USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03371500 EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR BEDFORD, IN
LOCATION - Lat 38°46'13", long 86°24'35" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.21, T.4 N., R.1 E., Lawrence County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 05120208, on right downstream side of county road bridge, 0.4 mi upstream from Mill Creek, 2.9 mi downstream from Sugar Creek, 3.9 mi northeast of Mitchell, 7.8 mi southeast of Bedford, and at mile 153.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3,861 mi². from U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2109.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 2109: Drainage area. WDR IN-73-1: 1972.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1939 to current year (high-water records only October 1943 to September 1957).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 473.08 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Sept. 4, 2012, datum of gage was 473.59 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Feb. 6, 1940 to Sept. 24, 1957, water-stage recorder at site 9.8 mi downstream at datum 4.39 ft lower. Prior to Feb. 6, 1940, nonrecording gage.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 47.5 ft, from floodmark determined by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, discharge, 155,000 ft³/s, at former site.