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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02437000 TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR AMORY, MS
LOCATION - Lat 33°59'08", long 88°33'04" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.03, T.12 S., R.7 E., Monroe County, MS, Hydrologic Unit 03160101, Chickasaw Meridian, near right bank on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 278, 0.3 mi downstream from Town Creek, 3.5 mi west of Amory, and at mile 378.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,930 mi². prior to construction of Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1504: 1948. WDR MS-80-1: Drainage area
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1937 to September 1985. October 1985 to September 1987 (high-water records only). Monthly discharge only for October and November 1937, published in WSP 1304. Daily mean gage heights published October 1971 to September 1986. Flood hydrograph station 1988 to current year.
GAGE -

Flood-hydrograph partial-record station. Water-stage recorder.

 

Datum of gage is 178.85 ft above NAVD of 1988 (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000), (GEOID18)

Prior to August 22, 2022 datum of gage was 178.34 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 10, 1939, nonrecording gage at site 1,500 ft upstream at same datum. Oct. 10, 1939 to Oct. 16, 1948, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Water-stage recorder for station at Aberdeen (station 02437500),20 mi downstream, was used as an auxiliary gage for this station 1950-58.

REMARKS - Records good. Some regulation by Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. National Weather Service telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of April 1892 reached a stage of 33.5 ft and the flood of December 1926 reached a stage of 31.5 ft, from U. S. Army Corps of Engineers profiles.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 162,000 ft³/s, Mar. 17, 1973, gage height, 34.65 ft, minimum, 45 ft³/s, Sept. 20, 1954, minimum gage height, 0.77 ft, Sept. 1, 1943.
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - 47 years, (water year 1937-84) 3,156 ft³/s, 22.22 in/yr, prior to construction of Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.