USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

252036080324300 EVERGLADES 4 IN C-111 BASIN NEAR HOMESTEAD, FL

LOCATION - Lat 25°20'19.57", long 80°32'47.99" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in sec.30, T.58 S., R.38 E., Miami-Dade County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, approximately 1.3 mi northwest of S-18-C and approximately 1.8 mi east of Aerojet Road.

DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2014, site 252036080324300: 2013. Revised figures of gage height, in ft NGVD are available at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis.

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.

REMARKS - Land surface is approximately 2.4 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Gage is capable of recording water levels below land-surface datum. Unpublished data prior to 1993 water year are available in the files of the U.S. Geological Survey. Unit values data prior to 1993 water year were not available for review to determine instantaneous maximum and minimum gage height. Gage destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in August 1992. It was rebuilt in March 1993. Record was lost the remainder of the 1993 water year due to equipment malfunction.  Site rebuilt November 2017 due to damage from Hurricane Irma, with no loss of data except during rebuild itself.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum mean daily gage height, 3.87 ft Sep. 11, 2017; minimum, indeterminate, well was dry during many years.