USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03348000 WHITE RIVER AT ANDERSON, IN
LOCATION - Lat 40°06'19", long 85°40'17" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.17, T.19 N., R.8 E., Madison County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 05120201, on downstream side of abandoned Twelfth Street bridge abutment, 250 ft upstream from municipal water-supply plant in Anderson, 1 mi upstream from Killbuck Creek, and at mile 293.3
DRAINAGE AREA - 406 mi². Drainage area derived from the "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1335: 1932, 1934-35, 1936(M), 1938-40. WSP 1385: 1950(P). WSP 1725: 1956(P). WSP 1909: 1956. WSP 2109: Drainage area. WDR IN-03-1: 1972.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1925 to September 1926, October 1931 to December 1993 (discharge). September 2000 to September 2006 (gage height only). October 2006 to current year (discharge). Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305. Gage-height records collected at site 950 ft downstream December 1910 to February 1918, 250 ft downstream from February 1918 to Sept. 14, 1973, and at present site since Sept. 15, 1973, are contained in reports of National Weather Service. Prior to October 1948, published as West Fork White River at Anderson.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 824.53 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Previously, datum of gage was 825.02 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to May 12, 1934, non-recording gage at present site and datum. May 12, 1934 to Sept. 14, 1973, non-recording gage at site 250 ft downstream at same datum. Sept. 15, 1973 to Sept. 23, 1976, non-recording gage at present site an datum.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known, 23.6 ft Mar. 25, 1913, at site 250 ft downstream and at present datum, based on determination of National Weather Service at site then in use, discharge, 28,000 ft³/s.