USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

254540080325700 TAMIAMI CANAL AT S-355B, NEAR MIAMI, FL

LOCATION - Lat 25°45'42.1", long 80°33'12.4" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 sec.00, T.54 S., R.37 E., Miami-Dade County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, on north bank of Levee 29 in control house 100 ft east of structure 355B, 2.4 mi east of structure 355A, 4.3 mi east of State Road 997.

DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1999 to September 2003.   April 2015 to current year.

GAGE - Satellite data collection platform with water-stage shaft encoders for upstream and downstream inside structure 355B control house; potentiometer-gage recorder attached to hydraulic ram of gate. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 1.55 feet below North American Vertical Datum of 1988. From July 1999 through September 2003, gage datum 0.20 feet lower.

COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

REMARKS - Single gated spillway structure in Levee 29 connecting Water Conservation 3A to Levee 29 canal between S-333 and S-334. To date, gate not opened for flow release purposes but is periodically opened for maintenance purposes when conditions allow.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - UPSTREAM STAGES: Maximum gage height, 9.67 ft Oct. 17, 18, 1999; minimum, 4.14 ft May 2, 2016. DOWNSTREAM STAGES: Maximum gage height, 8.88 ft Oct. 15, 1999; minimum, 4.89 ft May 22, 23, 2001.