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Water-Year Summary for Site USGS 07349500

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
07349500 Bodcau Bayou near Sarepta, LA
LOCATION - Lat 32°54'18", long 93°28'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.15, T.22 N., R.11 W., Webster Parish, LA, Hydrologic Unit 11140205, on left bank on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 2, 2.1 mi northwest of Sarepta, and 9.5 mi upstream from Caney Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 546 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1211: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1938 to September 1992 daily gage heights and discharges. October 1992 to current, gage heights and maximum peak discharge.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 173.72 ft above NAVD88 (GEOID18) EPOCH 2010.0000.
REMARKS - Some diversion and regulation by Lake Erling (usable capacity, 79,000 acre-ft) 15 mi upstream. Maximum discharge for water years 2001, 2008, and 2009 were published in WRD-US-2010.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of May 22, 23, 1930, exceeded 25 ft and flood of 1905 may have reached a stage of 27 ft from information by local residents.
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - 54 years (water years 1939-1992), 598 ft³/s, 433,300 acre-ft/yr.