PAWNEE RIVER AT LARNED. Location. At highway bridge 21⁄2 miles west of Larned, in section 1, township 22 south, range 17 west. Drainage area. Approximately 2,300 square miles. Records available. April, 1924, to September 30, 1924. Gage. Automatic water-stage recorder manufactured by United States Geological Survey, on downstream side of bridge pier, and staff gage on outside of gage well. Discharge measurements. Made from bridge at gage. Channel. Nearly permanent. Accuracy. Rating curve not well defined, only three low-water ratings made. Back-water effect from newly constructed dam one-half mile downstream. Daily discharge not ascertained. THE GARDEN CITY CANAL. Location. In section 4, township 24 south, range 34 west, in Finney county, about one-half mile below head gate. Records available. Irrigation seasons of 1920 to 1924. Gage. Gurley automatic graphic water-stage recorder installed on south bank of canal about 40 feet downstream from wagon bridge. Discharge measurements. Made from footbridge at gage and by wading. Accuracy. Stage-discharge relation affected by shifting sand in bottom of canal. Banks permanent. Daily discharge ascertained by applying hourly gage heights to rating curve. Records fair. Day. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. 1 Day. DAILY DISCHARGE, in second-feet, of Garden City canal, 1923-24. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Location. In section 5, township 24 south, range 34 west, in Finney county, about three-fourths of a mile below head gate. Records available. Irrigation seasons of 1920 to 1924. Gage. Gurley automatic graphic water-stage recorder installed on north bank of canal at downstream end of wagon bridge. Discharge measurements. Made from wagon bridge. Accuracy. Stage-discharge relation shifting. Daily discharge ascertained by applying hourly gage heights to rating curve. Records good. |