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1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I AUSTIN, TEXAS INDEX OF SURFACE WATER STATIONS IN TEXAS Operated by the Water Resources Division of the Geological Survey in cooperation with State and Federal Agencies Gaging Station 08065000. Trinity River near Oakwood , October 1970 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Geological Survey - Water Resources Division INDEX OF SURFACE WATER STATIONS IN TEXAS OCTOBER 1970 Copies of this report may be obtained from District Chief. Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey Federal Building Austin. Texas 78701 1970 CONTENTS Page Introduction ............................... ................•.......•...•..... Location of offices .........................................•..•.......... Description of stations................................................... 2 Definition of tenns........... • . 2 ILLUSTRATIONS Location of active gaging stations in Texas, October 1970 .•.•.•.••..•••••..•.. 1n pocket TABLES Table 1. Streamflow, quality, and reservoir-content stations •.•.•... ~........ 3 2. Low-fla.o~ partial-record stations.................................... 18 3. Crest-stage partial-record stations................................. 22 4. Miscellaneous sites................................................. 27 5. Tide-level stations........................ ........................ 28 ii INDEX OF SURFACE WATER STATIONS IN TEXAS OCTOBER 1970 The U.S. Geological Survey's investigations of the water resources of Texas are con ducted in cooperation with the Texas Water Development Board, Texas Highway Department, river authorities, cities, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and others. Investigations are under the general direction of Trigg Twichell, District Chief, Water Resources Division. The Texas District Office is located in the Federal Building, 300 East 8th Street, Austin, Texas 78701. Copies of basic data prior to publication and other unpublished records may be obtained upon request. Information regarding provisional records of discharge prior to publication and other hydrologic data collected within their respective areas may also be obtained from any of the five subdistrict offices located in Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo, San Antonio, and Wichita Falls. Requests for information from subdistrict offices should be directed to the following: J. H. Montgomery, Subdistrict Chief R. E. Smith, Subdistrict Chief U.S. Geological Survey, WRD U.S. Geological Survey, WRD P. 0. Box 6976 2320 LaBranch Street, Room 174 Fort Worth Federal Center, Bldg. 23 Houston, Texas 77004 Fort Worth, Texas 76104 E. S. Denison, Subdistrict Chief A. E. Hulme, Subdistrict Chief U.S. Geological Survey, WRD U.S. Geological Survey, WRD 1409 Knickerbocker Road 7077 San Pedro, Room 116 San Angelo, Texas 76901 San Antonio, Texas 78216 J. 0. Joerns, Subdistrict Chief U.S. Geo 1ogi ca 1 Survey~ WRD 318-320A Federal Building Wichita Falls, Texas 76301 This index shows the station number and name, type of record collected, and the office at which the basic data are permanently filed. A permanent numerical designation for ~aging stations has been adopted on a nationwide basis; stations are numbered and listed in downstream order. In this report, in a downstream direction along the main stem, all stations on a tribu tary entering above a main-stem station are listed before that station. A tributary entering between two main-stem stations is listed between them. A similar order is followed in listing stations on first rank, second rank, and other ranks of tributaries. To indicate the rank of any tributary on which a gaging station is situated and the stream to which ,it is an immediate tributary, each indention in the listing of gaging stations represents one rank. This down stream order and system of indention show which gaging stations are on tributaries between any two stations on a main stem and the rank of the tributary on which each gaging station is sit uated. As of October 1, 1970, 481 streamflow, 75 reservoir-content, 14 stage, 113 low-flow partial-record, 192 crest-stage partial-record, 3 miscellaneous, 107 chemical quality, 25 continuous recording water-quality, 92 periodic chemical-quality, 133 periodic organic quality, 111 pesticides, 10 sediment, 26 periodic sediment, and 53 reservoir inventory stations were in operation. -1- At each STREAMFLOW STATION a permanent gage is maintained from which a daily record of stage is obtained. Actual measurements of discharge are made to develop stage-discharge re~ation curve. Discharge records showing the mean daily discharge in cubic feet per second, peak dls charges for the major floods of each year, and total monthly and yearly runoff expressed in acre feet, are computed from basic hydrologic