Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 38
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SUMM IARY 0F SILT DATA
for
Neches River WatershedANGELINA
HORGER
D. W. Moye(Samples taken from bridge on
State Highway No. 63 between
Zavalla and Tasper)Water Year
1/
1944-45~1945-46
1946-47
1947-48
TOTALSDischarge
of
Stream
Ac.-ft.,
19,4703,869,300
3,200,750
1,619,0408,708,560
Silt Load of Stream
Tons
11,020
1,826,050
393,530
227,070
2,457,670Ac.-ft.
7
Average
Percentage
of Dry Silt
by Weight
Pct.
.0421,198
259
149
.035
.009
.0101,613
For period of 3.083 years
Average discha rge in acre-feet per year ------------------ 2,824,702
Average acre-feet of silt per year ----------------------- 523
Average acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ------------------------ .152
Average tons of silt per year ---------------------------- 797,168
Average percent of silt by weight ------------------------ .021
Drainage area in square miles (net) ---------------------- 3, 435
1/ Station established September 1, 1945.
Note: Yearly discharge data changed to conform to totals used by
U. S. G. S. in computing monthly river discharge.- 38 -
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/m1/49/?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.