USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03374100 WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON, IN
LOCATION - Lat 38°29'23", long 87°33'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.29, T.1 N., R.10 W., Gibson County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 05120202, on downstream side of abandoned county road bridge (old U.S. 41) 18.8 mi upstream from mouth, 26.8 mi downstream from Petersburg.
DRAINAGE AREA - 11,305 mi². Published Drainage Area determined from "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication.
REVISIONS HISTORY - The discharges from 02/18/2016 - 03/01/2017 were published in error.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1927 to September 1938. December 2010 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 382.77 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge known, 235,000 cfs; gage height 29.6 ft on Mar. 29, 1913.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
CHEMICAL ANALYSES: February 1973 to September 1986, October 2001 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1973 to September 1981, October 2001 to September 2004. December 2010 to current.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: December 2010 to current.
pH: December 2010 to current.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: December 2010 to current
TURBIDITY YSI 6 SERIES: December 2010 to March 2015.*
TURBIDITY YSI EXO: October 2015 to current.*
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: October 1973 to September 1983.
WATER DISCHARGE: October 1927 to September 1938. December 2010 to current.
*Even though turbidity data was measured slightly different between the YSI 6 series and YSI EXO, all data was recorded in the same timeseries.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum: 34.8 degrees Celsius, July 07, 2012*. Minimum: -0.1 degrees Celsius, Jan. 7, 2014*.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum: 1040 microsiemens, Aug. 15, 2012. Minimum: 139 microsiemens, June 09, 2012.
pH: Maximum: 9 units, Aug. 15, 2012*. Minimum: 7.3 units, Sept. 02, 2013*.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum: 18.7 mg/L, Oct. 16, 2011*. Minimum: 3.6 mg/L, Sept. 03, 2013*.
TURBIDITY YSI 6 SERIES: Maximum: >1000 FNUs, Oct. 06, 2013*. Minimum: 1.3 FNUs, Nov. 16, 2014.
TURBIDITY YSI EXO: Maximum: 718 FNUs, Mar. 02, 2017. Minimum: 3.1 FNUs, Nov. 14, 2016.
NITRATE: Maximum: 4.59 mg/L, June 19, 2013. Minimum: 0.02 mg/L, July 20, 2020.
*Multiple occurrences of the same extreme in selected dataset. First occurrence listed.