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SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

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278 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AIH) THE EVERGLADES<br />

Flsheatlng Creek at Palffldale, Fla.<br />

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 26 856', long. 81°19', In sec. 3, T. 41 S., R. 30 E., at<br />

orioge on State Highway 67, 1 mile south <strong>of</strong> Palmdale. Datum <strong>of</strong> gaj^e Is 27.19 feet<br />

above mean sea level, datum <strong>of</strong> 1929.<br />

Drainage area.- 305 square miles.<br />

Records available.- April 1931 to September 1945.<br />

Average discharge.- 14 years, 223 second-feet.<br />

Extremes..- Maximum discharge observed during year, 8,980 second-feet ~"n>t. 17 (gage<br />

neigrrc, 9.18 feet), from rating curve extended above 5,200 second-feet; no flow<br />

Mar. 5 to June 23.<br />

1931-45? Maximum discharge observed, that <strong>of</strong> Sept. 17, 1945; no flow during<br />

periods In nearly every year.<br />

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read once daily.<br />

Da?<br />

1<br />

2<br />

5<br />

4<br />

5<br />

8<br />

7<br />

8<br />

9<br />

10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

14<br />

15<br />

1C<br />

17<br />

18<br />

19<br />

SO<br />

21<br />

22<br />

23<br />

24<br />

25<br />

26<br />

27<br />

28<br />

29<br />

30<br />

31<br />

Rating table, water year 1944-46 (gag* height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)<br />

(Shifting-control Method uaed June 8S to Sept. 30)<br />

Oct.^<br />

166<br />

154<br />

144<br />

124<br />

94<br />

83<br />

70<br />

56<br />

50<br />

48<br />

40<br />

38<br />

«37<br />

36<br />

38<br />

29<br />

87<br />

36<br />

46<br />

59<br />

59<br />

56,<br />

68<br />

50<br />

68<br />

no<br />

68<br />

67<br />

67<br />

64<br />

62<br />

l.fi^ 0 1.8 8.4 S.S 35 4.7 1S4 6.8 683<br />

l.S .1 1.9 3.6 3.8 64 6.O 836 6.9 81S<br />

1.4 .3 2.0 5.0 4.1 70 6.3 351 6.O 990<br />

1.6 .9 2.1 6.7 4.3 88 6.6 608 6.2 1.44O<br />

1.7 1.6 8.9 84 4.6 116 6.7 583 9.O 8,960<br />

69<br />

54<br />

50<br />

47<br />

46<br />

48<br />

36<br />

SB<br />

89<br />

36<br />

38<br />

48<br />

38<br />

38<br />

87<br />

'23<br />

. 81<br />

80<br />

18<br />

16.<br />

16<br />

14<br />

14<br />

13<br />

18<br />

11<br />

11<br />

10<br />

8.8<br />

7.9<br />

Month<br />

7.1<br />

6.7<br />

5.8<br />

6.0<br />

I 4.9<br />

4.4<br />

4.8<br />

a3.7<br />

3.2<br />

8.9<br />

8.5<br />

8.4<br />

8.0<br />

8.0<br />

1.8<br />

1.6<br />

1.6<br />

1.4<br />

1.4<br />

1.9<br />

1.3<br />

Bl.4<br />

1.4<br />

1.6<br />

l.«<br />

1.6<br />

al.6<br />

1.6<br />

1.4<br />

1.4<br />

al.S<br />

1.3<br />

1.1<br />

1.1<br />

1.0<br />

.9<br />

B.8<br />

.8<br />

- 3.4<br />

8.9<br />

14<br />

18<br />

12<br />

.10<br />

8.6<br />

ft.S<br />

8.7<br />

8.2<br />

6.9<br />

6.6<br />

7.9<br />

7.S<br />

' 6.0<br />

5.0<br />

4.6<br />

4.3<br />

4.3<br />

8.7<br />

3.2<br />

8.6<br />

8.6<br />

'8.3<br />

Octo bar<br />

Move her .........................<br />

Dece ber.. .......................<br />

Cairadar<br />

year 1944 ............<br />

Jam AI7<br />

Ftbr<br />

Mar<<br />

Discharge, IB aacond-feet, water yaar October 1944 to September 1946<br />

MOT. Deo. Jan. Feb.<br />

Apr. ** June July Aug.<br />

r7 i .........'...,...............<br />

:::::::::::::::::::::::::<br />

*<br />

«t ...........................<br />

Julj<br />

Auga<br />

Septeaber<br />

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

*at«r<br />

yww 1944-46 ............<br />

8.0<br />

1.7<br />

al.6<br />

1.3<br />

1.0<br />

.9<br />

.9<br />

.8<br />

.8<br />

.7<br />

.7<br />

.6<br />

.6<br />

.6<br />

.4<br />

.4<br />

.3<br />

.3<br />

.8<br />

.8<br />

.2<br />

.1<br />

.1<br />

.1<br />

.8<br />

.8<br />

.1<br />

.1<br />

Sacmd-<br />

f oo Ways<br />

8,041<br />

821.2<br />

81.9<br />

87, 265. S<br />

174.1<br />

16.8<br />

.4<br />

0<br />

0<br />

31.1<br />

36,069<br />

14, ESS<br />

59,184<br />

112,655.5<br />

«» 3.81 *i*0<br />

"*tt» 1.61 l.M<br />

6.46 T.81<br />

i,m<br />

309<br />

50<br />

154<br />

271<br />

509<br />

397<br />

646<br />

784<br />

784<br />

546<br />

478<br />

482<br />

4S2<br />

482<br />

488<br />

478<br />

478<br />

546<br />

653<br />

663<br />

663<br />

791<br />

-1,180<br />

1,670<br />

8,1OO<br />

3,580<br />

4*189<br />

5,850<br />

^,310<br />

*?wr<br />

iJU<br />

1,140<br />

981<br />

764<br />

633<br />

683<br />

W<br />

673<br />

613<br />

646<br />

448,<br />

397<br />

374<br />

351<br />

361<br />

397<br />

351<br />

309<br />

890<br />

871<br />

256<br />

890<br />

330<br />

361<br />

961<br />

aao<br />

l - l*r<br />

#60<br />

2SO<br />

, £74<br />

476<br />

3^?<br />

Se^t.<br />

3?4<br />

361<br />

309<br />

309<br />

399<br />

874<br />

784<br />

973<br />

1,160<br />

7M,<br />

546<br />

^<br />

546<br />

1.4W-<br />

6,apa<br />

8,988<br />

8.51O<br />

«,eeo<br />

4,660<br />

5,440<br />

3,100<br />

2, BOO -ar<br />

n s*<br />

688<br />

S46<br />

P»t#m*r* BSsott la<br />

il» iocbM<br />

O.E16 CJ.8&<br />

.we -ie ^<br />

.844 5.33<br />

1.01 !*.?» ,<br />

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