceburg quadrangle. This sample was 

taken about 6 or 8 feet above the river surface and represented a deposit 

apparently made when the river in its recession was approaching its normal 

level and was flowing at reduced speed, whereas the other was deposited 

more nearly at the stage of maximum height and maximum velocity, though 

the locality at that stage must have been under as much as 10 feet of 

water. Curves B and C represent respectively the samples containing the 

maximum and minimum percentages of particles 50 microns or less In diameter. Curves A and B, though much alike, show increasing dissimilarity as 

they pass into the coarser grain sizes. Curve C shows little content of 

clay particles but its sorting Is similar to that of the other two curves 

after the 20-micron stage is passed.

Sample 41, which curve C represents, came from a half- or threequarter-inch layer of sandy silt overlying a somewhat more sandy soil. 

It contained many mica flakes.

At locality 43, about half a mile northeast of Holloway, the Kentucky terminus of the ferry to Mound City, 111., in the Cairo quadrangle, 

sand ridges with intervening clay-covered hollows cross the road that 

runs along the top of the river bluff. In some places at this locality 

the clay overspreads the sand, but the sand is mostly bare. In other 

places nearby hollows in the sand were occupied by leaves and leaf mold 

well layered and partly overspread by sand. The linear arrangement of 

the sand suggested bar formation during the flood. The arrangement of 

the leaf masses was spotty, as if the sand had been locally scoured out 

by eddies in which quantities of leaves and associated debris had been 

caught and deposited.

Samples from tributaries

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distant from the Ohio; others from intermediate distances down to the 

actual mouths of the tributaries. Samples taken from the drainage area 

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or more from the Mississippi River, into which Cache River flows.

In figure 5 (pi. 25) curve A represents the average analysis of 34 

samples chiefly from the Ohio drainage. A noteworthy feature of this 

curve is the relatively high percentage of material falling in the size
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 22

A. WATER-MARKED BARN AND SHED IN CAMP SPRING HOLLOW, MASON COUNTY, KY. 

ABOUT \Vz MILES FROM THE OHIO RIVER SPRINGDALE QUADRANGLE.

Height of water indicated by light tint.

B. WATER-MARKED BARN ON BLUFF ABOVE TWELVEMILE CREEK, ON THE WEST SIDE 

OF NEW RICHMOND, OHIO, AND ON THE SAME TERRACE WITH THE TOWN

Collapsed sheds in middle ground. Height of water indicated by light tint.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 23

A.* FLOOD DEPOSIT BENEATH LOWER BRIDGE OVER LICKING CREEK, NEAR MOUTH

AT NEWPORT, KY.

B. FLOOD DEPOSIT AND WATER-MARKED BLUFF NEAR KENTUCKY END OF AURORA 

FERRY, LAWRENCEBURG QUADRANGLE.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 838 PLATE 24

A. DETAIL OF WEST BANK.

B. GENERAL VIEW. 

Shows recent landslip a little below sky line at right.

FLOOD DEPOSITS ALONG POST CREEK CUTOFF, JUST SOUTH OF 

BRIDGE ON ILLINOIS STATE HIGHWAY 37, LA CENTRE QUADRANGLE.

FLOOD DEPOSITS 709

range between 5 and 50 microns, classified as silt, and especially in the 

portion between 20 and 50 microns. The clay content of these samples 

that is, the percentage of material 5 microns or less in size varied from 

place to place, and the average, as shown in curve A, only about 12. The 

total content of material 50 microns or less in size in the samples represented by curve A was 77.8 percent of the whole. The other 22 samples had 

been separated only with reference to percentages below and above 50 

microns. These raised the average for the entire group of 56 samples to 

80.7 percent.

Curve B represents sample 102-4 taken from a deeply and coarsely mudcracked surface beneath the lower bridge at Newport, Ky., over Licking 

Creek, opposite Cincinnati. (See pi. 23 A.) Its percentages of clay and 

of silt are both unusually high. The sample represents about 1 foot of 

greenish-drab clayey silt of homogeneous texture, rather wet and sticky at 

the time of its collection. Under this material was a thin layer of 

leaves and grass stems lying flat, then another inch of greenish-drab 

clay overlying light-yellowish porous sand with small gravel pebbles. 

This sample contains more clay than any other collected from a tributary 

valley and subjected to separation. How far this effect may be due to 

the damming of aide stream waters by the main stream, and how far to the 

nature of the material supplied by the drainage area of the tributary 

stream, was not determined.

Curve C represents sample 142-1, which contained the smallest clay 

and silt fractions used in curve A. The locality is on State Highway 7 

where it crosses Paddy Creek about half a mile east of Proctorville, Ohio, 

in the Guyandot quadrangle. The sample was taken on a terrace in the 

tributary valley only a quarter of a mile back from the river. The fact 

that the Ohio only 3 or 4 miles above this locality emerges from a relatively narrow valley, where the entire flood was confined to a space 

little more than half a mile wide, may account for the greater coarseness 

of the flood deposit here and at some neighboring localities.

Curve D represents sample 60, taken from a locality about 2 miles 

back from the river where United States Highway 45 crosses Pourmile Creek 

about Similes northeast of Metropolis, 111., in the Paducah quadrangle. 

This sample was selected because its locality was well toward the outer 

edge of the flooded area, though in a tributary valley. It has a somewhat

lower- clay content than the average but contains more silt. 

775% O 3H tG
710 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Samples from open country

A separate grouping of 11 analyses was made for localities in open 

country away from the river bank and from the valleys of tributary streams, 

in order to show what sort of material was laid down on fields or farms 

and to see if differences could be detected between such deposits and 

others differently situated. (See fig. 6, pi. 25.)

Curve A in this figure represents the average of the 11 analyses. 

The proportions of clay and of finer and coarser silt are nearly equal, 

ranging from about 25 to 29 percent, the remainder, roughly 20 percent, 

is composed of sand ranging from very fine to medium.

Sample 75, represented by curve B, was the finest textured sample. 

It contained 40.9 percent of clay, 32.4 percent of finer silt (5-20 

microns), and 20.8 percent of coarser silt (20-50 microns), a total of 

94.1 percent of material no coarser than 50 microns. This sample came 

from a place where the flood plain was more than 6 miles wide and at a 

distance of about 2 miles from the river. The locality was on the flat 

east of U. S. Highway 41 at the south end of the cement viaduct, 1 mile 

southeast of Evansville, Ind., in the Henderson quadrangle. A hole 16 

Inches deep showed about 3 inches of structureless fine grayish clayey 

silt at the top, which furnished the sample. This was underlain by similar material containing old roots to a depth of 13 inches. The last 3 

inches was composed of stiff bluish-gray clay.

Sample 28, represented by curve C, from the NE^NE^ sec. 20, T. 15 S., 

R. 1 W., in the Cairo quadrangle, was taken In a meadow on the flood 

plain of Cache Creek, a tributary of the Mississippi and about 2^ miles 

from the creek. The sample was taken from a layer of sandy material onequarter to one-half inch thick, which appeared here and there on the 

surface, overlying black swamp muck. This Is the coarsest sample in this 

group. Its content of material of less than 50 microns in size is 58.1 

percent. The curves for maximum and minimum fineness have much similarity 

In form.

Samples from narrower parts of the valley

The narrower parts of the valley as here discussed include the 

portion eastward from the Lawrenceburg quadrangle, west of Cincinnati, 

where the flooded area, except for expansions near the mouths of larger 

tributaries, ranges in width from 6 or 7 tenths of a mile to about ! £ 

miles. Seven of the samples that had been separated into six sizes were
FLOOD DEPOSITS 711

available from these narrower parts of the valley. The analyses of these 

samples have been plotted as shown in figure 7 (pi. 25) for comparison 

with others from wider parts of the valley. Curve A shows the distribution of particle sizes for the seven samples. Curve B represents the 

finest textured sample and curve C the coarsest. The average percentage 

of material of particle size less than 50 microns was 80.4. Eight other 

samples, separated only as to size of particles greater or less than 50 

microns, averaged 86.1 percent of the finer size. The general average 

percentage of such material for all 15 samples was accordingly 83.3.

Samples from wider part of valley

'.The wider part of the valley as here considered includes the portion 

between the Prospsct quadrangle, a few miles above Louisville, and Cairo, 

in which the width of the flooded area ranged from ij to about 10 miles. 

In order to compare the coarseness of material deposited in wider parts 

of the valley with that from narrower parts a composite was made of analyses of samples from 17 localities in the wider part of the valley. 

Of these localities 5 were actually on the river bank or the top of the 

bluff above. The others ranged from a quarter of a mile to as much as 6 

miles back from the river. The average of the analyses of these 17 

samples is shown in curve A in figure 8 (pi. 25). The average percentage 

of material of sizes less than 50 microns in diameter was 84. Curve B 

shows the finest textured sample and curve C the coarsest.

The flood constricted in the narrower parts of the valley would tend 

to have greater velocity and hence to carry in suspension correspondingly 

coarser material. In the wider portions of the valley, where the flood 

spread over more territory, the velocity would be reduced to some extent, 

and the suspended load, which would ultimately settle, would presumably 

be of correspondingly finer texture. This expected result is shown by the 

samples studied, though the differences in texture in deposits in the 

narrower and wider portions of the valley are not very great. On looking 

at the two sets of curves, however, these differences seem to hold in the 

individual coarser and finer samples as well as in the averages.
712 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

Samples taken -under river bluffs

At many places along the river, especially in the narrower sections, 

the bluffs are so close to it that flood waters swept their base. Thus 

the possibility arose that material eroded from the bluffs might have 

contributed to the flood's load and affected its character, at least 

locally. Though the samples were collected without this consideration in 

mind some 15 of the localities sampled were close enough to the bluffs to 

make it seem worth while to see if the available analyses showed any response to these conditions. Of the 15 samples 7 had been separated into 

the 6 size ranges and the remaining 8 only with reference to percentages 

of material coarser or finer than 50 microns. The data for the 7 more 

completely separated samples are summarized in curve A, figure 9 (pi. 25), 

curves B and C representing the finest and coarsest samples in the group. 

The average quantity of material finer than 50 microns in these 7 samples 

was 83.7 percent. If the other 8 samples are taken into account this 

average is increased to 84.1 percent. This is close to the average for 

samples taken in the wider parts of the valley, where relations to river 

bluffs were not involved. It would seem that so far as these 15 localities were concerned the river bluffs had contributed little, if any, 

recognizable material to the flood load. The bluffs themselves were not 

sampled.

Samples taken below larger tributaries

None of the samples were collected at sites chosen for the particular 

purpose of finding how sediments delivered by tributaries might affect 

the character of deposits in the Ohio. Nevertheless four of them were 

sufficiently close to stream junctions (0 to 4 miles) to justify brief 

inquiry into that phase of the subject. The results are shown graphically in figure 10 (pi. 25). Curve A represents the average mechanical analysis of the 4 samples and curves B and C the finest and coarsest 

samples respectively. The average content of material finer than 50 

microns was 84.4, as compared with 84.0, the average for the samples 

taken from the wider parts of the river valley. The number of samples 

involved in this comparison is probably too small to be very significant.
FLOOD DEPOSITS 713 

Samples taken on bridges or in buildings

At many places highway bridges were found that had been covered or 

nearly covered by the flood waters, and flood deposits were found on 

girders, tie plates, and other parts of many of these bridges. Some of 

these deposits had been frozen while wet, and casts or outlines of the 

frost crystals had been well preserved. A number of these deposits were 

sampled. The town of California, about 6 miles southeast of Cincinnati, 

on the north bank of the river in the East Cincinnati quadrangle, was almost entirely flooded. A small brick church or school near the center of 

the town had apparently been completely covered. A house on the opposite 

corner had been carried away. The little church had deposits of mud over 

much of the Interior, and a sample of this material was gathered from the 

tops of window frames and from lower sashes.

As the materials in these structures were deposited from free moving 

water at distances of 5 to 25 feet or more above the bottom, they might 

be expected to be somewhat finer textured than those that were deposited 

at the level of the ground, as the bottom load is presumably coarser than 

that held in suspension. So far as the available samples go this expectation is apparently met. In all, 12 samples were collected, chiefly 

from bridges. Of these samples, 3 (Nos. 17-4, 99, and 126-1) have been 

separated into 6 size ranges and the other 9 as to percentage of material 

finer or coarser than 50 microns. Figure 11 (pi. 25) shows graphically 

the distribution of particles by sizes for each of the three samples 

mentioned. These samples show remarkable uniformity through the 50-micron 

size, above which No. 126-1 diverges from the others toward coarser 

fractions. The percentage of material finer than 50 microns averages 

86.5 for the three samples. For the other 9 samples the average is less, 

83.9 percent. The weighted average for the 12 samples is 84.5 percent.

Samples of Sand

Sand was present as a flood deposit in more or less -distinct beds in 

26 of the 146 localities studied. In some places it merely formed thin 

partings between more clayey beds; in others thin beds or lenses were 

Interstratified with clay; and in still others oeds ranging in thickness 

from an inch to more than a foot lay beneath or above the clay. The deposition of sand undoubtedly corresponds with longer or shorter periods of 

faster flowing water. Thus the thicker beds below the clayey silt represent the rising stage of the flood and the clayey silt the recessive
714 FLOODS OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

stage. Sand partings or lenses in the clayey silt would represent effects 

of fresh rains on a recessive flood or some additional local influx of 

water, which might temporarily quicken the velocity of the flood. The 

sand above the clayey silt found at certain places on the river bank, as 

at the Cairo and Rockport ferries, indicates a subsequent moderate rise 

of the river at some period after the flood. As previously noted, a rise 

of about 30 feet took place near the end of June 1937. This rise left a 

deposit on top of the material left by the January flood. The most 

common places for deposits of sand were on the river banks, usually on 

the insides of curves or in lower courses of tributary streams. Locally, 

however, sand deposits were found in small tributaries near the places 

where they entered the flooded area, though this may have represented 

their middle or even their upper courses.

Some 19 samples representing sandy phases of the flood were collected. 

Of these IS were separated into six sizes and a composite of their analyses is shown by curve A in figure IS (pi. 25). Curves B and G represent 

the finest and coarsest samples respectively. The percentage of material 

less than 50 microns in size of particles in these 12 samples was 47.7. 

The other 9 samples were separated with respect to size of particles above and below 50 microns. The percentage of material contained in these 

samples less than 50 microns in size was 41.9. The weighted average for 

all 19 samples was 45.2 percent.

UNDERLYING MATERIALS 

Areas not showing previous flood deposits

The materials underlying the flood deposits of January-February 1937 

are of interest in at least two ways. First, if the materials prove to 

be loess, glacial deposits, or some other material not recognizable as of 

flood origin it affords geologic evidence either that a given locality 

was outside the limits of earlier floods of unusual magnitude or that any 

earlier flood deposits have since been removed by erosion or weathering. 

