SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

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Location.- Wafceivsiage recorder, lat. 37 0S4'Se% long. TO°85'80", at Be6Kbrl$V 8ati«u
RocREFtdge County, 700 f e»t upstream from highway bridge and 1 all* wpjtra'* fro* WS»
Creek. Datioa of gage is 1,100.33 feet above mftan sea level (l*v»ls by 0«rr*« «f:Bsigi-nsers,
u. S. Army),
Drainage area.- 328 square ,alles. ^ ' ,
ascorda available.- October 1SB8 to September 1945. ... .
Average discharge.- 16 years (1889-45), 843 second- feet. '
Extremes.- Maxitew' discharge during year. 6,060 second-* Set .Sept. IB (gage hwMjJit., 7.23'
JSeTJJ minimus, 17 second-fae^ Jaly 12 (gage height, 1.00 -foot).
'1928-46: . Maximum discharge, 33,000 second-feet Mar. 17, 1936 (gags ialRtxfc. 13.0T
feet), fron rating carve extended above 16,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting;
ffllnlsua, 11 second-feet Nov. 28, 1930 (gage height* 0.76 foot} .
y- Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair.
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1
, 2
3
4
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7
9
10
11
lit
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14
19
18
IT
18
20
21
2ft
23
24
29
26
27
28
30
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Oct.
87
60
46
' 44
42
40
38
35
38
38
&
38
36
88
66
80
44
.' 48
41
188
810
sod
304
811
177
143
- 118
100
91
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Rating table, wat«i- year 1944-45, except period »t J.c» effect .
(g»g« height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)
' (Shifting -oontrol jsathod used Sept. 19-80)^
1.0
1.1
1.8
17
24
35
50
68
1.6
1.8
S.O
S'.S
8.6
5.0
118
170
240
360
GOO
720
5.6
4.0
4.5
S.O
6.0
7.0
1,090
1,400
1,890
§ ,870
,660
8,500
Discharge, in aecow^feet, water ysar October 1944 t« S«{>t«lri»*T
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