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<br />...;.,...:.... <br />'.',' <br /> <br />"00C597 <br /> <br />February 10, 1938. <br /> <br />ARKAl,SAS RIVER AT HOLLY <br /> <br />Extreme Discharges of January and February, 1910 <br /> <br />Daily acre-feet recorded as 254,866 acre-feet for January <br />and 84,917 acre-feet for February. <br /> <br />A careful study was made of the official records for January and <br /> <br />February, 1910 of the state Engineer's office, as well as the official <br /> <br />precipitation records and other reports of the United states Weather <br /> <br />Bureau for the period from about NOvember 1, 1909 to April I, 1910. <br /> <br />From an analysis of these data it appearG that the above discharges <br /> <br />are apparently. very high and incorrect. The January discharge is nearly <br /> <br />ten times above normal and three and one-half times greater than the <br /> <br />nearest January record, and the February discharge is about fi va times <br /> <br />above normal and about 50j"~ higher than the nearest February recorded <br /> <br />di schar ge . <br /> <br />No original daily records or recorded charts could be found cover- <br /> <br />ing this period, but the following discharge measurements on the Arkansas <br /> <br />PJver at Holly are on record in the state Engineer'S office: <br /> <br /> Date Hydrographer <br />Nov. 10, 1909 c. L. Chatfield <br />!)ec. 31, 1909 G. H. Russell <br />Jan. 22, 1910 ... Thos. Grieve <br />F'ab. 28, 1910 Thos. Grieve <br />Apr. 28, 1910 c. L. Chatfield <br /> <br />G. H. Discharge in <br />Sec. Feet <br /> <br />1.25 90 <br />2.20 431 <br />684 <br /> <br />2.80 1084 <br /> <br />1.45 54 <br /> <br />... Channel filled with floating ice. <br />