If the material underneath the flood deposits is of similar character and 

arrangement it would be inferred that previous floods had covered such 

places. Facts of this kind have engineering .significance in problems of 

flood control.

Absolute proof that a given locality in the area covered by the 

flood of 1937 had not previously been reached by some earlier flood in 

the same general region would be difficult if not impossible to obtain.
FLOOD DEPOSITS 715

The deposits in general are only a few inches thick and in the marginal 

areas, most likely to have escaped earlier flooding, only a fraction of 

an inch thick. On flat ground the growth of vegetation, the action of 

frost, eroaion by wind and rain, to say nothing of cultivation or other 

activities of man, may be expected to blur or even obliterate all traces 

of an earlier record. On valley sides, slumping and stream erosion may 

be added to the list of agencies unfavorable to the preservation of such 

evidence. Even the rising stage of the flood of 1937 might scour away 

traces of deposits left by earlier floods in such positions.

Granting, however, that the hazards affecting preservation of 

earlier flood deposits are great, it is of interest to note that a number 

of localities were found in the area covered by the flood of JanuaryFebruary 1937 *ich showed no definite geologic evidence of the presence 

of earlier flood deposits.

The following table lists the localities in the flooded area which, 

on the basis of available geologic evidence, appear to show no record of 

previous flooding.

Localities in flooded area not showing evidence of previous floods___

No. Location Description

Approximate

depth below

peak stage

(feet)

Cairo quadrangle, 111. -Ky. -Mo,

18

19

20

32

33

sec. 3, T. 16 S. , R. 

IE.; ridge top between 

Hodges Bayou and Ohio 

River.

WiNEi. sec. 10, T. 15 S. , 

R. 1 W.; just east of U.S. 

Highway 51 (State Highway 

2) and north of road diverging to the east. 

SE^NEi sec. 3, T. 15 S., R. 

1 W.; west of railroad and 

north of road.

35

36

sec. 29, T. 15 S., 

R. 1 W.; east of road on 

south side of stream 

crossing.

W^SWi sec. 29, T. 15 S., 

R. 1 W.; west of south 

end of bridge over Boar 

Creek.

NEjNEi sec. 32, T. 15 S., 

R. 1 W.; southwest side 

of Boar Creek bridge.

NEiNW-i sec. 33, T. 15 S., 

R. 1 W.j west of Boar 

Creek bridge.

Beneath characteristic deposits of flood of 1937; 

leaf-bearing humus on 

sandy soil.

Flood deposit 1/8 to 1/4 

inch thick; rests on 

loessial soil; upper 2 

inches contains roots and 

leaves.

Flood deposit 1/16 to 1/8 

inch thick; rests on 

loessial soil and subsoil 

with humus at top; fallow 

farm land.

Flood deposit 1/8 to 1/4 

inch thick; rests on muck 

and loess soil.

Flood deposit 1/4 to 1/8 

inch thick; top layer 

clayey silt overlying about 2 inches fresh silty 

clay with sandy lenses but 

no vegetation; then about 

3 inches gray soil with 

leaves, roots, etc., grading down into loessial 

subsoil.

Section similar to no. 33 

but flood deposit thinner.

Flood deposit 1/2 to 3/4 

inch thick; conditions 

similar to no. 33.

13

10

10

10

5
716 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Localities in flooded area not showing evidence of previous floods--Contd.

No. Location Description

Approximate

depth below

peak stage

(feet)

37

39

46

48

49

51

52

61

Cairo quadrangle, Ill.-Ky.- 

Mo. Continued

NW^SWi sec. 27, T. IS.. R. 

1 W., east side of section 

line road about 0.45 mile 

from southwest corner.

Just north of bend in road 

3^- miles northwest of 

Barlow, Ky. , and about 

0.3 mile northwest of 

Clear Lake.

West of shore road about 

2.1 miles north of East 

Cairo, Ky.

ssc. 19, T. 16 S. , 

R. IE.; field east of 

road north from Mound 

City.

Sec. 33 (incomplete), 

north of Illinois State 

Highway 37 and east of 

Hodges Bayou.

NWiNWi sec. 8, T. 15 S. , R. 

2 E., about 3,200 feet 

southwest of Ohio School; 

south side of creek and 

north of road; bridge out.

La Center quadrangle, Ky.- 

111.

sec. 2, T. 15 S. , R. 

2 E. , west side of Post 

Creek Cut-off, south of 

bridge.

Paducah quadrangle, Ky.-Ill.

NWiNWj sec. 2, T. 16 S., R. 

5 E.; east side of Sevenmile Creek, south of road.

Clay surface with mud 

cracks 8 inches to 1 foot 

square; 1/8 inch silt 

layer on sticky gray gumbotil, containing a few 

small pebbles.

Flood deposit about 1/2 to 

3/4 inch thick; overlying 

sandy soil with scattered 

pebbles, roots, and vegetation.

Sandy silt 1/4 to 3/4 inch 

thick, overlying darkbrown loessial soil containing humus.

Flood deposit 1/3 to 3/4 

inch thick; on dark soil 

with vegetation and roots 

to depth of 6 inches grading into gray mottled 

loess.

Flood deposit 1/8 inch 

thick, readily separable 

from underlying brownish 

loessial soil.

?lood deposit 2^- inches 

thick, overlying humusbearing soil that becomes 

loessial below.

Flood deposit consisting of 

6 inches silt and 16 

inches sand; lies on bluish-gray mud with vegetation (6 inches), below 

which lies ironstone (2 

inches) and yellow sand; 

base not exposed; fine 

section (40 to 50 feet) of 

glacial gravels and till 

capped by loess exposed 

immediately above and west 

of deposit; deposit appears 

to overlie directly the 

glacial sequence. (See pi. 

5.)

Section of glacial materials 

9 feet thick; upper half 

cross-bedded gravels, lower 

part mostly bluish-gray 

plastic clay; on flat about 

5 feet aboVe creek bed about 1^ inches of fine 

banded brown silt above a 

6-inch layer of silt 

(possibly loess) containing 

humus, then pebbles.
FLOOD DEPOSITS 717

Localities in flooded area not showing evidence of previous floods Contd.

Location Description

Approximate

depth below

peak stage

(feet)

Henderson quadrangle, Ky.- 

Ind.

sec. 6, T. 7 S., R. 

11 W. ; west side of small 

creek and 500 feet southeast of point where this 

creek is crossed by county 

and township line; new 

east-west road here since 

map surveyed.

Owensboro quadrangle, Ind. 

Ky.

sec. 32, T. 73., R. 

6 W.; field east of Hurricane Creek, north of township line road.

About 1,000 feet west of 

no. 77.

Tell City quadrangle, Ind.- 

Ky.

East of road and south of 

Pup Creek, 1.1 miles 

southwest of Yelvington.

Owensboro quadrangle, Ind.- 

Ky.

West bank of Yellow Creek 

a quarter of a mile west 

Thruston and south of 

bridge.

of

Flood deposits 4-3/4 inches 

thick (1 inch clayey silt, 

li inches cross-bedded 

sand, 3/4 inch clayey 

silt, 1/2 inch crossbedded sand); structureless sand about 13 inches 

thick with roots and in 

bottom 4 inches scattered 

concretions of ferruginous 

sand with black streak 

suggesting manganese.

Flood deposit; thin film, 

on loessial soil with 

loess exposed in Hurricane Creek a quarter of 

a mile west.

Banks of Hurricane Creek 

have slick, greasy appearance, noted at many places 

where flood deposit is 

present; here deposit is a 

mere film; stream bank cut 

in loess.

Flood deposit consists of 

2^ inches of brownishgreen clayey silt separated by a laminated leaf 

layer 3/4 to I inch thick, 

from similar greenish 

clayey silt 2 inches 

thick. The whole deposit 

rests on brownish loessial 

soil with roots, etc., 

grading downward into 

loess. Creek has typical 

greasy-looking banks.

Bluff of loess, showing 

weathered zone with concretions, less weathered 

material with delicate 

shells overlain on lower 

slope by flood deposit 5 

inches thick, separated in 

middle by layer of leaves, 

grass stalks, etc., about 1 

inch thick; upper and lower 

layers of deposit identical 

underneath flood deposit 

lies brownish-gray loess 

that effervesces; banks of 

creek are slick and greasy 

in appearance as at other 

places where flood deposit 

was identified.

15
718 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Localities in flooded area not showing evidence of previous floods Contd.

No. Location Description

Approximate

depth below

peak stage

(feet)

92

100

145

Kosmosdale quadrangle, Ky.- 

Ind.

About 10 miles southwest of 

Louisville, south side of 

Greenwood Road, 1.8 miles 

west of junction with 

highway at Pleasure Ridge 

Park.

East Cincinnati quadrangle, 

Ohio-Ky.

Southwest corner west side 

of Pools Creek, south of 

bridge.

Guyandot quadrangle, W. Va. 

Ohio

Plat just west of highway 

and south of Sevenmlle 

Creek about half a mile 

east of Ohio River.

Flood deposit 1/2 inch 

thick, on loessial soil 

that effervesces and contains small plant roots.

Deposit about 3/4 inch 

thick over soil with 

roots on low terrace -above stream; cut bank at 

bend in stream nearby reveals section of glacial 

material.

Flood deposit about 1/2 

inch thick overlying 

gravelly soil.

18

13

Loess

The material most commonly underlying the flood deposits in this 

group is a few inches of soil, composed of whatever the underlying rock 

substance may be, mingled with roots, leaves, and decaying vegetation. 

Some materials, such as loess, tend to impart to overlying soils a rather 

characteristic quality. Thus a soil grading downward into loess and 

apparently differing from it only In degree of coherence and organic content may reasonably be assumed to have received little, if any, contributions from flood or other sources. On the other hand a flood deposit, at 

first distinct, may become progressively less so under the influence of 

weathering and of annual growths of vegetation, and, of course, by actual 

mixing of surface and subsoils under cultivation. A flood deposit might 

in time become so diluted as to leave no recognizable trace in the soil. 

However, it is possible largely to exclude cultivated areas from consideration and to select localities that have been relatively undisturbed for 

long periods. Many of the localities in the table represent places where 

conditions have been relatively undisturbed.

Loess is widely distributed near the river in the Ohio Valley 

throughout much of the area studied. Many of the soils on which the 

flood deposits were laid down were of loessial origin and therefore
FLOOD DEPOSITS 719

generally different In appearance though not In mechanical composition 

from deposits of the flood of 1937. (Compare fig. 2, curve A, pi. 25, 

with fig. 13, pi. 25.) The close resemblance In mechanical composition 

of the loess to the river silt in the flood samples may be due in some 

measure to the actual presence in the silt of loessial material supplied 

by the erosion of neighboring loess-covered lands. This makes the problem 

of distinguishing loess from river silt very difficult. In the field the 

flood silts look very different from loess or the soil that is here described as loessial. This difference ia due perhaps in part to the 

greater content of iron and organic matter in the river silt than in the 

loess and perhaps also to differences In colloid content. This last is 

suggested by the smooth, sectile character of the silt mhen moist comparable to cheese or soap. None of these ingredients have been considered 

in the mechanical analyses. Whether any such differences between loess 

and silt could survive the ordeal of Indefinite exposure to geologic 

agencies Is problematic. At any rate no traces of what on the basis of 

this field work would be called flood deposits were seen at the localities 

with loessial soil listed in the table. Field study of a larger number 

of localities in this category and laboratory study of the chemical and 

colloidal properties of loess and river silt might shed further light on 

the problem.

Glacial materials

Soils formed from deposits of direct or Indirect glacial origin present greater variety because the deposits themselves are correspondingly 

diverse. Sands, gravels, till, and gumbotil are some of the more common 

types; lacustrine clays are also present here and there. Of these, the 

finer sands are harder to differentiate from flood deposits than the 

others.

General features of deposits at localities listed in table*

Loess exposed at the bottom of the bluff above the Little Miami 

River 0.6 mile southwest of Clare railroad station, East Cincinnati quadrangle (see pp. 724-725), was sampled and mechanically analyzed (curve A, 

fig. 13, pi. 25).

Samples of loessial soil beneath flood deposits at localities 32, 77, 

and 82 are shown for comparison by curves B, C, and D, in the same figure. 

The results show the close relationship of the loess to the soil derived 

from it, and to the river silt deposited by the flood of January-February

* See pp. 715-718.
720 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

1937. Comparison of the curves in figure 13 with curve C, figure 1 (pi. 

25), shows that the soil underlying the coarse and fine flood deposits at 

locality 18 is much too coarse to be considered loess. Accordingly the 

underlying soil may be an earlie-r sandy flood deposit, finer textured 

than the one deposited in January-February 1937, or it may be a sandy 

member of a glacial sequence. The actual geologic constitution of the 

river bank at that locality was not determined. The estimated depth of 

the surface at this locality below the crest of the flood of 1937 (13 

feet) must mean that the locality has been flooded a number of times. 

Evidence on the Kentucky side of the river opposite Mound City, 111., 5 

or 6 miles farther south but at about the same height, tends to show that 

some earlier floods in that part of the river also overflowed the top of 

the bluff. The evidence for this overflowing is in the presence of sandy, 

humus-bearing soil beneath the flood deposit, as at locality 18, and the 

fact that some houses north of Holloway, Ky., not of very recent construction, have been erected on timbers or logs 4 or 5 feet high. Nevertheless, at locality 46, 2 miles north of East Cairo and 3 miles south of 

Holloway on the Kentucky side soil that appears to be of loessial origin 

occurs beneath the flood deposit of 1937. Whatever flood deposits may 

have intervened are no longer distinguishable as such.

Localities 19, 20, 36, 37, and 51, where the estimated depth below 

the crest level of the flood of 1937 is about 5 feet, may actually have 

been high enough to have escaped the previous floods noted on page 699. 

As their positions were not determined by precise instrumental methods an 

error of a foot or two either way might easily be possible.

At locality 52 (see pi. 24) a rather spectacular flood deposit occupies the lower slopes and floor of a steep-aided valley, cut in materials 

of glacial origin that overlie dolomite and limestone and are covered by 

a thin cap of loess. The deposit here was one of the thickest seen. The 

bluish-gray mud below the sand member of the deposit was considered to be 

a part of the sequence of glacial deposits. There seems little doubt that 

this locality was not reached by any of the other recorded high floods and 

may have escaped flooding throughout a very long period.

Locality 61 is about 3j miles south and 18 miles east of 52. Here 

also is a sequence of beds considered to be of glacial origin. The 

"silty" layer above the pebbles may be part of the glacial sequence or 

may be loessial material.

At locality 70 the structureless sand that lies beneath the flood deposit and contains ferruginous concretions in its lower part is thought
FLOOD DEPOSITS 721

to be part of a glacial sequence. As this locality is in an area where 

the crest of the flood of 1937 was about 6 feet above previously recorded 

high flood crests it may have escaped earlier flooding.

