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Water-Year Summary for Site 02268600

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Available Parameters
62614 Elevation, lake/res, NGVD29(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02268600 LAKE ROSALIE NEAR LAKE WALES, FL
LOCATION - Lat 27°56'35", long 81°25'26" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.21, T.29 S., R.29 E., Polk County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090101, on west side of lake, at southwest corner of private boat basin, 1/8 mi inland from the lake, 10.5 mi, northeast of Lake Wales.
DRAINAGE AREA - 133 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 1941 to February 1942 (weekly); March to July 1942; August 1942 to August 1943 (fragmentary); March 1958 to April 1967 (weekly); May 1967 to July 2003 (once daily); August 2003 to September 2004; October 2004 to December 2004 (fragmentary); January 2005 to July 2005 (once daily); August 2005 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is at NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). See WDR FL-02-1A for history of changes prior to Oct. 17, 1979. Oct. 17, 1979 to July 2, 2003 to Dec. 12, 2004, nonrecording gage at site 1/8 mi southwest at present datum.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the South Florida Water Management District.
REMARKS - Surface area 4,592 acres (7.18 mi²). Outflow from lake is through diversion canal to Lake Kissimmee, the most downstream of the Kissimmee River headwaters chain of lakes and also through Rosalie Creek to Tiger Lake, thence through Tiger Creek to Lake Kissimmee.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum elevation recorded, 56.12 ft, Sept. 29, 2022; minimum observed, 50.30 ft June 2-4, 1967.