USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
251716080342100 EVERGLADES 5A IN C-111 BASIN NEAR HOMESTEAD, FL
LOCATION - Lat 25°17'09.99", long 80°34'21.19" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 sec.18, T.59 S., R.38 E., Miami-Dade County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, in C-111 drainage basin, 2.5 mi south of Levee 31 canal and 7 mi west of U.S. Highway 1, 12.5 mi southwest of Florida City.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1985 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite data collection platform with water-stage shaft encoder. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 1.532 below the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88).
COOPERATION - South Florida Water Management District.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum instantaneous gage height recorded, (Hurricane Irma), 3.63 ft Sept. 11, 2017; minimum, -0.98 ft May 19, 2002. Maximum mean daily gage height, 3.48 ft Sept. 11, 2017.