SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

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JffiUSE RIVBR BASIN
i ' Eho River at Hlllsboro, N. C.
Location.- Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested reetangular weir and masonry control
lat. 36°04'20", long. 79*06'30", 1,000 feet downstream tfomU. S. Kf-Sway'TOboro,
Orange County, and 2 miles ^downstream from Sevfinfflile Creek. '
Drainage area.- 66.5 square miles. >
ftecords available.- November 1927 to September 1945. * ' ,
Average discharger- 15 years (1930-45), 66.7 second-feet.
Bxtransa.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,000 second-feet Sept. 18 (gage height, 20.01
feet): minimum, 6.5 second-feet July 2. "5-
1927-45: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 18, 1945; minimum dally, 0.3 second-foot
Oct. 20-27, 1941.'
Revisions.- The figures of maximum discharge for some water yearn have oeen revised,
as shown in the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply
papers Indicated.
Water-supply
Paper
T\!>
872........
Water
year
T OW^.^1
1938-39
Date
Gage height
(feet)
Discharge
(second-foet)
6,750
4,910
5,530
Aug. 18 16.90
,1002 ....... 1943-44 July 15 17.30
Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.
Diversion of 0.25 second-foot for Hlllsboro water supply Is partly returned above
station as sewage.
Rating table, water year 1944-46 (gage freight, in feet, and discharge, in ae'oond-feet)
1.3 .. 7.6
1.4 11
1.6 IS
1.8 27
2.0 38
2.3 60
2.6 91
3.0- 146
3.6 236
.4.0 336
5.0 483
6.0 655
S.O
10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
17.0
1,030
1,430
1,930
2,600
3,880
5,060
Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1944 to Septwbor 1945
Day Oct. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Sept.
a260
a9O
54
42
34
30
27
24
22
80
19
IS
ia
IB
15
16
15
16
16
670
367
99
61
49
43
1 37
32
28
28
27
26
October.:
Novmber.
Deceaber.
25
24
24
24
24
22
21
21
21
21
21
21
20
20
21
24
22
20
20
24
28
22
26
20
19
19
164
650
127
420
Hnnth
11011111
133
SI
62
53
48
46
46
168
96
63
68
123
76
58
50
46
44
42
41
S7
36
36
34
SS
34
93
32
33
37
48
.55
108
117
65
54
49
" 45
211
156
103
76
61
54
64
63
sa
61
56
48
46
47
46
45
, 48
41
37
56
34
34
34
32
31
29
28
29
29
32
35
41
39
36
S2
si
30
577
aSOO
a!70
a90
a260
a 500
alSO
B140
. 266
480
173
115
' 96
88
69
Seoond-
foot-days
2,243
1,919
1,771
Ill
80
72
113
156
153
106
82
72
66
59
55
54
52
61
49
48
46
44
44
SC
63
40
fi.
m
48
41
36
34
35.
670
660
168
Calendar year 1944 2,130
January..
February.
March....
SK:;::
June.....
July......
.August.'..
September
1,941
S.,996
1,966
834.8
3,6180.9
1,665
KaUr year 1944-46 .,....,..". .^ 38,664.8
Fettk
statlejM
' JB»-
,V^
211
877
156
876
Mte
100
1,10Q
BittiBraa
16
19
36
sa
34
ad
"T.8
16
168
as
48
S*
Si
m
19
17
16
18
14
14
14
20
21
20
17
15
14
, 13
12
, JO9,5
-«3.
100 ;
SO i'e
14
> 12
-, 1!*""
'3, u
;-,- e.e
« k&
eJ
July 17 (3 p.m.) 2,630; sec.-ft.; Sapt. IS (1 «.».)
yeowrdi dlsohaj^e coapitted on baals of pew*r ««fffl*nr'8
78.4
64.0
BSM
62.6
148
'JB.t East*rtt TO/tlB» up to 2 a.m., S«pt. 30,'1«45| ease***'Btsndartf
r waV tlwi tjd tia»i subtract 1 hour. ; . . ' ; . -
7.3
7. .6,
8.8
9.2
8.8
24
18
11
28
48
19
11. >
, 9!
5»
480-
64Q
list
M se
i8
24
67
84
20
17
16
88
>8S7
n
t 46
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