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Water-Year Summary for Site 02312700

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00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  
63160 Stream level, NAVD88(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02312700 OUTLET RIVER AT PANACOOCHEE RETREATS, FL
LOCATION - Lat 28°48'00", long 82°09'11" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.31, T.19 S., R.22 E., Sumter County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100208, downstream side of wooden foot bridge, 200 ft downstream from State Highway 470, 0.5 mi west of Panacoochee Retreats, 1.0 mi upstream from mouth, and 4.4 mi northwest of town of Lake Panasoffkee.
DRAINAGE AREA - 420 mi². approximately.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR FL-72-3: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1956 (miscellaneous discharge measurements), October 1962 to current year. Prior to October 1967, published as Panasoffkee River near Lake Panasoffkee.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, acoustic velocity meter and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is at NGVD of 1929 (Florida Department of Transportation bench mark) and 0.68 ft below NAVD of 1988. Prior to Dec. 18, 1962, nonrecording gage 0.8 mi north of the outlet to Lake Panasoffkee at the same datum, Dec. 18, 1962, to Oct. 7, 1975, water-stage recorder at sites near the outlet at same datum, and Oct. 7, 1975 to March 10, 2006, water-stage recorder 0.8 mi north of the outlet at the same datum.
REMARKS - Flow affected at times by backwater from Withlacoochee River. Prior to 1962, flow partially controlled by small rock dams and at times during 1962-64 by a temporary sheet piling dam about 400 ft downstream from bridge on County Road 470. Flow partially controlled by sandbag dam June 6-10, 1992.