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SANTEE RIVER BASIN ' l6S.<br />

Gatawba River near Marion, N. c.<br />

|$Ion.- wa'ter-stage recorder, lat. 35°42'2Q", 'long. 82°02'10", at bridge on U. 8.<br />

Fttghway 331, a quarter <strong>of</strong> a mile downstream from Tom Creek and 2i miles northwest <strong>of</strong><br />

Marion, HcDowell County.<br />

Drainage ar^a.- 171 square miles (including area <strong>of</strong> .first tributary below brldgr, which<br />

enters above control}* "<br />

Records available.- October 1941 to September 1945.<br />

gxtremesj,- Maximum discharge during year, 8,210 second-feet 3ept. 18 (gage height, 11.38<br />

feet}, from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet by logarithmic plotting: ffilalmum,<br />

97 second-feet (regulated) Feb. 1 (gage height, Ill4 feet); minimum dally, 108<br />

second-feet (regulated) Sept. 3.<br />

/T.«,i,£!tir*5? ..Jtolmum discharge, that <strong>of</strong> Sept. 18, 1945; minimum, 69 second-f ,->et<br />

(regulated)Dec. 17, 1943, Sept. 8-11, 1944; minimum dally, 69 second-feet (regulated)<br />

fifffi-^ffifc;- ?he figures <strong>of</strong> maximum discharge for some water year* have be-jn revised,<br />

as snown in <strong>the</strong> following table. They supersede those- published in <strong>the</strong> mter-supply<br />

Water Supply<br />

Paper<br />

Water<br />

year<br />

Date<br />

Sag* height<br />

(feet)<br />

Discharge<br />

(second-feet)<br />

'<br />

1<br />

,<br />

978......... 1946-43 Dec. 29 7.66<br />

4,860<br />

Maximum stage known, 19.34 feet Aug. 13, 1940 (discharge, 71,400 second-feat"), by<br />

contracted-opening method.<br />

.- Records good except those above 5,000 second-feet, which are fair. Some diurnal<br />

Ictuation and slight regulation for short periods at low flow caused .by pwer plants<br />

' above station.<br />

Revisions.- Revieed figures <strong>of</strong> discharge, in second-feet, for <strong>the</strong> high-water periods in<br />

<strong>the</strong> water years 1942 and 1943, superseding those published in Water-Supply Pr^ei-s 95S<br />

and 972, are given herewitii:<br />

May 15, 1942........ 2,920<br />

- ~ -' """" e-.,,,.tU ~~<br />

Month oecoja- j mclfflum Minimum Mean Per square ] Jun<strong>of</strong>f El<br />

mile ' lairtes<br />

Hay 1942..............<br />

19f?0£ 2,920. 180 636 3. '72<br />

aa<br />

Wat. sr year 1941-42.. 117,428 2,920 70 322 1.88 25-64<br />

, Cal radar year 1942. . 197,885 2,920 135 350 S.08 27.88<br />

^eak discharge (water year).- 1941-4 2s Mar. 9 (1 a.m.) 3,710 sec.-ft.jTlay 16<br />

i<br />

lE':lfc p.m.! 6,300 sec. -ft.; Hay 20 (2 p.m.) 5,470 sec. -ft.<br />

1942-43: Dee. 29 (10 p.m.} 4,260 se o./.ft.; Jan. 19 (1 a,m. ) 3,630 seo.-ft.j Ap~<br />

(IE ra.) 3,710 »eo.-ft.<br />

Plaeharge, la second-f eeti water year October 1944 to September 1945<br />

Day Oct. . HOT, Dec. , Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July A'lg. Sept.<br />

