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Figure 15 . Monthly mean discharge of the Alabama, Tombigbee, and Perdido
Rivers (after Chermock 1974) .
Table 39 . Duration of daily flow and average discharge (ft3/s) at gauging
stations in coastal Alabama (discharge which was equaled or exceeded for
indicated percentage of time) (Riccio et al . 1973) .
USGS
station number and T-ocaion
ercent of time
02376500
Perdido River
at Barrineau
Park, Fla .
(1942-62)
02377500
Styx River
near Loxley,
Ala .
(1952-62)
02378500 02471000
Fish River Chickasaw Creeka
near Silverhill, near Whistler,
Ala. Ala .
(1954-62) (1952-62)
02479500
Escatawpa River
near Wilmer,
Ala .
(1946-62)
1 4,500 1,300 550 1,900 8,400
2 3,300 970 400 1,400 6,000
5 2,200 580 270 800 3,700
10 1,400 400 200 550 2,500
20 970 250 140 350 1,400
30 740 170 110 260 960
40 600 130 100 210 680
50 510 97 90 170 500
60 440 76 81 140 360
70 380 62 70 120 250
80 330 49 61 92 180
90 290 36 52 62 130
95 260 30 47 48 100
98 250 24 44 37 72
99 240 23 42 29 60
99 .5 230 21 40 25 49
99 .9 210 19 38 23 40
Average discharge
ft3/s 773 181 119 285 1,041
ft3/s/mi2 1 .96 1 .94 2 .16 2 .32 2 .06
a Published now as "near Kushla ."
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