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BULLETIN 181, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUKE. 



and May, 1909. The maximum river stage recorded at Jackson since 

 1901 occurred on April 1, 1902, being 37.2 feet; the next highest 

 reading recorded was 35.3 feet on May 30, 1909. Flood stage as fixed 

 by the Weather Bureau is 20 feet on the gauge. 





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A study of the gauge readings at Jackson (fig. 3a to fig. 3 1, inclusive) 

 shows that the river reached flood stage 18 times in the 12 years for 

 which the records are given, and that the floods occur at all seasons 

 of the year, the summer and fall floods reaching practically the same 



