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Water-Year Summary for Site 02300500

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Available Parameters
00045 Precipitation(Sum)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  
63160 Stream level, NAVD88(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02300500 LITTLE MANATEE RIVER NEAR WIMAUMA, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 27°40'15", long 82°21'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.25, T.32 S., R.19 E., Hillsborough County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100203, near center of span on downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 301, 1.6 mi upstream from Cypress Creek, 4.2 mi southwest of Wimauma, and 15 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 149 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1032: 1939(M). WSP 1905: 1961-62, 1965 drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1939 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 0.88 ft. below North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Oct. 1, 1965, at site 75 ft downstream at datum 2.17 ft higher; Oct. 1, 1965, to Sept. 30, 1970, at site 75 ft downstream at present datum.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District.
REMARKS - Some diversion, 3.3 mi upstream from station by Manatee Power Plant since June 1974. Stage-discharge relation affected by tide on some days.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2001 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - A 6-inch diameter tipping bucket precipitation gage, 15-minute interval, mounted on a 2-inch pipe approximately 7 feet above the roadway.
REMARKS - Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Records of precipitation prior to October 1, 2001 not published but are available in files of the Geological Survey.