SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

314 . SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN
Suwannee River near Bell, Pla.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°48', long. 62°55', in sec. 1§ or 17,-5* '8 S,,
R. 14 E., at Rock Bluff Ferry, 4fc miles northwest of-Bell and 18 milesrSewiatresB
from Santa Fe River. Datufi of gage Is 2.75 feet above mean sea level (CWps of- *
Engineers, U. S. Army, bench mark;.
Drainage area.- 9,260 square miles.
Records available.- June 1932 to September 1945.
Average discharge.- 13 years, 7,919 second-feet.
Extremes.- Haximum discharge during year, 25,300 second-feet Aug. 30, 31; maximum
height, 15.98 feet Sept. 3; minimum discharge, 4,680 second-feet June 29, July
mlnimun gage- height, 3.28 feet July 4. ^
1932-45: .Maximum discharge, 30,000 second-feet Mar. 28, 29, 194?.; maximum gage
height, 17.28 feet Mar. 28, 1942; minimum discharge, 2,790 second-feet Dec. 17, 18,
1943 (gage height, 1.03 feet).
Flood of 1928 (crest about Aug. 28) reached a stage of 25.9 feet, from floodmarks
(discharge, 70,000 second-feet, computed on basis of measured crest flow at station
at Ellaville and inflow of Santa Fe River).
Remarks.- Records good except those for period of shifting control, which are fair.
Da,
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 89
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Oct.
11,400
11,800
11,000
10,800
10,500
10,300
10,100
9,840
9,738
9,510
9,400
9,290
9,070
8,850
8,630
8,420
6,210
8,100
8,100
8,420
8,850
9,950
11,400
13,000
14,600
15,400
15,600
. 15,400
15,000
14,600
14,000
13,500
13,21X1
12,600
12,400
12,000
11,700
11,400
11,100
10,900
10,600
10,400
10,200
9,950
9,840
8,730
9,510
9,400
9,180
9,070
3,960
8,740
3,530
8,480
8,310
8,210
8,100
8,000
8,000
7,890
7»fi90
-
Month
Rating table, water year 1944-45«except periods of shifting control
(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
,
7,790
7,790
7,790
7,890
7,890
7,890
8.000
8,000
7,890
7,790
7,790
7,790
7,680
7,570
7,570
7,470
a7,470
7,470
7,360
7,360
7,260
7,150
7,150
7,080
7,050
6,940
6,940
6,840
6,840
6,730
6,730
6,840
6,6.30
6,£ 20
6,£ 20
6,520
6,520
6,640
7,J 60
7,4 70
8,210
3,850
9,6 10
9,950
10,300
10,500
10,800
10, EK>0
10,900
10,986*
,86O
,860
,770
,770
4,770
-
Mean
10,92* } 1.18
9,93 I 1.07
7,44 3 .804
10,94! 5 _ 1.18
3 1.01
- 10,44< J 1.13
S,46it
.915
fi*S5 i - .708,
S .924
" B »6
9,23<
gg jjjgj
4,77O
4,680
4,680
4,680
4,770
4,770
4,770
4,770
4,770
4,860
5,140
5,480
5,710
6,000
6,420
7,050
7,680
8,810
8,850
9,400
10,100
11,000
12,000
13,000
r 4,eoo
15,600.
16,800
17,800
18,800
19,600
20,400
Per square
idle
1@*98 3 . 8*18
Water.year 1944*45 ............ 3,906,3543
25,300 4,680 10,7Q< J ^.18
a Ho gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.
Hote.- Shifting-control urethod used Jtay 11 to Sept., S0»_ -
Time ba8lB8 Saafcsrn war tipe up to 2 A.m., Sept. SO, 1945; saatem
To convert war tiae to standard tine, subtract 1 hour.
20,900
21 500
22, 100
28, 400
28,400
22,400
22, 400
88, 400
88, 400
21,800
21,500
SO, 900
SO, 9&0
20, 300
20,900
20,900
20, 900
20, 906
21, mi
21,800
300
mn
88, t