Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 17
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(October
Discharge
Month of
Stream
Ace-ft.1947
October
November
December
1948
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September57,94Q
91,760
213,940
120,120
257,300
350,020
165,500
282,110
123,660
184,840
34,960
68,470SILT DATA
Brazos River Watershed
at
RICIEM!OND STATION ON BRAZOS RIVER
for
Water Year 1947-1948
1, 1947 to September 30, 1948)Silt Load of Stream
Tons
6,160
56,050
212,250
34,460
265,920
1,169,300
236,850
1,359,490
245,360
356,780
5,140
2,960Percentage
of dry silt
by weight
Pct.4
37
139
23
174
767
155
892
161
234
3
2.008
-045
4073
0021
.076
0245
0105
0354
.146
.142
.011
.003Total 1,950,620 3,950,720 2,591
U. S. G. S. yearly discharge in acre-feet ------------------ 1,951,000
Total silt for year in acre-feet --------------------------- 2,591
Acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ------------------------ .074
Average percent of silt by weight for year ----------------- .149
Drainage area in square miles (net) ------------------------ 34,810
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Bloodgood, Dean W. Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948, report, August 1949; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1623153/m1/28/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.