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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08111700 Mill Creek near Bellville, TX
LOCATION - Lat 29°52'51", long 96°12'18" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Austin County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 12070104, on right bank at downstream side of bridge over main channel on State Highway 36, 5.0 mi southeast of Bellville, and 6.0 mi upstream from Brazos River.
DRAINAGE AREA - 376 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 2122: 1965(P). WDR TX-76-2: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1963 to Sept. 1993, Apr. 2000 to current year. PERIOD OF RECORD, Water-Quality.-- CHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1969 to Aug. 1985. BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1969 to Sept. 1973. RADIOCHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1981 to Apr. 1981. SEDIMENT DATA: Dec. 1965 to Sept. 1975.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 122.82 ft above NGVD of 1929. Satellite telemeter at station.
REMARKS - No known regulation or diversions. During the year, the city of Bellville discharges sewage effluent into a tributary of Mill Creek above gage. Some records listed in the "Period of Record" for surface water and water quality may not be available electronically. Bridge construction 60 feet upstream of gage in late summer 2010. Some intermittent pumpage adjacent to gage during construction period. Pumpage not evident in stage record as gage pool unaffected.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage since 1899, 22.8 ft in 1940, from information by local residents and the Texas Department of Transportation.