Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 20
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SUMMARY OF SILT DATA
for
Colorado River WatershedLLANTO
LLAN0O
Mrs o Tracy M0 Ward(Samples were taken at Uo So Gaging
Station 2 mile downstream from
bridge on State Highway No. 16)Average
Discharge Percentage
Water Year of Silt Load of Stream of Dry Silt
Stream by Weight
Aco-ft0 Tons Ac.-ft0 Pcto
1/
1941-42 ~ 659990 2529700 166 0281
1942-43 2359470 3819560 250 119
1943-44 196,070 120,450 79 0045
1944-45 156,920 90,120 60 0042
1945-46 142,740 249,740 164 0129
1946-47 141,550 28,750 18 0015
1947-48 327,420 1,471,400 965 0330
TOTALS 1,266,160 2,594,720 1,702
For period of 6x167 years
Average discharge in acre-feet per year ------------------ 205,312
Average acre-feet of silt per year ----------------------- 276
Average acre-f eet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ------------------------ 0069
Average tons of silt per year ---------------------------- 420,743
Average percent of silt by weight ------------------------ l51
Drainage area in square miles (net )---------------------- 490001 Station was established August 1, 1942.
Note: Yearly discharge data changed to conform to totals used by
Uo So G0 So in canputing monthly river discharge0- 20 -
Stream:
Station:
Sampler:
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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/m1/31/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.