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DESCRIPTION:

Latitude 29°18'32",   Longitude 96°06'13"   NAD27

Wharton County, Texas, Hydrologic Unit 12090302

Drainage area: 42,003 square miles

Contributing drainage area: 30,600 square miles,

Datum of gage: 52.42 feet above   NGVD29.

AVAILABLE DATA:

Data Type	Begin Date	End Date	Count
Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)	1988-06-01	2026-01-18
Daily Data
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	1986-10-01	1992-11-29	2108
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1938-10-01	2026-01-17	44870
Gage height, feet -- Transducer	1997-05-29	2026-01-17	9922
Gage height, feet	2006-07-19	2026-01-17	7067
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1986-10-01	1992-11-29	2244
Daily Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1938-10-01	2025-08-27	31743
Gage height, feet -- Transducer	1997-05-29	2024-09-18	9437
Gage height, feet	2006-07-19	2025-08-27	6924
Monthly Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1938-10	2025-08
Gage height, feet -- Transducer	1997-05	2024-09
Gage height, feet	2006-07	2025-08
Annual Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1939	2025
Gage height, feet -- Transducer	1997	2024
Gage height, feet	2006	2025
Peak streamflow	1913-12-13	2024-01-26	95
Field measurements	1916-06-29	2025-08-28	1099
Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP)	1967-10-01	2021-08-05	460
Water-Year Summary	2005	2024	20
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