USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02310500 WEEKI WACHEE SPRINGS NEAR BROOKSVILLE, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 28°31'00", long 82°34'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.2, T.23 S., R.17 E., Hernando County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100207, on west side of spring pool at head of Weeki Wachee River, and 12 mi southwest of Brooksville.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - 1917, 1929-30 (one discharge measurement in each year); February 1931 to June 1966 (discharge measurements only); July 1966 to September 1995 (gage heights and discharge measurements only); incomplete; October 1995 to current year (gage heights only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Prior to Oct. 2012 nonrecording gage read once daily. Datum of gage is 8.12 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height observed, 3.86 ft, Sept. 9, 1960; minimum gage height observed, -0.60 ft gage datum, several days in May 2009.