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CAPET £EAR' RIVER 131<br />

< Reedy Fork near Qlbsonvllle, N. C.<br />

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. selO'SO", long. 79°37'00n , a quarter <strong>of</strong> a mile<br />

downstream from Huffines ffill, li miles upstream from Buffalo dreek, and 6 r 133 square miles.<br />

Records available.- September 1988 to September 1945.<br />

average discaariinr- 17 years, 117 second-feet.<br />

as.- Maximum discharge during year, 7,340 second-feet Sept. 18 {gage height, 16.56<br />

feet),,from rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet; minimum, 1.7 second-feet<br />

(regulated) Aug. 12 (gage height, 0.64 foot); minimum dally, S.O second-feet<br />

, (regulated) Aug. 13, Sept. 1. *<br />

1928-45: Maximum discharge, that <strong>of</strong> Sept. 18, 1945; minimum, 0.6 second-loot<br />

(regulated) sometime during period Nov. 13 to Dec. 8, 1941; minimum dally, 0.9 secondfoot<br />

(regulated) Sept. 25, 1942.<br />

Flood <strong>of</strong> July 1918 reached a stage <strong>of</strong> 17.90 feet, from flood-crest referrnce marks<br />

placed by landowner (discharge, 8,640 second-feetJ~.<br />

Remarks.- Records good except those for period <strong>of</strong> no gage-height record, and tJose above<br />

2,500 second-feet, which are poor. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by power<br />

plants above station. Plow partly regulated by reservoir 14 miles above station from<br />

which city <strong>of</strong> Greensboro diverted an average <strong>of</strong> 11.8 second-feet during year.<br />

Day<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

5<br />

6<br />

7<br />

8<br />

9<br />

10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

14<br />

15<br />

\<br />

16<br />

17<br />

18<br />

19<br />

20<br />

21<br />

22<br />

23<br />

24<br />

25<br />

26<br />

27<br />

28<br />

29<br />

30<br />

31<br />

Oct.<br />

1,440<br />

, 749<br />

508<br />

150<br />

46<br />

33<br />

37<br />

37<br />

38<br />

35<br />

32<br />

82<br />

51<br />

32<br />

35<br />

34<br />

30<br />

26<br />

28<br />

156<br />

183<br />

237<br />

262<br />

181<br />

56<br />

36<br />

32<br />

33<br />

37<br />

39<br />

55<br />

1.0<br />

1.2<br />

1.4<br />

1.7<br />

2.0<br />

1 Rating tables, water year 1944-45 (gage heights,<br />

in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)<br />

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 29 to Hay 18,' Sept. 83-30} '<br />

