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   Historical Reports:
  • Floods
  • Flood Frequency
  • Low-Flow Frequency
  • Basin Characteristics
  • Hydraulics
  • Channel Stability & Scour
  • Basin Characteristics


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  • Bettandorff, J.M., 1972, Selected characteristics of Mississippi streams. Part 3. Coastal River Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 72-2, 32 p.

  • The following compilations are currently in MS Excel Spreadsheets and are available upon request:
    • Shell, J.D., 1980, Drainage areas in Tombigbee River Basin, Mississippi-Alabama, Part 1: Headwaters to above Luxapallila Creek, 277 p.
      You can download the spread sheet in html (2.3 mb) or plain text (582 kb).

    • Shell, J.D., 1980, Drainage areas in Tombigbee River Basin Mississippi-Alabama, Part 2: Luxapalliala Creek to Black Warrior River and West Bank tributaries to mouth of Sucarnoochee Creek, 316 p.
      You can download the spread sheet in html (2.8 mb) or plain text (650 kb).

    • Shell, J.D., 1981, Drainage areas in Pascagoula River Basin, Mississippi-Alabama, Part 1: Leaf River Basin, Headwaters to Confluence with Chickasawhay River, 196 p.
      You can download the spread sheet in html (1.9 mb) or plain text (352 kb).

    • Shell, J.D., 1981, Drainage areas in Pascagoula River Basin, Mississippi-Alabama, Part 2: Chickasawhay River Basin, Headwaters to Confluence of Leaf River, 190 p.
      You can download the spread sheet in html (1.3 mb) or plain text (313 kb).

    • Shell, J.D., 1981, Drainage areas in Pascagoula River Basin, Mississippi-Alabama, Part 3: Pascagoula River below confluence of Leaf and Chickasawhay Rivers, 121 p.
      You can download the spread sheet in html (779 kb) or plain text (207 kb).

    • Shell, J.D., 1981, Drainage areas in Pearl River Basin, Mississippi-Louisiana, Part 1: Headwaters through Strong River, 198 p.
      You can download the spread sheet in html (2.0 mb) or plain text (424 kb).

    • Shell, J.D., 1981, Drainage areas in Pearl River Basin, Mississippi-Louisiana, Part 2: Pearl River below Strong River to mouth, 232 p.
      You can download the spread sheet in html (2.2 mb) or plain text (476 kb).





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