USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02289500 TAMIAMI CANAL NEAR CORAL GABLES, FL

LOCATION - Lat 25°45'43", long 80°19'42" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 sec.03, T.54 S., R.40 E., Miami-Dade County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, on upstream side of footbridge, 25 ft from south bank, 0.5 mi upstream from Coral Gables Canal, 2.5 mi west of Coral Gables city limits, 3.5 mi downstream from Snapper Creek Canal, and 6.2 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR FL-87-2A: 1986; WDR FL-97-2A: 1995; WDR FL-98-2A: 1997.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1940 to June 1943, October 1959 to current year.

GAGE - Satellite data collection platform with water-stage shaft encoder and acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 1.74 ft below the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. January 1940 to June 1943, non-recording gage at same site at datum 0.22 ft lower. Benchmark was readjusted, datum prior to 1963, 0.48 lower.

COOPERATION - South Florida Water Management District.

REMARKS - The flow is slightly affected by tide and is regulated by control structures downstream at the Coral Gables Canal, Comfort Canal (S-25), S-25A, S-25B and upstream by S-336 and drainage from the Snapper Creek. Discharge computed from continuous velocity record obtained from acoustic velocity metering system and stage. Records of gage height prior to October 1960, are available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 7.90 ft Oct. 4, 2000; minimum, 1.08 ft May 31, 1962.