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River Velocities at Baton Rouge, LA.,
Related to the Baton Rouge Gage 
River velocities based on the observations of 1975-1983 at the Baton Rouge, LA.
discharge range, as measured by New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 
                        River Velocities at Baton Rouge, LA.
                         Related to the Baton Rouge Gage
                                        
Gage Height(ft)  ____________ MEAN__________    __________MAXIMUM__________
   NGVD          At 60% Depth       Surface     At 60% Depth      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    1.5
    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     2.4     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    3.2
   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     2.4     4.1     2.8     5.1     3.5     5.8    3.9
   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     3.2     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    5.2
   30            5.2     3.5     5.9     4.0     7.2     4.9     8.1    5.5
   32            5.5     3.7     6.2     4.2     7.6     5.2     8.6    5.8
   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    7.9

 Miles/hr = 0.682 x ft/sec
 Knots    = 0.592 x ft/sec
 Miles/hr = 1.152 x knots
 Knots    = 0.868 x miles/hr

 Velocity data presented as: Bar graph or Line graph
 
Contact Information:
Hydraulics Branch, CEMVN-ED-H
New Orleans,LA 70160
MVNHydraulics@usace.army.mil

Page updated: February 14, 2008

 
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