USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

07066000 JACKS FORK AT EMINENCE, MO

LOCATION - Lat 37°09'14.7", long 91°21'29.4" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.26, T.29 N., R.4 W., Shannon County, MO, Hydrologic Unit 11010008, on right downstream bridge abutment on State Highway 19, 1.5 mi downstream from Mahans Creek, and 8.0 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 398 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 787: 1928(M), 1934. WSP 877: 1938. WSP 927: Drainage area. WSP 1281: 1929. WDR MO-85-1: 1935(M), 1943(M), 1949(M), 1950(M), 1956(M), 1966(M), 1969(M), 1974(M), 1983(M).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Oct 1921 to current year. Monthly discharge only for Oct 1921, published in WSP 1311.

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 616.18 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Oct 1, 1995, datum of gage 2 ft higher. Prior to Jan 27, 1934, nonrecording gage at site 1,350 ft upstream at datum 2.11 ft higher; Jan 27, 1934, to Jan 10, 1935, nonrecording gage at site 75 ft downstream at datum 0.04 ft lower; Jan 11, 1935, to Jul 9, 1964, nonrecording gage at site 50 ft downstream at present datum.

REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS MO Water Science Center.  

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Floods of 1895 and Mar 1904 reached a stage of about 27 ft, present site and datum, from information by local residents.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1998 to Aug 2005.