SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

412 MDBILE/folVER BASIN
Etowah River at Rome, Ga.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°15', ,long. 85°09', at Southern Railway bridge In
none, Floyd County, 2 miles upstream from confluence with Oostanaula piver. Auxiliary
water-stage recorder at Second Avenile Bridge, 1 alle downstream. Datum of each gage
Is 561.70 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment/of 1936.
Drainage area.- 1,810 square miles.
Records available.- July to December 1903, my 1939 to September 1945. August 1904 to
June 1921 ap site at FreemanS Ferry, 5 miles upstream, published as Etowah River near
Rorte.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,000 second-feet Apr. 26; nrxlmum gage height,
-20.6 reet Feb. 14; minimum dally discharge, 638 second-feet Oct. '30. *
1904-21, 1939-48: Maximum discharge, 55,000 second-feet Dec. 11, 1919 (gage height,
over 28 feet at former site at Freemans Ferry), computed from data at upstream
. stations; minimum dally, 360, second-feet Oct. 10, 24, 1904.
Maximum stage known, that of Dec. 11, 1919. Flood of "Apr. 9, 19T8, reached a stage
of 37.5 feet (discharge, 46,500 second-feet), from gage reading and discharge nfeasure-
ment by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.
Day
1
2
3
4
6
6
7
8
' 9
IP
11
12
13
14
as
16
IB
Id
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Eujks.- Records good. Discharge during periods of backwater computed by using fbll,
as aetermlned by auxiliary water-stage recorder, as a factor. Modeirte
fluctuation during low now caused by power plant at Cartersvllle.
Oct.
970
1,120
1,060
885
802
802
830
1,050
970
858
'775
775
970
.1,090
1,180
1,O30
8S5
802
SOS
775
775
912
I 746
775
748
775
748
748
802
638
720
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1945.
NOT. bee. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.
748
748
, 775
/ 775
748
775
748
748
775
SOS
885
940
S85
868
858
668
885
940
940
1,000
1,180
1,340
1,163
1,030
940
918
1,000
8,040
8,640
1,630
-
Month
1,400
l^BjtO
. 1,060
970
-940
912
1,020
1,900
2,880
2,250
1,700
1,530
1,500
1,370
1,240
1,150
1,090
1,060
1,060
1,090
1,060
1,060
1,030
1,000
1,000
1,030
1,130
1,220
1,220
1,200
1,600
2,000
5,270
2,900
2,090
1,770
i,edo
1,710
2,310
2,530
2,370
8,000
1,800
1,710
3,150
2,430
2,010
1,780
1,660*
1,640
1,930
2,150
1,850
1,730
1,670
1,600
1,470
1,440
1,410
1,370
1,350
1,290
October ..........................
Norombej;. .........................
December ._:.........,,....,......
Calendar year 1944 ............
January ..........................
February ...........................
March......... ...................
April ............................
May...............................
June .............................
July .............................
August ...........................
September.................?.... .
Water year 1944-45 ............
1.290
1,230
1,200
1,250
1,300
4,080
3,590
2,580
2,300
2,060
1,940
1,830
4,860
9,330
6,260
3,780
3,070
4,790
5,890
3,780
5,490
4,740
6,730
4,770
3,390
8,930
8,640
8,650
_ _
-
Seccnd-
f oot-days
2,630.
2,460
2,270
5,720
10.6OO
6,100
3,900
5,390
3,030
2,690
2,550
2,460
2,420
2,450
8,360
2,310
2,180
2,210
2,360
2,230
4,330
4,300
5,180
2,640
2,390
2,490
3,490
3,920
3,000
8,600'
8,450
Maximum
86,80( } 1,180
30,55;
39,90 ! 2*880
l>038,5*ir
23,600
59,0$
96 ,3&
101 ,06* I 10*600
Qfl VO ,*l/l A(V)
11,000.
84 ,13* > 6*250
50,71( > 4,060
52.31C)
4,780
44,77- S 2,500
47.12C>
3,010
.731,655!
11,000
2,280 ,
3,100
4,590
3,480
2,730
2,460
2,380
2,160
2,070'
2,050*
1,98O
1,890
1,820
1,860
1,790
1,760
2,940
3,590
2,550
2,040
1,810
1,720
2,030
3,790
7,130
11,000
6,360
4,460
6,060
4,780
-
3,510
3,190
3,530
3,410
2,960
2,680
2,680
2,630
2,660
2,500
2,360
8,810
5,850
6,230
3,940
2,660
2,640
2,720
2,430
2,270
2, ISO
a2,100
a2,000
al,940
al,820
al,800
aS.OOO
2,850
1,830
1,700
1,630
Itinimtm
BBS
74a
ess
'1,290
1,200
2il80
1,720
1,630
1,180
1,090
830
665
638
1,560
1,530
1,500
1,560
1,470
1,370
1,370
1,400
1,446
1,400
1,340
1,300
1,240
1,180
1,600
1,340
1,970
2,320
3,520
4,060
3,280
2,180
1,700
1,500
1,370
1,340
1,270
1,24O
1,180
1,180
-.
Mean ,
865
*rf»
1*904
3 tmfft -Ma
3,86C
3,28(
1*69(
1,68'
1,44^
1,571
2,006
1,120
1,150
1,300
1,300
1,370
1,300
1,240
1,150
1,120
1,120
1,180
1,090
1,120
2,760
4,780
' 3,660
3...5SO
J 2«560
1,700
1,440
1,340
1,340
1,340
1,240
1,180
1,180
1,870
1,370
1,370
2, BSD
2,660
^ar
-0.478
j. iffiijiji
] *lroc
- liSft
1.05
, * 1t*{$3
itso
.934
.932;
.796
.868
8,400
2,110
1,370
1,900
1,900
d2,260
d2,460
d2,500
dE,2dO
dl,600
1,400
1,340
1,870
1,180
1,180
,1,440
l,1£?(t
f,S40
1,000
940
685
858
970
1,370
1,360
1.50O
1,240
1,000
912
868
630
"Sept.
802
912
666
720
692
692
720
602
775
720
692
748
8ZO
1,060
s» we 1
8,8*0
8,010
6,450
3.2BO
1^30
1,500
1,300
1,1BO
1,180
al,690
al^OSO
a3.#0^f
a«80
a960
a&40
_
Runoff in
inoh*s .
0.55
'* .63
,es
21.21
' 1" SI
lls9
s ^*^R oa
1.73
1.04
*^*^s
'.VI *
1,11 ' . 15.03
a So gage-hal^it record; discharge computed cm baa is of raoorda for station new?'KiJMStoa. ,
d InccmpletB gage-he i^it record; diaoharge confuted on Das la of reeorda fBT station n«ar Eisigrfeon.