Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 46
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SUMLARY OF SILT DATA
for
Nueces River W atershedNUEC ES
CORPUS CERISTI DAIM
Eddie W`right(Samples taken below and adjacent
to outlet gates)Average
Discharge Percentage
Water Year of Silt Load of Stream of Dry Silt
Stream by Jeight
Ac.-ft o Tons Ac.-ft o Pct .
1/
1941-42 1,202,820 5469500 358 .033
1942-43 249,640 44,790 29 .013
1943-44 740,310 323,550 212 .032
1944-45 273,820 125,070 81 .034
1945-46 936,910 350,430 231 0027
1946-47 921,510 244,730 160 .020
1947-48 107,320 15,170 8 0010
TOTALS 4,432,330 1,650,240 1,079
For period of 6.660 years
Average discharge in acre-feet per year ------------------ 665,515
Average acre-feet of silt per year ----------------------- 162
Average acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ------------- -- ----
Average tons of silt per year ---------------------------- 247,784
Average percent of silt by weight ----------------------- .027
Drainage area in square miles (net) -----------------
1/ Station was established February 2, 1942.
Note: Yearly discharge data changed to conform to totals used by
U, S. G. S. in computing monthly river discharge.- 46 -
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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/m1/57/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.