Several localities near locality 77 show loess and loessial soil 

(curve C, fig. 13, pi. 25) with a very thin overlying flood deposit. This 

group of localities near the upper limit of the flood of 1937 shows no 

evidence of earlier floods. Its estimated distance below that limit is 

5 feet, whereas stream-gage data show the distance to the next lower flood 

limit to be about 6 feet.

Localities 82 and 84 are only 4 or 5 miles apart. Both are practically at the flood line of 1937, which again is 6 feet or more above the 

next highest recorded flood crest. At locality 82 (see fig. 13, pi. 25) 

loessial soil and loess underlie characteristic flood deposits. At locality 84 a fine section of weathered and unweathered loess is exposed 

with the flood deposits of 1937 lapping over the lower part. Brownishgray loess that effervesces when dilute acid is applied lies immediately 

below the flood deposit.

Locality 92 is only a few feet below a slightly but distinctly 

marked shoreline on a temporary island of the flood of 1937. Exposures 

in a road cut and the nature of the soil itself show the material underlying the deposits to be loessial. No evidence was seen of any earlier 

flood deposit. The flood crest at this locality was about 10 feet higher 

than that of any previously recorded flood.

At locality 100 a sequence of glacial deposits apparently underlies 

the flood deposit. The estimated distance of the deposit here below the 

peak level of the flood of 1937, about 18 feet, doubtless excludes this 

locality from the area here tentatively considered as not previously 

flooded. As shown on page 699 the flood crests of 1912 and 1884 stood 

respectively at 70 and 71 feet, and a corresponding record for 1772 is 

75-76 feet, whereas the crest of the flood of 1937 reached 80 feet.

Locality 145 is on a small flat or terrace cut by Sevenmile and 

Little Sevenmile Creeks, below the old trenched flood plain of the Ohio. 

The gravelly soil on which the flood deposit rests is probably part of 

the material comprised in that old plain, though it may have been rearranged and perhaps supplemented by Sevenmile Creek in developing the 

flat. In either event it is probably not a flood deposit of the sort 

here under consideration.
722 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Anomalous localities

Two apparently anomalous localities 96 and 106 not listed in the 

table deserve mention. Locality 96 is on the flood plain of the Little 

Miami River near the center of the East Cincinnati quadrangle, about 

1,000 feet west of the road between Newtown and Plainvllle at a point 

half a mile northeast of its crossing with the Norfolk & Western Railway. 

At a depth of about 33 feet below the peak level of the flood of 1937 at 

this locality 2f inches of fine greenish to bluish silt overlies 2 inches 

of brownish cross-bedded sand that becomes coarser at the bottom. Next 

below comes a layer of leaves and sticks about 1 to 1-J inches thick and 

then yellowish stream gravel, of which about 2 inches was exposed in the 

bottom of the shovel hole. If the leaf layer were the old surface on 

which the flood deposit of 1937 was laid down as at first it was supposed 

to be, the gravels would seem to be part of the old structure of the 

flood plain rather than a deposit of the flood of 1937, and evidence of 

intervening floods would be absent. However, as the leaves and sticks 

were not incorporated with roots in an old soil, the entire exposed thickness may be part of a thicker deposit, comparable to that in localities 52 

or 70, and the surface underlying the deposits of 1937, and any older 

flood deposits beneath it remain unexposed.

Locality 106 is at the Kentucky end of the Lawrenceburg ferry, in 

the Lawrenceburg quadrangle, and within a few feet of the river shore. 

At this locality a characteristic flood deposit of olive-brown clayey 

silt 2 to 3 inches thick lies on a bedded gray clay in layers 1/8 to 1/4 

inch thick. The clay effervesces strongly with acid and appears much 

like material seen near the Cincinnati waterworks and ascribed orally by 

Bucher and Rich to a glacial lake of Illinolsian time. As this locality 

is about 70 feet below the peak level of the flood of 1937 it would seem 

that it must necessarily have been flooded many times prior to that flood. 

The absence of earlier flood deposits here may be due to local scour in 

the earlier stages of the flood of 1937.

Previously flooded areas

At some places, chiefly on or near the river bank, repetition of daposits that seemed clearly attributable to successive floods was noted. 

Elsewhere it was less easy to distinguish earlier representatives of the 

flood sequence. For example, sand found locally above loess or glacial 

deposits might be later flood material or part of the earlier sequence of
FLOOD DEPOSITS 723

deposits. In the following table examples of each type are given. A. 

sequence including flood deposits laid down in June 1937 Is also given 

for comparison.

Sections showing deposits of flood of January-February 1937 in relation 

to earlier deposits of flood or possible flood origin

No.

38

50

59 

93

Location

Cairo quadrangle, 

Ill.-Ky.-Mo.

North side of road,

Barlow, Ky. , and 

west of creek; road 

cut and ditch.

Ferry landing at 

Olmstead, 111.;

above river.

Paducah quadrangle, 

Ky.-Ill.

SWiNWi sec. 6, T. 16 

S. , R. 5 E. ; west 

bank of Massac 

Creek where creek 

is crossed by highway bridge.

Kosmosdale quadrangle, Ky.-Ind.

River bank at west 

end of Greenwood 

Road about 10 miles 

southwest of Louisville, Ky. Pit about 12 feet above 

river level on terrace.

Description

Silt, sandy (deposit 

of 1937) 

The silt separates 

easily from underlying sandy material (disturbed; contains old metal 

bottle tops, roots,

Dark soil, sandy and 

clayey with roots 

and vegetation; 

probably represents 

original soil before ditch was dug 

Sand, yellow, fairly

Loess; base not exSilt, clayey, brownish gray, becoming

Clay, sectile, dark 

blue, oxidizing to 

yellow along cracks 

Humus-bearing layer, 

sandy, loose textured (soil beneath 

flood deposits of

1 Q'^'7^ ______________

Humus-bearing layer; 

clayey, rather

Clay, mottled; more 

silty, perhaps 

loessial to bottom

Silt, gray, clayey, 

soft; deeply mud 

cracked and oxidized along cracks 

Silt with roots, and 

other material 

Sand, yellow, coarse 

to bottom of hole 

Silt, gray and brown 

laminated, clayey; 

breaks on sandy 

layers 3/4 to 1 

Inch apart; bluish 

gray inside; oxidized along cracks 

Thickness 

( Inches)

it

6 Q

8

6 ±

1 

1 ±

 *>/A O/4

8

1

2 + 

4

Approximate 

depth below 

peak (feet)

1 Q

33

23 

60
724 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Sections showing deposits of flood of January-February 1937 in relation 

__ to earlier deposits of flood or possible flood origin Continued

No. Location Description Thickness 

(inches)

Approximate 

depth below 

peak (feet)

Kosmosdale quadrangle, Ky.-Ind.-- 

Contlnued

93

110

East Cincinnati 

quadrangle, Ohio-Ky.

Bluff of Little 

Miami River bank at 

east side of reentrant, 0.6 mile 

southwest of Clare 

railroad station.

Sand, finely bedded 

and cross-bedded; 

clayey- --- 

Clay, bluish gray; 

oxidized along 

cracks; breaks open 

irregularly- ---

Sand, loose, similar 

to lower sand- -

Layer of twigs and 

leaves on sand, 

possibly old soil 

Sand, fine grained, 

gray to brown, 

lower 1 or 2 inches 

iron-stained- ----

Clay, soft, unctuous 

blue gray, with irregular sandy 

streaks; iron 

stained along cracks

Sand, fine grained, 

clayey, iron stained 

along cracks to bottom of hole--------

Silt, grayish drab, 

clayey, banded 

(sample 1)-- -

Zone with leaves, 

roots, and twigsSilt, sandy, grayish 

banded, well laminated (sample 2) 

Zone with leaves and 

roots- - -- 

Silt, brownish, 

clayey; irregularly 

laminated, a few 

scattered rootlets 

(sample 3)- 

Silt, sandy, light 

grayish to brownish, 

finely laminated 

and cross-bedded 

(sample 4) - -

Silt, brown, clayey, 

massive, porous 

(sample 5)-- 

Silt, brown and gray, 

thin-bedded 

Silt, brownish drab, 

clayey, massive; in 

part banded (sample 

6) -

Silt, grayish brown, 

finely crossbedded; 

contains leaf Impressions (sample

3 1

1/4-1/2

13

5 

1/2

7 

1/4

32

5 

1/2

13
FLOOD DEPOSITS 725

Sections showing deposits of flood of January-February 1937 in relation 

to earlier deposits of flood or possible flood origin Continued

No.

110

146

Location

East Cincinnati 

quadrangle , Ohi o-Ky . 

--Continued

Quyandot quadrangle, 

W. Va.-Ohio

River shore at Cox 

Landing, W. Va., about 8j miles north 

east of Huntington,

W Un

Description

Silt, brown, more 

clayey, uniform 

texture , somewhat 

porous; generally 

not bedded but in 

an opening west of 

section, thin 

layers of sand occur at 6 to 8 inch 

intervals. Contains scattering 

pieces of charcoal 

and near base an 

indistinct layer of

Loess, containing 

gastropod remains 

and overlapped at 

bottom by flood deposit (sample 9) 

Flood deposit, largely eroded from bank 

but in distance of 

7 feet to edge of 

side draw becomes 

20 inches thick

Silt, brown, clayey; 

left by flood of 

June 1937 on face 

of low terrace

Silt, clayey, green 

and brown, of usual 

type, separated 

from next layer below by sandy film 

and a few twigs

Silt, clayey, olivebrown (sample 3) 

Sand; thickness not

Thickness 

(Inches)

48

96 

0-20

1

2 ±

1*

1

Approximate 

depth below 

peak (feet)

40 +

At locality 38 workmen In cutting a ditch, appear to have thrown out 

sandy material on top of the old soil, and this sandy material has become more or less mingled with trash. This material is directly overlain 

by the flood deposit of January-February 1937. The old soil, sandy and 

clayey, with roots and vegetation, may represent an earlier flood deposif, 

but if so the banded or bedded arrangement noted in so many of the flood 

deposits has been obliterated. The yellow sand that overlies the loess 

may be of late flood origin, but there is nothing to Indicate that it may 

not as well belong to a much earlier sequence related to the loess rather

than to later flood deposits. 

77596 O 38 17
726 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

At locality 59 the usual flood deposit is underlain by silt containing roots and other vegetation. This old soil, like that at locality 38, 

may well be an earlier flood deposit. The yellow sand beneath also corresponds with conditions at locality 38 except that the hole was not deep 

enough to disclose the underlying material.

Locality 93 is close to the river and in an advantageous place to 

have received deposits from many successive floods. The deposits in 

general seem to have come in pairs, coarser material below and finer above, corresponding probably to rising and falling stages, as previously 

suggested. The layer of twigs and leaves in the middle of the sand is 

probably not an old soil but a local mat of drift caught in the sand. 

The absence of an old soil zone in the section may mean that the entire 

sequence shown was deposited in a comparatively few months. If, for example, the sand at the bottom represents the rising stage of the flood of 

January-February 1937 and the overlying 7-inch bed of blue-gray clay above it represents the recessive stage, then the other pairs of deposits 

might represent subsequent fluctuations of the river between January and 

June within ranges of say 20 feet. This would mean two successive moderate flood stages with deposits aggregating nearly 2 feet within that period.

Locality 110 is on the flood plain of the Little Miami River, 4 miles 

in a direct line from the Ohio River but about 6 miles distant if allowance is made for the winding course of the Little Miami. The deposits of 

successive floods are not noticeably paired, as they are at places nearer 

the river. The upper 8 silt zones may represent individual floods, 

though the 13-inch layer, ifaich is partly banded, may be composite. The 

48 inches above the loess may represent a succession of many floods. The 

leaf and root zones near the top may indicate longer pauses between unusual floods. The loess at the bottom is characteristic of .many parts of 

the Ohio Valley. Its exposure in the section is due to the trenching 

action going on in the flood plain of the Ohio River previously noted.

The mechanical analyses of the samples taken in tills section are 

given in the following table:
FLOOD DEPOSITS 727

Mechanical analyses of samples from flood plain of Little Miami River 

near Cincinnati, Ohio

Sample 

no.

110- 1 

110- 2 

110- 3 

110- 4 

110- 5 

110- 6 

110- 7 

110- 8 

110-10

Average of 

9 flood 

samples

110-9 

(loess)

Microns

0-5

Percent 

11.4 

10.0 

12.0 

8.7 

13.0 

13.4 

13.4 

14.6 

12.0

12.1

17.0

5-20

Percent 

33.9 

27.. 3 

27.2 

19.3 

29.5 

30.1 

24.7 

18.5 

27.1

26.4

22.9

20 - 50

Percent 

48.2 

49.1 

45.8 

44.5 

43.4 

36.7 

45.2 

32.5 

45.0

43.4

35.4

50 - 74

Percent 

5.5 

11.7 

12.8 

21.8 

11.3 

17.8 

12.8 

21.0 

11.3

14.0

15.. 2

74 -149

Percent 

0.8 

1.6 

1.8 

5.0 

2.4 

1.6 

3.3 

11.0 

4.0

3.4

8.1

>149

Percent 

0.2 

.3 

.4 

.7 

.4 

.4 

.6 

2.4 

.6

0.3

1.4

The flood deposits do not differ greatly from one another although 

sample 110-1 at this locality is noticeably finer textured than the others, 

and sample 110-8 is noticeably coarser.

The general run of the flood deposits is noticeably finer textured 

than the loess sample 110-9. Taking the nine flood samples together and 

considering their content of material finer than 50 microns, the average 

is 81.8 percent whereas a similar figure for the loess sample is 75.3 

percent. In the finest textured sample (110-1) it is 93.5 percent and in 

the coarsest (110-8) 65.6 percent. These analytical results are illustrated in figure 14 (pi. 25).

At locality 146 on June 27, 1937, the river had been receding, perhaps for a day, from an approximate 30-foot stage and had left a fresh 

chocolate-brown deposit 1 inch thick. During the preceding rising stage 

the water had deposited sand in much the same way as the January flood, 

but the January deposits were thicker, and a sandy film with twigs intervened between the upper and lower parts of the silt deposit. The nature 

of the surface underlying the January deposit was not determined. The 

deposits of the two floods present interesting contrasts, due in large 

part perhaps to the constricted nature of the valley at and a few miles 

above the locality. The June flood, which reached only a moderate stage, 

had correspondingly moderate increases in velocity, whereas the January 

flood, which reached an unusually high stage, had unusually high velocity. 

Thus both the silt and the sand deposits of the June flood were notably 

finer textured than those of the January flood at this locality, as shown 

in figure 15 (pi. 25).
728 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937 

COMPARISON WITH DEPOSITS OP POTOMAC RIVER

Inasmuch as the Potomac River is frequently affected by floods and a 

minor flood had occurred early in November 1937, it was decided to view 

and sample some of the deposits for comparison with those of the Ohio. 

