USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 02480212

Click to hide Water-Year Summary instructions and information

Water-Year Summary reports summarize a year of hydrologic data in a printer-friendly format.
For water years 2014 onward, choose a water year and parameter and an on-demand Water-Year Summary report will be generated.
For water years 2006 through 2013, choose a water year and an Annual Water Data Report will be provided.
For water years 2005 and earlier, Annual Water Data Reports may be available in digital format.
Not all sites have reports available for every water year.

	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Mean,Max.,Min.)
	00065 Gage height(Mean,Tid.,Tid.)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Mean,Max.,Min.)
	00480 Salinity(Mean)

Select a water year

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

Print this page

USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

02480212 PASCAGOULA RIVER AT MILE 1 AT PASCAGOULA, MS

LOCATION - Lat 30°22'04", long 88°33'47" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.05, T.8 S., R.6 W., Jackson County, MS, Hydrologic Unit 03170006, St. Stephens Meridian, on east side of Pascagoula River at NOAA dock, about 1 mile upstream from mouth of river.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1972, 1974-92, 1994-97, 2000 to current year. PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- GAGE HEIGHT: October 2005 to current year.

GAGE - Submersible transducer and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is NAVD of 1988. Prior to 2012 Water Year, records published to NGVD 1929.

REMARKS - Gage-height records good. Interruptions in the record were due to malfunctions of the instrument. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- GAGE-HEIGHT: Maximum recorded, 6.28 ft, Sept. 1, 2008, but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, -2.20 ft, Jan. 2, 2008, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - GAGE HEIGHT: Maximum, 17.1 ft, Aug. 29, 2005, tidal surge resulting from Hurricane Katrina, from high-water mark.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1972, 1974-92, 1994-97, 2000 to current year.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1999 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1999 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor since October 1999.

REMARKS - Specific conductance records good. Water temperature records excellent. Interruptions in the record were due to malfunctions of the instrument.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 52,100 microsiemens, Aug.23, 2009, but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 74 microsiemens, Jul. 8, 9, 2003, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 33.8 °C, Aug. 2, 2010, but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 5.2 °C, Jan. 9,10, 2010, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.