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	Available Parameters
	00045 Precipitation(Sum)
	00045 Precipitation(Sum) [Operational]
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)
	72192 Precipitation, cumul(Sum)

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

03567340 WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK, NEAR LAKEVIEW, GA

LOCATION - Lat 34°57'27.2", long 85°12'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Catoosa County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 06020001, at the bridge on Georgia Highway 146, 10.2 miles upstream from confluence with Blue Spring Branch, 5.3 miles downstream from confluence with Spring Creek, 3.0 mi southeast of Lakeview.

DRAINAGE AREA - 148 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: November 1975 to December 2009 (discharge measurements only), December 2009 to current year.
GAGE-HEIGHT: December 2009 to current year.

GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 666.32 feet above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988.

COOPERATION - Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.

REMARKS - Gage-height records are generally good. Discharge records are generally fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Additional details on the accuracy of the records can be obtained by contacting the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center at gs-w-ga_nwisweb_data_inquiries@usgs.gov.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 7,880 cfs, December 27, 2015; maximum gage height recorded, 14.29 feet, December 27, 2015; minimum daily discharge, 26 cfs, December 17, 2016.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2009 to October 2017.

INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1974 to current year.

COOPERATION - Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.

REMARKS - Analyzing agency is represented by the five-digit code listed under USGS Water Science Center special parameter code 99920. Laboratory analyses with analyzing agency code 81341 are by the Laboratory Services Section, Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Field determinations of Discharge, Specific Conductance, pH, Water Temperature, Air Temperature, and Dissolved Oxygen are by the U.S. Geological Survey.