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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02481299 OLD FORT BAYOU AT OCEAN SPRINGS, MS
LOCATION - Lat 30°25'09", long 88°49'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 sec.19, T.7 S., R.8 W., Jackson County, MS, Hydrologic Unit 03170009, St. Stephens Meridian, at drawbridge on State Highway 609, 1 mile south of US Interstate 10 and just north of US Hwy 90.
DRAINAGE AREA - 46.3 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 2003 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--
GAGE HEIGHT: August 2003 to November 2009, August 28 - September 2, 2012, June 2014 through current year.
GAGE - Submersible transducer and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS - Gage height records good. Interruptions in the record were due to malfunction of the instruments. The site is tidally affected. The high-high, low-high, high-low, and low-low daily stage values are published.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 2003 to December 2009.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: August 2003 to December 2009.
WATER TEMPERATURE: August 2003 to December 2009.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor August 2003 through December 2009.
REMARKS - Specific conductance records good. Water temperature records excellent. Interruptions in the record were due to malfunction of the instruments.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 39,000 microsiemens, Dec. 9, 2008, but may have been higher
during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 81 microsiemens, Apr. 7, 2005, but
may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 34.3 °C, Aug. 13, 2007, but may have been higher during periods of instrument malfunction; minimum recorded, 6.4 °C, Dec. 24, 25, 2004, but may have been lower during periods of instrument malfunction.
