Middle Oconee River Near Athens, GA - 02217500

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April 12, 2025 - April 19, 2025

Gage height, feet

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Latest value

1.58 ft

Provisional

Apr 19, 2025

10:30:00 AM EDT

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1.58 ft

Provisional

Apr 19, 2025

10:30:00 AM EDT

Statistics for April 19, 2025 based on 25 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2002)

1.44 ft

25th percentile

1.6 ft

median

1.83 ft

75th percentile

2.05 ft

mean

2.04 ft

high (2019)

6.27 ft

Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-19T10:30:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T10:15:00.000-04:00	1.57	Provisional
2025-04-19T10:00:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T09:45:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T09:30:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T09:15:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T09:00:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T08:45:00.000-04:00	1.57	Provisional
2025-04-19T08:30:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T08:15:00.000-04:00	1.57	Provisional
2025-04-19T08:00:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T07:45:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T07:30:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T07:15:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T07:00:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional
2025-04-19T06:45:00.000-04:00	1.58	Provisional

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2 data types available - data from 1985-10-01 to 2025-04-19

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2007-10-05 - 2025-04-19

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1985-10-01 - 2025-04-19

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61 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1937-11-30 to 1977-11-07

273 Sampling activities

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	02217500	_n/a
Site name	MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER NEAR ATHENS, GA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	335648	_n/a
DMS longitude	0832522	_n/a
Decimal latitude	33.94666667	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-83.4227778	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Georgia	13
State	Georgia	13
County	Clarke County	059
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	ATHENS WEST	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	555.5 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.1 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Oconee	03070101
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	398 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number		_n/a

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Middle Oconee River Near Athens, GA - 02217500

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