Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 26
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StTiY OF SILT DATA
for
Colorado River WatershedCOLORADO
INKS DAM
Lloyd Myers(Samples were taken from tailrace)
Average
Discharge Percentage
Water Year of Silt Load of Stream of Dry Silt
Stream by 'Weight
Aco-ft, Tons Aco-ft. Pct0
1/
1941-42 ~ 285,200 41,270 27 0011
1942-43 662,460 67,090 44 0007
1943-44 768,040 127,980 84 0012
1944-45 751,950 157,540 104 0015
1945-46 678,460 134,030 88 0015
1946-47 498,980 27,870 20 0004
1947-48 580,500 56,700 38 0007
TOTALS 4,225,590 612,480 405
For period of 6167 years.
Average discharge in acre-feet per year ------------------ 685,194
Average acre-feet of silt per year ----------------------- 66
Average acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ------------------------
Average tons of silt per year -------------------- 99,316
Average percent of silt by weight ------------------------ 0011
Drainage area in square miles (net) ---------------------- ----1 Station was established August 1, 19420
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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/m1/37/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.