USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
263000080120001 SITE 8C NEAR L-40 IN CONSERVATION AREA 1 NEAR BOYNTON BEACH, FL
LOCATION - Lat 26°29'57.4", long 80°13'19.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in T.46 S., R.41 E., Palm Beach County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, 20 ft west of L-40 near Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge (Arthur R. Marshall Park). Township and range approximated from topographic map for which most section lines are not delineated, unable to determine section.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1991 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite data collection platform with water-stage shaft encoder. Prior to Oct. 1, 2003, tipping bucket precipitation gage. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 1.60 ft below North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). Prior to Oct. 31, 1995, datum of gage is 0.10 ft higher, from Nov. 1, 1995 to Sept. 14, 1997, datum of gage is 0.11 ft higher, from Sept. 15, 1997 to July 14, 1999, datum of gage is 0.12 ft higher, from July 15, 1999 to May 31, 2001, datum of gage is 0.13 ft higher, from June 1, 2001 to Mar. 31, 2003, datum of gage is 0.14 ft higher, from Apr. 1, 2003 to July 30, 2003, datum of gage is 0.15 ft higher, and from July 31, 2003 to Sept. 5, 2004, 0.13 ft higher than present datum. The change in datum is based upon an adjustment to PB-44 benchmark elevation surveyed by South Florida Water Management District and revised by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). See REMARKS.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 18.08 ft Oct. 16, 1999 (present datum); minimum, 11.89 ft May 22, 2001 (present datum). (Maximum gage height may have been exceeded). See REMARKS.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1991 to September 2003. Discontinued.