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Available Parameters
00045 Precipitation(Sum)  
00045 Precipitation(Sum) [Operational]  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02204285 PATES CREEK NEAR FLIPPEN, GA
LOCATION - Lat 33°29'34.1", long 84°14'42.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Henry County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03070103, on downstream side of Flippen Road, 3.6 miles west of Flippen, and 3.8 miles upstream from Little Cotton Indian Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 11.9 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -

Primary reference gage readings revised in site visits in Aquarius on 02/01/18, 04/20/18, 04/24/18, 07/03/18, 08/15/18, 10/17/18, 11/15/18, 12/18/18, 02/06/19, 04/10/19, 07/01/19, 09/26/19, 10/16/19, 12/03/19, 03/04/20, 04/02/20, 06/19/20, 08/14/20, and 11/04/20 based on levels from 11/19/20. 

Gage height assigned to discharge measurements 165 to 172, 177, 179, 181, and 184 to 188 revised based on primary reference gage reading revisions in previously mentioned visits. 

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: August 1977 to September 1984, November 2006 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: November 2006 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder.

Datum of gage is 714.21 feet above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (from GNSS survey).

August 1977 to September 1984, water-stage recorder, 75 feet upstream at datum 3.00 feet higher.
COOPERATION - Clayton County Water Authority.
REMARKS - Gage-height records are generally good. Discharge records are generally good except for estimated discharges, which are poor.  Additional details on the accuracy of the records can be obtained by contacting the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center at gs-w-ga_nwisweb_data_inquiries@usgs.gov.

Flow regulated by Edward Blaylock Reservior and Shamrock Lake since 1992.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 1,230 cfs, estimated, April 19, 2019; maximum gage height recorded, 11.92 ft, April 19, 2019; minimum daily discharge, 1.1 cfs, September 9-11, 1981.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2006 to October 2017.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.