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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07343500 White Oak Creek near Talco, TX
LOCATION - Lat 33°19'20", long 95°05'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Titus County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 11140303, near center of main channel at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 271, 0.8 mi downstream from Lewis Creek, 2.4 mi upstream from Ripley Creek, 2.7 mi south of Talco, and 38.4 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 494 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1711: Elevation of historical maximum.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Dec. 1949 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 286.45 ft above NGVD of 1929 and 286.43 ft above NAVD of 1988. Satellite telemeter at station.
REMARKS - Daily mean discharges less than 10 ft³s are considered poor. Some records listed in the "Period of Record" for surface water and water quality may not be available electronically. Since water year 1973, at least 10% of contributing drainage area has been regulated. There are several small diversions upstream from station for municipal supply. The cities of Sulphur Springs and Mount Vernon discharge wastewater effluent into tributaries above this station. No flow at times.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage since at least 1870, 22.9 ft Mar. 31, 1945, from floodmarks and from information by local residents.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - WATER YEARS 1951-1972: Maximum discharge 48,000 ft³/s Dec. 11, 1971 (gage height, 21.20 ft). No flow at times.
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - 22 years (water years 1951-1972) prior to regulation by Lake Sulphur Springs, 405 ft³/s (293,400 acre-ft/yr).
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL DATA: Oct. 1967 to Sept. 1998, Feb. 2005 to Sept. 2007. BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Oct. 1967 to Sept. 1973, Nov. 1982 to Sept. 1985, Oct. 1991 to Sept. 1998, Feb. 2005 to Sept. 2007. RADIOCHEMICAL DATA: Feb. to June 1981, Feb. 2005 to Aug. 2007.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Oct. 1967 to Sept. 1989. WATER TEMPERATURE: Oct. 1967 to Sept. 1989.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1.220 microsiemens/cm, June 15, 1972; minimum, 33 microsiemens/cm, May 16, 1969. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 37.0 °C, July 18, Aug. 2, 15, 1975; minimum, 0.0 °C, on several days during Jan. 1968, 1970, 1978, and 1984.