USGS Water-Year Summary 2022
02270000 CARTER CREEK NEAR SEBRING, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 27°31'55", long 81°23'16" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.11, T.34 S., R.29 E., Highlands County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090101, Above the culvert on the right edge of water, downstream side, on Lake Arbuckle Road, 2.3 mi upstream from mouth, 4.4 mi downstream from Bonnett Lake, and 7.1 mi northeast of Sebring.
DRAINAGE AREA - 38.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1954 to September 1966; March 1991 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 56.75 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Nov. 16, 1954, staff gage and Nov. 16, 1954, to Sept. 30, 1963, water-stage recorder, at present site and datum. Mar. 16, 1956, to Sept. 30, 1958, staff gage and May 23, 1963, to September 30, 1966, water-stage recorder at site 1,100 ft upstream at same datum.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1995 to September 2011 (discontinued).
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District.