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Water-Year Summary for Site 02224500

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

Water year 2021: 2020-10-01 to 2021-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2021
02224500 OCONEE RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON, GA
LOCATION - Lat 32°11'27.3", long 82°37'51.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Wheeler County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03070102,
DRAINAGE AREA - 5,110 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: October 1937 to December 1955, March 2008 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: March 2008 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 102.6 feet above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (leveling by Global Positioning System equipment).
COOPERATION - USGS National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).
REMARKS -

For period 10/01/2014-12/11/2017: Discharge records fair, except for periods of estimated discharge, which are poor. Gage height records fair.
For period 12/11/2017-04/09/2019: Discharge records poor. Gage height records poor.
For period 04/09/2019-10/08/2019: Discharge records fair. Gage height records fair.
For period 10/08/2019-01/06/2020: Discharge records fair. Gage height records fair.
For period 01/06/2020-06/23/2020: Discharge records fair. Gage height records fair.
For period 06/23/2020-05/20/2021: Discharge records fair. Gage height records fair.
For period 05/20/2021-07/14/2021: Discharge records fair. Gage height records poor.
For period 07/14/2021-10/20/2021: Discharge records fair. Gage height records poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 66,300 cfs, December 5, 1948; maximum gage height recorded, 22.60 feet, December 5, 1948; minimum daily discharge, 352 cfs, October 7, 2008.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2008 to October 2017.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.