newell.] ARKANSAS RIVER, COLORADO. 
Daily gage height of Arkansas River at Canyon, Colorado, for 1894. 
37 
Day. 
Jan. 
1.... 
2.... 
3.... 
4.... 
5.... 
6.... 
7.... 
8.... 
9.... 
10.... 
11.... 
12.... 
13...- 
14.-.. 
15-..- 
16.... 
11.... 
18.... 
19.... 
20.... 
21.... 
22-... 
23.... 
24.... 
25.... 
26.... 
27.... 
28.... 
29.... 
30.... 
31.... 
2.70 
280 
2.70 
2.90 
2.60 
2.70 
2.60 
2.60 
2.00 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.80 
2.70 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.70 
2.80 
2.80 
2.80 
2.90 
2.90 
2.80 
2.70 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.70 
Feb. 
2.80 
2.70 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.70 
2.70 
2.70 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.70 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.70 
2.80 
2. 60 
2. 60 
2.70 
2.70 
2.80 
Mar. 
2.80 
2.90 
2.80 
2.80 
2.70 
2.70 
2.80 
2.80 
2.90 
3.00 
2.90 
3.00 
3.00 
3.10 
3.20 
3.00 
2.90 
2.80 
2.90 
2.80 
2.70 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.50 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
Apr. 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.70 
2.80 
2.80 
2.90 
2.80 
2.80 
2.80 
2.70 
2.70 
70 
80 
W 
,00 
10 
(in 
10 
.20 
3.30 
3.40 
3.40 
3.40 
3.40 
3.50 
May. 
3.50 
3.60 
3.50 
3.50 
3.40 
3.50 
3.60 
3 70 
3 80 
3.90 
4.00 
4.10 
4.20 
4.30 
4.30 
4.20 
4.10 
4.00 
3.90 
4.50 
4.70 
4.90 
4.70 
4.60 
4.40 
4.50 
4.50 
4.60 
4.80 
5.10 
5.80 
June. 
5.20 
4.80 
4.90 
5.10 
5.30 
5.80 
5.70 
5.80 
5.30 
4.80 
4.80 
4.70 
July. 
3.70 
3.70 
3.7» 
3.90 
4.40 
4.40 
4.50 
4.00 
3.90 
3.80 
3.70 
3.60 
3.60 
3.90 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.90 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.70 
3.50 
3.40 
3.30 
3.30 
3.30 
3.20 
3.10 
3.10 
Aug. 
3.10 
3.20 
3.10 
3.00 
3.20 
3.10 
3.00 
2.90 
3.20 
3.10 
3.00 
3.00 
3.10 
3.10 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.10 
3.10 
3.00 
3.20 
3.10 
3.10 
Sept. 
3 
2.90 
2.90 
2.80 
2.90 
2.90 
2.90 
3.00 
3.00 
3.10 
3.10 
3.20 
3.10 
3.10 
3. CO 
3.00 
2.90 
2.80 
2.70 
2.70 
2.70 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.60 
2.70 
2.70 
2.70 
3.00 
Oct. 
2.60 
2.60 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
2.70 
2.50 
2.50 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.30 
2.40 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.40 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
Nov. 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.40 
2.30 
2.40 
2.30 
2. 30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.40 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.40 
2.40 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.40 
2.30 
2.30 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.30 
2.30 
Dec. 
2.30 
2.30 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.30 
2.30 
2.40 
2.50 
2.50 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.40 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
2.30 
40 
40 
30 
30 
2.30 
2.30 
The gage at this station was established by Mr. F. H. Newell on 
September 27, 1893, on the left or south bank of the river, near the 
city pumping statiou. At this point the banks are steep, being at 
the outside of one of the curves of the river, while on the other they 
are somewhat low and shelviug. The gage is of oak, 10 feet long, 6 
inches wide, 3 inches thick, inclined, 1 foot vertical equaling 1.38 feet 
on the gage. The upper end is bolted to a cotton wood tree, and the 
lower end to an oak cross-tie loaded with rock. The gage reads to 6.60 
feet, and is notched for each tenth of a foot on the edge, and besides 
the painted figures is further marked by tacks driven into the oak, 
the number of tacks indicating the number of feet. A bench mark is 
painted on the northwest corner of the pump house, about 0.3 foot 
above the ground, the horizontal line being 11 feet above the datum of 
the gage. The water at that time stood at 0.45 foot, and the discharge 
as measured at the wagon bridge below town was 24 second-feet. 
Eecords of height of water were maintained from December 5, 1893, 
through that and the succeeding year. On May 21, 1894, a measurement 
was made at the wagon bridge, showing a discharge of 157 second-feet. 
A few days later occurred one of the heaviest floods of the year, followed 
by a second flood a week later. At the time of the first flood a number 
of measurements were made at La Junta and at the railroad crossing 
at Nepesta, 36 miles above. The storm began on Wednesday evening, 
May 30, 1894, causing the river to rise rapidly that night, and on May 
