SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

468
MOBILE RIVER BASIN
Tombigbee River at Qalnesvllle^ Ala.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°49', long. 88°09', In SEi sec. 2, T. 21 H.^R.
2 w., at bridge-on State Highway 39 at Galnesvllle, 2 miles downstream from NoxuSee
Riyer. Datum of gage Is 63.23 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 {Corps of
Engineers', u. S. Army, bench inark). Water-stage recorder at statior at Epes, 19 miles
downstream, Is used as auxiliary gage.
Drainage area.- 8,700 square miles.
Records available.- October 1938 to September 1945. Gage-height records collected at
same site elnce January 1937 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.
Extremes.- Ifexlfflum discharge during year, 64,000 second-feet Mar. 1 (gr^e height, 46.8
feet); minimum, 533 second-feet Nov. 1-3 (gage height, 1.24 feet).
1938-45: Maximum discharge, 112,000 second-feet Apr. 5, 1944; mrximum gage height,
50.6 feet Apr'. 5, 1944; minimum discharge, 389 second-feet Aug. 31, 1943 (gage height,
O.S1 foot).
Remarks.- Records good. Discharge above about 3,500 second-feet computed by using fall
as determined by auxiliary gage as a factor.
Day
1
2 3
4
5
6
7 89
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
85
26
27
28
29
30
31
Oct.
886
851
$36
1,110
1,880
1,110
970
900
1,280
1,260
1,360
1,890
1,080
900
816
767
746
740
753
740
699
666
627
615
590
578
566
555
649
544
539
539
533
539
549
549
549
556
561
590
621
634
653
712
802
816
823
802
788
900
970
1,080
1,480
2,260
2,180
1,980
1,700
1,550
1,440
, 1,550
1,660
-
Month
1,660
1,660
1,630
1,690
1,550
1,560
3,290
4,980
6,500
6,780
5,740
4,860
3,990
3,450
3,010
2,750
2,480
2,260
2,180
2,180
2,260
2,580
2,670
2,680
2,750
3,090
5,180
8,300
12,200
14,600
14,900
17,800
20,200
20,600
20,000
19,700
21,300
29,500
31,600
31,200
30,600
89,400
86,900
23,000
18,900
17,600
17,400
17,100
15,900
13,800
13,400
15,700
17,500
17,900
16,400
12,900
10,600
9,060
8,190
7,350
6,510
5,930
October ..........................
Noveober .........................
December .........................
Calendar year 1944 ............
January ..........................
February ..........................
March ......... . ... . .
L. ...... .....................
MaX1.
June .............................
July .............................
September
Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1944 to September 1946
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Hay June Jily Aug.
Water year 1944-46 ............
5,360
4,890
4,630
4,530
12,600
80,800
28,100
18,000
15,500
13,000
11,100
9,990
23,800
33,700
36,200
37,500
39,200
41,400
42,500
43,700
48,800
52,200
56,800
59,300
61,400
62,800
62,500
63,500
_
_
-
Seoond-
foct-days
26,172
30,366
136,070
3,899,357
'563,840
907,000
1,281,600
457,08(5
254,460
85,660
61,180
83,460
32,083
3,937,870
63,500
62,500
60,500
57,400
66,300
53,200
51,500
50,300
49,900
51,000
52,400
52,800
51,000
47,500
48,200
36,400
89,000
85,700
25,900
27,400
89,600
30,500
30,100
30,300
30,200
33,300
33,300
31,300
89,900
89,100
88,600
Maxima
1,360
8,860
14,900
107,000
31,600
63,500
63,500
34,400
17,000
3,840
6,210
6,310
2,420
65,500
86,500
31,900
34,800
34,400
38,700
31,500
30,500
28,300
22,400
15,800
11,700
9,900
8,840
7,77O
6,820
6,120
8,790
9,280
8,730
7,660
7,030
6,210
5,560
5,260
5,640
6,310
6,720
7,350
14,900
18,300
-
17,000
16,100
12,300
10,000
3,150
6,610
5,650
5,710
5,930
6,310
6,930
11,200
9,930
9,170
9,960
9,640
10,400
12,400
13,500
12,600
10,300
8,190
6,930
5,930
-4,980
Minimal
4,860
3,810
3,360
3,010
2,750
2,500
539
533
1,560
533
5,930
4,530
26,700
5.26O
2,500
1,440
970
1,080
712
633
2,340
2,100
2,080
1,900
1,320
1,700
1,630
1,590
1,520
1,520
1,480
1,520
1,480
1,480
1,740
1,960
3,090
6,120
7,030
8,840
7,240
5,550
4,530
3,640
, e,750
2,340
1,980
1,740
1,550
' 1,440
-
Mean
844
1,012
4,357
10,660
18,190
38,390
41,540
16,040
a,8Qf
f *61«
,698
1,069
10,790
1,330
1,360
1,250
1,180
1,110
:,oeo
1,180
1,880
1,110
1,000
970
970
1,110
1,220
1,630
5,780
6,080
5,680
3,780
f,840
2,360
1,900
1,B9O
1,700
8,680
3,090
4,350
6,210
6,090
5,530
4,340
FT square
Bile
Time basis; Central' war time up to 2 a.m., Sept. 30, 1945; cnentral atoxuter
1o convert war time to standard tiro, subtract 1 hour. - '
4,620
4,170
3,090
2,420
1,980
1,700
2,750
4,440
4,890
6,310
5,930
5,360
4,620
3,810
3,180
2,580
2,180
1,900
, 1,940
» 1,900
1,700
1,46$
'A»Wfi
1,330
1,180
0.087
.116
.601
1.22
s.as
-4,*76
1,78
.9*8
.328
801
.309
'..3*8
1,110
1,080
1,060
1,140
1,220
1,080
Sept.
936
878
809
760
712
718
719
760
788
760
866
900
1,080
1,580
1,630
1,900
2,420
1,900
1,696-
1,~4«»
l,j4i
l,Of0 '
97e
- 98fe
jwr
900
830
774
7f»
7«7-
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Runoff in
inoaes
0.11
.13
.56
16.68
2.41
3".88
8.