USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02303350 TROUT CREEK NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS, FL.

LOCATION - Lat 28°08'05", long 82°21'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 sec.13, T.27 S., R.19 E., Hillsborough County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100205, on left bank, 40 ft dowstream of bridge on State Highway 581, 4.1 mi upstream from mouth, and 9.0 mi northeast of Sulphur Springs.

DRAINAGE AREA - 23 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - Peak gage height for the 2017 WY was revised on Dec. 3, 2019, due to incorrect peak gage height entered.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1962 (miscellaneous high-water discharge measurements only); February 1964 to November 1966 (discharge measurements and crest-stage partial records); December 1966 to May 1974 (discharge measurements only); June 1974 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 0.75 ft below North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Sept. 12, 1974, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District, Hillsborough County, and the City of Tampa.

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 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.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1964, 1966, 1968-83, 1992 to September 2011 (discontinued).