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Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

07160350 SKELETON CREEK AT ENID, OK

LOCATION - Lat 36°22'34", long 97°48'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.24, T.22 N., R.6 W., Garfield County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11050002, on left bank, 600 ft below confluence of Boggy Creek, at mile 47.5.

DRAINAGE AREA - 70 mi². from automated delineation using 10-meter National Elevation Dataset digital elevation model data dated 10/01/2006 and Watershed Boundary Dataset dated 10/01/2006, using Albers Equal-Area Projection, North American Datum 1983.

REVISIONS HISTORY - Web only: Apr. 30, 2013 through Oct. 22, 2013.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1996 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1110.85 feet above NAVD of 1988. The NAVD of 1988 datum was determined by a Level II GNSS survey (Reference Frame NAD_83(2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000) ITRF2014 (EPOCH:2022.6046) (GEOID18) by USGS on 8/9/2022 and tied to RM-1. Prior to 8/9/2022 the datum of gage was 1110.48 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS -

10/01/2023 - 09/30/2024: record fair. Quality of data for other periods can be obtained by contacting the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center. Low flows regulated by releases of effluent from the City of Enid water treatment plant, 250 feet upstream.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of October 10, 1973, stage unknown, discharge 81,000 ft³/s, from slope-area measurement of peak flow at Southgate Road, one mile below gage.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: February 2012 to current year.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: February 2012 to current year.

REMARKS -

Accuracy rating of the record for the 2024 Water Year:

WATER TEMPERATURE: Excellent; spike deletions were applied throughout the year where necessary. Data loss was not significant. The sensor underwent NIST checks on a quarterly basis, and two EWI cross-section surveys were completed within this water year.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY: Good; Several spike deletions were applied. Multiple fouling corrections and calibration corrections were required throughout the year. Data gaps occurred throughout the water year but were limited in scale. Two EWI cross-section surveys were completed within this water year. Based on a prolonged lowering in gage height, higher than historically normal values were observed towards the end of this water year. The sensor accuracy was confirmed at this higher range during this time.

Quality of data for other periods can be obtained by contacting the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE

Maximum 40.5°C on 08/06/2024

Minimum -0.4°C on 01/17/2016*

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE

Maximum 4730 µS/cm on 08/24/2024*

Minimum 96 µS/cm on 4/30/2012*

*Multiple occurrences of the same extreme following the date listed.