data on the basis of the water year ending September 30. At each RESERVOIR-CONTENT STATION the data consist of a description of the station and a monthly summary table of stage and contents. For some reservoirs a table showing daily contents is given. PARTIAL-RECORD STATION. As the number of streams on which streamflow information is likely to be desired far exceeds the number of streamflow stations feasible to operate at one time, the Geological Survey collects limited streamflow data at sites other than streamflow sta tions. When limited streamflow data are collected on a systematic basis over a period of years for use in hydrologic analyses, the site at which the data are collected is called a PARTIAL RECORD STATION. There are two kinds of partial-record stations: (1) Those operated for the pur pose of defining annual minimum discharges, low-flow partial-record stations; and ·.(2) those oper ated for the purpose of defining annual maximum discharges, crest-stage partial-record stations. At each CHEMICAL-QUALITY STATION samples are collected for analysis. At most stations, daily samples are collected and the temperature is measured. At daily stations where discharge records are available, discharge-weighted average concentrations of the chemical constituents are computed for each water year·. At each PERIODIC CHEMICAL-QUALITY STATION a sample for chemical analysis is collected at about one-month intervals. An attempt is made to collect samples over as wide a range in discharge as possible. Periodic chemical-quality stations are operated in conjunction with a streamflow sta tion or a partial-record station. At PERIODIC ORGANIC QUALITY STATIONS from 6 to 12 samples per year are collected for analysis. The analysis includes biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO), nitrate (N03), phosphate (P04), and pH. At many of the stations all the above determinations are made and many of the stations are at daily chemical-quality stations. At PESTICIDE STATIONS samples are collected from 4 to 12 times per year for analysis. Bottom deposit samples are collected at selected stations for pesticide analysis 4 times a year. SEDIMENT STATIONS are maintained to determine the quantity of sediment transported by streams. Samples are collected on a daily, weekly, or periodic schedule for determinations of suspended load, particle-size distribution of suspended load and bed material, or unmeasured sediment discharge. In addition to streamflow information collected at the regular gaging stations and the partial-record stations, measurements of flow and chemical quality-of-water data have been col lected for specific purposes at various other locations in the State. Many of these measurements show the peak discharge for the greatest flood that has been known to occur at that site. Others show minimum flows or channel losses experienced in various streams. Water-supply papers, circulars, and other reports containing special detailed information on flood discharges, rainfall intensities, hydrology of small watersheds and other related data, have been prepared by the Geological Survey. In addition to published reports, records not yet published and file copies of special reports covering floods and other special investigations are available for consultation at the district and subdistrict offices of the Geological Survey in Texas. -2- Table 1.--Streamflow, quality, and reservoir-content stations. Surface-water stations maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with State and federal agencies. Permanent Type of Per~anent location station No. Station record of record a/ ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN Arkansas River: Canadian River: 07227448 Punta de Agua Creek near Channing, Tex. DQp Wichita Falls 07227470 Canadian River at Tas cos a, Tex. DQOpP Do. 07227500 Canadian River near Amarillo, Tex. DQOpP Do. 07227900 Lake Meredith near Sanford, Tex. R Do. 07228000 Canadian River near Canadian, Tex. DOpP Do. North Canadian River: 07233500 Palo Duro Creek near Spearman, Tex. DQp Do. 07235000 Wolf Creek at Lipscomb, Tex. D Do. RED RIVER BASIN Red River: Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River: 07295500 Tierra Blanca Creek above Buffalo Lake near D Wichita Falls lhnbarger, Tex. 07296000 Buffalo Lake near Umbarger, Tex. R Do. 07296100 Tierra Blanca Creek below Buffalo Lake near D Do. Umbarger, Tex. 07297910 Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River near Wayside, Tex. DQc Do. Tule Creek: 07298000 North Tule Draw at reservoir near' Tulia, Tex. D Do. 07298200 Tule Creek near Silverton, Tex. DQp Do. 07299200 Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River near Lakeview, Tex. DQc Do. 07299300 Little Red River near Turkey, Tex. DQc Do. 07299540 Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River near Childress,