Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 53
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SILT DATA
San Jacinto River Watershed
at
HUMELE STATION ON SAN JACINTO RIVER
for
Water Year 1947-1948
october 1, 1947 to September 30, 1948)(Ocoe 1,
Discharge
of
Stream
Ac.-ft.1947
October
November
December
1948
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September3,910
6,550
43,550
21,730
59,010
82,780
35,210
17,750
4,470
4,240
2,300
2,840Silt Load of Stream
Tons
410
750
4,710Ac0-ft.
0
0
3800
13,550
7,910
8,080
3,490
670
180
160
430Percentage
of dry silt
by weight
Pct.0008
.008
.008
0003
0017
.007
.017
.014
.011
0003
0005
.011Total 284,340 41,140 25
U0 S. G. S. yearly discharge in acre-feet --------- 284,300
Total silt for year in acre-feet --------------------------- 25
Acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ------------------------ .014
Average percent of silt by weight for year ----------------- .011
Drainage area in square miles (net) ------------------------ 1,811- 53 -
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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/m1/64/?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.