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USGS 08074500 Whiteoak Bayou at Houston, TX

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Datum of gage changed from 7.35 ft below NGVD 1929, 1973 adjustment to NAVD 1988, 2001 adjustment on Oct. 1, 2008. New datum is 8.91 ft below previous datum.

This station managed by the Houston Field Unit.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1984-10-30  2025-11-04
2007-10-01  2025-11-04







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 42.1 11-04-2025   17:45 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 4 based on 88 water years of record more
Min
(1940)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 4		 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(2003)
0.40 11 40 42.1 61 127 2790

Gage height, feet, [(2)]
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.71 11-04-2025   17:45 CST
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