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

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

02392360 SHOAL CREEK AT GA 108, NEAR WALESKA, GA

LOCATION - Lat 34°15'48", long 84°35'43.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Cherokee County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03150104, at bridge on Georgia Highway 108, 7.0 mi upstream from confluence with the Etowah River, 0.3 mi downstream from Gorman and Rocky Bottom Branches, and 5.3 mi southwest of Waleska.

DRAINAGE AREA - 56.5 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: March 2000 to August 2005 (discrete discharge measurements only), October 2005 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: October 2005 to current year.

GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 877.4 feet above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (leveling by Global Navigation Satellite System equipment using GEOID12A).

COOPERATION - Cherokee County Water and Sewer Authority.

REMARKS - Gage-height records are generally good. Discharge records are generally fair 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 2,510 cfs, January 6, 2009; maximum gage height recorded, 10.87 feet, January 6, 2009; minimum daily discharge, 0.88 cfs, October 28, 2007.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2005 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - January 2000 to current year.

COOPERATION - Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.

REMARKS - Analyzing agency is represented by the five-digit code listed under USGS Water Science Center special parameter code 99920. Laboratory analyses with analyzing agency code 81341 are by the Laboratory Services Section, Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Field determinations of Discharge, Specific Conductance, pH, Water Temperature, Air Temperature, and Dissolved Oxygen are by the U.S. Geological Survey.