Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 43
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SILT DATA
Nueces River Watershed
at
THREE RIVERS STATION ON NUECES 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.-ft. Tons Ac.-f t. Pct.
1947
October 340 50 0 0011
November 7,640 15,290 10 -147
December 1,930 600 0 .023
1948
January 800 70 0 .006
February 1,660 100 0 .004
March 1,380 160 0 .009
April 600 70 0 .009
May 2,300 5,120 3 .164
June 2,600 21,620 14 .611
July 92,710 169,630 111 .134
August 7,870 28,000 18 .261
September 8,500 12,690 8 -110
Total 128,330 253,400 164U. So G. S. yearly discharge in acre-feet ------------------ 128,300
Total silt for year in acre-feet --------------------------- 164
Acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of c contributing watershed ------------------------ .011
Average percent of silt by weight for year ----------------- .145
Drainage area in square miles (net) ------------------------ 15,600
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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/m1/54/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.