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Available Parameters
00045 Precipitation(Sum)  
00045 Precipitation(Sum) [Operational]  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean,Max.,Min.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
021973269 SAVANNAH RIVER NEAR WAYNESBORO, GA
LOCATION - Lat 33°09'01.3", long 81°45'14.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Burke County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03060106, on right bank, 6.6 miles downstream of Upper Three Runs Creek, 8.4 miles east of Shell Bluff, and at mile 150.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 8,300 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR GA-1: 2005-2014.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: January 2005 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: January 2005 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 70.0 feet above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988.
COOPERATION - Southern Nuclear.
REMARKS - Gage-height records are generally good. Discharge records are generally good except for estimated discharges, which are poor.  Additional details on the accuracy of the records can be obtained by contacting the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center at gs-w-ga_nwisweb_data_inquiries@usgs.gov.

Discharges greater than 18,000 cfs are not published.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

Maximum gage height recorded, 21.41 feet, January 4, 2016; minimum gage height recorded, 5.06 feet, November 6, 2012; minimum daily discharge, 3,450 cfs, November 7, 2012.

Discharges greater than 18,000 cfs not published.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2004 to October 2017.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.