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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08019500 Big Sandy Creek near Big Sandy, TX
LOCATION - Lat 32°36'14", long 95°05'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Upshur County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 12010002, on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 155, 0.5 mi upstream from Saint Louis Southwestern Railway Lines bridge, 1.6 mi northeast of Big Sandy, and 6.5 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 231 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1732: 1941(M), 1945-46, 1956, drainage area. WSP 1922: 1944(M), 1945-46(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Feb. 1939 to current year.
PERIOD OF RECORD, Water-Quality.--
CHEMICAL DATA: Dec. 1961 to Aug. 1986.
BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Oct. 1984 to Aug. 1986.
BIOLOGICAL DATA: Oct. 1986.
PESTICIDE DATA: Oct. 1984 to June 1986.
RADIOCHEMICAL DATA: Jan. to June 1981.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 278.38 ft above NGVD of 1929, 278.66 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Oct. 5, 1940, nonrecording gage, and Oct. 5, 1940 to Nov. 26, 1951, water-stage recorder at site 1.3 mi upstream at datum 3.00 ft higher. Satellite telemeter at station.
REMARKS - Some records listed in the "Period of Record" for surface water and water quality may not be available electronically. Since water year 1963, at least 10% of contributing drainage area has been regulated.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - WATER YEARS, 1939-1962: Maximum discharge, 24,000 ft³/s Mar. 31, 1945, gage height, 24.10 ft, from floodmark, from rating curve extended above 13,000 ft³/s; minimum, 5.6 ft³/s, Aug. 16, 1939.
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - 24 years (water years 1940-1962), 200 ft³/s (145,000 acre-ft/yr).
