USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02290766 LEVEE 31 NORTH EXTENSION AT 4 MILE NEAR WEST MIAMI, FL

LOCATION - Lat 25°42'07.8", long 80°29'45.5" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.35, T.54 S., R.38 E., Miami-Dade County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, 1.0 mi west of the junction of U.S. Highway 41 and Krome Avenue and 4.1 mi south of U.S. Highway 41 on west side of Levee 31 North, near West Miami.

DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2007: site 02290766, 2006.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1994 to current year.

GAGE - Satellite data collection platform with acoustic Doppler velocity meter with acoustic stage sensor. Prior to January 10, 2007, satellite data collection platform with water-stage shaft encoder and acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) and 1.77 feet below North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) (FCE bench mark).

COOPERATION - Miami-Dade County.

REMARKS - Flow primarily regulated by control structures S-335 upstream and G-211 downstream; occasionally S-334, S-336 and G-119 upstream and S-338 downstream also affect L-31 canal flows. The control structure S-24 located near the Tamiami Trail bridge is not used for regulation. The manual operation gated culvert S-24A, that is located 1 mi upstream, is inoperable.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 8.32 ft Oct. 15, 1999; minimum, 2.21 ft June 11, 12, 2011.