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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA. 



2. TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR SUSANNA, ALABAMA. 



This station was established July 27, 1900, by J. R. Hall. 

 It is located at the mouth of Blue Creek, which is 10 feet 

 above the east landing of McCarty's ferry, 13 miles south- 

 west of Dadeville, and 3 miles from Susanna, the nearest 

 postoffice. The rod is graduated to feet and tenths ; it is 18 

 feet long, and is nailed vertically to a tree overhanging the 

 water on the south side of the creek at the junction of the 

 creek and the river. The gage is referred to a bench mark 

 on a white hickory tree about 40 feet from the rod on the 

 south bank of the creek, and is 376.67 feet above tide water. 

 Discharge measurements are made from a boat held in place 

 by a wire stretched across the river, upon which the distances 

 from the initial point are tagged. The section is an exception- 

 ally good one, depth and current being almost uniform the 

 entire width of the stream. The observer is T. A. Walls, a 

 farmer who lives i mile from the station. During 1900 and 

 1901 the following discharge measurements were made by 

 James R. Hall : 



1900: 



July 27 Gage height, 1.80 feet; discharge, 2,309 second-feet. 

 August 9 Gage height, 1.55 feet; discharge, 1,900 second-feet. 

 September 28 Gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 1,809 second-feet. 

 November 24 Gage height, 2.40 feet; discharge, 3,629 second-feet. 



1901: 



July 9 Gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 5,628 second-feet. 

 Feb. 27. Gage height, 2.90 feet; discharge, 5,135 second-feet. 

 NOTE The gage was washed away, and this station was discon- 

 tinued on March 30th, 1901. 



Daily gage height, in feet, of Tallapoosa River, near Susanna, Ala., 



for 1900. 



