SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP
SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP
SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP
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48 JAMES RIVER BASIN<br />
James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond, Va.<br />
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°33'52", long. 77°34'28", at caial bridge, 400 feet<br />
downstream from head gates, 1,200 feet north <strong>of</strong> north end <strong>of</strong> Bosher Dam on James River,<br />
14 miles upstream from Westham Bridge, and 44 miles west <strong>of</strong> city limits <strong>of</strong> Richmond,<br />
Henrico County. Datum <strong>of</strong> gage Is 106.07 feet above mean sea level, datum <strong>of</strong> 19S9.<br />
Records available.- September 1936 to September 1946.<br />
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,370 second-feet July 18 (ga'te height, 9.49<br />
reetJ: no flow at times when head gates were' closed.<br />
1936-45: tfeximum gage Height, |19.7 feet Sept. 20, 1944 (discharge not determined);<br />
no flow at, times when head gates were closed.<br />
Remarks.- Records good except those below 300 second-feet, which are poor. Canal diverts<br />
I'rom James River 1,200 feet above Bosher Dam and discharges Into river at several points<br />
below gaging station near Richmond.<br />
Day<br />
i 346<br />
6<br />
7 89<br />
10<br />
11<br />
12<br />
13<br />
14<br />
15<br />
' 16<br />
17<br />
16<br />
19<br />
20<br />
21<br />
22<br />
23<br />
24<br />
as<br />
Dot.<br />
359<br />
922<br />
93S<br />
932<br />
930<br />
918<br />
851<br />
224<br />
882<br />
854<br />
848<br />
858<br />
852<br />
842<br />
860<br />
876<br />
860<br />
850<br />
852<br />
892<br />
974<br />
398<br />
I,d30<br />
998<br />
960<br />
Nov.<br />
Rating table, water year 1944-45 (gage height. In feet,<br />
and discharge, In second-feet)<br />
1.7 79 6.0.<br />
2.0 111 8.0<br />
3.0 227 9.0<br />
4.0 359<br />
666<br />
1,050 '<br />
1,260<br />
Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1944 to Septembe- 1945<br />
906<br />
900<br />
894<br />
888<br />
873<br />
874<br />
878<br />
872<br />
870<br />
858<br />
870<br />
870<br />
874<br />
864<br />
850<br />
870<br />
850<br />
854<br />
868'<br />
862<br />
864<br />
868<br />
876<br />
846<br />
811<br />
Dec.<br />
946<br />
998<br />
994<br />
95S<br />
934<br />
918<br />
914<br />
950<br />
973<br />
379<br />
952<br />
982<br />
972<br />
926<br />
928<br />
962<br />
946<br />
954<br />
934<br />
938<br />
930<br />
920<br />
930<br />
916<br />
924<br />
Jan.<br />
962<br />
998<br />
1,020<br />
1,030<br />
966<br />
982<br />
992<br />
980<br />
1,010<br />
1 986<br />
990<br />
992<br />
' 990<br />
984<br />
996<br />
998<br />
990<br />
996<br />
972<br />
954<br />
994<br />
1,010<br />
1,010<br />
1,020<br />
1,020<br />
Feb.<br />
952<br />
940<br />
946<br />
944<br />
932<br />
94S<br />
948<br />
940<br />
954<br />
946<br />
938<br />
930<br />
958<br />
1,000<br />
996<br />
1,000<br />
953<br />
306<br />
962<br />
1,000<br />
968<br />
964<br />
962<br />
972<br />
974<br />
Nar.<br />
980<br />
980<br />
984<br />
964<br />
964<br />
98ff<br />
988<br />
1,020<br />
980<br />
984<br />
964<br />
984<br />
972<br />
970<br />
968<br />
956<br />
940<br />
940<br />
916<br />
91S<br />
922<br />
902<br />
906<br />
908<br />
942<br />
Apr.<br />
942<br />
938<br />
924<br />
920<br />
922<br />
912<br />
906<br />
900<br />
398<br />
898<br />
894<br />
388<br />
378<br />
398<br />
886<br />
878<br />
392<br />
982<br />
1, XK)<br />
978<br />
1,010<br />
972<br />
, 942<br />
! J42<br />
948<br />
May<br />
96O<br />
948<br />
942'<br />
940<br />
