Hydrologic data for Mountain Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1977

Open-File Report 79-509
Prepared in cooperation with the Dallas Power and Light Company and the Texas Department of Water Resources
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Abstract

The collection of hydrologic data by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Mountain Creek watershed began on March 9, 1925, with the establishment of a stream-gaging station located about 2.5 miles upstream from the present site of Mountain Creek Lake Dam. The stream-gaging station was discontinued on July 5, 1933. Daily streamflow records obtained at this site are published in the annual series of Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers beginning in 1925. Monthly and yearly summaries are published in Water-Supply Paper 1312.

In October 1960, the Geological Survey resumed collection of hydrologic data in the Mountain Creek watershed by establishing three stream-gaging stations and one reservoir-content station. The data-collection sites are on Mountain Creek near Cedar Hill, Walnut Creek near Mansfield, Mountain Creek at Grand Prairie, and Mountain Creek Lake near Grand Prairie (fig. 1). In October 1970, the Geological Survey assumed operation of the stage station Mountain Creek near Duncanville (fig. 1).

Water-quality data for the 1977 water year for sites in the study area are presented in downstream order along with the streamflow data in the section "Compilation of data." A complete tabulation of data, including laboratory analyses, for the 1977 water year for the Trinity River basin is given in Water resources data for Texas, TX-77-1, 1977.

The purpose of this report is to compile the records of streamflow and reservoir content for the year into a form which facilitates their use in detailed analyses of the Mountain Creek hydrologic system. This report contains basic-hydrologic data for the 1977 water year (Oct. 1, 1976-Sept. 30, 1977). Assistance in the form of funds or services was provided by the Texas Department of Water Resources and the Dallas Power and Light Company.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrologic data for Mountain Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1977
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 79-509
DOI 10.3133/ofr79509
Year Published 1979
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Texas Water Science Center
Description 20 p.
Country United States
State Texas
Other Geospatial Mountain Creek, Trinity River basin
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