USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07381567 Buffalo Cove at Round Island near Charenton, LA
LOCATION - Lat 29°59'00", long 91°31'30" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, St. Martin Parish, LA, Hydrologic Unit 08080101, Atchafalaya Basin.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1997 to July 2014, April 2022 to current year. March 2003 to current year (discharge measurements). April 1976 to March 1997, stationed maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NAVD88 GEOID18 EPOCH 2010.000. Prior to April 2022 datum of gage was NGVD29 (set by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum recorded gage height 17.12 ft, May 27 and 28, 2011; minimum recorded gage height by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 0.11 ft, Oct 17, 18, 1976.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2001 to July 17, 2014.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: December 2001 to July 17, 2014.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor recording temperature.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 34.0 °C, Aug. 28, 2005; minimum recorded, 1.4 °C, Dec.12, 2008.