USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02347500 FLINT RIVER AT US 19, NEAR CARSONVILLE, GA
LOCATION - Lat 32°43'19.9", long 84°13'56.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Upson County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03130005, on the downstream left end of U.S. Highway 19, 4.0 miles upstream from Auchumpkee Creek, 5.0 miles downstream from Swift Creek, 13.0 miles southwest of Culloden, and at mile 238.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,850 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 697:1911-23. WSP 1002: 1943. WSP 1504: 1913, 196-17, 1918(M), 1919-22, 1923(M), drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: July 1911 to May 1923, July 1928 to December 1931, March 1937 to September 2005 (published as station 02347500 Flint River near Culloden, GA). October 2005 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: October 1998 to September 2005 (published as station 02347500 Flint River near Culloden, GA). October 2005 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 334.54 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929. From July 1, 1911 to October 11, 1918, a non-recording gage was installed. From October 12, 1918 to May 31, 1923, a water-stage recorder was located at a site 2.5 miles downstream at different datum. From July 21, 1928 to December 31, 1931, and from March 18, 1937 to May 3, 1939, a non-recording gage was located at present site and datum.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known since at least 1912, that of March 15, 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded 100,000 cfs, Jul 6, 1994; maximum gage height recorded 45.73 feet, from floodmarks, Jul. 6, 1994; minimum daily discharge, 28.7 cfs, September 12, 2002..
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2001 to September 2005 (published as station 02347500 Flint River near Culloden, GA). October 2005 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.