Three localities were visited, all in the Seneca quadrangle, Maryland and 

Virginia.

Localities in Seneca quadrangle, Md.-Va., sampled 

_____ for Potomac flood deposits

Locality Description of deposit Thickness 

(inches)

Rushville, river bank about 

100 feet east of mouth of 

Seneca Creek. On low terrace, about 3 feet high and 

4 to 5 feet above river.

Same locality on slope below 

terrace and about If- feet 

above river.

River bank about 5 miles 

south of Poolesville and 

0.4 mile west of mouth of 

Horsepen Branch. Edge of 

terrace about 4 feet above 

river.

Edwards Perry, river bank about 50 feet northwest of 

ferry landing. On terrace 

about 10 feet above river.

Silt, brownish green, very

fine textured-------------

Silt, deeper brown, more

sandy- ________

Leaf mold, blackish, base

not exposed.

Sample P-l (1 and 2)______

Similar material to that listed 

above:

1. Upper layer ____

2. Lower layer ___________

3. Leaf material- - - 

Base not exposed. 

Sample P-2 (1 and 2)______

Mud, brownish green, consistency of moist cheese. 

Sample P-3- - 

Sandy material with old roots; 

base not exposed. Sample 

P_4 

Mud, similar to material listed above. Sample P-4 A 

Leaf layer- -___________

Sand containing roots. Sample 

p_4 B 

Sandy silt 

I

5 +

I to 1

bo 2

The samples of the Potomac deposits, like those of the Ohio, seem to 

show rising and recessive stages of floods. The thickness of the flood 

sequence and the nature of the underlying material were not determined.

Mechanical analyses with separation into 6 particle sizes were made 

on 4 samples, as shown in the following table, and in addition determinations of percentage of material finer than 50 microns were made on 6 

others.

Mechanical analyses of samples of Potomac flood deposits from Seneca, 

Md.-Va. quadrangle

Sample 

no.

P-l top 

P-2 top 

P-3 

P-4A

Total 

Average

Microns

0-5

Percent 

19.8 

15.8 

17.4 

12.7

65.7 

16.4

5-20

Percent 

31.3 

29.7 

28.3 

13.3

102.6 

25.6

20 - 50

Percent 

28.2 

27.2 

23.2 

13.2

91.8 

23.0

50 - 74

Percent 

10.6 

11.7 

9.2 

5.3

36.8 

9.2

74 -149

Percent 

9.0 

12.4 

14.4 

7.8

43.6 

10.9

149-297

Percent 

1.1 

3.2 

7.5 

47.7

59.5 

14.9
FLOOD DEPOSITS 729

The average analysis of these four samples Is shown In curve C, 

figure 2 (pi. 25). This curve has similar shape to that of the average 

for the Ohio River samples (curve A, fig. 2, pi. 25), but the materials, 

as noted on page 704, are somewhat coarser. Taking Into account the 

other 6 samples reduces but does not greatly modify tills difference. 

Causes for this difference may perhaps be found In the character of 

material comprising the respective loads of the two streams and In their 

respective velocities. These questions fall outside the scope of this 

report.

INFLUENCE OF LOESS ON THE NATURE OF THE DEPOSITS

Loess Is so abundant In the middle and lower reaches of the Ohio 

River and adjacent parts of the valley that much material eroded from its 

outcrops must find Its way to the river. Attention has already been 

directed to the close resemblance In the mechanical composition of the 

loess and of the deposits of the flood of January-February 1937.

RELATIONS OF THIS STUDY TO THE STUDY OF EARLIER GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS

The earlier geologic formations here referred to are those that were 

laid down before recent physiographic conditions became established In 

the Ohio Valley area but mostly not before the glacial period or possibly 

late Tertiary time. Curve A, figure 2 (pi. 25), Is of a rather characteristic type, recognizable In most of the sllty or finer types of flood 

deposits studied. It Is not a straight line but undulates gently twice 

toward the field of the finer particle sizes and twice toward that of the 

coarser sizes. Both finer and coarser materials exhibit the same tendency, though in different degrees. The fact that the curve for the Potomac 

flood deposits also shows this tendency suggests that this type of curve 

may be characteristic of flood deposits In general and of loess (see fig. 

13, pi. 25).

However, as W. W. Rubey* points out, the double humps In the curve 

are relatively minor features and may not mean much. The lower hump is 

occasioned to some extent, perhaps entirely, by the fact that In the 

graphs the minimum size Is arbitrarily chosen as 3 microns. Had the 

choice been 2 microns Instead of 3 this hump might largely disappear. 

Thus the curve would probably become the simple sigmold, characteristic 

of the great majority of natural sediments.

* Personal communication.
730 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

Aside from the fact that flood deposits are stream deposits and thus 

have characteristics common to these deposits it does not appear that 

they have any special textural differences by which they might be distinguished in a geologic exposure from other fine-textured stream deposits. However, some of their characteristics described earlier in this 

report may have significance as diagnostic features of flood deposits. 

Among these may be mentioned their tendency to occur in pairs of coarse 

and fine beds, the presence of detached lumps of clayey silt in the midst 

of sandy beds, and the presence of sandy lenses and streaks, sandy partings, and layers of twigs, in the finer textured beds, and possibly 

greater colloid content, as suggested by the smooth, sectile nature of 

the moist flood deposits already pointed out.

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OP THE STUDY

In certain of the areas studied and already described no geologic 

evidence could be detected of flood deposits intervening between those of 

the flood of 1937 and the country rock or soil. Previous floods may have 

reached the levels of 1937 but not exceeded them so much or remained above 

them so long as to produce similar deposition. Whether the nature and 

volume of the deposits was affected by conditions specially favorable for 

their deposition and retention was not determined. Surfaces well covered 

with vegetation would with little doubt tend to retard bottom velocities 

and hence tend to promote deposition and retention of sediments, whereas 

bare or ice-covered surfaces would presumably favor their continued transportation or their subsequent removal if once deposited. The absence of 

flood deposits in the places mentioned is not conclusive evidence that 

they were never present tnere but does lead to the view either that, 

perhaps for very long periods, no previous flood in the area under study 

reached the height attained by the flood of January-February 1937 or 

tnat, if such floods occurred, all evidence of their presence has been 

obliterated. The length of time required for obliteration is uncertain. 

As the deposits are thin they might disappear in a few years. On the 

other hand in favorable places they might last indefinitely. Thus available evidence is Insufficient to justify any positive conclusion regarding 

the occurrence of earlier floods of magnitude comparable to or greater 

than that of January-February 1937. However, it does strongly suggest 

that that flood did establish a record that may not have been paralleled 

perhaps for many hundreds of years and that hydrologic and engineering 

data obtained in its study would furnish a valuable basis for the provision of flood-control measures.
FLOOD DEPOSITS 731 

APPLICATIONS TO STUDY OP SOIL EROSION

No one can view a river in flood stage without realizing that much 

material in the form of fine or coarse sediment is transported by it at 

such times. However, the widespread deposits laid down during both the 

rising and receding stages show that much of it is deposited at moderate 

distances below the point where it entered the river. A given particle 

thus progresses only intermittently from its point of origin to the sea. 

It may be years or centuries before the journey is finally accomplished. 

Meanwhile, as it lingers here and there en route, it may contribute Its 

quota to arable lands and agriculture for long periods. This fact should 

not be lost sight of when one views the admittedly great change that 

floods of unusual magnitude cause within their range of action. On the 

other hand, soil particles en route to the sea tend to fill voids in the 

soil and thereby reduce its infiltration capacity. They also fill reservoirs, clog channels, increase flood heights, and necessitate continued 

measures for flood control.

SUMMARY

The brief reconnaissance here described of flood activities and deposits in the Ohio Valley area between Cairo, 111., and Huntington, W. Va., 

has brought to light many interesting facts, some of which may be useful 

in future more detailed geologic studies of the valley area and in planning for the control of future floods of unusual magnitude. The deposits 

within limits conform to a rather definite type, which may readily be 

recognized in the field unless they have become too greatly disturbed by 

subsequent vegetal growth or by cultivation. Deposits representing both 

rising and recessive stages of the flood may be recognized as well as 

those that represent temporary or local revivals of either stage. Detailed study of such deposits should lead to a fuller understanding of the 

regimen of a river while in flood. Mechanical analyses of the deposits 

show that they tend to have rather definite relationships and proportions 

in size of particles that can be expressed in graphs or curves which in 

connection with chemical or other data supplied by the samples may advantageously be applied to the study of older geologic sediments whose origin 

is unknown or obscure. Finally the geologic evidence, though not conclusive, seems to show that the flood of January 1937 was of sufficiently 

unusual magnitude to surpass in extent within the area studied all other 

 floods of which any geologic or other record could be found. It would,
732 FLOODS OP OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, 1937

therefore, appear that flood-control measures based on the hydrologic, 

meteorologic, and engineering data obtained by different agencies in 

their studies of this flood, would be reasonably satisfactory.
APPENDIX

Mechanical analyses of Ohio River silt, flood of January-February 1937

Sample*

17-1

17-2

1-17-2

17-3

17-4

17-5

18-1

18-2

18-3

20

23

28

32

33-A

33-B

35-A

35-B

36

39

39-Top

39 -Mid.

39 -Hot.

40

41

42

43

44-Top

44-L

46

47

48-A

48-B

50-1, 2

50-3

50-4

50-5

51

52-1

52-1 A

52-1 B

55

56

57-A

57-B

58

59

60

61

Locality

Cairo, quad., Ill.-Ky.-Mo. ,

Hodges Bayou, sec. 3, T. 16 S- , R. 1 E.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

Cairo quad., sec. 3, T. 16 S- , R. IE.,

top of ridge east of Hodges Bayou

do.

do.

Cairo quad., NE^NE^ sec. 3, T. 15 S. ,

R. 1 W.

Cairo quad., SW&IWi sec. 3, T. 15 S. ,

R. 1 W.

Cairo quad., NE^NE^ sec. 20, T. 15 S.,

R. 1 W.

Cairo quad., NE^NE-^ sec. 29, T. 15 S.,

R. 1 W.

Cairo quad., SW^SSi sec. 39, T. 15 S. ,

R. 1 W.

do.

Cairo quad., NE-fcNEi sec. 32, T. 15 S. ,

R. 1 W.

do.

Cairo quad., NEiNWi sec. 33, T. 15 S.,

R. 1 W.

Cairo quad. , at road bend 3 miles NW of

Barlow, Ky.

do.

do.

do.

Cairo quad. , East of Deep Slough, 4 miles

N W of Barlow, Ky.

"Shore" road, 1$ miles W of 40

Cairo quad., road about 0.9 mile NE of

Holloway, Ky.

Same as 42 but 0.4 mile NE of Holloway

Same as 43 but 0.1 mile NE of Holloway

do.

Cairo quad. , road about 2 miles N of

East Cairo, Ky.

Cairo quad., East Cairo, Ky. , ferry

landing

Cairo quad., east of road, N of Mound

City, 111., NW-jNWi sec. 19, T. 16 S. ,

R. 1 E.

do.

Cairo quad. , terrace at base of bluffs ,

Olmsted, 111.

do.

do.

do.

Cairo quad., NW^NWi sec. 8, T. 15 S.,

R. 2 E.

La Center quad., Ky.-Ill., W side Post

Creek Cut-off, S of bridge NEtSWi

sec. 2, T. 15 S., R. 2 E.

do.

do.

Paducah quad., Ill.-Ky., Temple Mill

about 6i miles west of Paducah, Ky.

Paducah quad. , N side Noble Road, E. of

Massac Creek

Paducah quad. , Ky. side of Metropolis

ferry

do.

Paducah quad. , flat on small creek

i mile W of Metropolis, 111.

Paducah quad., Massac Creek (111.), about

3/4 mile NE of Metropolis, SWjNWi

sec. 6, T. 16 S., R. 5 E.

Paducah quad., Fouraile Creek, 3 miles

NE of Metropolis

Paducah quad. , Sevenmile Creek, U. S.

Highway 45, 5 miles E of Metropolis

Microns (1/1000 mm)

0-5

21.2

17.8

18.6

34.5

21.8

15.9

26.5

7.2

10.3

13.1

10.6

16.5

10.9

6.5

10.3

9.9

9.3

11.6

37.5

35.3

38.6

18.6

36.2

9.2

22.7

20.4

27.9

4.5

15.2

19.5

39.4

42.2

29.0

26.6

28^2

17.9

11.6

20.0

20.8

21.6

6.3

11.4

25.2

23.7

34.2

9.5

10.4

8.7

5-20

33.2

27.8

27.3

39.3

29.8

26.2

31.0

5.9

14.5

23.5

6.7

16.6

16.3

22.4

29.9

15.3

15.4

17.9

27.6

42.5

44.6

30.6

39.1

11.6

25.8

28.5

32.7

3.5

19.7

20.1

29.8

25.6

31.9

27.2

28.3

19.0

15.8

22.1

26.9

12.2

16.1

18.2

36.0

21.6

35.0

15.9

17.7

14.1

20-50

33.6

38.3

40.3

19.8

35. g

42.7

26.4

8.9

21.9

34.3

21.4

25.0

28.3

55.1

49.8

38.5

46.0

52.7

9.5

17.1

13.2

6.5

17.4

22.0

23.8

23.0

24.6

8.8

35.3

19.7

16.9

14.0

27.9

26.8

26.7

25.1

52.8

42.0

43.3

21.7

62.6

57.8

31.2

24.3

21.2

48.9

55.5

48 <0

0-74

8.4

11.3

10.2

2.6

8.7

12.3

6.9

5.7

14.8

16.0

19.4

16.2

21.7

11.6

6.4

14.3

17.0

14.0

.9

.3

.1

1.0

.5

12.9

6.6

4.2

2.4

3.3

18.9

9.1

1.7

2.2

5.5

5.2

4.8

9.6

11.0

10.0

4.8

6.8

12.5

11.8

3.2

3.9

1.7

15.8

12.0

16.9

4-149

1.4

2.5

1.4

2.5

1.7

1.8

4.0

9.4

18.1

8.5

36.4

11.4

13.6

2.5

1.4

2.1

3.1

1.9

3.6

1.2

2.0

6.4

2.5

27.6

12.4

11.7

6.8

18.7

9.7

24.8

2.9

8.5

4.1

7.6

7.4

18.6

5.8

5.0

2.9

11.2

1.0

 4

2.1

6.3

6.4

8.1

3.6

8.2

>149

2.2

2.3

2.2

1.3

2.5

1.1

5.2

62.9

20.4

4.6

5.5

14.3

9.2

1.9

2.2

19.9

9.2

1.9

20.9

3.6

1.5

36.9

4.3

16.7

8.7

12.2.

5.6

61.2

1.2

6.8

9.3

7.5

1.6

6.6

4.6

9.8

3.0

.9

1.3

26.6

1.5

.4

2.3

20.2

1.5

1.8

.8

4.1

* Designations "top", "middle", and "bottom", refer to layers in the same teat pit; 

A and B are successive parts of the same sample; sub-numbers generally refer to vertical 

positions In the same locality.

t Duplicate analysis of sample 17-2.

