Congressional Serial Set Volume 6008 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...is 560 feet. The drainage basin contains no forested areas. The mean annual rainfall is about 32 inches. The winters are severe, snowfall is heavy, and ice forms from 1 to 2 feet in thickness and lasts about three months. Storage sites have not been investigated, but the topography of the basin is not favorable and the high value of the land for farming would undoubtedly prohibit the construction of reservoirs. A number of fair power sites are found along the river, some of which have been developed. Conditions are favorable for building dams, as the banks are as a rule firm, and rock forms the river bed in many places. The geological formation tends to keep the flow of the river fairly uniform and steady, as the glacial drift is thin, and the rainfall reaches the river through springs at the rock outcrops. One gaging station has been maintained in this drainage basin: Wapsipinicon River at Stone City, lowa, 1903 to 1909. WAPSlP1N1CON R1VER AT STONE C1TY, 1OWA. This station is located at Stone City, lowa, at the highway bridge, a short distance above the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway bridge. It was established August 19, 1903, to obtain data for use in studying water power, water supply, and pollution problems. The records at this station are furnished by Frank Dearborn. Buffalo Creek enters from the east about 4 miles below the station. The winters are severe; ice forms from 1 to 2 feet in thickness and lasts about three months. The datum of the chain gage is 776.69 feet above sea level. On December 4, 1906, repairs to the bridge resulted in raising the gage box. The necessary corrections have been applied to the gage readings between that date and January 23, 1910. The gage is located on the bridge from which all discharge measurements have be...