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USGS 07374525 Mississippi River at Belle Chasse, LA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 29°51'25",   Longitude 89°58'40"   NAD27
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, Hydrologic Unit 08090100
Drainage area: 1,130,000 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 1,110,000 square miles,
Datum of gage: -6.58 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2008-10-29  2022-05-24  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2008-10-29  2022-05-23  4920 
    Gage height, feet  2008-10-29  2022-05-23  4902 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2012-09-30  2022-05-23  6717 
    Mean water velocity for discharge computation, miles per hour  2019-05-25  2022-05-24  1037 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2008-10-29  2022-04-13 4881 
    Gage height, feet  2008-10-29  2022-04-13 4862 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2012-09-30  2016-06-20 1293 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2008-10  2022-04  
    Gage height, feet  2008-10  2022-04  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2012-09  2016-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2009  2022  
    Gage height, feet  2009  2022  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2012  2016  
 Peak streamflow 2009-05-30  2021-04-16  13 
 Field measurements 2008-11-10  2022-05-19  273 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1976-04-08  2022-04-19  1076 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2021  16 
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