733
734 APPENDIX

Mechanical analyses of Ohio River silt, flood of January-February 1957 Continued

Sample*

64

67

67-2

68

70-Top

70 -sand

75

77

81-2

82-Bot.

85-Top

89-A

92

93-1-

clay

95-

green

98-A

98-B

99

102-4

103-1-

clay

103-1-

s and

103-3

106-1

106-2

106-3

110-1

110-2

110-3

110-4

110-5

110-6

110-7

110-8

110-9

110-10

119-2

123

125-1

126-1

128

132-1

132-2

133-1-A

133-3

133-5

Locality

Paducah quad., SE part, Garrison Creek,

about 1 mile SE of Reldland, Ky.

Henderson, quad., Ky.-Ind. , Canoe Creek,

at 0. S. Highway 60, ab«ut 3 miles

SW of Henderson, Ky.

Henderson, quad., Ky.-Ind., Canoe Creek

at 0. S. Highway 60, about 3 miles

SW of Henderson

Henderaon quad. , Corydon Road § mile

SW of 67

Henderson quad., NW^SE^ sec. 6, T. 7 S.,

R. 11 W., on creek

do.

Henderson quad., flood plain near S. end

of causeway SE of Evansville, Ind.

Owensboro, quad., Ind.-Ky. , N of road

l£ miles W of Patronvllle, Ind.

Owensboro quad. , ferry landing opposite

Rockport, Ind.

Tell City, quad., Ky.-Ind., Pup Creek

1 mile SW of Yelvington, Ky.

Newburg, quad., Ky.-Ind., Hamilton

ferry, E of Green River and S of road

Prospect quad., Ky.-Ind., N side of

Harrods Creek, W of road

Kosmosdale quad., Ky.-Ind., S side of

Greenwood Road, 2 miles W. of Pleasure

Ridge Park and 8-9 miles SW of Louisville, Ky.

Same quad. , river bank at west end of

Greenwood Road

Same quad., SW part, Pond Creek, west

of Medora, Ky.

East Cincinnati, quad., Ohlo-Ky. , N side

of small creek north of Cincinnati

waterworks

do.

Same quad. , building in center of town

of California, Ohio

West Cincinnati quad., bank of Licking

Creek near mouth at Newport, Ky.

East Cincinnati quad. , S side of road between Newport and Bellevue, Ky.

do.

do.

Lawrenceburg, quad., Ind.-Ky. -Ohio,

river shore, Ky. side, Lawrenceburg

ferry

do.

do.

East Cincinnati quad. , N bank of Little

Miami River, 1/2 mile SW of Clare R.R.

sta.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

Maysvllle, quad., Ky.-Ohlo, Eagle Creek

where crossed by 0. S. Highway 52

Sprlngdale, quad., Ky.-Ohlo, Little

Threemlle Creek at U. S. Highway 52

Vanceburg, quad., Ohio, Ohio brush Creek

at U. S. Highway 52

Same quad. , Stout Creek, J mile W of

Rome on 0. S. Highway 52

Garrison, quad., Ohio, Turkey Creek at

Friendship, Ohio

Greenup, quad., Ky.-Ohlo, ferry landing

at Haverhlll, Ohio

do.

Ironton, quad. , Ohlo-Ky. , Little Storms

Creek at west edge of Ironton, Ohio,

0. S. Highway 52

do.

do.

Microns (1/1000 mm)

0-5

10.4

13.5

16.6

11.6

. 8.0

4.6

40.9

17.3

25.0

10.2

31.2

15.3

11.7

15.5

8.8

12.4

17.6

19.9

35.8

21.7

10.5

18.1

16.2

24.3

43.3

11.4

10.0

12.0

8.7

13.0

13.4

13.4

14.6

17.0

12.0

20.5

19.4

15.0

17.3

5.2

10.8

13.8

19.0

13.7

15.8

5-20

15.2

24.7

23.9

14.7

11.8

4.5

32.4

21.0

27.1

23.5

34.1

41.4

21.1

21.8

16.2

28.8

42.1

34.2

37.7

32.1

12.9

31.9

24.5

34.2

36.3

33.9

27.3

27.2

19.3

29.5

30.1

24.7

18.5

22.9

27.1

38.0

24.1

39.9

36.1

10.5

16.8

24.9

31.9

46.9

56.8

20-50

48.0

50.3

44.0

47.2

43.1

18.2

20.8

46.4

27.7

53.2

28.3

36.5

40.3

27.9

40.7

44.4

34.2

34.1

23.5

26.5

22.1

37.5

28.4

32.6

15.7

48.2

49.1

45.8

44.5

43.4

36.7

45.2

32.5

35.4

45.0

33.5

26.7

36.2

30.9

29.4

28.6

30.6

29.3

24.8

20.1

50-74

14.8

8.5

8.8

16.0

11.6

7.2

3.4

13.3

8.9

11.4

4.1

4.9

18.5

14.1

19.1

11.8

5.4

5.0

1.0

9.0

19.2

7.9

13.7

4.7

1.1

5.5

11.7

12.8

21.8

11.3

17.8

12.8

21.0

15.2

11.3

4.6

8.6

5.1

3.8

39.3

14.0

13.1

6.3

6.2

3.1

74-149

4.7

1.5

2.9

7.4

7.3

7.8

1.6

.7

6.4

.9

1.7

1.2

3.8

14.1

8.4

1.7

.5

3.2

1.1

7.5

24.1

3.4

13.1

2.8

1.3

.8

1.6

1.8

5.0

2.4

1.6

3.3

11.0

8.1

4.0

2.2

11.2

2.6

6.4

13.6

18.9

12.2

8.6

6.5

3.4

>149

6.9

1.5

3.8

3.1

18.2

57.7

.9

1.3

4.9

.8

.6

.7

4.6

6.6

6.8

.9

.2

3.6

.9

3.2

11.2

1.2

4.1

1.4

2.3

.2

.3

.4

.7

.4

.4

.6

2.4

1.4

.6

1.2

10.0

1.2

5.5

2.0

10.9

5.4

4.9

1.9

.8

* Designations "top", "middle", and "bottom", refer to layers in the same test pit; 

A and B are successive parts of the same samplej sub-numbers generally refer to vertical 

positions in the same locality.
Mechanical analyses of Ohio River alit, flood of January-February 1957 Continued

Sample*

138

140

142-1

142-2

144-2

144-3

146-1-

clay

146-2

146-3-

clay

146-3-

sand

Locality

Ceredo, quad., Ohio-W. Va., amall creek

crossed by TJ. S. Highway 52 west of

Sheridan, Ohio

Guyandot, quad., W. Va.-Ohio, mouth of

Synnnes Creek at Rockwood, Ohio

Same quad. , Paddy Creek where crossed by

Ohio State Highway 7, E of Proctorville, Ohio

do.

Same quad. , river bank $ mile E of

Guyandot, W. Va.

do.

Same quad., Cox Landing, W. Va.

Guyandot, quad., W. Va.-Ohio, Cox Landing, W. Va.

do.

do.

Microns (1/1000 mm)

0-5

22.7

17.5

8.3

7.2

13.8

21.8

30.5

10.8

11.4

7.4

5-20

37.4

25.7

10.3

10.0

21.3

26.2

39.4

20.5

23.6

8.0

20-50

32.0

26.0

14.8

14.6

27.1

32.4

24.4

25.6

14.9

11.4

50-74

5.4

10.0

12.2

13.2

14.4

8.5

3.6

13.4

30.1

10.5

74-149

1.4

14.6

23.9

23.9

14.3

8.0

1.5

17.3

12.8

13.5

>149

1.1

6.2

30.5

31.1

9.1

3.1

.6

12.5

7.2

49.2

Mechanical analyses of Potomac River silt, November 1937 (for comparison)

P-l-Top

P-2-Top

P-3

P-4-A

Seneca, quad., Md.-Va., Potomac River

bank at Rushville, Md. , 4-5 ft. above

water

Same locality, ij- ft. above water

Same quad. River bank about 0.4 mile

W of mouth of Horsepen Branch

Same quad. , Maryland shore at Edwards

ferry, terrace about 10 ft. above river

19.8

15.8

17.4

12.7

31.3

29.7

28.3

13.3

28.2

27.2

23.2

13.2

10.6

11.7

9.2

5.3

9.0

12.4

14.4

7.8

1.1

3.2

7.5

47.7

Mechanical separations of samples into sizes > and < 50 microns

Sample *

71-Top

71-Mid.

71-Bot.

72-ATop

72-ABot.

72-B

79-1

81-1-

clay

81-1-

sand

81-3-

clay

81-3-

sand

82-Top

82-Mid.

84-Top

84-Bot.

85-Bot.

86-ATop

86-BMid.

88

89-B

93-1-

s and

93-2

93-3

93-4

9 5- sand

96-1

Locality

Henderson quad., Ky-lnd. , HaiSWi sec. 6, T. 7 S. , R. 11 W.

do.

do.

Same quad., HE^NEi sec. 23, T. 73., R. 12 W.

do.

do.

Owensboro quad., Ind.-Ky., 3-3/4 miles W of Patronville,

Ind. , on Jackson Creek

Same quad. , Rockport ferry, Ky.

do.

do.

do.

Tell City quad., Ky.-Ind. , Pup Creek SW of Yelvlngton, Ky*

do.

Owensboro quad., Yellow Creek W of Thruston, Ky.

do.

Hewburg quad., Ky.-Ind., Hamilton ferry

Prospect quad., Ky.-Ind., Beargrass Creek at River Road

do.

Same quad., Goose Creek, W of River Road

Same quad. , Harrods Creek, W of River Road

Kosmosdale quad., Ky.-Ind., river bank at west end of

Greenwood Road

do.

do.

do.

Same quad. , Pond Creek, west of Medora, Ky.

East Cincinnati quad., Ohio-Ky. , Little Miami River flood

plain 1 mile NE of Newt own, Ohio

> 50 

microns 

(percent)

33.2

48.1

61.9

43.3

49.9

54.4

21.8

48.0

70.1

29.6

80.8

22.6

28.2

27.4

26.5

32.5

37.8

54.1

16.0

19.3

57.1

28.8

96.5

55.4

53.9

42.5

< 50 

microns 

(percent)

66.8

51.9

38.1

56.7

50.1

45.6

78.2

52.0

29.9

70.4

19.2

77.4

71.8

72.6

73.5

67.5

62.2

45.9

84.0

80.7

42.9

71.2

3.5

44.6

46.1

57.5

* Designations "top", "middle", and "bottom", refer to layers in the same test pit; 

A and B are successive parts of the same sample; sub-numbers generally refer to vertical 

positions in the same locality.
Mechanical separations of samples into sizes > and <j 60 microns Continued

Sample*

96-2

96-3

100-Top

100-Bot.

101-1

101-2

101-3

102-1

102-2

102-3

104

107

108

108-A-l

108-2

109-1

109-2

Ill-Its lay

111-1-

s and

111-2

112-3

112-4

112-5

112-6

113-2

113-3-A

114

115

116-1

116-2

117

119-1

119-3

119-4

120

124

125-2

125-3

126-2

132-3

133-2

133-4

134-2

134-3

136

141-Top

141 -Mid.

141-Bot.

146-1-

s and

Locality

East Cincinnati quad., Ohio-Ky., Little Miami River flood

plain 1 mile HE of Newtown, Ohio

do.

Same quad. , Pools Creek at road crossing

do.

Same quad., Threemile Creek at road crossing

do.

do.

West Cincinnati quad., near mouth of Licking Creek, Newport, Ky.

do.

do.

Same quad. , Fourmile Creek 1 mile SE of Brent, Ky.

Lawreneeburg quad., Ind.-Ky.-Ohlo, Second Creek about $

mile above mouth, Ky.

Same quad. , Aurora Perry, Ky.

do.

do.

Same quad., Woolper Creek, road crossing 0.6 mile from

river

do.

East Cincinnati quad., Tenmlle Creek at U. 3. Highway 62

do.

do.

Alexandria quad., Ky.-Ohio, Twelvemile Creek at IT. 3.

Highway 52

do.

do.

do.

Felicity quad., Ohio-Ky., Indian Creek at Point Pleasant,

Ohio

do.

Same quad., Maple Creek at IT. S. Highway 62

Same quad. , at Rural

Higginsport, quad., Ohio-Ky., White oak Creek at U. S.

Highway 62

do.

Same quad. Straight Creek at U. S. Highway 52

Mays vl lie quad., Ky.-Ohio, Eagle Creek at U. 3. Highway 62

do.

do.

Springdale quad., Ky.-Ohio Cabin Creek flood plain 1& miles

from river

Same quad. Island Creek at 0. S. Highway 52

Vanceburg quad., Ohio, Chio Brush Creek at IT. S. Highway 62

do.

Same quad., Stout Creek \ mile west of Rome (Stout), Ohio,

on IT. S. Highway 52

Greenup quad., Ky.-Ohlo, Ferry landing at Haverhill, Ohio

Ironton quad., Ohio-Ky., Little Storms Creek at Ironton,

Ohio, 0. 3. Highway 62

do.

Greenup quad.. Town Branch in Greenup, Ky., on U. S. Highway 23

do.

Same quad., Little Sandy Creek at U. S. Highway 23

Guyandot quad., W. Va.-Ohio, Indian Guyan Creek E of

Bradrlck

do.

do.

Same quad., Cox Landing, W. Va.

> 50 

microns 

(percent)

19.7

60.4

12.7

14.9

1.6

l.C

7.C

1.7

6.8

4.6

6.C

7.7

11.6

33.5

20.2

2.0

6.6

4.9

67.3

43.3

19.9

16.2

7.2

17.3

20.8

21.4

14.1

6.4

8.8

15.3

7.8

3.8

6.9

6.9

7.6

41.3

3.9

2.0

16.2

43.9

20.6

26.0

6.2

22.7

16.2

26.8

11.1

17.6

81.0

< 50 

microns 

(percent)

80. 3

39.6

87.3

85.1

98.4

99.0

93. C

98.3

93.2

96.4

96.0

92.3

88.6

66.5

79.8

98.0

94.6

96.1

32.7

56.7

80.1

83.3

92.8

82.7

79.2

78.6

85.9

93.6

91.2

84.7

92.2

96.2

94.1

93.1

92.4

58.7

96.1

98. C

83.8

66.1

79.4

74.C

93.8

77.3

85.8

73.2

88.9

82.5

19. C

Mechanical separations of Potomao Hirer silt, November 1937 (for comparison)

P-l-Mld.

P-l-Bot.

P-2-Bot.

P-4

P-4-Bclay

P-4-Bcoarse

P-4-C

Seneca, quad., Md.-Va. , Potomao River at Rushvllle, Md.

do.

do.

