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Accu Animas River April Area of Gage Ariz Arkansas River August bridge canal canyon chain gage charge Cimarron River Colo Colorado River conditions of flow Daily discharge Daily gage height Date datum December Discharge in second-feet Discharge measurements discharges are based drainage area drainage basin estimates February feet flood Fraser River G. H. Russell gaging stations Geological Survey Grand River Gunnison Gunnison River Hydrographer irrigation J. B. Stewart January July June Little Colorado River located Maximum meter Mexico miner's inches Minimum Month Monthly discharge mouth November obtained October Pecos River racy Ranch Creek rating curve records reservoir River basin Run-off total San Juan San Juan River Sec.-ft Sept September Sq.ft square miles Strawberry River total in acre-feet Uinta River Uncompahgre River United States Geological upper station Utah W. B. Freeman Water-Supply Paper White River Width
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Page 13 - Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the Geological Structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain...
Page 16 - States gallons equals 3.07 acre-feet. 1,000,000 cubic feet equals 22.95 acre-feet. 1 acre-foot equals 325,850 gallons. 1 inch deep on 1 square mile equals 2,323,200 cubic feet. 1 inch deep on 1 square mile equals 0.0737 second-foot per year. 1 foot equals 0.3048 meter. 1 mile equals 1.60935 kilometers. 1 mile equals 5,280 feet. 1 acre equals 0.4047 hectare. 1 acre equals 43,560 square feet. 1 acre equals 209 feet square, nearly. 1 square mile equals 2.59 square kilometers. 1 cubic foot equals 0.0283...
Page 18 - ... feet. 1 acre equals 0.4047 hectare. 1 acre equals 43,560 square feet. 1 acre equals 209 feet square, nearly. 1 square mile equals 2.59 square kilometers. 1 cubic foot equals 0.0283 cubic meter. 1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds. 1 cubic meter per minute equals 0.5886 second-foot. 1 horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per second. 1 horsepower equals 76.0 kilogram-meters per second. 1 horsepower equals 746 watts. 1 horsepower equals 1 second-foot falling 8.80 feet.
Page 20 - Great care is taken in the selection and equipment of gaging stations for determining discharge by velocity measurements in order that the data may have the required degree of accuracy. They are located, as far as possible, at such points that the relation between gage height and discharge will always remain constant for any given stage. The experience of engineers of the Geological Survey has been that permanency of conditions of...
Page 13 - For gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and for the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources.
Page 11 - Second-foot" is an abbreviation for cubic foot per second and is the rate of discharge of water flowing in a stream 1 foot wide, 1 foot deep, at a rate of 1 foot per second. It is generally used as a fundamental unit from which others are computed by the use of the factors given in the following table of equivalents. "Gallons per minute " is generally used in connection with pumping and city water supply. The "miner's inch...
Page 18 - Minimum" the quantity given is the mean flow for the day when the mean gage height was lowest. The column headed "Mean" is the average flow in cubic feet for each second during the month.
Page 16 - Cubic feet per second per square mile (cfsm) is the average number of cubic feet of water flowing per second from each square mile of area drained, assuming that the runoff is distributed uniformly in time and area. Runoff in inches...
Page 18 - The gage height given in the table represents the elevation of the surface of the water above the zero of the gage. At most stations the gage is read in the morning and in the evening.
Page 18 - Maximum" gives the mean flow, as determined from the rating table, for the day when the mean gage height was highest. As the gage height is the mean for the day, it does not indicate correctly the stage when the water surface was at crest height and the corresponding discharge was consequently larger than given in the maximum column. Likewise, in the column of "Minimum" the quantity given is the mean flow for the day when the mean gage height was lowest.