USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07316500 WASHITA RIVER NEAR CHEYENNE, OK
LOCATION - Lat 35°37'35", long 99°40'05" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.05, T.13 N., R.23 W., Roger Mills County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11130301, on left bank on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 283, 0.5 mi downstream from Sergeant Major Creek, 1.0 mi north of Cheyenne, 5.2 mi upstream from Dead Indian Creek, and at mile 543.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 775 mi² of which 12 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 - WSP 1211: Drainage area. WDR 2012: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1901.85ft NAVD of 1988 determined by GNSS 4hr observation Survey with Trimble R-10 tied to RM-3 by USGS Personnel on 08/01/2022. Prior to 08/01/2022 datum of gage was 1900.98ft NGVD 1929. May 1, 1938, to Nov. 16, 1946, and Oct. 1, 1947, to Jan. 11, 1948, nonrecording gage at site 50 ft upstream and datum 5.00 ft higher. Jan. 12, 1948 to Dec. 31, 1976, at site 50 ft upstream and datum 5.00 ft higher. Jan. 1, 1977, to Dec. 20, 1979, at site 50 ft upstream at present datum.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Apr. 3, 1934, reached a stage of 1.7 ft lower than that in 1954, at site on upstream side of highway fill (at old bridge site).
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - Water years 1938-60, 41.7 ft³/s.