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Water-Year Summary for Site 02341505

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02341505 CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT US 280, NEAR COLUMBUS, GA
LOCATION - Lat 32°27'11", long 84°59'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Muscogee County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03130003, on downstream side of bridge on US 280.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,670 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: January 2002 to June 2014 (discontinued).
GAGE-HEIGHT: November 1986 to June 2014 (discontinued).
WATER VELOCITY: January 2002 to June 2014 (discontinued).
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder and an acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is 183.14 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
REMARKS -
10/01/2013-09/30/2014: Discharge records poor. Gage-height records good. Water velocity records poor. Water velocity data represent water velocity at the downstream cross-section of the bridge with positive values in the downstream direction. Flow regulated by Lake Sidney Lanier since January 1956, West Point Lake since October 1974, and by Lake Harding since 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 150,000 cfs, May 9, 2003; maximum gage-height recorded, 39.95 feet, May 9, 2003; minimum daily discharge, 938 cfs, September 20, 2010.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 2002 to September 2009. October 2010 to October 2013 (discontinued).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.