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Water-Year Summary for Site 08158860

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08158860 Slaughter Creek at Farm to Market Road 2304 near Austin, TX
LOCATION - Lat 30°09'43", long 97°49'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Travis County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 12090205, at downstream side of bridge on Farm Road 2304, 5.2 miles south of the intersection of Ben White Blvd., and 9.4 miles southwest of the State Capitol Building at Austin.
DRAINAGE AREA - 23.1 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Mar. 1978 to Oct. 1983 (flood-hydrograph partial record station), May 2003 to Jan. 2004, Mar. 2004 to current year.
GAGE -

Water-stage recorder.  Satellite telemetry at station.

Datum of the gage: 656.16 ft NAVD88 based on a Level 2 Static GNSS survey processed through OPUS, Ref Frame NAD83 (2011)(EPOCH:2010.0000) ITRF2014 (EPOCH:2024.3325) and Geoid 18.  The survey was completed on May 1st, 2024, while occupying the local gage Origin RM6.

Prior to May 1st, 2024, the datum of the gage was 654.80 ft NGVD29. 

REMARKS - Record poor. No known regulation or diversions. No flow at times. Some records listed in the "Period of Record" for surface water and water quality may not be available electronically.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 21,600 ft³/s, October 31, 2013 (Gage-height 13.03 ft).
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1979 to May 1982, Oct. 2004 to Jan. 2011. BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1979 to May 1982, Oct. 2004 to Jan. 2011. BIOLOGICAL DATA: Jan. 1979 to May 1982, Sep. 2009. STABLE ISOTOPES DATA: Sep. 2009. PESTICIDE DATA: Jan. 1979 to May 1982, Oct. 2004 to May 2007, Sep. 2009. ORGANICS, OTHER DATA: Sep. 2009. SEDIMENT DATA: Oct. 2001, Oct. 2004, Mar. 2006 to Apr. 2010. SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY DATA: May 1980, Oct. 2001.