SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

372 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN
Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Fla.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°27«, long. 85°54', In sec, 36, t. 1 H.^.H, $T
w., at bridge on State Highway 10, about 5 miles southeast of Bruce. Datum of gage
Is 3.94 feet above mean sea level, 'datum of 1929. /
Drainage area.- 4,580 square miles.
Records available.- October 1930 to September 194S.
Average discharge.- 15 years, 6,851 second-feet.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,200 second-feet May 5 (garce height, 8.30
feet); minimum, 2,260 second-feet June 15-17; minimum gage height, 1.27 feet June 16.
1930-45: Maximum discHfirge, 69,600 second-feet Aug. 19, 20. 1939; maximum gage
height, 16.68 feet Aug. 19, 1939; minimum discharge observed, 1,680 second-feet
Ncv. 10-13, 1931; minimum gage height, 0.42 foot July 1, 1935.
Maximum stage known, 25.0 feet In March 1929, from ficpdmarks (d'scharge, 220,000
second-feet, from rating curve extended above 66,000 second-feet on basis of records
for station at Caryvllle).
Remarks.- Records good.
Day
1
2
5
4
5
6
7
'8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
17
18
19
2Q
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Oct.
8,900
8,900
8,440
8,000
7,400
7,020
6,470
6,960
6,620
5,330
5,190
6,060
6,060
4,S10
4,690
4,450
4,340
4,830
4,130
3,940
3,860
3,770
3,690
3,610
3,630
3,450
3,450
3,370
3,290
3,890
3,810
Rating table, miter year 1644-46 (gage height, In feet, and discharge.
In second-feet)
HOT.
1*3 8,860 5.3
3.3 3,690 6.6
' 4.3 4,690 8.3
6,130
8,660
13,200
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to Septenbe- 1945
3,810
3,810
3,810
3,810
3,810
3,810
3,140
3,140
3,140
3,810
3,290
3,370
3,450
3,630
3,630
3,450
3,450
3,370
3,370
3,460
3,450
3,630
3,610
3,610
3,690
3,940
6,060
6,300
6,650
7,020
-
Month
Dec.
7,400
7,800
3,280
S,000
7,600
7,080
6,650
6,300
6,130
6,130
6,470
6,830
7,210
7,400
7,400
7,400
7,400
7,400
7,020
6,650
6, ISO
6,620
6,330
5,060
4,950
4,810
4,690
4,670
4,570
4,460
4,450
Jan.
4,450
4,340
4,340
4,450
4,670
4,690
6,330
6,960
6,470
7,020
8,220
9,380
10, £ 00
10, £ 00
9,380
8,440
7,8
7,2 00
10
6,650
6,300
5,130
6,470
6,8SO
7,400
8,440
10,800
12,000
12,900
18,600
11,800
10,400
October ..........................
Hoveaber .........................
Daceaber .........................
Calendar year 1944 ............
Feb.
9,380
S,440
>. 7,800
7,400
7,020
6,830
6,830
7,080
7,600
8,440
9,140
9,640
9,140
3,660
3,440
8,900
9,900
10,700
11,800
11,200
10,900
10,400
10,800
9,640
9,380
9,380
9,640
10,800
-
_
-
Second.,
foot-days
Mar.
10,400
10,200
9,380
8,900
8,660
8,440
3,220
7,600
7,810
6,830
6,470
,6,130
5,960
5,620
5,330
5,060
4,930
4,810
4,810
4,310
4,950
5,060
6,190
6,680
6,130
6,650
7,020
7,210
7,020
6,650
6,470
Maxinua
156,460
8,900
113,01 0 7,020
197,04 Q 8,280
3,381,1019
39,200
January ..........................
February ..........................
llaroh ......... ..................
April ............................
May..............................
June .............................
July .............................
August ...........................
September ........................
240,6713
263,421a
nt\n isv if no n& 9
149.73 1
237, 2219
81,89 9
153,171 3
169,151 )
174,14 3
12,900
11,200
10,400
8 900
13*200
3,450
3,000
7 600
lo'goo
4,340
6,830
4,810
, 3,370
3,530
, 2,260
4^130
3,140
7,76< 3
9.0&
6,70
4,99 '.
7,65 » -
2,73<
4 94!
i
S?80 S
1,69
1.98
1 46
lloo
1.67
l!oe
. 1.3.9
1.87
X.06s.oe
t«*p
X
Water year 1944-45 ............ 2,133,511)
13,200 8,260 5,84!
Wo 88
1.99
t'st
1*57
1.41
17.*fc
Central war tlae up tc 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; central etandard time thor«*rt«r,
tine te standard time, subtract 1 hour.
Apr.
6, 130
6, 620
6,330
6,060
5, 060
s. 190
6, 680
6, 960
6, 960
s. 790
5,330
5, 060
4, 690
4, 340
3,940
3, 770
3, 850
3, 770
3, 940
4,340
4,810
6, 470
6, 470
7, 500
8, 900
May
10,400
11,500
12,300
12.900
13,800
12,900
11,500
10,400
9,140
8,220
7,400
6,650
6,470
6,860
6,650
3,690
3,
3, 610
7,080
7,600
450 7,800
3,370 8,000
3,610 . 7,SOO
7,810
6,650
5,960
5,060
4,570
4,230
4,030
3,940
3,850
3,690
3,530
HtniKim >'
3,210
3,140
4,450
2,600
June
3,450
3,290
3,140
3,000
2,860
2,780
2,650
2,580
2,530
2,450
2,450
2,380
2,380
2,320
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,380
2.580
2,720
2,860
3,070
3,140
3,810
3,140
9,23
July
2,580
2,650
2,720
8,790
8,720
2,790
3,070
3,290
3,610
3,850
3,850
3,940
4,030
4,030
4,130
4,450
4,690
6,060
6,790
6,470
7,810
8,000
8,000
7,800
7,600
s 3,0s
Aug.
4, 810
4, 570
4,340
4,130
4,230
4,450
4, 690
5, 190
5, 470
5,470
,6,060
5,
6, 530
580
6,470
6,470
5,620
8, 960
6, 960
g 130
6,650
Sept.
4,690
3,940
3,610
3,890
3,810
3,290
3,370
3,370
3,290
3, BIO
5,060 S»14a
4, 690 * 2S *iS L
*. «» S.610
.4, *« 4^810
5,SSO
5,790
6,830
,8,440
10,800
10,900
10,400
9,380
S,440
,7,600
fuSM1
3,000
8,930
8,790
8,880
8,860
j
Ifeafi
f ,04
7,60ft 7,400 7,080
7,406 7, 3W 7,020
6.830 V100
6,830
6,960. 7, >» 6,650
6,1l«0
6,130
*'sso 6,470
r~ * *»« »
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