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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... a Gage height to top of ice. ote.--Observer reported floating ice, shore ice, river partly frozen over, and control section open Jan. 5-17 and Feb. 3-10; average thickness of ice at gaging section 1 to 5 inches and thin ice on the river Dec. 1-28. The relation of gage height to discharge was probably not materially affected by ice during 1012. Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tygart River at Fetlcrman, W. Va., for 191i. Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 3,740 3 210 2,850 2,160 1,650 1,400 1,320 1,110 1,820 3,030 3,030 2,850 4.820 8,720 15,100 21.400 14,200 7,410 4.820 8,720 11,400 13,300 9,480 11,800 12,500 6,660 5.000 3,740 3,560 11,400 9,100 5,740 4,280 6,110 5.550 4,100 3.210 2,330 2.680 2,510 2,330 2.080 1,740 1.480 1.180 1,250 1,040 859 4,100 3.920 3,030 2,080 1,900 1.650 1,740 1,740 1,400 1.900 2,160 1,090 2,080 Note.--Dally discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 63 and 24,300 second-feet (gage heights 3.0 to 16.0 feet). The open-channel rating curve was applied throughout the year. See footnotes to table of daily gage height. Monthly discharge of Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Va., for 1912. Drainage area, 1,340 square miles.) Location.--At highway bridge at Hall, W. Va. Records available.--June 7, 1907, to May 25, 1909, when station was discontinued because of backwater from the dam at Boulder. Conditions fully described in Water-Supply Paper 263, pages 48-49. Gage.--Chain gage attached to bridge; datum unchanged. Discharge measurements.--On September 3, 1912, the station was visited and the following discharge measurement made by C. T. Bailey: Gage height, 3.60 feet; discharge, 195 second-feet. This measurement indicates backwater. Flood levels.--On the same date (Sept. 3,
