26 PROGRESS REPORT, HYDROGRAPHY, 1893 AND 1894. [bull. 131. 
Daily gage height of Missouri River at Townsend station, Montana, for 1894. 
Day. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
S 
7 
8 
9 
In 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
i*; 
17 
18 
'.'.) 
20 
21 
22 
2:; 
2! 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
Jan. 
90.1 
i91.4 
91.4 
91.4 
91.5 
91.6 
91.9 
92.2 
92.2 
92.2 
92.2 
92.1 
91.8 
91.7 
91.5 
91.4 
91.4 
91.3 
91.2 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91^0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
Feb. 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
90.4 
90.6 
90.4 
90.4 
90.4 
90.4 
90.4 
90.5 
90.7 
90.8 
Mar. 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.0 
91.2 
91.3 
91.6 
91.9 
92.2 
92.4 
92.4 
92.4 
92.4 
91.2 
89.5 
89.5 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
Apr. 
89.7 
89.6 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.6 
89.5 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.7 
89.6 
89.5 
89.4 
89.6 
89.7 
89.8 
90.1 
90.6 
91.2 
91.7 
91.8 
92.0 
92.0 
91.7 
91.5 
May. 
91.2 
91.1 
91.0 
90.7 
90.5 
90.6 
90.7 
90.9 
91.2 
91.3 
91.5 
91.7 
91.7 
91.7 
92.1 
92.8 
92.9 
92.8 
92.8 
92.9 
93.2 
93.6 
93.8 
94.2 
94.2 
94.4 
94.6 
94.7 
95.0 
95.1 
95.3 
June. 
95.4 
95.5 
95.7 
95.7 
95.7 
95.6 
95.6 
95.5 
95. 4 
95.1 
94.8 
94.5 
93.9 
93.6 
93.2 
92.8 
92.6 
92.6 
92.7 
92.8 
92.7 
92.6 
July. 
Aug. Sept. 
Oct. 
92.4 
89.5 
88.8 
89.0 
92.3 
89.4 
88.8 
89.1 
92.2 
89.4 
88.8 
89.1 
92.2 
89.4 
88.8 
89.1 
92.2 
89.4 
88.7 
89.0 
92.1 
89.4 
88.9 
89.0 
92.0 
89.4 
89.0 
89.1 
91.9 
89.4 
89.1 
89.1 
91.7 
89.4 
89.0 
89.1 
91.6 
89.4 
89.0 
89.1 
91.4 
89.4 
89.0 
89.1 
91.4 
89.4 
89.0 
89.1 
91.5 
89.4 
89.0 
89.1 
91.4 
89.3 
89.0 
89.1 
91.2 
89.2 
89.0 
89.1 
91.0 
89.2 
89.0 
89.1 
90.9 
•89.1 
89.0 
89.1 
90.7 
89.1 
89.0 
89.1 
90.7 
89.1 
89.0 
89.1 
90.5 
89.1 
89.0 
89.1 
90.4 
89.1 
89.0 
89.1 
90.2 
89.0 
89.0 
89.1 
90.1 
89.0 
88.9 
89.1 
89.9 
88.9 
88.9 
89.1 
89.8 
88.8 
88.9 
89.1 
89.8 
88.8 
88.9 
89.1 
89.8 
88.8 
88.9 
89.1 
89.9 
88.8 
88.9 
89.1 
89.9 
88.8 
88.9 
89.1 
89.7 
88.8 
89.0 
89.1 
89.6 
88.8 
89.2 
Nov. 
Dec. 
88. 
&89, 
alee readings from January 5 to Marcli 21. 
b Ice readings after December 27. 
YELLOWSTONE BASIN, IN WYOMING AND MONTANA. 
The river stations upon the Yellowstone, maintained for a number of 
years at points below Yellowstone National Park, have been abandoned, 
owing to expense of maintenance and difficulty of access. Measure- 
ments of tributaries in Wyoming have been made by Prof. Elwood 
Mead, State engineer, and by others, the results being shown in the 
list of gagings on pages 29, 31. 
HOEE STATION, ON YELLOWSTONE RIVER, MONTANA. 
This locality was chosen on August 12, 1889, by Mr. J. B. Williams, 
at Bowers Ferry, near the small town of Horr, on the Park Branch of 
the Northern Pacific Eailroad. The section is well adapted for dis- 
charge measurements, the river being of nearly uniform width above 
and below the station, and with moderately high banks over which the 
river does not flow in high water. The bed is composed of coarse gravel 
and small bowlders, and is not liable to change in ordinary floods. 
Readings were continued at this point until November 30, 1889, when, 
on account of the change of the position of the ferry, a new locality 
one-fourth of a mile farther downstream was selected. At this second 
point the river is 150 feet wide. 
The gage is inclined and securely fastened by braces. It is about 
60 feet long, with nearly uniform inclination at an angle of 12° to the 
horizontal. The bench mark is on the stunrp of a tree 10 inches in 
