USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
251946080254800 EVERGLADES 1 IN C-111 BASIN NEAR HOMESTEAD, FL
LOCATION - Lat 25°19'49.2", long 80°26'06.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 sec.04, T.59 S., R.39 E., Miami-Dade County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, approximately 1 mi east of U.S. Highway 1, 1.3 mi west-southwest of Levee 31-E, east of S-18-C, southeast of Florida City.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2011, site 251946080254800: 2009,2010. Revised figures of the minimum daily extreme for the Period of Record, in ft NGVD, for the water year 2002, superseding those previously published.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1985 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite data collection platform. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 1.55 ft below the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark).
COOPERATION - South Florida Water Management District.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum mean daily gage height, 3.26 ft Nov. 15, 1994; minimum, 0.10 ft May 14, 18, 2002. (Revised).
Maximum instantaneous gage height recorded for the effects of Hurricane Rita, 3.30 ft Sept. 20, 2005.
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