USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

07247015 POTEAU RIVER NEAR LOVING, OK

LOCATION - Lat 34°52'47", long 94°29'02" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.29, T.5 N., R.27 E., Le Flore County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11110105, on right downstream bank of county road bridge, 0.6 mi northwest of Loving, 1.0 mi above Loving Creek, and at mile 93.6.

DRAINAGE AREA - 268 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 - OK-2000-1: 1999. WDR 2012: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1992 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 507.82 above  NAVD of 1988  determined by  GNSS Level II Survey using Alltera network with RTK Trimble R-10 tied to RM-4 by USGS Personnel on 08-08-2019. Prior to 08-08-2019 Datum of gage was 507.76 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS - 10/01/2022 - 09/30/2023 records good.  Quality of data for other periods can be obtained by contacting the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center.   Some regulation by small flood-retarding structures.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - December 1991 to current year.

REMARKS - Samples were collected periodically. Specific conductance, pH, water temperature, turbidity and dissolved oxygen were determined in the field.