USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02300300 SOUTH FORK LITTLE MANATEE RIVER NEAR WIMAUMA, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 27°38'57", long 82°17'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.32 S., R.20 E., Hillsborough County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100203, on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 579, 1.0 mi upstream from mouth, and 4.3 mi south of Wimauma.
DRAINAGE AREA - 38.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1987 to September 1988; October 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 14.25 ft. above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 13.41 ft. above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District and Hillsborough County.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2016 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 30 ft above the ground.