Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean: Vol. 2, Pt. 4

APP-ENDIX F.
Meteorological Observations on Survey for route for Pacific Ralroad, from Dona Ana, 2ew Mexico, to Preston, Texas, under the ommand
of Brevet Captain John Pope, Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Temperature of tile air. it Winds.
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Remarks concerning the weather and
the state of vegetation.
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Hueco Tank s.........
Weather clear and fine; vegetation
backward.
Day clear; evening cloudy.
Mornifig clear; afternoon slight rain.
Water found in natural tanks in
t he rocks within caves.
No water.........................
A spring with a scanty supply,.....
Natural cisterns exposed to the
sky.
No water.........................
Springs and a lake, both brackish;
soil moist.
No water.........................
Spring at foot of the " hiigh Peak".
Spring at the foot of a mountain...
Two springs about 40 yards apart.
Water clear and good.
Spring of sulphur No. 1, (see
samples.)
Spring of sulphur No. 3, (see
samples.)
Spring of sulphur No. 2, (see
samples.)
Spring of fresh water, (see sam ples.)
Clear stream, 6 feet wide..........
...... do.......... do.............
Muddy and rapid stream, about 80
feet wide. Delaware creek has
an average width of about 6 feet
at and above its junction with
the Pecos; water clear and trans parent, but ve!ry brackish. The
water of the Pecos is muddy and
brackish.
............................. S...
................................
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Water brackish and muddy........
Plain..................
Cotton Wood Springs..
Thorn's Wells (Los
Cornudos.)
Plain................
Ojo del Cuerbo (Crow
Springs.)
Plain.................
Guadu] upe Pass........
Pinery................
Independence Springs..
Morning clear; e ven ing cloudy.,
Morning cloudy; day clear.
Day clear; vegetation backward.
Day clear; vegetation improving as we
descend from high table-land.
Day clear.
Cloudy; rain in the eve ning; t hunde r storm at night.
Day clear.
Day clear.
Day cloudy; threatening rain.
Day cloudy.
Day cloudy; evening floating clouds.
Day and evening clear.
Morning floating clouds; evening clear.
Morning floating clouds; evening clear.
Morning floating clouds; evening cloudy.
Morning slight rain; evening appear ance as if clearing up.
Morning cloudy and misty; evening clear.
Morning clear; afternoon cloudy.
Day cloudy; a few drops of rain,,t night.
Floating clouds; evening dark clouds.
Clear day; rain in the night with light ning.
Clear day.
Cloudy all day.
Water brackish...................
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2..do....... do..................
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Ponds of rain water...............
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Temperature of the air.
Winds.
P. M.
Nature of
Remarks in reference to springs
and water at camping places.
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Date. - Place of observation.
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Morning.
Afternoon.
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1854.
Feb. 22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Mar. 1
2
3
4
5
6
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29
42
04
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22
28
51
34
38
20
30
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57-L
58
66
51
59
69
78
59
55
68
60
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70
50
55-i
48 -T
46
56
55
60
53
44
48
51
64
68
42
51
45
31
35
38
54
40
5
32
37
49
53-L
Miles.
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4.2.
20.8
9
12
17.1
12.4
11.8
4.1
6.3
16.1
0
0
64
62
56
70
78
78
55-i
56
72
66
72
75-l
48
48
48
4!v
47-2L
51
51
50.1
49
50
51
51
51
43
at the Tanks.
No water....
49
50-l
No water....
48
No water....
45-L
58
64
Spring No. 1,
601.
Spring No. 3,
641Spring No. 2,
611.
65
58
. 58
57
E.
SW
SW:
NW.
SW.
SW.
W.
W.
W.
W.
E.
E.
SW.
High wind.....
High wind....
Breeze.........
Breeze.........
Breeze
Calm.........
Calm.........
Stormy........
High wind.....
High wind.....
Calm..........
Breeze.........
Calm..........
High wind.....
Breeze...
High wind:::::
Breeze.........
Calm..........
Breeze.....
Calm..........
Stormy........
Breeze...
High wind.,:::.
Breeze........
Calm..........
Breeze.........
Morning cloudy; evening clear.
Day clear; evening clear.
Fine, weather; perfectly clear.
Delaware Spring.......
.......... do...........
Cloudy all day.
.......... do...........
7
8
9
Delaware Creek........
do...........
'i;li;,i'the Rio Pecos,
niouth of Delaware
Creek.
.......... do............
.......... do............
.......... do.....i......
.......... do............
.......... do............
.......... do............
.......... do............
.......... do............
do............
of Rio Pecos.
12.2
13.9
6
.40
38
40
80-i
77
65
79
77
69
75?
60
53-l
48
46
42
57
49
49-,L
SW. Breeze......... Breeze......... Dayeleair; nightcloudy.
W. Breeze......... Highwind..... MoriiiDgeloudy; afternoonclear.
N. High wind..... High wind..... Day cloudy; evening cloudy.
51
51
51
51
52
53
54
54
,55-1
66
66
66
63
68
Rocks...
63
63
57
57
57
57
60
62
65
65
63
60
63
(i 3
64
66
No water....
70
No water....
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0
12.4
19.6
17.2
20.4
7.2
19.8
16.4
12.6
28
24
36
46
43
37-L
42
41
45
53
50
41
52
58
51
49
44
67
73
82
71
82
63
89
91
82
55
80
84
82
88
88
73
5 0 -L
71
79
76-L
1.I
70
81.1
88
94
98
82
54
89
81
82
82
93
76
56
60
67
68-L
64 -
58
73
78
81
68
54-L
67
67
74
73
72
46
50
42
57-L
65
54
49
58
52
73
62
53
54
58
68
68.1
72
40
42
W.
NW.
W.
W.
E.
SW.
W.
W.
SW.
E.
SE.
W.
W.
SW.
W.
W.
E.
Calm..........
Breeze...
Breeze.........
Breeze.........
Calm..........
Breeze........
Calm..........
Breeze.........
Breeze.........
Breeze
Calm....
Breeze.........
Calm..........
Calm..........
Calm..........
Breeze
Breeze
Breeze...
Strong breeze..
Breeze.........
Calm..........
Breeze
Breeze
Strong breeze..
Breeze...
Breeze.........
Breeze...
Breeze.........
Calm..........
Breeze
Breeze...
High wind.....
Calm..........
.......... do............
.......... do............
.......... do............
........... do............
.......... do............
Llano Estacado........
Sand Hills..............