Same quad. , Edwards ferry

do.

do. '

do.

34.8

22.2

67.2

19.9

14.6

71.«

61.7

66.2

77.8

42.8

80.1

86.4

28.4

38.8

* Designations "top", "middle", and "bottom", refer to layers In the same teat pit; 

A and B are successive parts of the same sample; sub-number* generally refer to vertical 

positions in the same locality.
	Page 

Abstracts ................................ 1, 693

Acknowledgments for aid ......................... 6-7, 693-694

Adams, Term., Red River near ...................... 306

Administration of the work ....................... 4-6

Alamo, Term., Middle Fork of Forked Deer River near ........... 365

Alderson, W. Va., Oreenbrier River at.................. 197

Alexandria, La., Red River at...................... 373

Allegheny River at Franklin, Pa ..................... 104

at Larabee, Pa ........................... 103

at Parkers Landing, Pa ....................... 105

at Red House N. Y... ....................... 103

crest stages of ........................... 610

Allegheny River Basin, previous floods in................ 643

rainfall and run-off in ..................... 496-497, 524-531

stage and discharge records on ................... 116-121

Allisouia, Va., Hew River at ...................... 191

Alpine, Ind., West Fork of Whitewater River near ............ 240

Anderson, Ind., Vest Fork of White River at............... 273

Anderaon River, crest stages of..................... 626

Angola, La., Mississippi River near ................... 347

Arden, W. Va., Tygart River at ..................... 124

Arkansas City, Ark., Mississippi River near ............... 345

Arkansas River at Little Rock, Ark ................... 371

Ashford, W. Va., Coal River at ..................... 207

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs, La ................. 376, pi. 10

at Morgan City, La ......................... 440

Athens, Ohio, Hocking River at ..................... 190

Atwood Reservoir near New Cumberland, Ohio ............... 164

Aurora ferry, Ky., flood scene near ................... pi. 23

Austin, Ind., Muscatatuck River near .................. 286

Avonmore, fa., Kisklminetas River at .................. 120

Barrackville, W. Va., Buffalo Creek at ................. 133

Barren River at Lock 1, at Greencastle, Ky ............... 255

crest stages of............................ 627

Beach City Reservoir near Beach City, Ohio ............... 165

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala ........................ 333

Beaver River at Wampum, Pa ....................... 144

Beaver River Basin, previous floods in ................. 643-645

rainfall and run-off in .................... 496-497, 524-531

stage and discharge records in ................... 140-151

Belington, W. Va., Tygart River at ................... 123

Belleview, Tenn., Harpeth River at ................... 304

Bellevue, Ky., flood scene near ..................... pi. 21

Belva, W. Va., Qauley River above .................... 201

Berlin Center, Ohio, Mahoning River near ................ 140

Big Muddy River at Murphysboro, 111 ................... 355

at Plumfield, 111 .......................... 354

crest stages of ........................... 635

Big Muddy River Basin, previous floods in................ 667, 674

rainfall and run-off in ....................... 508-509

stage and discharge records in ................... 354-356

Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Va ................... 138

Big Sandy River at Bruceton, Tenn .................... 340

at mouth .............................. pi. 1

Big Sandy River Basin, previous flood in ................ 648

rainfall and run-off in .................. 510-511, 542, 569-572

stage and discharge records in ................... 211-213

Bipda Run, Ohio, Wills Creek at ..................... 182

Bishop, Ala., Bear Creek at....................... 333

Black Fork at Loudonville, Ohio ..................... 172

crest stages of... ........................ 881

Black River, crest stages of ...................... 632

Blacklick Creek at Blacklick, Fa .................... 121

Blackwater River at Davis, W. Va .................... 137

Blue River, crest stages of ....................... 626

near White Cloud, Ind ........................ 249

Blue River Basin, previous floods in .................. 667

rainfall and run-off in ....................... 504-505

stage and discharge records in ................... 249

Bluestone River at Lilly, W. Va ..................... 195

Bluffton, Ind., Wabash River at ..................... 257

Boggs Creek, crest stage of....................... 632

Bolivar, Tenn., Hatchie River at .................... 366

Bolivar Reservoir at Bolivar, Ohio ................... 161

Bourneville, Ohio, Paint Creek near ................... 219

Bowling Qreen, Ind., Eel River at .................... 262

Bradford, Ohio, Oreenvilie Creek near .................. 233

Bradford, Tenn., Rutherford Fork of Obion River near .......... 361

Branchland, W. Va., Ouyandot River at.............. .... 210

Breedenton, Tenn., Tennessee River at.................. 311

Brokenstraw Creek at Youngs ville Pa................... 116

Brookville Ind., Whitewater River at .................. 241

Brownsville, Ky., Qreen River at .................... 251

Bruceton, Tenn., Big Sandy River at ........'........... 340

Buchanan, Tenn., Tennessee River near .................. 321

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio ..................... 237

crest stage of ........................... 624

737
	Page 

Buckeye, W. Va., Qreentirier River at................... 196

Buckhannon River at Hall, W. Va ..................... 129

Buena Vista, Ohio, flood scene at .................... pi. 20

Buffalo Creek at Barrackville, W. Va ................... 133

Buffalo River, crest stages of...................... 635

near Flatwoods, Term ......................... 333

near Lobelville, Term ........................ 339

Burnsido, Ky., Cumberland River at.................... 292

Busseron Creek, crest stages of ..................... 623

Butchervllle, W. Va., West Fork River at ................. 130

Byrdstown, Term., Obey River near .................... 299

Cache River at Forman, 111 ........................ 341

crest stages of ........................... 635

Cairo, 111., flood scenes at...................... pis. 9, 18, 19

Calderwood, Term., Little Tennessee River at ............... 326

Camden on Oauley, H. Va., Qauley River at ................ 199

Camp Spring Hollow, Ky., flood scene at ................. pi. 22

Caney Fork near Rock Island, Term .................... 300

near Silver Point, Term ....................... 301

Camp Qirardeau, He., Mississippi River at ................ 343

Caperton, Wt Va., New River at ...................... 195

Carbondale Reservoir at Carbondale, 111 ................. 356

Carlyle, 111., Kaskaskla River at .................... 350

Carthage, Term., Cumberland River at ................... 294

Castor River at Zalma, Ho ........................ 353

Catawba, Ky., Licking River at ...................... 222

Cellna, Term., Cumberland River at .................... 293

Centervllle, Term., Duck River at .................... 335

Centralia Reservoir near Centralia, 111 ................. 352

Centralla Reservoir Creek near Centralia, 111 .............. 353

Centralia, H. Va., Elk River at ..................... 205

Charleroi, Pa., Honongahela River at................... 128

Charles Mill Reservoir at Charles Mill, Ohio ............... 171

Chattanooga, Term., Tennessee River at.................. 312

Tennessee River near ......................... 313

Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W.Va ..................... 135

near Parsons, W. Va ......................... 134

near Pisgah, W. Va .......................... 136

Cherry River at Fenwick, W. Va. ..................... 203

Chestnut Bluff, Term., South Fork of Forked Deer River at ........ 364

Chicot, Ark., Mississippi River near ................... 345

Chilllcothe, Ohio, Sclotc River at .................... 218

Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio River at ..................... Ill

Clarendon, Ark., White River at ..................... 370

Clarksburg, H. Va., West Fork River at .................. 131

Clarksvilie, Term., Cumberland River at ................. 296

Red River at............................. 307

Clear Fork at Newvllle, Ohio ....................... 176

crest stages of ........................... 621

Clendening Reservoir at Tippecanoe, Ohio ................. 169

Clinch River below Norris Dam, Term ................... 328

Coal River at Ashford, W. Va ....................... 207

Collins River near McMlnnville, Term ................... 302

Columbia, Term., Duck River at...................... 334

Columbus, Ohio, Qriggs Reservoir near .................. 216

Scioto River at ........................... 217

Ccnnellsvllle, Pa., Youghiogheny River at ................ 139

Connoquenessing Creek at Hazen, Pa.................... 151

Coshocton, Ohio, Ifiaskingum River near .................. 157

Crooked Creek near Ford City, Pa ..................... 119

Cumberland Falls, Ky., Cumberland River at ................ 291

Cumberland River above mouth ....................... pi. 16

at Burnside, Ky ........................... 292

at Carthage, Term .......................... 294

at Celina, Term ........................... 293

at Clarksville, Term ......................... 296

at Cumberland Falls, Ky ....................... 291

at Dam 3, near Old Hickory, Term ................... 295

at Fox Bluff, Term .......................... pi. 16

at Illinois Central Railroad bridge, mile 31.5 ............ pi. 17

at Nashville, Term .......................... pi. 17

crest stages of ........................... 633-634

South Fork of, at Nevelsville, Ky .................. 298

Cumberland River Basin, maps of ................... pis. 3, 7, 11

previous floods in .......................... 664-667

rainfall and run-off in .................. 512-513, 543, 579-585

stage-discharge records in ................. 291-307, 425-433, 484

Dailey, W. Va., Tygart River n«ar .................... 122

Dalton, Ky., Tradewater River near .................... 290

Danville, 111., Vermilion River near ................... 269

Data, explanation of ........................... 83-102

Davis, W. Va., Blackwater River at .................... 137

Dayton, Ohio, Huffman retarding basin near ................ 235

Mad River near ............................ 236

Miami River at ............................ 226

Dayton, Pa., Uahoning Creek near ..................... 119

Dix River, crest stages of........................ 625

Dix River near High Bridge, Ky...... ................ 248

Dora, Ind., Salamonie River at ...................... 265

Dover, Ohio, Tuscarawas River near* .................... 155

Dover Reservoir near Dover, Ohio ..................... 154

Drakes Creek, crest stage of....................... 627

Dresden, Ohio, Muskingura River at .................... 158
IHDSX

Dublin, Ohio,- 0 'Shaughnessy Reservoir near ...............

Scioto River near .........................

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

at Columbia, Tenn .........................

crest stages of ..........................

near Hurricane Mills, Tenn .....................

Dundee, By., Rough River at ......................

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

Eagle Creek, crest stages of......................

Bast Liverpool, Ohio, Little Beaver Creek near .............

Eddyville, Ky., flood scene near ....................

Bel River (tributary to Wabaah River) at North Manchester, Ind .....

crest stages of ..........................

Bel River (tributary to West Fork of White River) at Bowling Green, Ind

crest stages of ..........................

Elk River (Kanawha River Basin) at Centralia, W. Va ..........

at Queen Shoals, W. Va .......................

Blk Elver (Tennessee River Basin) near Prospect, Tenn .........

Elkhorn Creek, crest stages of .....................

Elliston, Ind., West Fork of White River at ..............

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

crest stage of...........................

Englewood, Ohio, Englewood retarding basin at .............

Stillwater River at ........................

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

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

Eureka, Mo., Heramec River near ....................

Evansvllle, Ind., flood scene near ...................

Fall Creek at Mlllersville, Ind .............

crest stage of....................

Farmers, Ky., Licking River at..............

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

Fetterman, W. Va., Tygart River at............

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

Flatwoods, Tenn., Buffalo River near ...........

Floods, crest stages of .................

general features of .................

meteorologic and hydrologic conditions during ....

nature of surface materials covered by........

previous, graphs of stages of.............

in Allegheny River Basin .............

in Beaver River Basin ..............

in Big Muddy River Basin .............

in Big Sandy River Basin .............

in Blue River Basin ...............

in Cumberland River Basin ............

in Green River Basin ...............

in Guyandot River Basin .............

in Hocking River Basin ..............

in Kanawha River Basin ..............

in Kaskaskia River Basin ..............

in Kentucky River Basin .....................

in Licking River Basin ......................

in Little Kanawha River Basin ..................

in Miami River Basin .......................

in Monongahela River Basin ....................

in Ifuskingum River Basin .....................

in Salt River Basin .......................

in Scioto River Basin ......................

in Tennessee River Basin ......................

in Tradewater River Basin ....................

in Wabash River Basin ......................

on Mississippi River .......................

on Ohio River ........................ 638-643,

on tributaries of lower Mississippi River .......... 674-675,

records of..............................

silt deposits of ........................... 693-736

stages and discharges of....................... 82-485

graphs of ................... 84, 86, 87, 89-101, 379, 396

summary of............................ 441-485

Florence, Ala., Tennessee River at.................... 318

Ford City, Fa., Crooked Creek near .................... 119

Forked Deer River, South Fork of, at Chestnut Bluff, Tenn ........ 364

South Fork of, at Jackson, Tenn ................... 363

Middle Fork of, near Alamo, Tenn ................... 365

Forman, 111., Cache River at ....................... 341

Fox Bluff, Tenn., Cumberland River at .................. pi. 16

Frankfort, "Ky., Kentucky River at .................... 246, pi. 13

Franklin, Pa.', Allegheny River at .................... 104

Frazeysbxug, Ohio, Wakatomika Creek near ................. 185

French Broad River near Newport, Tenn .................. 308

French Oreek at Saegeratown, Fa ..................... 117

at Utica, Fa ............................. 118

Frost, in the ground, effects of..................... 78-82

Gauley River, above Be lira, W. Va ..................... 201

at Camden on Gauley, W. Va... ................... 199

near Summeraville, W. Va....................... 200

Germantown, Ohio, Germantown retarding basin near ............ 238

Twin Creek near ........................... 239

dlenville, W. Va., Little Kanawha River at ................ 187

Orantsville, W. Va., Little Kanawha River at ............... 188

...... 281

...... 631

...... 221

...... 203

...... 126

...... 285

...... 338

...... 606-636

...... 7-36

...... 36-82

...... 697-698

11, 13, 15, 24, 607, 608

...... 643

...... 643-645

...... 667, 674

...... 648

...... 657

...... 664-667

...... 659

...... 647-648

...... 646

...... 646-647

...... 667, 674

...... 655-656

...... 651-653

...... 648

...... 653-655

...... 643

...... 645

...... 657

...... 648-651

....... 667-673

...... 664

...... 659-664

...... 674-685

	699-700 

	686-691 

	103-440
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Green River at Live more, Ky ....................... 253

at Look 4, at Woodbury, Ey ...................... 252

at Lock 6, at Brownsville, Ey .................... 251

at Munfordville, Ey ......................... 850

crest stages of ............................ 636-637

Green River Basin, previous floods In .................. 659

rainfall and run-off In .................. 610-513, 543, 576-679

stage and discharge records In.................. 250-256, 419-424

Qreenbrier River at Alderson, ff. Va ................... 197

at Buckeye, W. Va .......................... 196

at Hllldale, V. Va .......................... 198

Oreencastle, Ey., Barren River at .................... 256

Qreenfield, Tern., South Fork of Oblon River near ............ 369

Greenville Creek near Bradford, Ohio ................... 233

Greenwood, Miss., Tazoo River at..................... 372

Greer, Ohio, Mohican River at ...................... 173

Or Iffy "a Creek, orest stage of...................... 631

Sriggs Reservoir near Columbus, Ohio ................... 216

Ountersville, Ala., Tennessee River at.................. 315

Quyandot River at Branchland, W. Va ................... 210

at Man, V. Va ............................ 209

Quyandot River Basin, previous floods In................. 647-648-

rainfall and run-off In .................. 610-511, 542, 569-672

stage and discharge records In .................... 209-210

Hall, W. Va., Buckhannon River at .................... 129

Hamilton, Ohio, Miami River at ...................... 227

Harpeth River at Bellevlev, Tenn ..................... 304

near Kingston Springs, Tenn ...... ............... 305

Hartford, Tenn., Figeon River at..................... 322

Hatchie River at Bolivar, Tenn ...................... 366

near Stanton, Tenn .......................... 367

Hatchie River Basin, rainfall and run-off in............... 516-617, 646

Hazleton, Ind., White River at ...................... 280

Hazen, Fa., Comoquenessing Creek at................... 161

Headwater Diversion Channel Basin, rainfall and run-off in ........ 508-509

Heidelberg, Ey., Kentucky River at.................... 243

High Bridge, Ey., Dix River near ..................... 248

Hllldale, W. Va., Oreenbrier River at .................. 198

Hlnton, V, Va., New River near ....................... 192

Hiwassee River near Reliance, Tenn .................... 329

Hocking River at Athens, Ohio ...................... 190

at Enterprise, Ohio ......................... 189

Hocking River Basin, previous floods in ................. 646

rainfall and run-off in ..................... 602-503, 535-647

stage and discharge records ..................... 189-190

Hols ton River near Rogersvllle, Tenn ................... 324.

