USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03276000 EAST FORK WHITEWATER RIVER AT BROOKVILLE, IN
LOCATION - Lat 39°26'02", long 85°00'12" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.20, T.9 N., R.2 W., Franklin County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 05080003, on right bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 101, at Brookville, 0.4 mi downstream from Brookville Lake, and 1.8 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 380 mi². drainage area derived from the "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1555: 1954(M), 1955(P). WSP 1908: 1955, drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
March 1954 to September 1981 and October 2016 to March 2018 (discharge).
October 1981 to September 2001 (discharge provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
October 2001 to current year (gage height only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 620.988 +/- 0.098 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Apr. 22, 2022, datum of gage was 621.76 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to May 22, 1954, non-recording gage site 100 ft downstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. May 22, 1954 to Aug. 20, 1965, water-stage recorder at site 165 ft downstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. Aug. 21, 1965 to Sept. 30, 1981, water-stage recorder at same site and datum. Data Collection Platform with water temperature probe since Nov. 5, 1986.
COOPERATION - Records of daily discharge provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers October 1981 to September 2001.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (October 2001 to current year) maximum gage height, 8.21 ft, May 19, 2002; minimum gage height, 1.87 ft, Dec. 3, 2002. (March 1954 to September 1981) maximum discharge, 36,100 ft³/s, Jan. 21, 1959; maximum gage height, 17.35 ft, May 24, 1968; minimum discharge, no flow, Nov. 27, 1991, July 14-16, 21-26, Aug. 4-27, 1992.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: September 1987 to current year.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: February 2016 to March 2018
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: February 2016 to March 2018
pH: February 2016 to March 2018
CHLOROPHYLLS: February 2016 to March 2018
TURBIDITY: February 2016 to March 2018
NITRATES: February 2016 to March 2018
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 27.8°C, July 7, 1999; minimum, 1.1°C, Jan. 31, 1996.