IS<br />

27<br />

46<br />

86<br />

139<br />

38<br />

37<br />

33<br />

35<br />

38<br />

41<br />

34<br />

55<br />

33<br />

34<br />

39<br />

38<br />

40<br />

55<br />

35<br />

36<br />

42<br />

36<br />

35<br />

' 44<br />

48<br />

50<br />

46<br />

42<br />

37<br />

36<br />

159<br />

245<br />

382'<br />

590<br />

> Month<br />

Oct. 1 to Apr. 28 Apr. 29 to Sept. 30<br />

2.5<br />

5.0<br />

4.0<br />

6.0<br />

8.0<br />

36S<br />

290<br />

229<br />

156<br />

54<br />

41<br />

39<br />

111<br />

128<br />

130<br />

181<br />

285<br />

258<br />

229<br />

498<br />

107<br />

46<br />

40<br />

45<br />

55<br />

56<br />

59<br />

62<br />

64<br />

63<br />

99<br />

167<br />

64<br />

43<br />

45<br />

44<br />

Ooto b»* ...........................<br />

Move m»r........ ....... \., ......<br />

DeceaiMf<br />

........ ....,,,.........<br />

/Calendar<br />

year 1844<br />

Jamwry<br />

Fobr<br />

Mart<br />

June<br />

July<br />

r?::::.4 :-:. ::::::::::::-::::<br />

256<br />

380<br />

644<br />

1,250<br />

1,870<br />

£P ember ........................<br />

Water<br />

y»ar 1944*46 ............<br />

Ill<br />

1S1<br />

280<br />

274<br />

222<br />

115<br />

123<br />

162<br />

254<br />

280<br />

229<br />

211<br />

83<br />

54<br />

'48<br />

62<br />

87<br />

164<br />

139<br />

55<br />

45<br />

42<br />

55<br />

60<br />

61<br />

56<br />

56'<br />

57<br />

.94<br />

45<br />

42<br />

10.0<br />

11.0<br />

12.0<br />

14.0<br />

16.0<br />

2,500<br />

2,950<br />

5,530<br />

5,030<br />

6,780<br />

0.6<br />

.7<br />

1.2<br />

2.5<br />

5.4<br />

10<br />

1.2<br />

1.4<br />

1.7<br />

2.0<br />

SO<br />

61<br />

91<br />

it*<br />

266<br />

.9<br />

1.0 16 8.6<br />

Hota.- Same «a preceding<br />

table above 2.6 feet.<br />

P«ak discharge.- oet.<br />

1 (1 J>.m. ) 1,590 sec. -ft.; Sept. IB (10 p.m.) 7,340 sec. -ft.<br />

a Jfo gage-lMight r a cord; discharge computed cm basis <strong>of</strong> recorded range in stage and record* for<br />

stations on nearby s breams,<br />

' Tias basis i Baete. m war time up to ? a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; eastern standard time- <strong>the</strong>reafter.<br />

to standard time, subtract 1 hour.<br />

f/t&Brak t%»»<br />

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October'1944 to Septenber 1945<br />

Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July. An*<br />

44<br />

45<br />

45<br />

47<br />

* 56<br />

65<br />

71<br />

75<br />

71<br />

65<br />

59<br />

57<br />

334<br />

490<br />

380<br />

416<br />

483<br />

644<br />

522<br />

380<br />

372<br />

457<br />

457<br />

444<br />

315<br />

243<br />

168<br />

Second-<br />

foot-days<br />

4,437<br />

2,371<br />

3,776<br />

51, 054. S<br />

3,723<br />

7,127<br />

3,110<br />

2,221<br />

3,240<br />

767<br />

1,469.3<br />

342. 1<br />

15,230.6<br />

47,814.4<br />

72<br />

70<br />

,36<br />

132<br />

250<br />

250<br />

235<br />

163<br />

65<br />

51<br />

48<br />

62<br />

72<br />

77<br />

76<br />

77<br />

77<br />

80<br />

89<br />

88<br />

95<br />

104<br />

170<br />

141<br />

51<br />

44<br />

88<br />

89<br />

85<br />

78<br />

71<br />

Maximum<br />

1,440<br />

' 590<br />

368<br />

2,300*<br />

280<br />

644<br />

250<br />

177<br />

518<br />

42<br />

224<br />

20<br />

6,010'<br />

6,010<br />

67<br />

62<br />

70<br />

68<br />

66<br />

56<br />

46<br />

44<br />

47<br />

47<br />

45<br />

44<br />

47<br />

45<br />

45<br />

44<br />

49<br />

75<br />

72<br />

66<br />

56<br />

51<br />

49<br />

86<br />

177<br />

174<br />

124<br />

169<br />

168<br />

64<br />

Minimum<br />

2e<br />

33<br />

39<br />

47<br />

51<br />

69<br />

75<br />

75<br />

£&<br />

61<br />

49<br />

56<br />

52<br />

52<br />

48<br />

48<br />

50<br />

48<br />

48<br />

62<br />

153<br />

182<br />

318<br />

256<br />

191<br />

84<br />

45<br />

32<br />

37<br />

81<br />

222<br />

311<br />

235<br />

128<br />

2.5<br />

42<br />

43<br />

44<br />

44<br />

52<br />

11<br />

2.5<br />

2.0<br />

2.0<br />

2,0<br />

38<br />

27<br />

25<br />

28<br />

24<br />

21<br />

24<br />

26<br />

32<br />

39<br />

42<br />

39<br />

34<br />

28<br />

27<br />

23<br />

21<br />

24<br />

. 23<br />

20<br />

Mean<br />

20<br />

21<br />

25<br />

21<br />

23<br />

25<br />

23<br />

18<br />

17<br />

11<br />

143<br />

79.0<br />

122<br />

139<br />

120<br />

256<br />

100<br />

74.0<br />

105<br />

25.6<br />

- 47.4<br />

11.1<br />

508<br />

131<br />

8.6<br />

2.5<br />

19<br />

5.6<br />

7.4<br />

38<br />

102<br />

112<br />

69<br />

36<br />

30<br />

20<br />

19.<br />

16<br />

224<br />

98<br />

90<br />

86<br />

61<br />

40<br />

35<br />

35<br />

33<br />

71<br />

92<br />

29<br />

21<br />

14<br />

15<br />

SO<br />

18<br />

Per «qu«r

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