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Water-Year Summary for Site 02224940

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

Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02224940 ALTAMAHA RIVER AT US 221, NR CHARLOTTEVILLE, GA
LOCATION - Lat 31°57'28.3", long 82°31'01.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Montgomery County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03070106,
DRAINAGE AREA - 11,400 mi². revised.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR GA-2013: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: December 2008 to current year.
GAGE-HEIGHT: December 2008 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 73.46 feet above the National American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988.
COOPERATION - USGS National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).
REMARKS -

For Period: 10/01/2013 - 03/03/2014: Discharge records good, except Estimated Discharge which are poor. Gage Height records good.
For Period: 03/04/2014 - 09/30/2015: Discharge records fair, except Estimated Discharge which are poor. Gage Height records fair.
For Period: 10/01/2015 - 01/23/2017: Discharge records poor. Gage Height records poor.
For Period: 01/23/2017 - 05/10/2017: Discharge records poor. Gage Height records fair.
For Period: 05/10/2017 - 08/14/2017: Discharge records fair. Gage Height records fair.
For Period: 08/14/2017 - 12/09/2019: Discharge records poor. Gage Height records poor.
For Period: 12/09/2019 - 03/15/2021: Discharge records poor. Gage Height records poor.
For Period: 03/15/2021 - 10/25/2021: Discharge records poor. Gage Height records poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 118,000 cfs, April 8, 2009; Maximum gage-height recorded, 23.08 feet, January 06, 2016; minimum daily discharge, 1,100 cfs, September 18-20, 2011.