USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02484760 FANNEGUSHA CREEK NEAR SAND HILL, MS
LOCATION - Lat 32°30'20", long 89°48'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.29, T.7 N., R.5 E., Rankin County, MS, Hydrologic Unit 03180002, Choctaw Meridian, at bridge on Midway road, 3.9 miles east of Sand Hill.
DRAINAGE AREA - 52.3 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Operated as a crest-stage gage 1971 to February 2007. Operated as a flood-hydrograph partial-record station March 2007 to February 2010. Operated as crest-stage gage from February 2010 - August 2011. Operated as a flood-hydrograph partial-record station from August 2011 to current year.
GAGE - Flood-hydrograph partial-record station. Datum of gage is 304.52 ft above NAVD of 1988, (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000) GEOID18). Prior to March 13, 2024 the datum of gage was 304.53 ft NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRVWSD)
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
Maximum discharge, 17,200 cfs at 14.91 feet on Apr 7, 2003
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Precipitation Record: Aug 16, 2011 to current
INSTRUMENTATION - 8-inch Design Analysis H-340 (Sn 17 F 100804 installed on Oct 02, 2017, re-wired with new switch on Oct 04, 2018) tipping-bucket precipitation gage with nozzle screen is located on a post at 3 by 3 by 2-foot gage house metal shelter, over upstream mid-channel. Top of collection funnel is ~ 20 feet above low water channel and not equipped with a wind shield.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
Precipitation Extremes before SDI rain gauge installation (Oct 02, 2017)
Maximum recorded daily sum = 4.57 inches on Sep 04, 2011
Maximum recorded accumulated sum = 9.23 inches on Sep 03-05, 2011 (TS Lee)
Precipitation Extremes after SDI rain gauge installation (Oct 02, 2017)
Maximum recorded daily sum = 4.87 inches on Apr 22, 2018
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Suspended sediment.--Water Years 2007 to 2009.
COOPERATION - US Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) provided funding for continuous sediment record