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SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

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338 APAUCHICOLA. RIVER BASIN<br />

-Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, Ga.<br />

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°29', lu^. 84°53', at bridge on St^te Highly 16,<br />

nair a mile downstream -from Cedar Creek, 1 mile downstream from Snafcj Creek, 1* miles<br />

upstream from Central <strong>of</strong> Georgia Railroad, and If miles sou<strong>the</strong>ast <strong>of</strong> Whitesburg,<br />

Carroll County. Datum <strong>of</strong> gage Is 684.06 feet above mean sea level, datum <strong>of</strong> 1929<br />

(levels by Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers, U. S. Army).<br />

Drainage area.- 2,430 square miles.<br />

Records available.- October 1938 to September 1945.<br />

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 22,900 second-feet Apr. 25 (gage height, 15.7<br />

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum dally, 1,060 secoml-feet Nov. 8,<br />

15, Sept. 4, 5.<br />

1 1938-45: Maximum discharge, 33,900 second-feet. Mar. 21, 1942 (gage height, 19.6*'<br />

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 25,000<br />

second-feet; minimum dally, 468 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.<br />

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily. Moderate diurnal fluctuation caused by<br />

Morgan Falls hydroelectric plant.<br />

Day<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4 6<br />

6<br />

7<br />

8<br />

9<br />

10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

14<br />

16<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 />

1,480<br />

1,680<br />

1,680<br />

1,390<br />

1,300<br />

1,300<br />

1,390<br />

1,480<br />

1,300<br />

1,500<br />

1,200<br />

1,200<br />

1,430<br />

1,880<br />

1,680<br />

1,580<br />

1,390<br />

1,200<br />

1,150<br />

1,200<br />

1,200<br />

1,200<br />

1,300<br />

1,200<br />

1,150<br />

1,150<br />

1,100<br />

1,150<br />

1,100<br />

1,100<br />

1,100<br />

1,100<br />

1,100<br />

1,100<br />

1,150<br />

1,150<br />

1,100<br />

1,100<br />

1,060<br />

1,100<br />

1,150<br />

1,150<br />

1,150<br />

1,100<br />

1,100<br />

1,060<br />

1,100<br />

1.150<br />

1,150<br />

1,390<br />

1,680<br />

1,580<br />

1,380<br />

1,780<br />

1,480<br />

1,390<br />

1,390<br />

1,880<br />

2,580<br />

4,830<br />

4,480<br />

-<br />

Month<br />

Rating table, inter year 1944-45 (gage heigjit,<br />

and discharge. In second-feet)<br />

2,580<br />

2,280<br />

1,980<br />

1,780<br />

1,680<br />

1,680<br />

2,380<br />

4,150<br />

3,620<br />

3,820<br />

2,980<br />

2,780<br />

2,480<br />

2,280<br />

2,080<br />

1,980<br />

1,880<br />

1,880<br />

1,880<br />

1,880<br />

1,780<br />

1,780<br />

1,780<br />

1,680<br />

1,680<br />

1,680<br />

1,680<br />

1,780<br />

1,880<br />

1,780<br />

1,980<br />

3,400<br />

4,150<br />

4,590<br />

3,720<br />

2,880<br />

2,580<br />

3,400<br />

4,710<br />

3,320<br />

3,510<br />

3,090<br />

2,680<br />

2,680<br />

2,880<br />

2,980<br />

2,780<br />

2,430<br />

2,380<br />

2,380<br />

2,780<br />

2,880<br />

2,880<br />

2,680<br />

3,480<br />

2,380<br />

2,280<br />

2,180<br />

2, ISO<br />

2,180<br />

2,080<br />

2,080<br />

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

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

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

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

1.6<br />

2.0<br />

3.0<br />

4.0<br />

5.0<br />

.<br />

1,010<br />

1,390<br />

2,380<br />

3,400<br />

4,480<br />

1,980<br />

1,880<br />

1,880<br />

1,880<br />

2,980<br />

4,370<br />

5,430<br />

3,820<br />

3,300<br />

2,980<br />

2,780<br />

2,680<br />

7>560<br />

11,400<br />

11,400<br />

7,010<br />

4,590<br />

7,430<br />

6,590<br />

6,070<br />

5,680<br />

7,01O<br />

