Location. At highway bridge half a mile south of Larned in section 5, township 22 south, range 16 west. Drainage area. Approximately 30,000 square miles. Records available. June 20, 1922, to September 30, 1924. (Dry river during July, August and September, 1922.) Gage. Stevens automatic graphic water-stage register on downstream side of bridge pier, and staff gage on outside of gage well. Discharge measurements. Made from bridge during high water and by wading at low stages. Channel. Shifting. Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage, 9.50 feet, August 24, 1923 (discharge, 14,300 second-feet); minimum stage, 0.78 feet, November 15, 1922 (discharge, 0 second-feet). Ice. Stage-discharge relation affected but little during winter months of 1922 and 1923. During March, 1924, somewhat affected by ice gorge in river. Accuracy. Rating curve fairly well defined between stages of 3.42 and 8.39 feet. Daily discharge ascertained by applying hourly gage heights to rating curve. Records fair. |