962<br />
962<br />
942<br />
.932<br />
924<br />
918<br />
996<br />
912<br />
«04<br />
806<br />
890<br />
922<br />
9ia<br />
978<br />
1,020<br />
1,000<br />
998<br />
922<br />
343<br />
1,020<br />
982<br />
June<br />
960<br />
873<br />
195<br />
930<br />
912<br />
894<br />
886<br />
886<br />
94<br />
866<br />
' 882<br />
870<br />
884<br />
904<br />
'<br />
i<br />
26<br />
27<br />
26<br />
29<br />
30<br />
31<br />
974<br />
958<br />
864<br />
236<br />
932<br />
898<br />
425<br />
862<br />
944<br />
982<br />
934<br />
-<br />
936<br />
928<br />
1,050<br />
1,070<br />
950<br />
956<br />
1,030<br />
1,020<br />
1,000<br />
988<br />
972<br />
958<br />
986<br />
994<br />
964<br />
940<br />
930<br />
924<br />
938<br />
974<br />
962<br />
948<br />
l.< X>0<br />
1, 320<br />
1J98<br />
)82<br />
T<br />
895<br />
86<br />
1,010<br />
1,000<br />
1,020<br />
, 1*010<br />
846<br />
844<br />
826<br />
885<br />
AST<br />
i "<br />
862<br />
888<br />
236<br />
$63<br />
ee e<br />
. 776<br />
7*?$<br />
' 70$<br />
760<br />
76S<br />
9SS<br />
1,OEO<br />
1,010'<br />
S44<br />
968<br />
Month<br />
Secondfoot~d»js<br />
ftuciwa. MUM*. teas f*r square Run<strong>of</strong>f in<br />
- ' *tle inonee<br />
October ........ v ................<br />
November ....... .f. ................<br />
Decenber .........................<br />
26,62 !<br />
25,86 i<br />
28,96 9<br />
1,030<br />
982<br />
1,070<br />
864<br />
438<br />
379 "<br />
as* ,<br />
fato 5<br />
984<br />
' <<br />
. , *,<br />
i.<br />
Calendar year 1944 .'........... 323,8213<br />
3,850 169 88f<br />
January ..........................<br />
February .........................<br />
March ......... ..................<br />
April ............................<br />
May..............................<br />
June .............................<br />
July .............................<br />
August ............... .^ ..........<br />
September ........................<br />
30,80 3<br />
26,27 7<br />
29,60 3<br />
£6^09 5<br />
SB* 06 3<br />
25,24 3<br />
25,15-I<br />
25,54' 1<br />
25,6613<br />
1,030<br />
1,000<br />
1,020<br />
1,020<br />
1,020<br />
QQTI<br />
J7QV<br />
1,050<br />
1,000<br />
1,060<br />
952<br />
306<br />
902<br />
8*78<br />
86<br />
195<br />
256<br />
760<br />
263<br />
'<br />
QQj VV I<br />
93 S<br />
oete »O».<br />
93r1<br />
90Si<br />
QAi<br />
Wfc*<br />
flV '<br />
OJL.<br />
8S&<br />
851!<br />
_ ,<br />
>''*''<br />
"* ' .<br />
Water year 1944-45 ............ 324,88! 9 l.OTO 86 88£ ! : " .<br />
a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis <strong>of</strong> recorded range tft afee^e.<br />
' flaw tiasla.v Eastern.nar time up to 2 a.m., sapt. 30, 1948}? aaat»m stwwSaFtl<br />
To convert war tlae to standard time, subtract 1 hour. -<br />
Tjne tjw*a*ftor.<br />
878<br />
862<br />
848<br />
864<br />
884<br />
902<br />
872<br />
862<br />
838<br />
860<br />
July<br />
499<br />
400<br />
379<br />
a 830<br />
6830<br />
6830<br />
a 830<br />
a«30-<br />
810<br />
803<br />
630<br />
806<br />
790<br />
808<br />
928<br />
936<br />
,1,050<br />
970<br />
900<br />
817<br />
826.<br />
923<br />
918<br />
Aug.<br />
944<br />
1,000<br />
960<br />
902<br />
884<br />
876<br />
858<br />
862<br />
396<br />
838<br />
819<br />
788<br />
, 787<br />
TOO<br />
. 7SO<br />
790<br />
801<br />
799<br />
796<br />
779<br />
814<br />
790<br />
774<br />
769<br />
769<br />
Sept.,<br />
767<br />
761<br />
758<br />
760<br />
765<br />
768'<br />
761<br />
. 706<br />
26E<br />
781<br />
Trie<br />
TT8<br />
Tee<br />
7S8<br />
1 898<br />
ase<br />
lyOOQ<br />
1,0*0<br />
1,060<br />
1,080<br />
984<br />
97fi<br />
95S<br />
9S6
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