USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02306500 SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS, FL.

LOCATION - Lat 28°02'34", long 82°30'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 sec.16, T.28 S., R.18 E., Hillsborough County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100206, 150 ft. upstream from box culverts on Gunn Highway, 1.7 mi. downstream from Lake Ellen, 3.5 mi west of intersection Interstate 275 and Busch Boulevard at Sulphur Springs.

DRAINAGE AREA - 7.43 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1905: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1951 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 26.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to May 3, 1974, at site 160 ft downstream. Prior to Oct. 15, 1965, at datum 4.68 ft higher; Oct. 15, 1965, to May 15, 1967, at datum 3.00 ft higher; May 15, 1967, to May 3, 1974, at present datum.

COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Hillsborough County.

REMARKS - Flow affected by regulation from control structures upstream of station. Since January 1970, flow has been diverted from basin (downstream from station) through Channel G to Rocky Creek.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2016 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - An 8-inch diameter, tipping bucket precipitation gage mounted on an aluminum pipe with the top of the funnel 8 ft above the ground.

REMARKS - Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service.