USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02307498 LAKE TARPON CANAL AT S-551 NEAR OLDSMAR, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 28°03'12", long 82°42'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.16, T.28 S., R.16 E., Pinellas County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100206, on right bank of outfall canal at control structure, 300 ft east of County Road 611 (McMullen-Booth Road), 1,500 ft north of State Highway 586 (Curlew Road), and 3.4 mi northwest of Oldsmar.
DRAINAGE AREA - 65 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1971 to September 1974 (gage heights only); October 1974 to June 1990; October 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Dual water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 10.00 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in coopertation with the Southwest Florida Water Management District and with Pinellas County.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge, 2,830 cfs, June 26, 2012, maximum gage height above structure, 15.25 ft, June 25, 2012; maximum gage height below structure, 16.59 ft, August 30, 2023; minimum discharge, no flow many days most years; minimum gage height above structure, 11.62 ft, June 11, 2006; minimum gage height below structure, 7.29 ft, Sep. 5, 2004.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2000 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - A 6-inch diameter, tipping bucket precipitation gage, mounted on top of gage house with the top of funnel 11 ft above the ground.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1972 to September 2011 (incomplete), discontinued.