Surface Water Supply of the United States 1948
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Surface Water Supply of the United States 1948 Part 7. Lower Mississippi River Basin Prepared under the direction of C. G. PAULSEN, Chief Hydraulic Engineer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1117 Prepared in cooperation with the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas and other agencies UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1950 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. E. Wrather, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. - Price $1.00 (paper cover) PREFACE This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation with the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas and other agencies, by personnel of the Water Resources Division under the direction of: C. G. Paulsen____________________Chief Hydraulic Engineer J. V. B. Wells_________________Chief, Surface Water Branch B. J. Peterson.________________Chief, Annual Reports Section District Engineers (Surface Water) I. E. Anderson___________________________Jackson, Miss. H. C. Beckman________________Regional Engineer, Rolla, Mo. F. M. Bell (succeeded by W. R. Eaton)________Chattanooga, Tenn. H. C. Bolon________________________________Rolla, Mo. W. R. Eaton (succeeded by Fay Hanson)________Baton Rouge, La. C. E. Bllsworth____________________________Austin, Tex. Robert Follansbee (succeeded by F. M. Bell)________Denver, Colo. S. K. Jackson_______________________Oklahoma City, Okla. Berkeley Johnson_______________________Santa Fe, N. Mex. J. L. Saunders_________________________Fort Smith, Ark. F. F. Schrader___________________________Louisville, Ky. J. W. Odell_________________Engineer in charge, St. Louis, Mo. J. B. Spiegel_______________Engineer in charge, Topeka, Kans. in CONTENTS Scope of work......................................................................... 1 Definition of terns................................................................... 1 Explanation of data................................................................... 2 Accuracy of field data and computed results........................................... 5 Publications.......................................................................... 6 Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey........... 12 Cooperation........................................................................... 12 Division of work...................................................................... 13 Gaging-station records................................................................ 15 Mississippi River main stem......................................................... 15 Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo...............................................'. 15 Mississippi River at Chester, 111................................................. 17 Mississippi River at Thebes,111.................................................. 19 Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn:............................................... 21 Mississippi River near Vlcksburg, Miss............................................ 23 Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, La............................................ 24 Mississippi River near New Orleans, La............................................ 25 Meramec River Basin................................................................. 26 Meramec River near Steelville, Mo................................................. 26 Meramec River near Sullivan, Mo................................................... 27 Meramec River at Robertsvllle, Ho................................................. 28 Meranec River near Eureka, Mo..................................................... 29 Green Acre Branch near Rolla, Mo.................................................. 30 Benmke Branch near Rolla, Mo...................................................... 31 Bourbeuse River near St. James, Mo................................................ 32 Bourbeuse River near Spring Bluff, Mo............................................. 33 Bourbeuse River at Union, Mo...................................................... 34 Big River at Byrnesville, Mo...................................................... 35 Mayfield Creek Basin................................................................ 36 Mayfield Creek at Lovelacevllle, Ky............................................... 36 Bayou de Chien Basin................................................................ 37 Bayou de Chien near Clinton, Ky................................................... 37 Headwater diversion channel basin (Castor and V/hitewater Rivers).................... 38 Castor River at Zalma, Mo......................................................... 38 Oblon River Basin................................................................... 39 South Fork Obion River near GreenfIeld, Tenn...................................... 39 Oblon River at Obion, Tenn........................................................ 40 Rutherford Fork Obion River near Bradford, Tenn................................... 41 North Fork Oblon River near Union City, Tenn...................................... 42 South Fork Forked Deer River at Jackson, Tenn..................................... 43 South Fork Forked Deer River at Chestnut Bluff, Tenn.............................. 44 Middle Fork Forked Deer River near Alamo, Tenn.................................... 45 Hatchie River Basin................................................................. 46 Hatchie River at Bolivar, Tenn.................................................... 46 Hatchie River near Stanton, Tenn.................................................. 47 Wolf River Basin.................................................................... 48 Wolf River at Bossville, Tenn..................................................... 48 St. Francis River Basin............................................................. 49 St. Francis River near Patterson, Mo.............................................. 49 Wappapello Reservoir at Wappapello, Mo............................................ 50 St. Francis River at Wappapello, Mo............................................... 51 St. Francis River at Marked Tree, Ark............................................. 52 St. Francis River floodway near Marked Tree, Ark.................................. 53 Little Rive ditch 81 near Kennett, Ho............................................ 54 Little Rive ditch 1 near Kennett, Ho............................................. 55 Little Rive ditch 251 near Lllbourn, Mo.......................................... 56 Little Rive ditch 251 near Kennett, Mo........................................... 57 Little Rive ditch 1 near Morehouse, Mo........................................... 58 Castor Rive at Aqullla, Mo....................................................... 59 Little Rive ditch 66 near Kennett, Mo............................................ 60 Little Rive ditch 66-A near Kennett, Mo.......................................... 61 Little Rive ditch 259 near Kennett, Mo........................................... 62 White River Basin.................................................................... 63 White River at Beaver, Ark........................................................ 63 White River near Reeds Springs, Mo................................................ 64 White River at Forsyth, Mo........................................................ 65 White River near Flippln, Ark..................................................... 66 White River at Calico Rock, Ark................................................... 67 White River at Batesvllle, Ark.................................................... 68 White River at Newport, Ark.. ..................................................... 69 West Fork White River at Greenland, Ark............................ 1.............. 70 Kings River near Berryvllie, Ark.................................................. 71 Janes River at Galena, Mo......................................................... 72 Buffalo River near St. Joe, Ark.......................... ...... .. 73 Buffalo River near Rush, Ark...................................................... 74 North Fork River near Tecumseh, Mo.................................... i....... '. ... 75 Norfork Reservoir near Norfork, Ark.............................................!. 76 North Fork River at Norfork Dam, near Norfork, Ark................................ 77 Bryant Creek near Tecumseh, Mo.................................................... 78 VI CONTENTS Gaglng-statlon records Continued. White River Basin Continued. Page Black River near Annapolis, Mo................................................... 79 Clear-water Reservoir near Piedmont, Mo........................................... 80 Black Rive at Leeper, Mo........................................................ 81 Black Rive at Poplar Bluff, Mo.................................................. 82 Black Rive near Corning, Ark.................................................... 83 Black Rive at Pocahontas, Ark................................................... 84 Black Rive at Black Rock, Ark................................................... 85 Current Ri er near Eminence, Mo.................................................. 86 Current River at Van Buren, Mo..................................................