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Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08208000 Atascosa River at Whitsett, TX
LOCATION - Lat 28°37'19", long 98°16'52" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Live Oak County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 12110111, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Farm Road 99, 1.1 mi southwest of Whitsett, 4.2 mi downstream from La Parita Creek, and 12.9 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,171 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR US-2009: 1935(M); 1942(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Sept. 1924 to May 1926 (monthly discharge only), May 1932 to current year. PERIOD OF RECORD, Water-Quality.-- CHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1964 to Feb. 1968. BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1964 to Jan. 1968. SEDIMENT DATA: Oct. 1976 to Dec. 1977, May 1980.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 158.708 ft. above NADV88 done by RTK on 12/6/21. Prior datum of gage is 159.04 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to May 8, 1926, nonrecording gage at bridge destroyed in 1956 at site 200 ft downstream at 1.38 ft higher datum. May 21, 1932, to Feb. 16, 1983, water-stage recorder at site 1,000 ft upstream at same datum. Satellite telemeter at station.
REMARKS - Considerable loss of flow into various permeable formations occurs upstream from this station. The Campbellton water wells discharge into the Atascosa River 12.0 mi upstream from this station to supplement streamflow during dry periods. No known regulation. There are several small diversions above station. No flow at times. Some records listed in the "Period of Record" for surface water and water quality may not be available electronically.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage since at least 1881, that of Sept. 1919, stage of 41 ft (discharge 106,000 ft³/s).
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL DATA: Jan. 1964 to Feb. 1968. BIOLOGICAL DATA: Jan. 1964 to Feb. 1968. SEDIMENT DATA: Oct. 1976 to Dec. 1977, May 1980.