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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 1429 Identification: July 16, 1957 Admitted: July 17, 1957 Extract From U. S. G. S. Water Supply Paper No. 211, Surface Water Supply of Colorado River Above Yuma, 1906 (1908) (pp. 124-25) Gila River at Dome (Gila City), Ariz. This station was established October 15, 1903. It is located 20 miles above the junction of the Gila with the Colorado. The point of gaging first established was one-fourth mile north of the depot at Dome. The river now flows in a channel fully 1 mile north of the original channel. The Gila carries an enormous amount of mud and sand. At times the waves of sand traveling along the bed of the stream are so large, the current is so swift, and the stream so shallow, that the water is broken into a uniform succession of waves 2 feet high and over. The conditions at this station and the bench marks are described in Water-Supply Paper No. 175, page 164, where are given also references to publications that contain data for previous years. Discharge measurements of Gila River at Dome, Ariz., in 1906 Gage Dis- Date. Hydrographer. height. charge. January 6...........W. D. Smith. January 24.................do ........... February 16...............do ........... February 18...............do ........... March 15....................do ........... March 29....................do ........... May 6.........................do ........... June 12.......................do ........... August 23...................do ........... Feet. Sec.-ft. 6.80 1,550 7.95 4,950 9.40 °7.5OO 7.65 4,500 12.50 a 55,000 12.00 °45.000 7.55 1,590 5.00 27 5.30 64 aEstimated from gage heights at Yuma, Laguna, Dome, and from measured discharge at Yuma. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |