USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08152000 Sandy Creek near Kingsland, TX
LOCATION - Lat 30°33'27", long 98°28'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Llano County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 12090201, at right downstream end of bridge on State Highway 71, 6.6 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 346 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR TX-81-3: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Oct. 1966 to Mar. 1993, Oct. 1997 to current year.
PERIOD OF RECORD, Water-Quality.--
CHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1968 to Sept. 1975, Nov. 1999 to Aug. 2001.
SEDIMENT DATA: Jan. 1968 to July 1975.
GAGE -
Water-stage recorder. Satellite telemetry at station.
Datum of the gage: 861.421 ft NAVD88 based on a Level 2 Static GNSS survey processed through OPUS, Ref Frame: NAD83 (2011)(EPOCH:2010.0000) ITRF2014 (EPOCH:2024.1827) and Geoid 18. The survey was completed on March 7th, 2024 while occupying a TRM that was referenced to local gage datum via differential levels.
Prior to 3/7/2024, the Datum of the gage was 862.31 ft NGVD29.
COOPERATION - Lower Colorado River Authority provides operation and maintenance of the gage and verification of stage-discharge relation at low stages. U.S. Geological Survey maintains stage-discharge relation at medium to high stages, computes and publishes streamflow record.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - The flood of Sept. 11, 1952, the highest since at least 1881, reached a stage of 34.2 ft; discharge, 163,000 ft³/s, from slope-area measurement at gage site. The flood of May 29, 1995, reached a stage of 31.22 ft; discharge 107,000 ft³/s, from slope-area measurement at gage site.