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Sugar Creek Watershed Study - Gage Station Data

Summary of Bankfull Characteristics for 8 United States Geological Survey Gaging Stations in Oklahoma

Station
Name
Council
Creek
near Stillwater
Rough Creek near
Thomas
North Canadian River Trib. near Eagle City Dry Creek near Kendrick Canyon Creek near Medicine Park Blue Beaver Creek near Cache Nine Mile Beaver Creek near Elgin Cobb
Creek
near
Eakly
Station Number 07163000 07228290 07239050 07243000 07309480 07311200 07312850 07325800
Drainage Area 31.0 sq. miles (29.6 @ X-Section) 10.4 sq. miles 0.52 sq. miles 69.0 sq. miles 3.35 sq. miles 24.6 sq. miles 6.29 sq. miles 83.0 sq. miles (uncontrolled)
Bankfull X-Sectional Area 191.0 sq. feet 81.5 sq. feet 8.75 sq. feet 565.5 sq. feet 49.9 sq. feet 182.8 sq. feet 68.6 sq. feet 355 sq. feet
Bankfull Top Width 55.8 feet 27 feet 11.6 feet 69.0 feet 22 feet 59.3 feet 27.7 feet 52.5 feet
Bankfull Mean Depth 4.8 feet 3.0 feet 0.75 feet 8.4 feet 2.3 feet 3.1 feet 2.5 feet 6.8 feet
Bankfull Width/Depth Ratio 11.5 8.9 15.4 8.2 9.7 19.3 11.2 7.7
Bankfull Entrenchment Ratio 1.58 1.93 2.07 34.8 4.25 6.0 1.67 1.72
Bankfull Water Slope 0.00328 ft/ft 0.0011 ft/ft 0.0409 ft/ft 0.00169 ft/ft 0.01057 ft/ft 0.00377 ft/ft 0.00799 ft/ft 0.00067 ft/ft
Bankfull Discharge 1511 cfs 240 cfs 45 cfs 3031 cfs 360 cfs 1056 cfs 353 cfs 1312 cfs
Bankfull Velocity 5.2 fps 2.9 fps 5.1 fps 5.2 fps 7.2 fps 5.8 fps 5.2 fps 3.7 fps
Manning's n in X-Section .045 .032 .037 .046 .034 .032 .044 .041

United States Geological Survey Gaging Stations and Records

Council Creek near Stillwater, Oklahoma

Rough Creek near Thomas, Oklahoma

North Canadian River Tributary near Eagle City, Oklahoma

Dry Creek near Kendrick, Oklahoma

Canyon Creek near Medicine Park, Oklahoma

Blue Beaver Creek near Cache, Oklahoma

Cobb Creek near Eakly, Oklahoma

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