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USGS 07381490 Atchafalaya River at Simmesport, LA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 30°58'57",   Longitude 91°47'54"   NAD83
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, Hydrologic Unit 08080101
Drainage area: 87,570.00 square miles
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2009-11-13  2025-10-07  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2009-11-13  2025-10-06  5347 
    Gage height, feet  2009-11-13  2025-10-06  5009 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2009-11-13  2021-10-27 4367 
    Gage height, feet  2009-11-13  2021-10-26 4080 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2009-11  2021-10  
    Gage height, feet  2009-11  2021-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2010  2022  
    Gage height, feet  2010  2022  
 Peak streamflow 1973-05-12  2021-04-14  19 
 Field measurements 2009-10-29  2025-09-25  288 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1952-09-17  2023-07-17  1314 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2022  17 
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