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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02479310 PASCAGOULA RIVER AT GRAHAM FERRY, MS
LOCATION - Lat 30°36'38", long 88°38'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.38, T.5 S., R.7 W., Jackson County, MS, Hydrologic Unit 03170006, St. Stephens Meridian, at State Highway 614 bridge at Graham Ferry Mississippi, about 5 mi west southwest of Wade, Mississippi, and about 34.4 mi upstream of the Gulf of Mexico.
DRAINAGE AREA - 8,204 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1993 to current year. Occasional discharge measurements since 1958.
GAGE -
Water-stage recorder and Acoustic Velocity meter. Datum of gage is -0.365 ft above NAVD of 1988 (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000), (GEOID18).
Prior to August 24, 2022 Datum of Gage was 0.0 NGVD of 1929.
REMARKS - Records good above and fair below 8,000 cfs, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge 204,000 ft³/s, Feb. 28, 1961, gage height, 20.1 ft.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
Maximum instantaneous discharge: 123,000 cfs, March 9, 2001.
Maximum instantaneous stage: 17.75 feet, April 4, 2009.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1997, 2003 to January 3, 2006.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: September 2003 to January 3, 2006.
WATER TEMPERATURE: September 2003 to January 3, 2006.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor September 2003 to January 2006.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 520 microsiemens, Aug. 29, 2005, (Hurricane Katrina) but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 13 mircosiemens, Dec. 15,2005, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 32.1 °C, Aug. 20, 2005, but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 6.9 °C, Dec. 27, 2004, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.
