Daily River Stages at River Gage Stations on the Principal Rivers of the United States, Volumes 13-15U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1916 - Rivers |
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15 feet 20 feet abutment Ariz Arkansas Arkansas River BASIN-Continued Calico Rock chain and weight chain to lower City Colo Columbia concrete copper bolt Creek Crest distance above mouth Distance from marker downstream side end of weight feet above m. s. feet above zero foot Fork gage is attached gage is located gage is painted gage was installed Graduation extends Grand Highest inches Iowa July June Kans lock lower end marker on chain Mean miles Minn Miss MISSISSIPPI RIVER Missouri River MOBILE RIVER Neosho Neosho Rapids OHIO RIVER Okla old gage Oreg pier river gage RIVER-Continued S. W. corner Sacramento second section Sept station steel highway bridge stone Street Susquehanna Susquehanna River Tenn Tennessee top of rail Tributary U. S. E. GAGE water and date Watershed weight gage West zero of gage
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Page 5 - This volume containing the daily river stages for 1968 is the sixty-fourth of a series of daily river stages on the principal rivers of the United States...
Page 126 - ... point for soundings is the end of the iron bridge on the right bank, downstream side. The gage is in 5-foot sections ; the part reading from zero to 10 feet is. attached to a willow tree on the left bank about 300 feet above the bridge and 50 feet below Riggins's old ferry ; the section reading from 10 to 15 feet is fastened to a sweetgum tree 50 feet from the left bank and 150 feet upstream from the bridge. This gage was maintained by the Georgia Geological Survey until November 1, 1900, when...
Page 48 - US D BM" (C. & GS Q) 831.706 Heiskell, 80 feet west of station, 10 feet north of nearest rail of siding, 6 feet southwest of first telegraph pole west of station, on Southern Ry. right of way; bottom of square...
Page 76 - PBM 25.—Is top of iron bolt leaded vertically in top of stone coping of draw-pier of NC & St. LRR bridge (near left bank), in the northwest corner of the northwest quadrant (downstream left bank side), 10 inches from face of stone coping and 20 inches from iron frame. Elevation above zero of gage, 17.126 feet.
Page 112 - ... 25, 1903, by AC Lootz. It is located at the highway bridge, in the village of Shoals, Ind., 400 feet above the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad bridge. There are rapids just below this station and also about 5i miles below. The gage is read once eacli day by O.
Page 109 - PBM (¡8 is in St. Paul, on the left bank of the Mississippi River on lower wing wall of Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway (now Chicago Great Western Railway) Bridge, 4.76 feet above the lower end of bridge seat course and 2.75 feet back from its front edge, being top of copper bolt leaded vertically, marked 0° Established in 1891.
Page 33 - State capítol building, Baton Rouge, La.; it is 4 inches from front of step and 4 inches from balustrade. Elevation, 18.4148 meters, 60.417 feet. PBM XXXI is a bench mark of the United States Engineers; it is the top edge of the marble foundation stone under center of west side of tower on north side of west entrance to State...
Page 1 - ... of the expected rise and fall, if the river is one on which navigation is carried on. Special attention, however, is given to the issue of flood warnings, particularly when damages are expected to result from the floods. In such cases the expected crest stage of the flood is indicated in the warning as accurately as possible and with as much advance notice as can be given. In practice it is customary to set a provisional crest stage at the earliest possible moment and then revise it from day...
Page 171 - Stages of Water at Miscellaneous River Stations in California, Oregon, North Carolina, etc., 1875 to 1889. DAILY RIVER STAGES AT RIVER CAGE STATIONS ON THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS OF THE UNITED STATES...
Page 39 - • reports that ''the old river gage was changed on several unknown dates and by amounts that are uncertain, so that readings prior to January 1, 1915, are not comparable by from 0.1 to 0.7 foot.