USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07325500 WASHITA RIVER AT CARNEGIE, OK
LOCATION - Lat 35°07'02", long 98°33'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.03, T.7 N., R.13 W., Caddo County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11130302, on downstream side of left abutment of bridge on State Highway 9, 1,300 ft upstream from Running Creek, 2.7 mi east of Carnegie, and at mile 353.9. Records include flow of Running Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3,116 mi² of which 12 mi² probably is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1087: 1938. WSP 1211: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1937 to September 2006 (discontinued). September 2016 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1244.67 above NAVD of 1988 determined by GNSS Level II Survey using Alltera network with RTK Trimble R-10 tied to RM-6 by USGS Personnel on 07-24-2019. Prior to 07-24-2019 datum of gage was 1,244.23 ft above NGVD of 1929. From Aug. 1985 to Oct. 1942, datum 5.00 ft higher. From Oct. 1942 to Oct. 1937, water-stage recorder at site 8.0 mi upstream at datum 24.57 ft higher.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of May 23, 1903, reached a stage of about 29 ft, at former site and datum, from information provided by local resident; flood of May 18, 1949, reached a stage of 20.9 ft, from floodmark, at that site and datum.