USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02298124 PRAIRIE CREEK DOWNSTREAM NEAR FORT OGDEN, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 27°03'04", long 81°47'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.26, T.39 S., R.25 E., DeSoto County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100101, on right bank, 700 ft downstream from bridge on State Higway 31, and 10.6 mi east of Fort Ogden.
DRAINAGE AREA - 244 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2004 to June 2005; May 2006 to October 2016 (discontinued).
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor consisting of specific conductance and temperature sensors near the right bank stream bottom.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1560 microsiemens, May 19, 2009; minimum, 100 microsiemens, Jan. 25, 2016.
TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 34.1°C, July 7, 2016; minimum, 6.8°C, Jan. 11, 2010.