Current-meter Discharge Measurements of Butternut Creek near Jamesville, N. Y. Mean Daily Discharge, Second-feet, of Butternut Creek near Jamesville, N. Y. The natural source of Limestone creek is on the slope of Tinselor hills near Erieville, Madison county, N. Y. In the construction of the Chenango canal, Tioughnioga creek was diverted and DeRuyter reservoir receives the drainage tributary to this stream above the point of diversion and also that from additional area tributary to Limestone creek, making a total area above the reservoir outlet of 18.8 square miles. The reservoir has a capacity of 504,468,000 cubic feet, and a surface area of about 1.0 square mile. The stored waters are discharged through Limestone creek during the canal navigation season. Water is diverted to a feeder by a dam below Manlius. The feeder is used as a water-power canal to supply several mills at Fayetteville, at which place there is a second diverting dam. The feeder enters Erie canal 1.2 miles below Fayetteville. Power is also developed on Limestone creek at Manlius and Edwards Falls. The head waters of Limestone creek are at elevation 1,900 feet. DeRuyter reservoir is at elevation 1,286 feet. The fall of the stream is rapid in the first three miles below the reservoir, the elevation at the lower end of this reach at Delphi being 900 feet. From Delphi to Buellville the creek follows a winding course over a flat valley bottom averaging about one-half mile in width. The descent in 8 miles between these points is 150 feet. Between Buellville and Manlius, a distance of two miles, a fall of 200 feet occurs. This is mostly concentrated at Edwards Falls. The west or Watervale branch of Limestone creek joins the main stream below Manlius. The precipitous descent of about 100 feet in a short distance occurs at this branch at Stone Quarry Falls. The drainage basin is shown on the Syracuse, Tully, Chittenango and Cazenovia sheets of the United States Geological Survey topographical map. LIMESTONE CREEK AT FAYETTEVILLE, N. Y. This gaging station, which is located above the State dam at the head of the Erie canal feeder in Fayetteville, was established August 27, 1905, by C. A. Poole. The gage is a vertical board, graduated in feet and tenths, and is secured to retaining wall on south side of gates at entrance to feeder, about 55 feet above crest of dam. The elevation of zero of gage is 429.53. The elevation of bench-mark on east end of north retaining wall of feeder, 42 feet east of gates, is 434.74. Observations are taken twice daily. The dam is of masonry and in good condition, having been rebuilt in 1897. It is of trapezoidal shape with an approach slope of 1 to 6 and vertical downstream face. The length of crest is 99.1 feet at an average elevation of 431.18. The flow in the feeder is controlled by gateways at entrance. There are four openings in the bulkhead, which are regulated by means of drop planks. A gage was temporarily maintained in the canal feeder at Fayetteville, but the fluctuation was so slight that it has been discontinued. Water is also diverted through the cement mill on east side of creek. Current-meter measurements were formerly made in the raceway to mill, and in the canal feeder. The freshet discharge of the stream can be determined at this site, but a separate gaging station was established at Manlius in July, 1907, to determine the low-water flow. Computations of discharge are not at present available. LIMESTONE CREEK AT MANLIUS, N. Y. A gaging station was established July 23, 1907, by Robert E. Horton, for this Department, at Wilcox avenue bridge in Manlius. The gage consists of a triangular box containing a scale graduated to tenths from zero to 7.4, and a chain and weight by which the readings are taken. This gage is attached to the bottom chord of the downstream side of the bridge. The length of the chain and weight is 14.00 feet. Readings are taken by John Carroll at 7 A. M. and 6 P. M. each day. Current-meter measurements are made from the downstream side of the bridge, starting at the face of the left-hand abutment as an initial point. The bridge is subdivided into 2.5-foot sections for purposes of measurement. The span is 73 feet. Mean Daily Gage Height, in Feet, of Limestone Creek at Manlius, N. Y. 1.. 2. 3. 4 5. 6. 7 8 9 10 11 12. 13. 14. 15. 16 3.20 3.00 2.60 3.3C 3.50 2.85 3.00 2.40 2.15 2.48 2.45 2.60 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 a 2.40 2.70 3.40 a α a a a a a a a a 2.50 2.70 3.20 2.50 2.90 3.00 2.8C 3.40 3.00 2.60 2.90 3.10 2.60 3.00 3.40 2.50 2.90 3.20 2.60 3.10 3.10 2.70 3.10 3.CO 2.60 3.00 2.90 2.60 2.90 3.20 2.50 2.90 3.10 2.50 2.90 3.20 2.60 2.40 a No record. Current-meter Discharge Measurements of Limestone Creek at Manlius, N. Y. |