Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 9
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SILT DATA
Brazos River watershed
at
BELTON STATION ON LEON RIVER
for
Water Year 1947-1948
(October 1, 1947 to September 30, 1948)
Discharge Percentage
Month of Silt Load of Stream of dry silt
Stream by weight
Ac o -ft o Tons Ac o -f t o Pct o
1947
October 690 30 0 0003
November 3,720 540 0 0011
December 8,200 3,480 2 0031
1948
January 3,350 170 0 0004
February 20,090 68,230 45 0249
March 11,420 3,570 2 ,023
April 7,630 910 1 0009
May 29,860 8,930 6 0022
June 10,810 3,870 3 o026
July 17,180 19,360 13 0083
August 1,160 290 0 0018
September 8,000 9,140 5 0084
Total 122,110 118,520 77
U0 S. Go So yearly discharge in acre-feet ---------------- 122,100
Total silt for year in. acre-feet ------------------------------- 77
Acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ---------------------- 0022
Average percent of silt by weight for year --------------- 0071
Drainage area in square miles (net) ---------------------- 3,547
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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/m1/20/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.