USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02310688 SE FORK HOMOSASSA SPRING AT HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 28°47'50", long 82°35'24" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.28, T.19 S., R.17 E., Citrus County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100207, at bridge on Fishbowl Drive, 0.6 mi west of town of Homosassa Springs, and 3.1 mi northeast of Homosassa.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - 1932, 1933, 1936, 1946, 1956, 1963-65, 1976-86, 1997-2000 (discharge measurements only); October 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and velocity meter. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 0.62 ft below North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 5.57 ft, Sept. 02, 2016; minimum gage height, 1.58 ft below NGVD 29, January 3, 2008.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2006 to current year.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor consisting of specific conductance and temperature sensors. Sonde elevation is at an elevation of 1.8 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 28,900 microsiemens, May 1, 2023; minimum, 208 microsiemens, August 5, 2021.
TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 29.1°C, June 07, 2016; minimum 18.1°C, Jan 17, 2022.