Progress Report Number 10 of Silt Load of Texas Streams: 1947-1948 Page: 54
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SUMMARY OF SILT DATA
for
San Jacinto River WatershedStream:
Station:
Sampler:WEST FORK OF SAN JACINTO
NEAR HUMBLE (Samples were taken from highway
L o C0 Clark bridge about 2 mi o north of Humble )Average
Discharge Percentage
Water Year of Silt Load of Stream of Dry Silt
Stream by Weight
Ace-ft0 Tons Aco-fto Pct0
1/
1932-33 ~ 253,210 144,800 93 0042
2/
1933-34 ~ 7,450 520 0 0005
3/
1936-37 ~ 12,450 1,370 1 0008
1937-38 491,940 150,650 97 0022
1938-39 319,500 120,660 77 0028
1939-40 282,680 162,070 105 0042
1940-41 2,566,090 896,050 588 0026
1941-42 909,180 373,670 245 0030
1942-43 545,760 290,820 191 0039
1943-44 881,200 660,570 434 0055
1944-45 1,577,380 1,241,490 815 0058
1945-46 1,320,330 774,810 509 0043
1946-47 1,325,000 345,140 228 0019
1947-48 284,340 419140 25 0011
TOTAlS 10,776,600 5,203,760 3,408
For period of 12.337 years
Average discharge in acre-feet per year ------------ 873,519
Average acre-feet of silt per year ------------------------- 276
Average acre-feet of silt per year per square mile
of contributing watershed ----------------------- 152
Average tons of silt per year ----------------------------- 421,801
Average percent of silt by weight ---------------------- 0035
Drainage area in square miles (net) --------------------- 1,8111 Station established December 1, 19320
2/ Station discontinued December 31, 19330
3/ Station re-established July 1, 1937a
Note. Yearly discharge data changed to conform to totals used by
Uo So Go So in computing monthly river discharge0
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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/m1/65/?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.