SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

PASCAGOULA BIVER BASIN
Chickasswhay River at Leakesvllle, Miss.
Location.- .- Water-stage - recorder, , lat 1 , long. «8°33', , In n T. . 2"ll., ., R*. . 6 t',, ,, St. .
Stephens sierldlan, at bridge on state Highway 63, a quarter of a mile downstream froa
logging railroad bridge, half a mile southeast of Leakesville, and 26 milws upstream
from confluence with Leaf River. Datun of gage is 51.13 feet above mean aea level,
datum of 18E9 (levels fey Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army).
Drainage area.- .2,680 square miles.
Records available.- September 1938 to September 1945.
Extremes. - Maod-num discharge during year, 20,100 second-feet Mar. 28 (gage height, 25.66
rest): minimum, 392 second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 8.10 feet); -
19381-45: Maifflum discharge, 39,600 second-feet Apr. 29, 1944 (gage helghti 30.23
feet); minimum obs«rved, 260 second-feet Oct. 15-17, 1938; mtnimm gage h«nght, 7.41
feet Nov. 4, 5, 1943. ^^
raximum stage known, -34.12 feet Apr. 12, 1938; a discharge of 65,600 second-feet .
was measured by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, on preceding day (gage height, 33.36
feet).
Remargs.- Records, good.
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Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In seccnd-feet)
(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-88)
Oct.
649
1,140
1,090
911
849
770
715
697
679
'
.436
1.46
5,03! ! 1.&8
Aug.
5,48! J 2.05 '
8,506}
3.10 "
10,1§£ ) 3.79
§,00< t 2.99
5,68C;
2.12
1,66£ i *622
1.46! ! .946
1,OHi
..'578
46! ! .172
2,210
2,030
1,790
1,630
1,370
1,120
977
869
869
889
977
1«270
1,140
933
809
733
697
697
662
645
628
849
933
829
1,020
1,070
869
849
809
715
628
543
Sept.
v.l
579
531
600
470
456
442
429
429
442
, 429
429
429
466 448*
442
442
416
416
416
416
- 616
611
563
531
470
456
442
416
392
466
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Runoff in
inches
0.27
.49
1,69
25.59
£.36
3.23
4.37
3.33
2.4S
.69
.65
.44
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