USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02336728 UTOY CREEK AT GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, NEAR ATLANTA, GA
LOCATION - Lat 33°44'36.7", long 84°34'05.4" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Fulton County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03130002, on the upstream side of bridge on Great Southwest Parkway, 0.3 miles downstream from GA 70, and 0.3 miles upstream of confluence with the Chattahoochee River.
DRAINAGE AREA - 33.9 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
Gage datum was revised on January 18, 2023, based on an error in the determination of the gage datum.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: September 1994 to January 1997. October 2002 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: October 2002 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with water-stage recorder and a continuous water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 735.71 feet above NAVD88.
COOPERATION - City of Atlanta.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, unknown, backwater from Chattahoochee River; maximum gage height recorded, 27.53 feet, September 22, 2009; minimum daily discharge 0.54 cfs, October 6-7, 2008.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2002 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1993 to November 2010.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: April 2003 to current year.
pH: April 2003 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: April 2003 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: April 2003 to current year.
TURBIDITY: April 2003 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Satellite telemetry with a continuous water quality monitor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 699 microsiemens, February 13, 2014; minimum recorded, 15 microsiemens, December 28, 2007 and April 5, 2022.
pH: Maximum recorded, 9.7 units, July 16, 2020; minimum recorded, 5.2 units, July 29, August 25, 2007.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 30.8°C, July 26, 2010, July 1, 2012; minimum recorded, -0.1°C, January 2, 18, 2018.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 14.4 mg/L, February 5, 2009; minimum recorded, <0.5 mg/L, September 18, 2004.
TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, >2,200 FNU, June 13, 2003, May 16, 2004, June 21, 2004, and December 9, 2005; minimum recorded, <0.5 FNU, Several days.