USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02320000 SUWANNEE RIVER AT LURAVILLE, FL
LOCATION - Lat 30°05'59", long 83°10'18" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.36, T.4 S., R.11 E., Lafayette County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03110205, on right bank at downstream side of State Highway 51 bridge and 1.6 mi south of Luraville, 3.0 mi north of Mayo, and 97 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 7,280 mi². includes part of watershed in Okefenokee Swamp, which is indeterminate.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1927 to December 1937, March 1950 to October 1972, October 1977 to September 1981 (annual maximum discharge and gage-height), October 1996 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is National Vertical Datum of 1929 (Florida Department of Transportation bench mark). Feb. 3, 1927 to Dec. 31, 1937, nonrecording gage at site 0.8 mi downstream at datum 16.49 ft lower. Mar. 29, 1950 to Oct. 13, 1972, and Oct. 11, 1977 to March 1980, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Suwannee River Water Management District.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Apr. 8, 1948, reached a stage of 53.50 ft, from floodmarks; discharge, 90,000 ft³.s
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: February 2021 to current year.
TEMPERATURE: February 2021 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water quality monitor and data-collection platform.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 371 µS/cm @ 25 °C, July 3, 2022; minimum, 51 µS/cm @ 25 °C, Aug. 9, 2021.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 28.8 °C, Aug. 13, 2023; minimum, 10.2 °C, Jan. 25, 26, 2022.