USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03376500 PATOKA RIVER NEAR PRINCETON, IN
LOCATION - Lat 38°23'25", long 87°32'56" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.107, T.1 S., R.10 W., Gibson County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 05120209, on right downstream side of bridge on State Highway 65, 0.5 mi downstream from Indian Creek, 2 mi northeast of Princeton, and at mile 21.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 822 mi². drainage area derived from the "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication
REVISIONS HISTORY -
From November 2012 to June 2022, datum of gage was erroneously published as 388.56 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
WSP 1275: 1952. WSP 1335: 1935-36, 1938-39, 1949(M), 1940-50. WSP 1385: 1951-52. WSP 2109: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1934 to current year. Published as "at Patoka" August 1934 to September 1940. Records published for both names October 1939 to September 1940 (monthly discharge only under "near Princeton" name, for October, November 1939, published in WSP 1305).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 389.76 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 and 390.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Jan. 21, 1941 to Oct. 23, 1986, water-stage recorder at dam 0.1 mi downstream and at datum 4.14 feet higher. See WSP 1725 for history of changes prior to Jan. 21, 1941.