T<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

5<br />

479<br />

296<br />

234<br />

£03<br />

189<br />

175<br />

142<br />

151<br />

163<br />

146<br />

.<br />

276 "<br />

250<br />

210<br />

215<br />

198<br />

466<br />

41S<br />

356<br />

876<br />

248<br />

134<br />

151<br />

163<br />

164<br />

167<br />

,237<br />

270<br />

280<br />

307<br />

302<br />

328<br />

481<br />

439<br />

393<br />

342<br />

322<br />

340<br />

329<br />

321<br />

320<br />

193<br />

204<br />

190<br />

194<br />

160<br />

185<br />

168<br />

164<br />

130<br />

262<br />

293<br />

230<br />

'202<br />

211<br />

170<br />

144<br />

108<br />

119<br />

142<br />

6<br />

7<br />

&<br />

9<br />

186<br />

168<br />

137'<br />

155<br />

140<br />

152<br />

128<br />

157<br />

142<br />

.130<br />

204<br />

186<br />

336<br />

263<br />

214<br />

268<br />

294<br />

290<br />

250<br />

246<br />

157<br />

173<br />

154<br />

172<br />

167<br />

272<br />

274<br />

243<br />

229<br />

247<br />

307<br />

312<br />

380<br />

288<br />

359<br />

284<br />

276<br />

251<br />

252<br />

240<br />

189<br />

184<br />

214<br />

234<br />

248<br />

342<br />

199<br />

184<br />

212<br />

210<br />

183<br />

167<br />

167<br />

149<br />

148<br />

242<br />

217<br />

208<br />

154<br />

176<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

14<br />

16<br />

'<br />

133<br />

117<br />

186<br />

220<br />

165<br />

152<br />

121<br />

145<br />

117<br />

144<br />

239<br />

235<br />

236<br />

183<br />

103<br />

219<br />

304<br />

,. 226<br />

206<br />

232<br />

168<br />

165<br />

564<br />

457<br />

S07<br />

218<br />

229<br />

210<br />

220<br />

205<br />

265<br />

345<br />

233<br />

244<br />

236<br />

232<br />

354<br />

299<br />

S67<br />

232<br />

208<br />

162<br />

163<br />

244<br />

621<br />

176<br />

160<br />

151<br />

ITS<br />

170<br />

147<br />

119<br />

140<br />

205<br />

ITS-<br />

138<br />

149<br />

256<br />

362<br />

689<br />

16<br />

17<br />

18<br />

,19<br />

20<br />

157<br />

125<br />

145<br />

117<br />

1,140<br />

119<br />

124<br />

146<br />

125<br />

197<br />

224<br />

184<br />

202<br />

194<br />

191<br />

222<br />

21S<br />

198<br />

219<br />

24O<br />

287<br />

330<br />

458<br />

392<br />

320<br />

198<br />

213<br />

205<br />

217<br />

205<br />

249<br />

776<br />

556<br />

371<br />

327<br />

251<br />

1,560<br />

710<br />

467<br />

354<br />

277<br />

214<br />

215<br />

312<br />

268<br />

,<br />

191<br />

163<br />

164<br />

144<br />

383<br />

152<br />

169<br />

1-75<br />

176<br />

167<br />

60S<br />

3,590<br />

3,970<br />

1,060<br />

684<br />

21<br />

22<br />

23 .<br />

24 \<br />

25<br />

580<br />

341<br />

S7S<br />

220<br />

234<br />

ISO<br />

153<br />

121<br />

128<br />

183<br />

168<br />

173<br />

20»<br />

167<br />

157<br />

' 216<br />

224<br />

80S<br />

216<br />

188<br />

341<br />

761<br />

814<br />

581<br />

434<br />

300<br />

245<br />

214<br />

224<br />

206<br />

320<br />

271<br />

39S<br />

521<br />

634<br />

334<br />

285<br />

280<br />

247<br />

236<br />

225<br />

1S9<br />

196<br />

180<br />

186<br />

286<br />

197<br />

236<br />

208<br />

205<br />

140<br />

132<br />

128<br />

272<br />

208<br />

533<br />

447<br />

989<br />

371<br />

329<br />

'27<br />

26<br />

28<br />

28<br />

SO<br />

51<br />

182<br />

187<br />

153<br />

12S<br />

289<br />

297<br />

B87<br />

301 .<br />

179<br />

187<br />

164<br />

257<br />

296<br />

251<br />

174<br />

185<br />

176<br />

193<br />

173<br />

173<br />

393<br />

338<br />

334<br />

308<br />

788<br />

494<br />

486<br />

460<br />

394<br />

666<br />

433<br />

415<br />

407<br />

375<br />

339<br />

371<br />

255<br />

227<br />

234<br />

209<br />

157<br />

174<br />

140<br />

154<br />

163<br />

211<br />

236<br />

817<br />

170<br />

249<br />

392<br />

172<br />

140<br />

128<br />

126<br />

119<br />

119<br />

.<br />

311<br />

293<br />

3.S6<br />

329<br />

293<br />

Month<br />

Scto bar ,' '.<br />

Bow<br />

Deoe^>ȴ..........<br />

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

Secondfoot-days<br />

Maximum<br />

' 7,4« f ' 1,140<br />

4,882 S 301<br />

. 6,62'1<br />

336<br />

Minimum<br />

" 117<br />

117<br />

167<br />

Mean<br />

' 240<br />

163<br />

214<br />

mile<br />

1.40<br />

.963<br />

1.25<br />

1.152<br />

1.06<br />

1.44<br />

Calendar<br />

year 1944<br />

95,68£ 1 1,840 69 261 1.53 20.80<br />

Janu*ry<br />

....<br />

Febr<br />

Marc<br />

Jane<br />

July<br />

Augu at ...........................<br />

Sept*rt»r<br />

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

Water<br />

year 1944-45. ............<br />

7,38! 2<br />

9,036 i<br />

S,95( )<br />

11.27C )<br />

10,47«<br />

6,46'<br />

><br />

r<br />

6,544 I<br />

S,S<br />

16,87£<br />

101,155><br />

468<br />

S14<br />

788<br />

776<br />

1,560<br />

621<br />

392<br />

293<br />

3,970<br />

3,970<br />

,<br />

173<br />

134<br />

198<br />

233<br />

209<br />

140<br />

150<br />

119<br />

108<br />

108<br />

238<br />

323<br />

289<br />

376<br />

338<br />

216<br />

213<br />

168<br />

662<br />

S7-J<br />

1.39<br />

1.89<br />

1.69<br />

2.20<br />

1.98<br />

1.26<br />

1,23.<br />

.988<br />

3.29<br />

1.62<br />

1.61<br />

1.97<br />

1,96<br />

2.4S<br />

2.28<br />

1.41<br />

1.48<br />

1.1S<br />

3.67<br />

22.01<br />

Eastern war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; eastern standard time tberr«fter.<br />

tirae to standard tine, subtract 1 hour*<br />

j-" 1.,..^<br />

*"-£<br />

" A,

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