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SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

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MOBILE RIVER BASIN<br />

Big 'Swa^p Creek near Lowndesboro, -Ala.<br />

location.- Hire-wight gage, lat» 32°16', long. 86°42', in Iffii sec. 19, T. IB 8., «, 14 E.,<br />

at oridge on tf. S. Highway 80, 1 mile downstream from Pan<strong>the</strong>r Creek, 5 miles west j&f '<br />

Lowndesboro, and 12 miles upstream .from mouth; Datum <strong>of</strong> gage is 127,95 Sett above aean<br />

sea level, datum <strong>of</strong> 1929 (levels by Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers, U. 8. Artty).<br />

Drainage area..- 242 square miles.<br />

Records available.- December 1937 to April 1938, October 1940 to September 194R.<br />

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during1-year, 15,500 second-feet Apr. 85 (gage-height, 1S.2 v<br />

reet, from graph based on gage readings); no flow Sept. 2, 3.<br />

1938, 1940-45: Maximum discharge observed, 27,400 second-feet Apr. 1, 1938 (gage<br />

height, £0,0 feet); no flow at times.<br />

Remarks.- Records good above 50 second-feet and poor below. Gage read, once dally.<br />

Cooperation,- Base data collected by Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers, U. S. Army, and occasional dis-<br />

Hcnarge measurements made by Geological Survey. "Records <strong>of</strong> diecharge computed.by<br />

Geological Survey.<br />

Day<br />

I<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

5<br />

6<br />

7<br />

8<br />

9<br />

10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

14<br />

IS<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 />

Rating table, water year 1944«-45 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet).<br />

