USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

07229050 CANADIAN RIVER AT NORMAN, OK

LOCATION - Lat 35°11'40", long 97°29'05" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.02, T.8 N., R.3 W., Cleveland County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11090202, near left bank on downstream side of pier of Interstate 35, 0.5 mi downstream from Merkle Creek, 0.2 mi south of Norman, and at mile 202.6.

DRAINAGE AREA - 25,296 mi² of which 4,637 mi² probably is noncontributing. 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 - WDR 2012: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1996 to September 1998. October 2006 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 999.89ft above NAVD of 1988 determined by GNSS Level II Survey using Alltera network with RTK Trimble R-10 tied to RP-6 by USGS Personnel on 05-12-2022. Prior to 05-12-2022 datum of gage was 1,000.00ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS -

10/01/2022 - 09/30/2023: records Fair. 

Flow regulated since October 1964 by Lake Meredith (station 07227900) located in Texas.

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

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge for period of record was 49,700 ft^3/s on August 21, 2007.