USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02367900 YELLOW RIVER NEAR OAK GROVE, FL
LOCATION - Lat 30°55'30", long 86°33'34" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.17, T.5 N., R.23 W., Okaloosa County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03140103, on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 2, 0.7 mi east of Oak Grove, and 58 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 510 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - 1904 (miscellaneous discharge measurement), September 1966 to October 1968, (annual maximum and gage height only), October 1998 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is 0.60 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 corrected. Datum previously reported incorrectly as 0.60 ft above NGVD1929 from Oct 1998 to Sept 2016. Prior to May 1968, nonrecording gage at present site and National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Sept. 30, 1998 reached a stage of 108.42 ft, NGVD 1929, from floodmarks, discharge not determined.