Huffman retarding basin near Dayton, Ohio ................ 235

Hunting ton, V. Va., Ohio River at .................... 110

Hurricane Mills, Tenn., Duck River near ................. 336

Hydrologic conditions .......................... 36-88

Ice, relation of, to floods ....................... 78-88

Illinois Central Railroad bridge, Cumberland River at .......... pi. 17

Indian Creek, orest stagss of ...................... 636

Indianapolis, Ind., West Fork of White River at ............. 276

Introductions .............................. 2-4, 693-694

Jackson, Ey., North Fork of Kentucky River at .............. 242

Jackson, Tenn., South Fork of Forked Deer River at............ 363

Jerome Fork at Jeromevllle, Ohio ..................... 178

orest stages of ........................... 631

Johnsonvllie, Tenn., Tenneseee River near ................ 320

Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls, W. Va .................. 194

Kanawha River Basin, previous floods in ................. 646-647

rainfall and run-off in .................. 600-601, 541, 663-669

stage and discharge records in.................. 191-208, 404-408

Kaskaskla River at Carlyle, 111 ..................... 360

at New Athena, 111 .......................... 361

at Vandalla, 111 ........................... 349

orest stages of ........................... 636

Kaskaskla River Basin, previous floods In ................ 667, 674

rainfall and run-off in ....................... 608-609

stage aad discharge records in.................... 349-363

Kentucky River at Frankfort, Ey ..................... pi. 13

at Look 2, at Lockport, Ky ..................... 247

at Lock 4, at Frankfort, Ky ..................... 246

at Lock 6, at Warwick, Ey ...................... 246

at Lock 10, near Winchester, Ky ................... 244

at Lock 14, at Heidelberg, Ky .................... 243

orest stages of ........................... 624-635

North Fork of, at Jackson, Ky .................... 242

North Fork of, crest stages of.................... 634

South Fork of, crest stages of.................... 626

Kentucky River Basin, previous floods in................. 665-656

rainfall and run-off in .................. 610-611, 642, 672-676

atage and discharge records in.................. 242-248, 409-418

Kermit, W. Va., Tug Fork near ...................... 213

Elllbuok Creek at Killbuck, Ohio ..................... 181

orest stages of.......... ................. 622

Kingston Springs, Tenn., Harpeth River near ............... 305

Elsklmlnetas River at Avomoors, Pa.. .................. 120

Knoxrille, Tenn., Tennessee River at................... 309

Kokosing River, crest stages of ..................... 622

near Mlllwood, Ohio ......... ................ 180
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Krotz Springs, La., Atchafalaya River at ............... 376, pi.10

Lafayette, Ind., Wabash River at ................... 260

Lake Creek, crest stage of ...................... 635

Lake Fork, crest stages of ...................... 621

Larabee, Pa., Allegheny River at ................... 103

Leavenworth, Ind., Ohio River at ................... pi. 5

Leesvllle Reservoir near Leesvllle, Ohio ............... 163

Levlsa Fork at Palntsvllle, Ky .................... 211

licking Creek near Newport, Ky .................... pi. 23

Licking River (Licking River Basin) at Catawba, Ey .......... 222

at Farmers, Ey .......................... 221

crest stages of.......................... 623

South Fork of, crest stages of .................. 623

Licking River (Huskingum River Basin) at Toboso, Ohio ......... 186

crest stages of.......................... 622

North Fork of, crest stages of .................. 622

South Fork of, crest stages of .................. 622

Licking River Basin, previous floods in................ 651-653

rainfall and run-off in .................. 510-511, 542, 569-572

stage and discharge records in .................. 221-222

Lilly, ft. Va., Bluestone River at ................... 195

Little, ft. Va., Middle Island Creek at ................ 153

Little Beaver River Basin, rainfall and run-off in ......... 498-499, 524-531

stage and discharge records in .................. 152

Little Beaver Creek near East Liverpool, Ohio ............. 152

Little Coal River at Madison, W. Va .................. 208

Little Kanawha River at Glenville, W. Va ............... 187

at Qrantsvllle, W. Va ....................... 188

Little Kanawha River Basin, previous floods in ............ 645

rainfall and run-off in ..................... 498-499, 563-569

stage and discharge records in ................. 187-188, 401-403

Little Miami River, East Fork of, at Perintown, Ohio ......... 220

Little Miami River Basin, rainfall and run-off in........... 504-505

Little River near ftalland, Tenn .................... 325

Little Rock, Ark., Arkansas River at ................. 371

Little Tennessee River at Calderwood, Tenn .............. 326

Little ftabash River at Wllcox, 111 .................. 288

crest stage of .......................... 632

Litwar, ft. Va., Tug Fork at ...................... 212

Livermore, Ey., Green River at .................... 253

Lobelville, Tenn., Buffalo River near ................. 339

Lockington, Ohio, Lockington retarding basin at............ 228

Iioramie Creek at ......................... 229

iiockport, Ey., Kentucky River at ................... 247

Loess, Influence of, on nature of deposits .............. 729

Logansport, Ind., Wabash River at.................... 259

Loramie Creek at Lockington, Ohio ................... 229

Loudon, Tenn., Tennessee River at................... 310

Loudonvllle, Ohio, Black Fork at ................... 172

Louisville, Ey., Ohio River at .................... 112, pi. 12

Loyalhanna Creek at Mew Alexandria, Pa ................ 121

McConnelsville, Ohio, Muskingum River at ............... 159

HcMinnville, Tenn., Collins River near ................ 302

Mad River, crest stages of ...................... 624

near Dayton, Ohio ......................... 236

near Springfield, Ohio ...................... 234

Madison, ft. Va., Little Coal River at ................. 208

Mshoning Creek near Dayton, Pa .................... 119

Mahoning River at Pricetown, Ohio ................... 142

at Youngstown, Ohio ........................ 143

near Berlin Center, Ohio ..................... 140

West Branch of, near Newton Falls, Ohio .............. 145

Man, W. Va., Guyandot River at .................... 209

Mansfield, Q. R., section by ..................... 693-736

Marion, Ind., Misaissinewa River at..........'. ....... 266

Markland, Ind., Ohio River at ..................... pi. 14

Koadow River at Nallen, W. Va ..................... 204

Meander Creek at Mineral Ridge, Ohio ................. 148

Meander Reservoir at Mineral Ridge, Ohio ............... 147

Memphis, Tenn., Mississippi River at ................. 344, pi. 10

Meramec River near Eureka, Mo..................... 357

Meramec River Basin, rainfall and run-off in ............. 508-509

Meteorologic conditions ........................ 36-82

Metropolis, 111., Ohio River at .................... 114

Miami River at Dayton, Ohio ....................... 226

at Hamilton, Ohio .......................... 227

at Sidney, Ohio .......................... 223

at Tayloraville, Ohio ....................... 225

crest stages of.. ........................ 624

Miami River Basin, previous floods in ................. 653-655

rainfall and run-off In .................. 504-505, 540, 547-551

stage and discharge records in .................. 223-241

Middle Island Creek at Little, W. Va ................. 153

Middle Island Creek Basin, rainfall and run-off In .......... 498-499

Millereville, Ind., Fall Creek at ................... 281

Millwood, Ohio, Kokosing River near .......'........... 180

Milton Reservoir near Pricetown, Ohio ................. 141

Mineral Ridge, Ohio, Meander Creek at ................. 148

Meander Reservoir at ....................... 147

Mlssissinewa River at Marion, Ind ................... 266

crest stage of.......................... 628

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Mlaalsslppl River, lower tributaries of, previous floods on ..... 674-675, 686-691

