USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03360000 EEL RIVER AT BOWLING GREEN, IN
LOCATION - Lat 39°23'02.5", long 87°01'15.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.24, T.11 N., R.6 W., Clay County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 05120203, on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 46 at Bowling Green, 0.2 mi downstream from Jordan Creek, 15 mi northwest of Spencer, and at mile 38.4. >
DRAINAGE AREA - 830 mi². Drainage area derived from the "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication
REVISIONS HISTORY -
WSP 893: 1935, 1937-39. WSP 973: 1937-38, 1939(M). WSP 1335: 1931(M). WSP 2109: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1931 to current year. Prior to October 1934, published as "near Centerpoint".
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 547.56 ft above NAVD of 1988 and 548.02 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to September 5, 2019, at site 500 ft downstream at same datum. See WSP 1725 for history of changes prior to Dec. 1, 1949.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage, about 30.0 ft in 1875, present datum, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.