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	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Max.,Min.,Mean)

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02266495 REEDY CREEK AT S-40, NEAR LOUGHMAN, FL

LOCATION - Lat 28°16'32", long 81°32'39" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.30, T.25 S., R.28 E., Osceola County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090101, on right bank 15 ft upstream from spillway, 2.8 mi northeast of Loughman, and 22 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 174 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR FL-96 1A: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1986 to October 2011; April 2012 to current year (gage heights only).

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is at NGVD of 1929 (Reedy Creek Improvement District bench mark).

COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

REMARKS - Flow regulated at station by manipulation of spillway gates. Gage removed October 2011 to March 2012, due to construction.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily gage height, 73.63 ft, Sept. 30, 2022; minimum daily, 65.71 ft, June 7, 2000.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: January 1985 to January 1987, July 1990 to September 1993, October 1994 to September 2011, April 2012 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: January 1985 to January 1987, July 1990 to September 2011, April 2012 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: January 1985 to November 1986, October 1990 to September 2011, April 2012 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water quality monitor and data-collection platform.

REMARKS - Water-quality monitor removed October 2011 to March 2012, due to construction. Extremes for current year and extremes for period of daily record are based on recorded values and may have been exceeded during period of no record. January 1985 to January 1987, July 1980 to September 2008, published as daily mean; October 2008 to September 2014, published as instantaneous maximum and minimum; October 2014 to current year, published as instantaneous maximum and minimum and daily mean.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 398 µS/cm @ 25 °C, Apr. 3, 2001; minimum, 58 µS/cm @ 25 °C, Aug. 14, 1997.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 30.7 °C, June 5, 2019; minimum, 4.9 °C, Jan. 12, 2010.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 10.5 mg/L, May 5, 2001; minimum, 0.0 mg/L, many days.