Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper Volume 1173-1174 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ...discharge during year, 77,200 second-feet Jan. 30; maximum gage height, UDTnH feet Feb. 10, from floodmark, backwater from Center Hill Dam; minimum dally discharge, 63 aecond-feet July 8, 9, 16, 22, Aug. 13, 27. 1911-50: Maximum discharge, 210.000 second-feet Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 40.6 feet, present datum, from floodmark 1, from rating curve extended above 110,000 secondfeet; minimum dally, 40 second-feet July 25, 1948. Maximum stage known, that of Mar. 3, 1929. P.entries.--Records good except those for periods of backwater from Center Hill Dam, which are fair. Flow regulated by Great Falls Reservoir (see p. 501). Rating tables, water year 1949-50, except periods or backwater effect (gage height. In feet, and discharge. In second-feet) Caney Fork near Lancaster, Term. Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 3608T52," long. 8550'34," at county bridge 1 rls: nortneast of Lancaster, Smith County, 1.9 miles upstream from Smith Pork, 8.9 nlleE downstream from Center Hill Dam, and 17.8 miles above mouth. Datum of gage Is 4 .ct feet above mean sea level, Sandy Hook datura. Base gage for station on Cumber lane" rive: at Carthage is used as auxiliary gage for this station. Drainage area.--2,230 square miles. Records available.--May 1944 to September 1950. Extremes.--Maximum dally discharge during year, 38,400 second-feet Feb. 16; maxlaua ni'height, 33.23 feet Feb. 12 (backwater from Cumberland River); minimum daily discharge, 25 second-feet Aug. 14. 1944-50: Maximum discharge, 119,000 second-feet Feb. 14, 1948; maximum gage heist'., 53.44 feet Feb. 14, 1948; minimum daily discharge, that of Aug. 14, 1950. Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fslr, ana those for Jan. 6-21, which...