Intensive Survey of Sulphur River Segment 0303: August 13-17, 1984 Page: 6
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The survey was conducted under low flow conditions. A few localized
showers had fallen near Cooper in Delta County the week prior to the
survey. Although the area covered by the rain was small, there was some
runoff which may have had some impact on the flow patterns in the river.
The South Sulphur River was dry at FM 1218 upstream of the City of
Commerce wastewater treatment plant. A pool of standing water originated at
the outfall and extended downstream. The maximum discharge from the plant
during the survey was 0.026 cubic meters per second (m/s) (0.93 fta/s) and
the minimum discharge observed was 0.004 m3 /s (0.15 fts /s) (Table 5).
Stream flow measurements in the South Sulphur ranged from 0.021 m3 s
(0.73 ft3/s) at Station K to 0.46 m3/s (1.64 ft3/s) at Station Q. Tributary
inflow to the South Sulphur River, including the North Sulphur River totaled
0.032 m3/s (1.14 ft3/s). The flow at Station S downstream of the confluence
was 0.274 m3/s (9.68 ft3 /s). Flow was lower at Stations T and U, 1.204 m3/s
and 0.155 m3/s respectively (7.22 ft3/s and 5.46 ft3/s). Flow again
increased at Station V, 3.00 m3/s (10.47 fts/s) and Station W, 0.559 m3/s
(19.73 fta/s). Cuthand Creek which merges with the river between Stations
U and V was contributing 0.021 m3/s (0.74 fts/s).
Stream velocities were very low in the South Sulphur River, 0.009 m/s in the
reach downstream of the discharge (Table 6). The highest velocity observed
(0.061 m/s) was in the reach between Stations T and U. This reach had
recently been channelized, the sides were straight, and the bottom clean and
smooth. Areas which had been channelized for a number of years were
originally straight and smooth; however, washed in debris, mud bars and
bank cave-ins tend to occasionally impede stream flow in the older channels.
low was not measured in White Oak Creek which runs roughly parallel to the
lower reaches of the Sulphur River. White Oak Creek is also channelized and
has many of the same characteristics of the Sulphur River. White Oak Creek
merges with the Sulphur River downstream of Station W.6
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Ottmers, Donald D. Intensive Survey of Sulphur River Segment 0303: August 13-17, 1984, report, June 1986; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1623263/m1/16/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.