USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02322500 SANTA FE RIVER NEAR FORT WHITE, FL
LOCATION - Lat 29°50'55", long 82°42'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.28, T.7 S., R.16 E., Gilchrist County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03110206, on left bank 2.1 mi upstream from bridge on State Highway 47, 5.1 mi south of Fort White, and 18 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,017 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR FL-75-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1927 to January 1930, June 1932 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is 20.86 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers)and 20.06 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to June 3, 1932, nonrecording gage at several sites within 200 ft of present site at various datums. Oct. 1, 1947 to Feb. 10, 1949, auxiliary nonrecording gage and since Feb. 11, 1949, auxiliary water-stage recorder at bridge on U.S. Highway 129, 16 mi downstream from base gage at datum 3.5 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Suwannee River Water Management District.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: August 2015 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: August 2015 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water quality monitor and data-collection platform.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 455 µS/cm @ 25 °C, June 11, 2020; minimum, 37 µS/cm @ 25 °C, Sept. 15, 2017.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 27.2 °C, Aug. 12, 2023; minimum,12.4 °C, Feb.1 ,2019.