USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02323500 SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR WILCOX, FL

LOCATION - Lat 29°35'22", long 82°56'12" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.29, T.10 S., R.14 E., Levy County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03110205, on left bank about 400 ft downstream from Fort Fannin Bridge on U.S. Highway 19, 2.0 mi southwest of Wilcox, and 33 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 9,640 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1905: WDR FL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR FL-97-4: 1996.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1930 to September 1931, October 1941 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1304.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder, acoustic velocity meter, and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is 0.53 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 1.19 ft below NAVD of 1988. Prior to July 4, 1931, nonrecording gage at site 400 ft upstream at present datum. July 4 to Sept. 30, 1931, and Mar. 26 to May 14, 1942, water-stage recorder, and May 15, 1942 to Jan. 24, 1951, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Feb. 1, 1951 to Dec. 9, 1999, auxiliary water-stage recorder about 9.0 mi downstream from base gage. Datum of auxiliary gage is 2.99 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Acoustic velocity meter since Dec. 9, 1999.

COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the Suwannee River Water Management District.

REMARKS - Flow generally affected by tide when discharge is less than 17,500 ft³/s. Discharge computed from continuous velocity record obtained from index-velocity meter. Drainage Area: Includes part of watershed in Okefenokee Swamp which is indeterminate.