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PROVO RIVER, UTAH. 
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PROVO STATION, ON PROVO RIVER. 
The Provo River, rising in the Wasatch Mountains, southeasterly 
from Salt Lake City, Utah, flows westerly through open valleys, and 
finally cuts a deep canyon, discharging upon the lands east of Utah 
Lake. Near and below the mouth of the canyon its waters are diverted 
by numerous canals on both sides of the stream. A gaging station 
was established in the canyon above the heads of these canals, at a 
point about 6 miles from Provo City, observations being begun on July 
27, 1889. The channel at this point is nearly straight for several hun- 
dred feet; the bottom of the river is rocky and does not appear to 
change. The bank on the north side is sufficiently high to confine all 
of the waters, but on the south side a rise of 2 feet above low water 
causes the stream to spread over a rocky bar. Measurements can be 
made with great accuracy during low water, but at times of flood the 
results are not so good. The station is equipped with a cable, tag wire, 
and boat, from which measurements are made. The gage is inclined. 
The bench mark is on a stone firmly bedded in a bank near the wagon 
road, about 100 feet southwest of the gage. It is marked "B. M. 77 in 
black paint, and is 6.95 feet above the zero of the gage. This station 
was inspected on October 24 by Mr. Arthur P. Davis, who found for 
a gage height of 4.38 a discharge of 338 second-feet. The observer 
lives at some distance from this point, and there are some doubts 
whether his readings of heights are entirely reliable. They are given 
as reported, together with the rating table constructed from measure- 
ments made in preceding years. 
Raiing table 
of Provo 
Eiver c 
(/ Provo, 
Utah. 
Gage 
Dis- 
Gage 
Dis- 
Gage 
Dis- 
Gage 
height. 
Dis- 
height. 
charge. 
height. 
charge. 
height. 
charge. 
charge. 
Sec. feet. 
Sec. feet. 
Sec. feet. 
Sec. feet. 
3.70 
144 
4.70 
564 
5.70 
1,316 
6.70 
2,100 
3.80 
154 
4.80 
630 
5.80 
1,394 
6.80 
2,180 
3.90 
174 
4.90 
700 
5.90 
1,470 
6.90 
2,260 
4.00 
200 
5.00 
774 
6.00 
1,550 
7.00 
2,340 
4.10 
240 
5.10 
851 
6.10 
1,626 
7.10 
2,420 
4.20 
280 
5.20 
928 
6.20 
1,704 
7.20 
2,500 
4.30 
330 
5.30 
1,006 
6.30 
1,780 
7.30 
2,580 
4.40 
380 
5.40 
1,084 
6.40 
1,860 
7.40 
2, 660 
4.50 
440 
5.50 
. 1,160 
6.50 
1,940 
4.60 
500 
5.60 
1,240 
6.60 
2,020 
