'-' 1 Water-Supp!/ and Irr , , on Paper No. i*S f -.rJes P, Hydrographic Progress Reports, 33 Dr.LVxi.JTMEj.ri *>x Tlij] INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ' ' ' CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR REPORT OP PROGRESS OF STREAM MEASUREMENTS FOE THE CALENDAR YEAR 1904 PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF F. H. NEWELL BY M. R. HALL, E. JOHNSON, Jr., and JOHN C. HOYT PART V. Eastern Mississippi River Drainage WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1905 CONTENTS. Letter of transmittaL..........-----.........-_.-.........._..._........... 5 Introduction............................................................. 7 Cooperation and acknowledgments ........................................ 17 Mississippi River drainage basin........................................... 18 Mississippi River near Sauk Rapids, Minn.......................... 18 Chippewa River drainage basin ........................................... 20 Chippewa River near Eau Claire, Wis .........-........-..--.-...- 20 Flambeau River near Ladysmith, Wis ............................. 22 Wisconsin River drainage basin ............................... ........... 25 Wisconsin River at Merrill, Wis................................... 25 Wisconsin River near Necedah, Wis ............................... 28 Rock River drainage basin................................................ 31 Rock River at Rockton, 111........................................ 31 IL mois River drainage basin .............................................. 34 Illinois River near Minooka, 111................................... 35 Illinois River at Ottawa, 111....................................... 37 Illinois River near Peoria, 111...................................... 39 Des Plaines River above Jackson Creek, near Channahon, 111 ....... 40 Miscellaneous measurements ...................................... 44 Allegheny River drainage basin ........................................... 44 Allegheny River at Redhouse, N. Y ............................... 45 Allegheny River at Kittanning, Pa ................................ 47 Chadakoin River at Jamestown, N. Y ............................. 48 Kiskiminitas River at Salina, Pa .................................. 49 Blacklick Creek at Blacklick, Pa .................................. 50 Monongahela River drainage basin ........................................ 51 Cheat River near Morgantown, W. Va.....--....-............----. 52 Youghiogheny River at Friendsville, Md .......................... 54 Youghiogheny River near Confluence, Pa.......................... 56 Casselman River at Confluence, Pa ................................ 57 Laurel Hill Creek at Confluence, Pa............................... 58 Mahouing River drainage basin ........................................... 59 Mahoning River at Youngstown, Ohio............................. 60 Muskingum River drainage basin.......................................... 62 Licking River at Pleasant Valley, Ohio ........'.................... 63 Kanawha River drainage basin.-.-......-.............-.....-...-...-.-.-. 65 New River at Radford, Va ........................................ 66 New River at Fayette, W. Va...................................... 68 Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va .............................. 70 Scioto River drainage basin ............................................... 74 Scioto River near Columbus, Ohio ................................. 74 Olentangy River near Columbus, Ohio............................. 77 Little Miami River drainage basin......................................... 80 Mad River near Springfield, Ohio ..-........--.............-.-.--. 80 Wabash River drainage basin ............................................. 82 Wabash River at Logansport, Ind ,,.,....,..,.,.............--.... 83 3 4 CONTENTS. Wabash River drainage basin Continued. Page. Tippecanoe River near Delphi, Ind ................................ 86 White River (West Branch) at Indianapolis, Ind .................. 89 Eel Eiver (lower) near Cataract, Ind.......----...-..........-.... 91 White River (East Branch) at Shoals, Ind......................... 93 Cumberland River drainage basin ......................................... 96 Cumberland River at Nashville, Tenn ............................. 96 Tennessee River drainage basin ........................................... 98 French Broad River at Horseshoe, N. C ........................... 98 French Broad River at Bingham Bridge near Asheville, N. C........ 99 French Broad River at Smith Bridge, near Asheville, N. C.......... 100 French Broad River at Oldtown near Newport, Tenn .............. 