USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

07049000 WAR EAGLE CREEK NEAR HINDSVILLE, AR

LOCATION - Lat 36°12'00", long 93°51'18" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.28, T.18 N., R.27 W., Madison County, AR, Hydrologic Unit 11010001, on left bank about 800 ft above bridge on State Hwy 45, 3.9 mi north of Hindsville, and at river mile 22.4.

DRAINAGE AREA - 263 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - Prior to Aug 04, 2022 datum of gage was based off of site selected from topo map based on NGVD29 (1,168.06').  GNSS Static (level II) and Differential Leveling surveys were conducted to update datum of gage and found to be 1,166.36 ft NAVD88 (08/2020).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Jul 1952 to Sep 1970 and Oct 1998 to current year. Annual maximum, water years 1971 to 1977 and 1985 to 1998.

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,166.36 ft above NAVD88) (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000), (GEOID18) . 

Prior to Aug 4, 2022, 1,168.06 NVGD29.  

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of May 10, 1943, reached a stage of 20.1 ft, present datum, from information by local resident (discharge, about 50,000 ft³/s).

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge 49,000 ft³/s Nov 19, 1985 occurred during computation of annual maximum only, water years 1985 to 1998

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1950 to 1955, 1994 to 1995, and Apr 2001 to current year.