(Shifting-control method used below 900 second-feet Oct. 22 to Apr. S)<br />

Oct.<br />

13<br />

-e.6<br />

6.3<br />

3.3<br />

1.3<br />

13*<br />

64<br />

64<br />

26<br />

9.5<br />

4.£<br />

1.7<br />

.5<br />

.3<br />

.4<br />

.6<br />

.9<br />

1.1<br />

.8<br />

.5<br />

.4<br />

.7<br />

.7<br />

.5<br />

.5<br />

.6<br />

.5<br />

.5<br />

.S<br />

Mov.<br />

0.3 0 1.2 6.6 7.0 353 15,2 1,920<br />

.4 .1 1.4 10.6 S.'O 450 15.4 S,WO<br />

.5 .3 1.6 15.3 10.0 669 15.6 S.800<br />

.6 .5 E.O 27 1E.O 89S 16.0 4,200<br />

.7 .8 3.0 74 13.0 1.03O ' 16.5 6,260<br />

.8 1.2 4.0 130 14.0 1,280 17.0 8,600<br />

.9 E.E 5.0 194 14,6 1,410 17.5 11,200<br />

1.0 3.5 6.0 370 15.0 1,680<br />

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1948<br />

0.6<br />

.6<br />

.6<br />

.5<br />

.6<br />

.6<br />

- .6<br />

,7<br />

.9<br />

.3<br />

.8<br />

.8<br />

.8<br />

' .8<br />

.9<br />

,.S<br />

*3<br />

.*4<br />

.4<br />

.2<br />

.1<br />

E.3<br />

106<br />

187<br />

238 -<br />

286<br />

Dec.<br />

318<br />

194<br />

52<br />

29<br />

- 17<br />

12<br />

281<br />

814<br />

947<br />

898<br />

802<br />

504<br />

see<br />

154<br />

94<br />

62<br />

44<br />

35<br />

35<br />

40<br />

42<br />

35<br />

35<br />

38<br />

38<br />

38<br />

31<br />

S9<br />

31<br />

35<br />

38<br />

Jan.<br />

283<br />

326<br />

294<br />

344<br />

286<br />

18E<br />

7B7<br />

874<br />

398<br />

647<br />

278<br />

238<br />

230<br />

440<br />

335<br />

330<br />

130<br />

84<br />

79<br />

89<br />

.208<br />

974<br />

1,180<br />

1,240<br />

1,220<br />

559<br />

030<br />

US<br />

173<br />

208<br />

294<br />

Feb.<br />

201<br />

100<br />

74<br />

64<br />

79<br />

154<br />

208<br />

254<br />

1S7<br />

118<br />

84<br />

94<br />

581<br />

636<br />

625<br />

420<br />

362<br />

814<br />

960<br />

1,180<br />

2,080<br />

1,790<br />

1,330<br />

S74<br />

430<br />

230<br />

154<br />

11S<br />

thutttt ' Secoad-<br />

*OBt* foot-days<br />

Oeto her ..........................<br />

Hero nber<br />

Dec* rt»r ..........................<br />

liar.<br />

94<br />

84<br />

1E4<br />

262<br />

430<br />

E70<br />

166<br />

100<br />

69<br />

44<br />

250. £ 64 0.3<br />

832. 3 286 .1<br />

5,984 947 12<br />

Calendar<br />

year 1944 ............ 196,015. 1 20,800 0<br />

33<br />

46<br />

79<br />

444<br />

526<br />

254<br />

112<br />

106<br />

410<br />

254<br />

148<br />

69<br />

38<br />

106<br />

173<br />

1E4<br />

69<br />

40<br />

29<br />

Apr.<br />

33 3,1'20<br />

646 1,060<br />

898 322<br />

768 100<br />

592 64<br />

246<br />

208<br />

222<br />

' 136<br />

69<br />

40<br />

31<br />

24<br />

18<br />

16<br />

15<br />

331<br />

960<br />

1,330<br />

1,020<br />

- 458<br />

112<br />

322<br />

450<br />

10,600<br />

5,400<br />

3,320<br />

1,680<br />

1,920<br />

E,8OO<br />

Hay<br />

44<br />

33<br />

205<br />

294<br />

160<br />

136<br />

215<br />

166<br />

118<br />

69<br />

4E<br />

31<br />

22<br />

16<br />

14<br />

Maximum Miniaun<br />

11<br />

10<br />

9.8<br />

9.3<br />

7.9<br />

B.5<br />

4.2<br />

3.3<br />

E.6<br />

2.3<br />

2.2<br />

June<br />

3.0<br />

1.3<br />

1.2<br />

1.1<br />

1.1<br />

1.2<br />

1.1<br />

1.2<br />

1.0<br />

1.1<br />

1.0<br />

.9<br />

i.o-<br />

1.0<br />

.9<br />

.8 106<br />

3.1 ^ 49^<br />

4.6 20<br />

7.E 12<br />

-7.2 6.6<br />

5.5<br />

* 3.6<br />

2.3<br />

2.0<br />

1.5<br />

Neaa<br />

1.1<br />

1.0<br />

.8<br />

.5<br />

.5<br />

8.^5<br />

27.8<br />

193<br />

Jsnu &ry<br />

Febr<br />

fere<br />

Aftrt 1............................<br />

May.<br />

June<br />

July f<br />

Augu »i.. .................... .f. ..<br />

Sept<br />

13,458 1, 240 79<br />

14,201 2,080 64<br />

4,755 526 29<br />

34,365 10,600 15<br />

6,299. L 3,120 2.2<br />

58. 3 7.2 .6<br />

2,129. 3 310 .7<br />

991. 5 210 .2<br />

58, L 21-0<br />

434<br />

507<br />

153<br />

1,146<br />

203<br />

1.9( 5<br />

6S.7<br />

3S.O<br />

1.9< 1<br />

1.79<br />

2.10<br />

. ,«s-<br />

4.74<br />

.83'<br />

.00."<br />

.2S«<br />

.13.1<br />

.00'<br />

S.fff ><br />

e.ie<br />

-V75<br />

5.28<br />

.97<br />

.009<br />

.33<br />

.15<br />

.009<br />

Hater<br />

y**r 1944-45 ....... ..... \ 83,383, 3 10,600 0 ESS .94* IB. 82<br />

Time baaias Central war tine up to 2 a.m., sept. 30, 1945} central "Standard tlae <strong>the</strong>i^eafter.<br />

to convert war tiae to standard tine, subtract 1 hpur. ' ' ~<br />

T«mo w s»<br />

536<br />

July<br />

0»7<br />

.7<br />

42<br />

46<br />

Si<br />

180<br />

14S<br />

74<br />

215<br />

310 ~<br />

89<br />

18<br />

2S<br />

201<br />

spa<br />

24<br />

26<br />

18<br />

7.9<br />

2.5<br />

2.S<br />

1.6<br />

2.1<br />

84<br />

118<br />

20<br />

At**.<br />

7.0<br />

.V<br />

12<br />

JM)<br />

118<br />

' 40<br />

16<br />

3.0<br />

no<br />

1S4<br />

33<br />

23<br />

69<br />

110<br />

24<br />

IS<br />

20<br />

IS<br />

10<br />

5.0<br />

1.1<br />

.9<br />

2.S<br />

1.3<br />

.3<br />

.S<br />

.3<br />

.3 .3"<br />

.2<br />

.8<br />

438<br />

S«pt.<br />

Per square Rua<strong>of</strong>f la<br />

11* laebw<br />

0.1<br />

0<br />

Q<br />

.1<br />

.2<br />

.e<br />

.3<br />

.3<br />

.4<br />

.5<br />

-%6<br />

.4<br />

.3<br />

.3<br />

.4<br />

.4<br />

.4<br />

.3<br />

.3<br />

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