101 Swannanoa River at Biltmore, N. C................................ 104 Tennessee River near Knoxville, Tenn............................. 104 Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tenn............................. 107 Davidsons River near Davidsons River, N. C....................... 109 Avery Creek at Davidsons River, N. C. ............................ 110 Little River at Calhoun, N. C..................................... Ill Mills River (North Fork) at Pinkbed, N. C ........................ 112 Mills River (South Fork) near Sitton, N. C ........................ 114 Pigeon River at Newport, Tenn ................................... 116 Nolichucky River near Greeneville, Tenn.............. ........... 119 Holston River (South Fork) at Bluff City, Tenn.................... 122 Holston River at Austins Mills near Rogersville, Tenn ............. 124 Wautauga River near Elizabethton, Tenn .......................... 126 Doe River at Elizabethton, Tenn .................................. 129 Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C ............................ 130 Tuckasegee River at Bryson, N. C...............................'.. 133 Hiwassee River at Murphy, N. C.................................. 135 Hiwassee River at Reliance, Tenn .................. .............. 138 Valley River at Tomotla, N. C .................................... 141 Nottely River near Ranger, N. C .................................. 143 Ocoee River at McCays, Tenn..................................... 146 Fightingtown Creek at McCays, Tenn.............................. 148 Paint Rock River near Paintrock, Ala ............................. 149 Flint River at Brownsboro, Ala ................................... 150 Elk River near Elkmont, Ala ..................................... 150 Big Spring at Tuscumbia, Ala ..................................... 152 Duck River at Columbia, Tenn.................................... 153 Miscellaneous measurements ...................................... 154 Yazoo River drainage basin............................................... 157 Yazoo River at Yazoo City, Miss .................................. 158 Index ................................................................... 161 ILLUSTRATIONS. PT,ATE I. Map showing location of principal gaging stations in the United States ....................................................... 8 II. Price electric current meters, with buzzers............ 1 ......-.-. 10 FIG. 1. Cable station, showing section of the river, car, gage, etc ............ 9 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, HYDROGRAPHIC BRANCH, Washington, D. C., March 2, 1905. SIR: I transmit herewith the manuscript of Part V of a series of twelve papers which compose the Report oSf Progress of Stream Meas­ urements for the Calendar Year 1901. Parts I to VI of this report contain the results of the data collected in the territory east of the Mississippi River. Parts VII to XII are devoted to the data collected in the territory west of the Mississippi River. The larger part of the original data f<br this report was collected under the direction of district hydrogriphers M. R. Hall and E. Johnson, jr. Mr. Hall covered the territory south of and including Tennessee River and was assisted by Warren E. Hall, J. M. Giles, and B. S. Drane. Mr. Johnson had the northern portion of the drainage and was assisted by F. W. Hanna and R. W. Pratt. The assembling of the data and its preparation for publ cation were done under the direction of John C. Hoyt, who has beerk assisted by R. H. Bolster, Robert Follansbee, Willis E. Hall, A. H. Horton, H. D. Comstock, F. H. Tillinghast, and H. M. Morse. I request that this manuscript be published as one of the series of Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers. Very respectfully, F. H. NEWELL, Chief Engineer. Hon. CHARLES D. WALCOTT, Directs United States Geological Survey. PROGRESS REPORT OF STREAM MEASUREMENTS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1904. By M. R. HALL, E. JOHNSON, Jr., and JOHN C. HOYT. INTRODUCTION. The hydrographic work of the United States Geological Survey includes the collection of facts concerning and the study of conditions affecting the behavior of water from the time it reaches the earth as rain or snow until it joins the oceans or great navigable rivers. These investigations became a distinct feature of the work of the Survey in the fall of 1888, when an instruction camp was established at Embudo, N. Mex. Since that date the work has been continually and gradually extended as larger funds became available. The first distinctive appropriation for gaging streams was made by the act of August 18, 1894, which contained an item of $12,500, "for gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells in the arid and semiarid sections." (Digest of Appropriations for 1895, p. 2TO.) Since that time a similar act has been passed each year and the appropriations