USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02217770 NORTH OCONEE RIVER AT COLLEGE STREET, NEAR ATHENS, GA
LOCATION - Lat 33°58'11.0", long 83°22'39.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Clarke County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03070101, at bridge on College Street, 0.4 miles downstream from GA Loop 10.
DRAINAGE AREA - 275 mi². revised.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR GA-2013: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: August 2002 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: August 2002 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 600 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 (from topographic map).
COOPERATION - Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 8,720 cfs, April 20, 2019; maximum gage height recorded, 18.9 feet, April 20, 2019; minimum daily discharge, 2.3 cfs, September 12, 2002.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 2002 to October 2017.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.