SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

446 RIVER BASIN
Boguechltto Creek near Orrville, Ala.
Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°18', long. 87°17», In NWi sec. 4, T. 15 N,, R. 8 E.,'
at bridge on State Highway 22, 300 feet downstream from Loulsvlllg & Nashville Railroad
bridge, three-quarters of a mile downstream' from Tatum Creek, and 2 m'les west of
. orrville. Datum of gage Is 91.09 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by
Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army). Prior to Feb. 13, 1945, chain gage at same site and
datum.
Drainage area.- 276 square miles.
Recoras avaiiaple.- February 1944 to September 1945.
Extremes.- mxiauiE dlscliarge observed during year, 23,400 second-feet Mar. 26 (gage
neignt, 25.38 feet); minimum observed, 0.3 second-foot Sept.. 5 (gage height^ 2.49
feet).
1944-45: Maximum discharge observed, 32,400 second-feet, Apr. 27, 1944 (gage
height, 26.6 feet); minimum observed, that of Sept. 5, 1945.
Flood of Dec. 29, 1942, reached & stage of 29.4 feet, from floodmarks.
A discharge of 0.1 second-foot was measured Oct. 22, 1941.
Remarks*- Records fair. Gage read twice dally.
H:lon.- Base data collected by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and occasional dlsge
measurements made by Geological Survey; records of discharge computed by Geological
Survey.
Day
1
2
3
4 5
6
7 89
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Rating tables, water year 1944-45 (gage beight. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)
Oct. 1 to Bar. 26 Mar. 27 to Sept. SO
2.6 3.1 3.2 SO 6.0 335 12. 0 2,680 2.6. 0.4 2.8 7.0
2.7 6.1 3.4 49 6.0 620 16.O 4,150 2.6 1.2 2.9 12
2.8 8.0 3.6 71 7.0 940 2O.O 7,300 2.7 3.4
2.9 12 4.0 183 8.0 1,2SO 22. 0 ] O,000 Note.- Ssrfl aa t>r eeed-
3.0 17 4.5 2ir 10.0 1,980 24.0 16,200 fc4ftatle~atove 8^9 feet.
6.7
6.1
17
37 5.7
7.9
6^1
1*4 4.3
k.O 3.7;
1,6 2,9
1,4 l.-S
2.4
- 8.0
1,3
-
Rswoff Uj
~ 0435
09 *
!s6
1.19
- 4.^
- 6,81
4,9S
1,06 n
^ Iso
\ .,04
.02
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