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	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	63160 Stream level, NAVD88(Mean)

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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02297635 SHELL CREEK ON CR 764 NEAR PUNTA GORDA, FL.

LOCATION - Lat 26°58'30", long 81°53'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 sec.26, T.40 S., R.24 E., Charlotte County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100101, near center of bridge on Washington Loop Road, 4.8 mi east of U.S. 17, 9.0 mi upstream of mouth, and 9.75 mi northeast of Punta Gorda.

DRAINAGE AREA - 90.1 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - Datum of gage from 2007 through 2015 water year was published in error. Datum of gage is 13.45 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 14.59 ft below North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - February 2004 to September 2009 (gage heights only); October 2009 to September 2012; October 2012 to May 2021 (gage heights only); June 2021 to current year.

GAGE - Satellite data collection platform with water-stage recorder and acoustic Doppler velocity meter. Datum of gage is 13.45 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 14.63 ft below North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 25.93 ft, Sept. 11, 2017; minimum, 17.61 ft, May 12, 2009.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - February 2004 to October 2016. Discontinued.

COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor consisting of specific conductance and temperature sensors located approximately 2.38 feet below North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 2,070 microsiemens, June 1, 2006; minimum, 122 microsiemens, Sep. 21, 2009. TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 31.2°C, Aug. 4, 2005; minimum, 8.4°C, Jan. 13, 2010.