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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

03604400 BUFFALO RIVER BELOW LOBELVILLE, TN

LOCATION - Lat 35°48'42.28", long 87°46'43.43" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Perry County, TN, Hydrologic Unit 06040004, on left bank at downstream end of bridge on State Highway 13, 1.1 mile downstream from Lost Creek, 1.4 mile above Standing Rock Bridge, 2.8 mile north of Lobelville and at mile 19.1.

DRAINAGE AREA - 702 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 803: 1935. WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 853: 1928-37. WSP 1436: 1932(M).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1927 to September 1989 (published as "near Lobelville"), October 1989 to September 1994. October 2008 to current year. Monthly discharge only for October 1927, published in WSP 1306.

GAGE - Data collection platform. Datum of gage is 404.87 ft above NAVD of 1988, (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000) GEOID18).

Prior to April 24, 2024, the datum of gage was assumed to be 405.18 ft NAVD of 1988. However, was never updated in the Monitor Location Registry.

Prior to July 2016, the datum of gage was 405.25 ft NGVD of 1929. Levels were ran from old gage No. 03604500 by Tennessee Valley Authority and U.S.G.S. starting from BM No. 1. Prior to Nov. 1, 1927 to May 31, 1934, nonrecording gage. June 1, 1934 to September 30, 1989, water-stage recorder at Standing Rock Bridge 1.4 mi downstream at datum 2.23 ft lower.

REMARKS - Records are generally rated good.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 101,000 ft³/s, May 2, 2010, gage height, 26.00 ft.; minimum natural discharge 142 ft³/s Oct. 1-8, 1931, minimum discharge, 135 ft³/s, Aug. 18, 1953, caused by unknown regulation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Aug. 26, 2008 to Sept. 30, 2008, temporary precipitation data; Oct. 1, 2008 to Sept. 30, 2013, permanent precipitation data; Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 22, 2014, temporary precipitation data (rain gage discontinued on Sept. 22, 2014).