Mississippi River, main stem, at Cape Girardeau, Mo........... 343

at Memphis, Tenn ...... .................... 344, pi. 10

at St. Louis, Mo .......................... 342

crest stages on......... ................ 636

near Angola, La......................> 347

near Arkansas City, Ark ....................... 345

near Chlcot, Ark . ......................... 345

near New Orleans, La ........................ 348

near Red River Landing, La ..................... 347

near Vlckaburg, Miss ........................ 346

previous floods on ......................... 674-686

stage and discharge records on .............. 342-348, 435-439, 485

Mohawk Reservoir near Mohawk Station, Ohio ............... 175

Mohican River at Greer, Ohio ...................... 173

crest stages of........................... 621

Mohlcanvllle Reservoir near Mohlcanvllle, Ohio ............. 179

Monongahela River at Charleroi, Pa ................... 128

at Morgantown, W. Va ........................ 127

crest stages of........................... 610

Monongahela River Basin, previous floods in............... 643

rainfall and run-off in..................... 498-499, 559-563

stage and discharge records in ................... 122-139

Monte zuma, Ind., Wabash River at .................... 261

Monticello, Ind., Tlppecanoe River near ................. 268

Morgan City, La., Atchafalaya River at ................. 440

Morgantown, W. Va., Monongahela River at ................ 127

Morrlstown, Tenn., Nollchucky River near ................ 323

Mosquito Greek at Nlles, Ohio ...................... 146

Mound City, 111., Ohio River at ..................... pi. 5

Mount Oarael, 111., Wabash River at ................... 264, pi. 14

Mud River, crest stage of ........................ 627

Muncle, Ind., West Pork of White River at . , .............. 272

Munfordvllle, Ky., Green River at .................... 250

Munroe, La., Ouachita River at ..................... 374

Murphysboro, 111., Big Muddy River at .................. 355

Muscatatuck River, crest stage of.................... 632

near Austin, Ind .......................... 286

Muskingum River at Dresden, Ohio .................... 158

at McConnelsvllle, Ohio ....................... 159

crest stages of........................... 619-620

near Coshocton, Ohio ........................ 157

Muskingum River Basin, previous floods in................ 645

rainfall and run-off in ..................... 502-503, 531-535

stage and discharge records in .............. 154-186, 397-400, 483

Nallen, W. Va., Meadow River at ..................... 204

Nashville, Teitn.j Cumberland River at................ pi. 17

Nebraska, Pa., Tlonesta Creek at .................... 116

Ne elsville, Ky., South Fork of Cumberland River at........... 298

Ne Alexandria, Pa., Loyalhanna Creek at ................ 121

Ne Athena, 111., Kaskaskla River at .................. 351

Ne Columbia, 111., Ohio River overflow at ............... 115

Ne Cumberland, Ohio, Atwood Reservoir near ............... 164

Ne Orleans, La., Mississippi River near '................ 348

Ne Richmond, Ohio, flood scenes at................... pis. 20, 22

Ne River at Alllsonia, Va ....................... 191

at Caperton, H. Va ......................... 193

at New River, Tenn ......................... 297

near Einton, W. Va ......................... 192

Newberry, Ind., West Fork of White River at............... 279

Newcomerstown, Ohio, Tuscarawas River at ................ 156

Newport, Ky., Licking Creek near .................... pi. 23

Newport, Tenn., French Broad River near ................. 308

Newton Falls, Ohio, West Branch of Mahoning River near ......... 145

Newville, Ohio, Clear Fork at ...................... 176

Niles, Ohio, Mosquito Creek at ..................... 146

Nlmiahillen Creek at North Industry, Ohio ................ 162

orest stages of........................... 620

Noblesville, Ind., West Fork of White River near ............ 274

Noliohucky River near Morrlstown, Tenn ................. 323

Nolln River at Wax, Ey ......................... 254

crest stages of........................... 627

Nora, Ind., West Fork of White River near ................ 276

Norrls Dam, Tenn., Clinch River below .................. 328

Norrla Reearvoir at......................... 327

North Industry, Ohio, Nimishillen Creek at ............... 162

North Mancheatsr, Ind., Eel River at .................. 267

Obey River near Byrdstownt Tenn ...................... 299

Oblon River at Obion, Tenn ....................... 360

North Fork of, near Union Olty, Tenn ................ 362

Rutherford Fork of, near Bradford, Tenn ............... 361

South Fork of, near Greenf leld, Tenn ................ 359

Obion River Baa In,rainfall and run-off in ................ 516-517, 544

atage and discharge records In ................... 359-365

Ocoee River at Parkavllle, Tenn ..................... 330

Ohio River at Dam 53, above Cairo, 111 ................. pi. 9

at Evansville, Ind ....................... 113, pis. 12, 13

at Huntington, W. Va ........................ 110

at Leavenworth, Ind ......................... pi. 5

at Lock and Dam No. 37, near Cincinnati, Ohio ............ Ill

at Louisville, Ky .......................... 112, pi. 12

at Markland, Ind .......................... pi. 14
INDEX 743

Ohio River Continued Pa6« 

at Metropolis, 111 ........................ 114

at Mound City, 111 ........................ pi. 5

at Pittsburgh, Fa ........................ 106

at Pomeroy, Ohio ......................... 109

at Richmond, Ohio ........................ pi. 1

at Sewlokley, Pa ......................... 107

at Shawneetown, 111 ....................... pi. 15

at Unlontown, Ky ......................... pi. 2

at Wheeling, W. Va ........................ 108

crest stages of ......................... 611-618

previous floods on........................ 658-643

rainfall and run-off on ..................... 500-501

stage and discharge records on .............. 103-115, 380-394, 482

Ohio River overflow at New Columbia, 111 ............... 115

crest stages of . ........................ 619

Ohio Valley, physiographic development of............... 697

Oil Oreek at Rousevllle, Pa ...................... H7

Old Hickory, Term., Cumberland River near ............... 295

Old River at Torras, La ........................ 375

0'Shaughnessy Reservoir near Dublin, Ohio ............... 214

Ouachlta River at Monroe, La ..................... 374

Faint Oreek near Bourne vllle, Ohio .................. 219

Palntevllle, Ky., Levlsa Fork at ................... 211

Barkers Landing, Fa., Allegheny River at ............... 105

Parkin, Ark., St. Francis River at .................. 369

Parksvllle, Tenn., Ocoee River at................... 330

Parsons, W. Va., Cheat River near ................... 154

Patoka River at Fatoka, Ind ...................... 287

crest stages of ........ .................. 652

Perlntown, Ohio, Bast Fork of Little Miami River at .......... 220

Perrysvllle, Ohio, Pleasant Hill Reservoir near ............ 177

Personnel ............................... 4-6

Piedmont Reservoir at Piedmont, Ohio ................. 167

Pigeon Creek, crest stages of..................... 628

Pigeon River at Hartford, Tenn .................... 322

Plney River at Vernon, Tenn ...................... 337

Pis gab., W. Va., Cheat River near ................... 156

Pittsburgh, Pa., Ohio River at .................... 106

Pleasant Hill, Ohio, Stlllwater River at ............... 230

Pleasant Hill Reservoir near Perrysvllle, Ohio ............ 177

Plumfleld, 111., Big Muddy River at .................. 354

Pomerene, Ohio, Walhondlng River at.................. 174

Pomeroy, Ohio, Ohio River at ..................... 109

Pond River, crest stages of ...................... 627

Post Creek Out-off, 111., flood scenes on............... pi. 24

Prairie Creek, crest stage of..................... 631

Precipitation, by storm periods .................... 61-66

determination of by drainage basins ................ 66-78

distribution of .......................... 54-61

general features of........................ 38-54

graphs of............................. 39, 59, 60

isohyetal maps of......................... 67-77, pis. 6-8

rate and duration of....................... 55-58

records of ............................ 40-53

studies of ............................. 38-82

Prlcetown, Ohio, Mahoning River at .................. 142

Milton Reservoir near ....................... 141

Prospect, Term., Elk River near .... ................ 332

Public utilities, Interruption of................... 9-10, pi. 4

Pyma tuning Dam, Pa., Pymatunlng Reservoir at ............. 149

Shenango River at......................... 150

Queen Shoals, W. Va., Elk River at .................. 206

Rainfall. See Precipitation and Rainfall and run-off.

Rainfall and run-off, analysis of ....................... 486-494

studies of, results of ...................... 494-594

In Allegheny River Basin .................. 496-497, 524-531

in Beaver River Basin .................... 496-497, 524-531

in Big Muddy River Basin ................... 508-509

In Big Sandy River Basin ................ 510-511, 542, 569-572

In Blue River Basin ...................... 504-505

in Cumberland River Basin ................ 612-513, 543, 579-585

In Green River Basin .................. 510-513, 543, 576-579

in Guyandot River Basin ................. 510-511, 542, 569-572

in Hatohle River Basin .................... 516-517, 545

In Headwater Diversion Channel Basin ............. 508-509

In Hocking River Basin ................... 502-503, 535-547

in Kanawha River Basin ................. 500-501, 541, 563-569

in Kaskaskia River Basin ................... 508-509

in Kentucky River Basin ................. 610-511, 542, 572-576

in Licking River Basin ................. 510-511, 542, 569-572

In Little Beaver River Basin ................ 498-499, 524-531

in Little Kanawha River Basin ................ 498-499, 565-569

in Little Miami River Basin .................. 504-505

In Merameo River Basin . ............... 508-809

In Miami River Basin ......'............ 504-505, 540, 547-551

in Middle Island Creek Basin ................. 498-499

In Monongahela River Basin ................. 498-499, 569-563

In Musklngum River Basin ............... 502-503, 531-535, 540

In Oblon River Basin ..................... 516-517, 644

In Ohio River main stem .................... 600-501

In Scioto River Basin ................... 502-505, 536-547

In Tennessee River Basin ............... 514-517, 544, 685-594
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Rainfall and run-off--Continued

studies of, results of Continued Page 

in Tradewater River Baain . \ ............. 512-513, 543, 576-579

in Wabaah River Baain ................... 504-509, 551-559

in western Tennessee ....................... 585-594

in Wolf River Baain ...................... 516-517, 545

Red House, N. Y., Allegheny River at ................... 103

Red River (Cumberland River Baain) at Clarksville, Term ......... 307

crest stages of ........................... 634

near Adams, Term ........................... 306

Red River (Kentucky River Basin), crest stages of............. 625

Red River (Red River Baain) at Alexandria, La .............. 373

Red River Landing, La., Mississippi River near .............. 347

Reliance, Term., Hiwasaee River near ................... 329

Relief, emergency, agenciea contributing to................ 10-12

Richmond, Ohio, Ohio River at ...................... pi. 1

Riverfront, Ark., St. Francis Bay at................... 369

Rock la land, Term., Caney Fork near ................... 300

Rockville, W. Va., Big Sandy Oreek at .................. 138

Rogers vi lie, Term., Ho Is ton River near .................. 324

Rossville, Tenn., Wolf River at ..................... 368

Rough River at Dundee, Ky ........................ 256

crest atagea of ........................... 627

Rouaeville, Pa., Oil Creek at ...................... 117

Rowlesburg, W. Va., Cheat River at .................... 135

Run-off. See Rainfall and run-off.

Saegeratown, Fa., French Creek at .................... 117

St. Francia Bay at Riverfront, Ark .................... 369

St. Francia River at Parkin, Ark ..................... 369

St. Louis, Ho., Mississippi River at ................... 342

St. Paul, Ind., Flatrock Creek at .................... 285

Ste. Marie, 111., Embarrass River at ................... 271

Salamonie River at Dora, Ind ............. \ ......... 265

Saline River, crest atage of....................... 633

Middle Fork of, crest atagea of ................... 632-633

Salt Fork, West Branch of, at TTrbana, 111 ................ 270

West Branch of, creat stage of.................... 628

Salt River, Beech Fork of, creat atage of ................ 626

creat stages of ........................... 625

Floyds Fork of, creat atage of.................... 625

Rolling Fork of, creat atagea of................... 626

Salt River Basin, previous floods in................... 657

Sandy Creek at Sandyville, Ohio ..................... 160

creat stagea of ........................... 620

Sandyville, Ohio, Sandy Creek at..................... 160

Sanitation, public, interruption of ................... 9-10

Savannah, Term., Tennessee River at ................... 33.9

Scioto River at Chillicothe, Ohio .................... 218

at Columbus, Ohio .......................... 217

near Dublin, Ohio .......................... 215

Scioto River Baain, previous flooda in.................. 648-651

rainfall and run-off in .................... 502-505, 535-547

atage and discharge records in.................... 214-219

Scottsboro, Ala., Tennessee River near ...............*.. 314

Sedimentation, study of, application of, to study of aoil erosion .... 731

study of, engineering applications of ................ 730

relation of, to earlier geologic formations ........... 729-730

See also Silt.

Senecaville Reservoir near Senecaville, Ohio ............... 184

Sequatchie River near Whitwell, Tenn .................. 331

Sewickley, Pa., Ohio River at ....................... 107

Seymour, Ind., East Fork of White River at ................ 283

Shawneetown, 111., Ohio River at ..................... pa.. 15

Shenango River at Pymatuning Dam, Pa................... 150

Shoals, Ind., Eaat Fork of White River at ................ 284

Sidney, Ohio, Miami River at ....................... 223

Silt, compariaon of, with Potomac River deposita ............. 728-729

deposits ..of, by flooda ........................ 693-736

mechanical analyses of...................... 703-727, 733-736

Silver Point, Tenn., Caney Fork near ................... 301

Skillet Fork at Wayne City, 111 ..................... 289

Slippery Rock Creek at Wurtemburg, Fa .................. 151

Smyrna, Tenn., Stone River near ..................... 303

Snow, relation of, to flooda ....................... 78-82

Soil Conservation Service, work of.................... 700

Spencer, Ind., Weat Fork of White River at ................ 277

Springfield, Ohio, Buck Creek at ..................... 237

Mad River near ............................ 234

Stanton, Tenn., Hatchie River near .................... 367

Stillwater Creek at Unrlchaville. Ohio .................. 168

crest atagea of ........................... 621

Stillwater River at Englewood, Ohio ................... 232

at Pleasant Hill, Ohio ........................ 230

creat atagea of ........................... 624

Stone River near Smyrna, Tenn ...................... 303

Storage, in artificial reservoirs .................... 441-444

In natural channels ......................... 594-605

Straaburg, Ohio, Sugar Creek at ..................... 166

Su^ar Oreek at Straaburg, Ohio ...................... 166

crest atagea of ........................... 620

Summers ville, W. Va., Qauley River near ................. 200'

Tappan Reservoir at Tappan, Ohio ..................... 170

Taylorsville, Ohio, Mlmai River at .................... 225

retarding baain at.......................... 224
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Temperature, relation of, to floods .................. 37, 79

graphs of............................. 80-81

Tennessee River at Breedenton, Tenn ................. 311

at Chattanooga, Tenn ....................... 312

at Florence, Ala ......................... 318

at Guntersville, Ala ....................... 315

at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga, Tenn ............... 313

at Knoxvllle, Tenn ........................ 309

at London, Tenn .......................... 310

at Savannah, Tenn ......................... 319

crest stages of.. ........................ 634

near Buchanan, Tenn ........................ 321

near Johnsonvllle, Tenn ...................... 320

near Scottsboro, Ala ....................... 314

Tennessee River Basin, maps of .................... pis. 3, 11

previous floods in ........................ 667-673

rainfall and run-off in .................. 514-517, 544, 585-594

stage and discharge records in .................. 308-340, 434

Terre Haute, Ind., Wabash River at .................. 262

Tlonesta Creek at Nebraska, Fa .................... 116

Tippecanoe, Ohio, Olendening Reservoir at ............... 169

Tippecanoe River near Hontlcello, Ind ................. 268

Toboso, Ohio, Licking Creek at .................... 186

Torras, La., Old River at ....................... 375

Tradewater River, crest stages of................... 633

near Dalton, Ky .......................... 290

Tradewater River Basin, previous floods In .............. 664

rainfall and run-off in .................. 512-613, 543, 576-579

stage and discharge records In .................. 290

Transportation, interruption of.................... 9-10

Tug Fork at Litwar, W. Va ....................... 212

near Hermit, W. Va ........................ 213

Tuscarawas River at Newcoznerstown, Ohio ................. 156

crest stages of.......................... 619-620

near Dover, Ohio ......................... 155

Twelvemile Creek near New Richmond, Ohio ............... pi. 22

Twin Creek, crest stage of ...................... 624

near Germantown. Ohio ....................... 239

Tygart River at Arden, W. Va ..................... 124

at Belington, W. Va ........................ 123

at Fetterman, W. Va.. ...................... 126

below Tygart Dam, W. Va ...................... 125

near Dailey, W. Va ........................ 122

Uhrlchsvllle, Ohio, Stlllwater Creek at ................ 168

Union City, Tenn., North Pork of Obion River near ........... 362

Uniontown, Ky., Ohio River at..................... pi. Z

Urbana, 111., West Branch of Salt Fork at............... 270

Utlca, Fa., French Creek at ...................... 118

Vandalla, 111., Kaskaskla River at .................. 349

Vermilion River, crest stage of .................... 628

near Danville, 111 ........................ 269

Vernon, Tenn., Flney River at ..................... 337

Vicksburg, Hiss., Mississippi River near ............... 346

Vlncennes, Ind., Wabash River at ................... 263

Wabash River at Bluffton, Ind ..................... 257

at Lafayette, Ind ......................... 260

at Logansport, Ind ........................ 259

at Hontezuma, Ind ......................... 261

at Mount Carmel, 111 ....................... 264, pi. 4

at Terre Haute, Ind ........................ 262

at Vlncennes, Ind ......................... 263

at Wabash, Ind .......... i ............... 258

crest stages of......... .................. 628

Skillet Fork of, crest stage of .................. 632

Wabash River Basin, previous floods In ................ 659-664

rainfall and run-off in.................... 504H509, 551-559

stage and discharge records In .................. 257-289

Wakatomika Creek near Frazeyaburg, Ohio ................ 185

Walhondlng River at Fomerene, Ohio .................. 174

crest stages of.......................... 621

Walland, Tenn., Little River near ................... 325

Wampum, Pa., Beaver River at ..................... 144

Warwick, Ky., Kentucky River at.................... 245

Wax, Ky., Nolln River at ....................... 254

Wayne City, 111., Skillet Fork at ................... 289

West Fork River at Butcherville, W. Va ................ 130

at Clarksburg, W. Va ....................... 131

at Enterprise, W. Va ....................... 132

Wheeler Reservoir at Wheeler Dam, Ala ................. 316

Wheeling, W. Va., Ohio River at ..................... 108

White Cloud, Ind., Blue River near .................. 249

White River at Clarendon, Ark ..................... 370

at Hazleton, Ind ......................... 280

crest stages of .......................... 631

East Fork of, at Seymour, Ind ................... 283

at Shoals, Ind ........................ 284

crest stage of ........................ 632

West Fork of, at Andersen, Ind .................. 273

at Blliston, Ind ....................... 278

at Indianapolis, Ind ..................... 276

at Hunoie, Ind ........................ 272

at Newberry, Ind ....................... 279

at Spencer, Ind ........................ 277

crest stages of........................ 629-630
INDEX

White River Continued

West Pork of Continued Page

near Hoblesvllle, lad ...................... 274

near Nora, Ind ......................... 275

Whitewater River at Brookville, Ind ................... 241

West Pork of, near Alpine, Ind ................... 240

Whitwell, Tenn., Sequatohie River near ................. 331

Wilcox, 111., Little Wabash River at .................. 288

Williams River at Dyer, W. Va ...................... 202

Wills Creek at Birds Run, Ohio ..................... 182

crest stages of............ ............... 622

Wills Creek Reservoir near Wills Creek, Ohio .............. 183

Wilson Reservoir at Wilson Dam, Ala ................... 317

Winchester, Ky., Kentucky Elver near .................. 244

Wolf River at Rosaville, Tenn ...................... 368

Wolf River Basin, rainfall and run-off in ................ 516-517, 545

Woodbury, Ky., Green River at ...................... 252

Work, administration of....... .................. 4-6

purpose and scope of ........................ 694-696

Wurtemburg, Fa., Slippery Rock Creek at................. 151

Yazoo River at Greenwood, Miss ..................... 372

Youghiogheny River at Connellsvllle, Pa ................. 139

Youngs town, Ohio, Ilahoning River at................... 143

Youngsvllle, Pa., Brokenstraw Creek at ................. 116

Zalma, Mo., Castor River at....................... 358

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