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River Velocities at New Orleans, LA.
Related to the Carrollton Gage 

River velocities based on the observations of 1973-1989 at the New Orleans and Belle Chasse, LA. discharge ranges at Mississippi River mile 76.0 (AHP), as measured by New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

                    River Velocities at New Orleans, LA.
                         Related to Carrollton Gage

Gage Height(ft)  ____________ MEAN__________    __________MAXIMUM__________
   NGVD          At 60% Depth       Surface     At 60% Depth      Surface
 (86 Adj)        ft/sec  mi/hr   ft/sec  mi/hr  ft/sec  mi/hr   ft/sec mi/hr  

    1              0.8     0.5     0.9    0.6     1.0     0.7    1.1     0.8
    2              1.5     1.0     1.7    1.2     1.8     1.2    2.0     1.4
    3              2.0     1.4     2.3    1.5     2.6     1.8    2.9     2.0
    4              2.4     1.6     2.7    1.8     3.1     2.1    3.5     2.4
    5              2.8     1.9     3.2    2.2     3.7     2.5    4.2     2.8
    6              3.1     2.1     3.5    2.4     4.2     2.9    4.8     3.2
    7              3.4     2.3     3.8    2.6     4.7     3.2    5.3     3.6
    8              3.7     2.5     4.2    2.8     5.1     3.5    5.8     3.9
    9              4.0     2.7     4.5    3.1     5.5     3.7    6.2     4.2
   10              4.3     2.9     4.9    3.3     5.9     4.0    6.7     4.5
   11              4.7     3.2     5.3    3.6     6.3     4.3    7.1     4.8
   12              5.1     3.5     5.8    3.9     6.7     4.6    7.6     5.2
   13              5.4     3.7     6.1    4.2     7.1     4.8    8.0     5.5
   14              5.8     4.0     6.6    4.5     7.5     5.1    8.5     5.8
   15              6.2     4.2     7.0    4.8     8.1     5.5    9.2     6.2
   16              6.7     4.6     7.6    5.2     8.7     5.9    9.8     6.7
   17              7.3     5.0     8.2    5.6     9.5     6.5   10.7     7.3
   18              7.8     5.3     8.8    6.0    10.3     7.0   11.6     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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