USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08158700 Onion Creek near Driftwood, TX
LOCATION - Lat 30°04'58", long 98°00'27" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Hays County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 12090205, on left bank, 160 ft left of the upstream side of bridge at low-water crossing on Farm Road 150, 3.2 mi southeast of Driftwood, and 10 mi west of Buda.
DRAINAGE AREA - 124 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Apr. 1958, Nov. 1961 to June 1979 (periodic discharge measurements only), July 1979 to current year.
GAGE -
Water-stage recorder. Satellite telemetry at station.
Datum of the gage is 868.52 ft NAVD88 based on a Level 1 GNSS Static survey processed through OPUS with Ref Frame NAD83 (2011)(EPOCH:2010.0000) IGS08 (EPOCH:2018.8683/8703) and Geoid 12B. The survey was completed over two days: 11/13 and 11/14/2018 on a TRM tied into local datum via differential levels.
The datum of the gage prior to the date above was 878.13 ft NGVD29, obtained via levels.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1974 to Sept. 2005, Jan. 2007 to Mar. 2007, Oct. 2009 to current year.
BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1974 to Sept. 2005, Jan. 2007 to current year.
BIOLOGICAL DATA: Jan. 1978 to Sep. 2001, Sep. 2005, July 2007, Oct. 2009 to Mar. 2010.
RADIOCHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1980 to June 1981, Jan. 2007 to Mar. 2007.
STABLE ISOTOPES DATA: Oct. 2009 to Mar. 2010.
PESTICIDE DATA: Jan. 1978 to June 1985, Sept. 2003 to Aug. 2005, July 2007 to Feb. 2010.
ORGANICS, OTHER DATA: Nov. 2009 to Feb. 2010.
SEDIMENT DATA: Nov. 2000, June 2002 to Dec. 2002, Apr. 2004 to Oct. 2004, Jan. 2007 to May 2007, Oct. 2009 to Apr. 2010.