11,800<br />

12,ldO<br />

7,290<br />

5,310<br />

4,710<br />

4,710<br />

_<br />

Seoondfoot-days<br />

An Q*in<br />

*U tVJAl<br />

46,410<br />

67,530<br />

1,427,610<br />

4,260<br />

4,040<br />

4,040<br />

5,310<br />

7,860<br />

7,860<br />

5,680<br />

4,710<br />

4,260<br />

3,930<br />

3,720<br />

3,510<br />

3,510<br />

3,510<br />

3,510<br />

3,300<br />

3,200<br />

3,090<br />

2,980<br />

3,620<br />

5,940<br />

5,430<br />

4,950<br />

s, ago<br />

3,400<br />

3,200<br />

3,620<br />

5,070<br />

3,820<br />

3,400<br />

3,800<br />

6.0<br />

8.0<br />

10.0<br />

12.0<br />

14.0<br />

Maximal<br />

3,090<br />

3,620<br />

4,830<br />

4,370<br />

3 ,820<br />

3,200<br />

3,090<br />

2,880<br />

2,730<br />

2,780<br />

2.68O<br />

2,580<br />

2,680<br />

2,480<br />

2,480<br />

2,380<br />

2,530<br />

3,200<br />

4,040<br />

3,090<br />

2,680<br />

2,580<br />

3,820<br />

5,680<br />

18,700<br />

17,000<br />

IE ,500<br />

T,l£0<br />

1,880<br />

4,330<br />

4,150<br />

26,000<br />

7,010<br />

6,200<br />

" "<br />

5,680<br />

3,460<br />

11,800<br />

15,500<br />

19,400<br />

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1946<br />

Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Jtly Aug.<br />

5,310<br />

4,370<br />

4,710<br />

4,370<br />

4,040<br />

3,720<br />

3,510<br />

3,620<br />

3,400<br />

3,200<br />

2,980<br />

4,950<br />

9,390<br />

3,760<br />

5,940<br />

4,370<br />

3,720<br />

' 3,510<br />

3,300<br />

3,090<br />

2,880<br />

2,780<br />

2,680<br />

,2,Ji80<br />

2,480<br />

Minim<br />

2,380<br />

2,780<br />

2,780<br />

2,680<br />

3,380<br />

2,190<br />

1,100<br />

1,060<br />

1,680<br />

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

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

March ......... ....... ^. .........<br />

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

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

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

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

September ........................ '<br />

90,150<br />

156,620<br />

132,250<br />

146,870<br />

118,7,40<br />

68,260<br />

oo con<br />

C>» f OAV<br />

71,820<br />

83,470<br />

4,710<br />

,12,100<br />

7,860<br />

lo^VOO<br />

9,390<br />

6,200<br />

10,400<br />

5,430<br />

9,560<br />

2<br />

Water year 1944-45 ............ 1,111,650 18,700<br />

AOA<br />

fVOU<br />

1,880<br />

2,980<br />

2,380<br />

2,180<br />

1,580<br />

1,390<br />

1,300<br />

1,060<br />

2,906<br />

6,594<br />

4,266<br />

4,868<br />

3,830<br />

2,278<br />

8,891<br />

0,817<br />

2,782<br />

"l.SG<br />

2.30<br />

2*Jj0-J<br />

" 1.8ft<br />

- .836<br />

1.19<br />

.953<br />

1.14<br />

'<br />

1.58 ,<br />

E.40<br />

. 2.03<br />

' ,' $ȣ3<br />

? ilas<br />

llo4<br />

1.87<br />

1.10 ,.<br />

*,27<br />

1,060 3,046 1.26 ' 17,01<br />

discharge eaaputed »Q'<br />

£ -OS0<br />

1 ,96/0<br />

J -080<br />

? oeo<br />

4,040<br />

3,300<br />

2,780<br />

2,180<br />

2,080<br />

4,040<br />

3,400 1,300<br />

3,930 1,200<br />

3,930 1,300<br />

2,680 1,300<br />

2,58O . 1,200<br />

2,080<br />

1,980<br />

2,580<br />

1,880<br />

1,680<br />

1,780<br />

1,780<br />

1,880<br />

1,680<br />

1,480<br />

1,390<br />

1,980<br />

1,780<br />

1,390<br />

- 1*W$<br />

6,430 2,780<br />

3^800 1,680<br />

1,880 ',1,600<br />

1,480 1,500<br />

1,39© "* '1,680<br />

500 " -.<br />

' 1 r<br />

P"-»9ttar»<br />

Ue<br />

0.543<br />

.637<br />

.866<br />

1.61<br />

Sept.<br />

1,200<br />

1,200<br />

1,100<br />

1,060<br />

1,060<br />

1,200<br />

1,100<br />

1,150<br />

5,310<br />

4,830<br />

3,310<br />

3,610<br />

9,550<br />

7,430<br />

4,260<br />

2,780<br />

2,480<br />

2,180<br />

2,000<br />

1,880<br />

Run<strong>of</strong>f in<br />

inches<br />

0.6S<br />

.71.<br />

1.03<br />

21.85<br />

M

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