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USGS 02334400 LAKE SIDNEY LANIER NEAR BUFORD, GA

  Lake Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 34°09'45.8",   Longitude 84°04'31.9"   NAD83
Forsyth County, Georgia, Hydrologic Unit 03130001
Drainage area: 1,034 square miles
Datum of gage: 0.00 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Precipitation, total, inches  2007-06-29  2025-10-27  5917 
    Elevation of reservoir water surface above datum, feet  1989-01-01  2025-10-27  20703 
    Reservoir storage, thousand acre feet  2007-06-29  2025-10-27  6849 
 Daily Statistics 
    Elevation of reservoir water surface above datum, feet  1989-01-01  2025-06-17 7257 
    Reservoir storage, thousand acre feet  2007-06-29  2024-11-12 6324 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Elevation of reservoir water surface above datum, feet  1989-01  2025-06  
    Reservoir storage, thousand acre feet  2007-06  2024-11  
 Annual Statistics 
    Elevation of reservoir water surface above datum, feet  1989  2025  
    Reservoir storage, thousand acre feet  2007  2025  
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1975-10-04  1976-09-09  29 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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