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Water-Year Summary for Site 02228000

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

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02228000 SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON, GA
LOCATION - Lat 31°13'10.5", long 81°51'59.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Brantley County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03070201, on left bank piling 25.0 feet upstream from bridge on U.S. 82, 400.0 feet downstream from Seaboard Coast Line Railroad bridge, and 1.0 mile west of Atkinson.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,790 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1504: 1932. WSP 1624: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: March 1930 to current year. Monthly discharge only for March 1930, published in WSP 1304.
GAGE-HEIGHT: August 1997 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 13.7 feet above the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988. Prior to December 6, 1933, and from November 21, 1961, to September 30, 1964, a non-recording gage was located at same site and datum.
COOPERATION - USGS National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).
REMARKS - Gage-height records are generally good. Discharge records are generally fair 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.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known since at least 1862, 27.2 feet in September 1929, from information by Georgia Department of Transportation; discharge, 110,000 cfs.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 74,000 cfs, April 7, 2009; maximum gage-height recorded, 23.90 feet, April 6, 1948; minimum daily discharge, 15 cfs, September 26-28, 1990.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2002 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.