Click
to
hide
Water-Year
Summary
instructions
and
information
- Water-Year Summary reports summarize a year of hydrologic data in a printer-friendly format.
- For water years 2014 onward, choose a water year and parameter and an on-demand Water-Year Summary report will be generated.
- For water years 2006 through 2013, choose a water year and an Annual Water Data Report will be provided.
- For water years 2005 and earlier, Annual Water Data Reports may be available in digital format.
- Not all sites have reports available for every water year.
USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07332500 BLUE RIVER NEAR BLUE, OK
LOCATION - Lat 33°59'49", long 96°14'27" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.24, T.6 S., R.10 E., Bryan County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11140102, on left bank on downstream side near end of bridge on U.S. Highway 70, 1.0 mi west of Blue, 7.0 mi east of Durant, 7.7 mi upstream from Caddo Creek, and at mile 38.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 477 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 - WSP 957: 1938. WSP 1241: 1936, drainage area. WDR 2012: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1936 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311, 173
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 496.97ft above NAVD of 1988 determined by GNSS 4hr observation Survey with Trimble R-10 tied to RM-1 by USGS Personnel on 3/13/2014. Prior to Oct. 1, 1998, at datum 3.00 ft higher. Prior to Mar. 13, 1945, nonrecording gage and Mar. 13, 1945, to Feb. 2, 1960, water-stage recorder at site 1.2 mi downstream at datum 5.00 ft lower.
REMARKS -
10/01/2022 - 09/30/2023: records rated good.
Some regulation at low flow by a State fish hatchery, 16.0 mi upstream from station. Small diversion for municipal water supply for city of Durant upstream from station.
Quality of data for other periods can be obtained by contacting the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - The maximum peak stage 44.20 ft. on Oct. 14, 1981 is from a high water mark.
Maximum peak flow, 65,200 ft³/s, Oct. 14, 1981.
