USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02235200 BLACK WATER CREEK NEAR CASSIA, FL
LOCATION - Lat 28°52'28", long 81°29'23" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 sec.35, T.18 S., R.28 E., Lake County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03080101, at bridge on State Highway 44, 1.5 mi southwest of Cassia, and 13 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 126 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1962-67, 1970-80 (annual maximum), August 1967 to September 1969; March 1981 to September 1985 (fragmentary), October 1985 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is 18.55 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Florida Department of Transportation bench mark) and 17.60 ft above NAVD of 1988. Sept. 20, 1962 to Aug. 7, 1967, and Oct. 1, 1969 to Mar. 23, 1981, crest-stage gage; Aug. 7, 1967 to Sept. 30, 1969 and Mar. 23, 1981 to June 10, 1983, water-stage recorder; June 10, 1983 to June 10, 1985, nonrecording gage at site 1,000 ft upstream at same datum.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the St. Johns River Water Management District.