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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02294650 PEACE RIVER AT BARTOW, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 27°54'07", long 81°49'03" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.4, T.30 S., R.25 E., Polk County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100101, near center of span on upstream side of westbound bridge on State Highway 60, 500 ft downstream from McKinney Branch, 0.6 mi east of Bartow, and 105 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 390 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1234: Drainage area. WRD FL 1970: 1969. WDR FL-04-3A: Daily discharge (Aug. 10 to Sept. 30, 2003), peak gage height date, and maximum peak flow for 2003 water year.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1939 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1304. Prior to October 1950, published as Peace Creek at Bartow.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 87.56 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 86.70 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to July 12, 1940, nonrecording gage and July 12, 1940, to Nov. 5, 1948, water-stage recorder at site 200 ft downstream; prior to May 1, 1975, at datum 3.00 ft higher.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District.
REMARKS - Since July 1963, regulation upstream by control structure P-11 on Saddle Creek.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2001 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - An 8-inch diameter, tipping bucket precipitation gage 15-minute interval, mounted on a 2-inch diameter aluminum pipe with the top of the funnel 20 ft above the ground.
REMARKS - Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Records of precipitation prior to October 1, 2001 not published but are available in files of the Geological Survey.
