LOCATION.--Lat 27°48'14", long 81°11'53", in NW1/4 sec.11, T.31 S., R.31 E., Osceola County, Hydrologic Unit 03090101, on right bank at upstream side of lock and control structure S-65, 0.1 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 60, and 25 mi southeast of town of Lake Wales.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,607 sq.mi at State Highway 60, includes areas drained by Lake Weohyakapka and Lake Marian.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1969 to September 2004 (discontinued). Prior to October 1969, published as Kissimmee River below Lake Kissimmee (records not equivalent to present site).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Auxiliary water-stage recorder at downstream side of lock and control structure 65.

REMARKS.--Since July 1964 flow regulated by operation of control structure 65 and by storage releases at several structures in headwaters. Discharge computed from relation between discharge, head, and gate openings.

COOPERATION.--Gage-height record and gate-operation record provided by South Florida Water Management District.