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Water-Year Summary for Site 02480285

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

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02480285 WEST PASCAGOULA RIVER AT U.S. HIGHWAY 90 AT GAUTIER, MS
LOCATION - Lat 30°22'57.7", long 88°36'30.4" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 sec.02, T.8 S., R.6 W., Jackson County, MS, Hydrologic Unit 03170006, St. Stephens Meridian, at downstream side of east bound bridge 65.6 on US Hwy 90.
DRAINAGE AREA - 9,497 mi², (includes East Pascagoula River).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1972, 1974-75, 2000, 2003 to current year. PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- GAGE-HEIGHT: August 2003 to current year.
GAGE - Submersible transducer and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is 0.0 feet above NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS - Gage height records good. Interruptions in the record were due to malfunction of the instruments. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- GAGE HEIGHT: Maximum recorded, 13.09 ft, Aug. 29, 2005 (Hurricane Katrina), but may have been higher during periods of malfunction; minimum recorded, -2.42 ft, Jan. 14, 2006, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1972, 1974-75, 2000, 2003 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: August 2003 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE: August 2003 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Submersible transducer and data-collection platform. Water-quality monitor since August 2003.
REMARKS - Specific conductance records good. Water temperature records good. Interruptions in the record were due to malfunction of the instruments.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 51,400 microsiemens, Dec. 4, 2011, but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 30 microsiemens, Feb. 18,19, 2013, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 35.0 °C, Aug. 1, 2010, but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 4.7 °C, Jan. 11, 2010, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.