USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02215260 OCMULGEE RIVER AT ABBEVILLE, GA
LOCATION - Lat 31°59'48", long 83°16'44.5" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Wilcox County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03070104, on downstream side of US Highway 280, and 1.7 miles east of Abbeville, GA.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,460 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: October 2009 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: October 2009 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 161.4 feet above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (leveling by Global Positioning System equipment using GEOID09).
COOPERATION - USGS National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 51,800 cfs, December 31, 2015; maximum gage height recorded, 18.11 feet, December 31, 2015; minimum daily discharge, 400 cfs, estimated, September 25, 2010.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2009 to October 2017.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.