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USGS 03340900 BIG RACCOON CREEK AT FERNDALE, IN

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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This gaging station is maintained in cooperation with:

  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Louisville District

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2007-10-01  2025-10-06
2016-10-01  2018-02-13
2007-10-01  2025-10-06
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2017-01-27  2018-03-12
2025-06-08  2025-10-06
2017-01-27  2018-02-15







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Summary of all available data for this site
Instantaneous-data availability statement

Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
 
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [(2)]

Most recent instantaneous value: 21.8 10-06-2025   21:30 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 23.5 02-13-2018   10:00 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 6 based on 47 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 6
Min
(1957)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(1990)
-- unavailable -- 3.40 22 56 140 194 1050


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 5.82 10-06-2025   21:30 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
 
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
 
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Chlorophylls, water, in situ, fluorometric method, excitation at 470 +-15 nm, emission at 685 +-20 nm, micrograms per liter
 
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Phycocyanin fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as phycocyanin
 
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Chlorophyll fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, fluorometric method, excitation at 470 +-15 nm, emission at 685 +-20 nm, relative fluorescence units (RFU)
 
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Phycocyanin relative fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU)
 
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
 
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DCP battery voltage, volts

Most recent instantaneous value: 13.4 10-06-2025   21:00 EDT
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
 
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