JAN 1991
RIVER  VELOCITIES  AT  BATON  ROUGE,  LA.
(MILE  228.4  AHP**)
Related  to  the  Baton  Rouge  Gage
Based on observations from 1975-1983 at the Baton Rouge discharge range.
GAGE	V E L O C I T Y
HEIGHT	M E A N					M A X I M U M
IN FEET
NGVD*	AT 60% DEPTH		AT SURFACE			AT 60% DEPTH		AT SURFACE
(83 ADJ)	FT/SEC	MI/HR	FT/SEC	MI/HR		FT/SEC	MI/HR	FT/SEC	MI/HR
2	1.6	1.1	1.8	1.2		2.0	1.4	2.3	1.6
4	2.1	1.4	2.4	1.6		2.8	1.9	3.2	2.2
6	2.5	1.7	2.8	1.9		3.3	2.3	3.7	2.5
8	2.8	1.9	3.2	2.2		3.8	2.6	4.3	2.9
10	3.0	2.0	3.4	2.3		4.2	2.9	4.8	3.3
12	3.2	2.2	3.6	2.5		4.4	3.0	5.0	3.4
14	3.4	2.3	3.8	2.6		4.7	3.2	5.3	3.6
16	3.6	2.5	4.1	2.8		5.1	3.5	5.8	4.0
18	3.8	2.6	4.3	2.9		5.3	3.6	6.0	4.1
20	4.0	2.7	4.5	3.1		5.6	3.8	6.3	4.3
22	4.2	2.9	4.8	3.3		5.8	4.0	6.6	4.5
24	4.4	3.0	5.0	3.4		6.2	4.2	7.0	4.8
26	4.7	3.2	5.3	3.6		6.5	4.4	7.3	5.0
28	4.9	3.3	5.5	3.8		6.8	4.6	7.7	5.3
30	5.2	3.5	5.9	4.0		7.2	4.9	8.1	5.5
32	5.5	3.8	6.2	4.2		7.6	5.2	8.6	5.9
34	5.8	4.0	6.6	4.5		8.2	5.6	9.3	6.3
36	6.2	4.2	7.0	4.8		8.7	5.9	9.8	6.7
38	6.6	4.5	7.5	5.1		9.4	6.4	10.6	7.2
40	7.2	4.9	8.1	5.5		10.2	7.0	11.5	7.8
* - NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM (1983 ADJUSTMENT)
** - ABOVE HEAD OF PASSES
MILES PER HOUR = 0.682 X FT/SEC
KNOTS PER HOUR = 0.592 X FT/SEC
MILES PER HOUR = 1.152 X KNOTS
KNOTS PER HOUR = 0.868 X MI/HR