USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02306904 BRUSHY CREEK NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 28°05'01.9", long 82°31'30.0" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 sec.5, T.28 S., R.18 E., Hillsborough County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100206, 500 ft. downstream of bridge on Ehrlich Road, located on wooden walkway, 3.4 mi upstream from mouth, and 6.1 mi northwest of Sulphur Springs.
DRAINAGE AREA - 6.20 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1946 to March 1953, April 1980 to October 1981, October 1987 to September 1996 (miscellaneous measurements only); October 1996 to current year (gage heights only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 30.00 ft. above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1996, nonrecording gage at present site at present datum.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 13.42 ft, June 25, 2012; minimum, dry many days some years.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2021 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - A 6-inch diameter, tipping bucket precipitation gage 15-minute interval, mounted on steel pipe with the top of funnel approximately 5.5 ft above the ground.