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OOlJ'70( 4 Quebec. -Runoff ranged from near median to exces- sive. At the key station Outardes River at Outardes Falls monthly discharge was almost record high, and the maximum daily discharge reached a new high, for February. A new record high daily discharge for February also occurred at the key station St. Maurice River at Grand Mere. Storage in Gouin and Allard reservoirs remained above average. Representative provisional stages and discharges of floods during February 1958 Drainage Maximum flood previously known Maximum dlUing present flood area Period Stream and place of determination (square of Stage Discharge Stage Discharge Cfs per record Date Date square miles) (feet) (ds) (feet) (ds) mile California Sacramento River at Delta........................................ 427 1944- Dec. 1955 19.50 37.000 Feb. 24 17.92 32.200 75 Clear ~eek near Igo................................................ 228 1940- .......do........ 13.75 24,500 2' 11.94 18,200 80 Cottonwood Creek near Cottonwood............................. 945 1940- Mar. 1941 15.4 52.300 19 15.25 49.200 52 Stony Creek near Hamilton City................................. 76. 1941- .......do........ - 37.500 25 18.31 40,000 52 Cache Cl'eek at yolo................................................ 1.137 1903- Feb. 1940 33.0 38,700 25 33.12 41,000 36 Prepared by W. S. Eisenlohr, E. W. Reed. and J. K. Searcy Note. -All statements and comparisons cOl1Cerning storage refer to concH. tions as of the end of month, unless stated otherwise. I l i NEW GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT Water-Supply Paper 1423. Phreatophytes, by T. W. Robinson. 1958. 84 p., frontispiece, 32- figs. Price, 40c, from Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. INT.-DUp. SEe.. .ASH.. D.C J25J(l