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Show 153 he gave this morning, 119,000 second- feet, was the peak flow at Lees Ferry during that flood, on or about July 1, 1927. Taking off that 50,000 second- feet that come in from the San Juan River, the flow of that peak that he described this morning was approximately-- oh, it might have been somewhere around 100,000 second- feet; it is impossible to tell, on account of the way those peaks come in. But this is the flood that he was talking about ( indicating on map). By Mr. Blackmar: Q Does your hydrograph here ( indicating) indicate that the peak of that flood reached Lees Ferry-- well, state how may days after it was taken Greenriver, it would take to reach Lees Ferry? A The water does not permanently travel; it is not the travel of the water. For instance, you will notice this peak ( indicating on exhibit) occurred practically on the same day at Greenriver, Utah, and at Bluff, and two days later it occurred at Lees Ferry. The peaks of floods appear almost simultaneously at any point on the stream, as you will notice in this September flood ( indicating on exhibit); the same rain is usually uniform, so that the river comes up about the same. Q Well, as a matter of comparison with what we have now, what was the run- off of the Green River the day you started? 2114 |