Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 33
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SILT DATA
Guadalupe River Watershed
at
VICTORIA STATION ON GUADALUPE RIVER
forWater Year 1947-1948
(October 1, 1947 to September 30, 1948)
Discharge
of Silt Load of Stream
Streambywgh
Ac .-ft,o Tons Ac .-f t . t19 47
October 35,860 4,210 3 .009
November 37,940 2,560 2 .005
December 44,240 7,720 5 .013
1948
January 41,160 2,220 1 .004
February 47,390 10,930 7 .017
March 47,240 8,620 6 .013
April 32,860 5,280 3 .012
May 86,920 80,640 53 .068
June 33,380 5,990 4 0013
July 45,770 9,820 6 .016
August 33,680 29,260 19 .064
September 23,520 2,310 2 .007
Total 509,960 169,560 111
U. S. G. So yearly discharge in acre-feet ---------------- 510,000
Total silt for year in acre-feet --------------------------- 111
Acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ---------------- ----------- .020
Average percent of silt by weight for year --------------- .024
drainage area in square miles (net) ---------------------- 5,676
- 33 -Percentage
Month ofSl od fSra of dry silt
Streamby weight
Ac-t'on c-t Pct.
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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/m1/44/?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.