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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

02482470 Lobutcha Creek at Renfroe, MS

LOCATION - Lat 32°51'44", long 89°26'36" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.26, T.12 N., R.8 E., Leake County, MS, Hydrologic Unit 03180001, Choctaw Meridian, at new bridge 65.7B on northbound emergency lane of State Highway 25, one half mile east of Renfroe.

DRAINAGE AREA - 248 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Occasional discharge measurements 1967 to 2003, crest-stage only from 1999 to 2011, converted to continuous stage-discharge record station on Aug 16, 2011, flood hydro-graph site only from Oct 01, 2015 to current

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and satellite transmitter at site. Datum of gage is 354.28 ft above NAVD of 1988, (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000) GEOID18). Prior to March 13, 2024, the datum of gage was 354.18 ft NGVD of 1929.

COOPERATION - Pearl River Valley Water Supply District

REMARKS - Records fair due to occasional backwater from the Pearl River.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 18,600 ft³/s, Apr. 5, 2001, maximum gage height, 25.14 ft, Apr. 5, 2001.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Precipitation Record; Aug 11, 2011 to current

INSTRUMENTATION - 8-inch Design Analysis H-340 (Sn 1993) tipping-bucket precipitation gage is located at aluminum box off downstream bridge hand rail over mid-channel, next to WWG. Top of the collection funnel is ~ 25 feet above low water channel and is not equipped with a wind shield.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

Precipitation Extremes before SDI rain gauge installation (Nov 02, 2015)

Maximum accumulated sum = 13.2 inches on Sep 04-05, 2011

Maximum daily sum = 8.3 inches on Sep 05, 2011 (TS Lee)

Precipitation Extremes after SDI rain gauge installation (Nov 02, 2015)

Maximum accumulated sum = 12.10 inches on Aug 20-24, 2022

Maximum daily sum = 7.94 inches on Apr 12, 2020

REMARKS - Rainfall is recorded at a resolution of 0.01 inch with a 25 inch/hour maximum recorder rate.