USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

07327447 LITTLE WASHITA RIVER NEAR CEMENT, OK

LOCATION - Lat 34°50'16", long 98°07'27" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.11, T.4 N., R.9 W., Comanche County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11130302, on left bank near downstream side of county road bridge, 5 mi south of Cement, 7 mi east northeast of Fletcher, 8 mi northeast of Sterling, and at mile 23.7.

DRAINAGE AREA - 62.3 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 - WRD 2012: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1992 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1183.65 above NAVD of 1988 determined by  GNSS Level II Survey using Alltera network with RTK Trimble R-10 tied to RP-5 by USGS Personnel on 05-12-2020.  Prior to 05-12-2020 Datum of gage was 1,183.72 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS -

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

Quality of data for other periods can be obtained by contacting the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center. Flow affected by numerous flood retention reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 3,770 ft³/s on May 24, 2015, Maximum gage height, 22.94 ft on May 24, 2015. Minimum daily flow, no flow at times.