USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02381400 CARTERS LAKE NEAR CARTERS, GA
LOCATION - Lat 34°36'59.7", long 84°40'23.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Murray County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03150102, at forebay of dam on Coosawattee River, 1.3 miles upstream from Talking Rock Creek, 1.3 miles east of Carters, GA, 1.9 miles upstream from L & N RR bridge, and at river mile 26.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 374 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR GA-2009-1: 2008(minimum contents).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2007 to Current year. Elevation records collected at same site since January 1974 to May 2007 in files of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.07 feet below North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 472,400 acre-feet, April 8, 1977; maximum elevation, 1099.16 feet; minimum contents, after first filling, 303,840 acre-feet, December 21,1990; minimum elevation, 1047.15 feet.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 474,700 acre-feet, March 4, 2019; maximum elevation recorded, 1099.69 feet, March 4, 2019; minimum contents, 296,300 acre-feet, December 13, 2007; minimum elevation recorded, 1044.29 feet, December 13, 2007.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2007 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.