USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
251457080395800 TAYLOR SLOUGH WETLAND AT E146 NEAR HOMESTEAD, FL
LOCATION - Lat 25°15'09.15", long 80°40'58.32" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Miami-Dade County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, approximately 13 mi southwest of Pine Island in Taylor Slough of Everglades National Park.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WRD-US-2010, site 251457080395800: 2008, minimum gage-height for the period of record. WRD-US-2010, site 251457080395800: 2008, maximum and minimum gage-height for the 2008 water year. The revised figures of gage height supersedes that published in the previous reports: WRD-US-2008, 2009 site 251457080395800.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2003 to September 2011. January 2021 to current.
GAGE - Satellite data collection platform with water salinity and temperature sensor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - GAGE HEIGHT: Maximum gage height, 1.46 ft Aug. 27, 2005; minimum, -0.73 ft Feb. 11, 12, 2008 (last recorded gage height as wetland water levels declined).
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - SALINITY: October 2003 to September 2011. January 2021 to current.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2003 to September 2011. January 2021 to current.
WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2003 to September 2011. January 2021 to current.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor near the bottom.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SALINITY: Maximum recorded, 2.8 ppt May 31, 2009 and June 1, 2009; minimum recorded, 0.0 September 20, 2005.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 5,230 (uS/cm @25C) June 1, 2009; minimum recorded, 121 (uS/cm @25C) Sept. 20, 2005.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 40.4°C June 5, 6, 2010; minimum recorded, 6.7°C Jan. 11, 2010.