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Basin Data Spavinaw Creek near Sycamore, Oklahoma;

USGS STATION NUMBER 07191220
USGS STATION NAME Spavinaw Creek Near Sycamore, OK
HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE 11070209
LATITUDE 36o 20' 07"
LONGITUDE 94o 38' 27"
LOCATION on Rt Bank, 1.8 miles US from
Cherokee Cr
SECTION(S) NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 4
TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH
RANGE 25 EAST
COUNTY Delaware
STATE Oklahoma
USGS 7.5 MINUTE QUAD Colcord, OK
COMMENTS 4.8 Miles NE Row & 6.5 Miles
SE Sycamore at RM 35.0
BASIN CHARACTERISTICS  
DRAINAGE AREA
SQ MILES		 133.0
MAIN CHANNEL SLOPE
 FT/FT		 0.0038
MAIN CHANNEL LENGTH
MILES		 22.0
MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
 INCHES		 42.9
MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFF
INCHES (WY 1962-1999)		 11.84
MEAN BASIN ELEVATION
FEET		 1201
PERIOD OF RECORD
YEARS		 September 29, 1961 to 1999
GAGE DATUM
FEET (topographic map)		 875
BANKFULL STAGE AT GAGE
FEET		 7.9
1.5 YR DISCHARGE
CFS		 1930
BANKFULL STAGE IN CROSS SECTION
 FEET		 9.1
BANKFULL DISCHARGE
FT3/SEC		 1813
BANKFULL RETURN INTERVAL
YRS		 1.45
BANKFULL XS AREA
 FEET2 		389
MEAN BANKFULL VELOCITY
 FT/SEC		 4.7
BANKFULL TOPWIDTH IN RIFFLE SECTION
FEET 		128.5
HYDRAULIC RADIUS IN BANKFULL XS
FEET 		2.97
BANKFULL SLOPE IN REACH
 FEET/FEET		 0.0017
BANKFULL
MANNING'S n		 0.027
SHEAR STRESS IN BANKFULL XS AREA
LBf/FT2 		0.32
SIZE OF ROCK TRANSPORTED
 DUE TO TRACTIVE FORCE
mm		 16
D50
mm		 21
WIDTH TO DEPTH 42
ENTRENCHMENT RATIO 2.3
SINUOSITY 1.28
STREAM CLASSIFICATION C4
Average Riffle Depth
to Mean Depth		  
Max Riffle Depth
to Mean Depth		  
Average Run Depth
to Mean Depth		  
Average Pool Depth
to Mean Depth		  
Average Glide Depth
to Mean Depth		  
Run length
to Total Pool length		  
Pool length
to Total Pool length		  
Glide length
to Total Pool length		  
Percentage Pool /
 Riffle Lengths		  
Riffle Slope
to Bankfull Slope		  
Pool Slope t
o Bankfull Slope		  
REFERENCE MARKS  
RP-3:
20 d nail driven in staff
backing on US side of plate
and at DS side of stilling well.		 5.02 ft Gage Datum
RP-4:
3/4" lag bolt driven in center
of a blaze on the SW side
 of a 10" cedar tree at the
SW side of the gage bluff.		 11.94 ft Gage Datum
RM-5:
Standard USGS Brass Cap
 set in limestone outcrop in
right low water bank.
~175 ft DS from gage.		 9.252 ft Gage Datum
RM-6:
Standard USGS Brass Cap
set in limestone bluff.
4.9 ft North and 1.8 ft East of
 NE corner of gage shelter.		 17.951 ft Gage Datum
Point of Zero Flow 3.98 ft Gage Datum

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