USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02344350 FLINT RIVER NEAR LOVEJOY, GA
LOCATION - Lat 33°24'56", long 84°23'05" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Clayton County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03130005, at the downstream side of bridge on North Bridge Road, 0.7 miles upstream from Shoal Creek, 4.4 miles southwest of Lovejoy, 4.7 miles southeast of Fayetteville, and at river mile 325.7.
DRAINAGE AREA - 127 mi². revised.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR GA-2013: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: May 1985 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: October 1998 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 759.18 feet above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (leveling by Global Navigation Satellite System equipment using GEOID12A).
COOPERATION - Clayton County Water Authority.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 19,000 cfs, July 5, 1994, from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs on basis of slope-conveyance study; maximum gage height recorded, 23.60 feet, from flood marks, July 5, 1994; minimum daily discharge, 5.3 cfs, September 20, 1999.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2001 to October 2017.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.