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Region 2 Georgia.Pdf SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 02314500 SUWANNEE RIVER AT US 441, AT FARGO, GA LOCATION.--Lat 30°40'50", long 82°33'38", Clinch County, on downstream side of right bank pier of bridge on U.S. Highway 441 at Fargo, 4 mi upstream from Suwanoochee Creek, and 12 mi downstream from Mixons Ferry dam site. DRAINAGE AREA.--1,130 mi2; includes part of watershed in Okfenokee Swamp, which is indeterminate. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 91.90 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (levels from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey bench mark). Jan. 27, 1927 to Dec. 31, 1931 and Apr. 20, 1937 to June 10, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 1,000 ft upstream at datum 1.00 ft higher. June 11, 1938 to Nov. 26, 1952, nonrecording gage at site 1,000 ft upstream at present datum. Oct. 14, 1960 to Oct. 29, 1970 auxiliary water-stage recorder at site about 3 mi upstream and since Nov. 5, 1971, auxiliary water-stage recorder at site about 2 mi upstream. All sites converted to present datum. Gage Gage Gage Discharge height Discharge height Discharge height Date (ft3/s) (ft) Date (ft3/s) (ft) Date (ft3/s) (ft) 1928 May 2 5210 14.4013 1959 Mar 22 8680 17.201 1983 Mar 22 5200 13.841 1928 Oct 1 13800 19.5013 1960 Aug 1 4190 12.701 1984 Apr 6 10500 18.02 1929 Oct 1 11900 19.6013 1961 Apr 23 7100 15.501 1985 Sep 11 2870 11.47 1930 Oct 3 2460 11.4013 1962 Apr 5 4520 14.601 1986 Feb 20 6310 15.252 1937 Oct 8 4410 12.7013 1963 Mar 5 3830 12.401 1987 Mar 3 6050 14.73 1939 Aug 29 2490 11.6013 1964 Sep 17 9940 18.601 1988 Feb 27 4190 13.21 1940 Feb 21 2060 11.00 13 1965 Mar 7 5800 14.40 1 1988 Nov 29 497 5.11 1941 Sep 23 810 7.5013 1966 Mar 16 7240 15.451 1990 Feb 28 2390 11.16 1942 Jan 11 7960 15.9013 1967 Feb 17 3540 12.491 1991 Mar 11 7180 15.35 1942 Oct 1 495 5.6013 1968 Sep 10 531 5.511 1992 Aug 25 2630 11.36 1944 Aug 14 4280 12.8013 1969 May 29 2630 11.401 1993 Jan 19 4000 12.91 1945 Aug 22 9690 17.30 13 1970 Aug 18 5870 15.42 1 1994 Feb 8 5170 13.96 1946 Aug 8 5920 14.2013 1971 Sep 5 4840 14.551 1994 Oct 20 3650 12.67 1947 Sep 30 6160 14.4013 1972 Jan 26 5970 14.361 1996 Apr 2 2720 11.57 1947 Oct 29 10800 19.6013 1973 Apr 11 13200 20.8012 1997 Aug 9 2960 11.95 1949 Sep 10 5900 14.3013 1974 Sep 19 2480 11.201 1998 Feb 26 10000 17.68 1950 Sep 14 1550 2 1975 Apr 21 6650 15.10 1 1998 Oct 4 2250 2B 1950 Oct 26 3260 11.9013 1976 Jun 1 3190 12.221 2000 Sep 28 257 3.49 1951 Nov 10 4300 12.8013 1976 Dec 17 7180 15.431 2001 Jul 3 922 7.24 1953 Sep 2 3280 11.801 1978 Mar 17 3200 12.121 2002 Mar 10 875 7.03 1953 Oct 5 5640 14.601 1979 May 15 2450 11.221 2003 Mar 20 6010 14.71 1955 Sep 17 1710 10.70 1 1980 Apr 10 3160 12.02 1 2004 Mar 2 2050 10.58 1956 May 10 960 7.901 1981 Mar 8 1700 10.031 2004 Oct 3 9740 18.73 1957 Jun 14 2550 12.201 1982 Apr 13 1140 8.331 2006 Feb 11 32002 12.41 1958 Apr 24 4400 13.201 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 02314600 SUWANNOOCHEE CREEK AT US 84, AT DU PONT, GA LOCATION.--Lat 30°59'09", long 82°52'50", Clinch County, at U.S. Highway 84, at Du Pont. DRAINAGE AREA.--93.70 mi2. GAGE.--Crest-stage gage. Datum of gage 169.65 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by the Georgia Department of Transportation). Gage Gage Gage Discharge height Discharge height Discharge height Date (ft3/s) (ft) Date (ft3/s) (ft) Date (ft3/s) (ft) 1929 Oct 1 340027 11.20 1960 Apr 11 1050 7.45 1970 Aug 13 1960 9.46 1948 Apr 11507B 7.70 1961 Apr 16 1300 7.88 1971 Sep 5 900 7.39 1952 Apr 2 195 5.60 1962 Apr 1 675 6.65 1972 Jan 15 1100 7.80 1953 Sep 30 850 7.21 1963 Jan 21 225 5.57 1973 Apr 5 1660 8.77 1954 Jan 285B 5.92 1964 Sep 15 1100 7.52 1974 Sep 9 784 7.16 1955 Sep 17 80.0 5.09 1965 Mar 21 1050 7.37 1975 Apr 15 1100 7.79 1956 Aug 14 600 6.47 1966 Mar 14 1140 7.58 1976 May 16 696 6.94 1957 Jun 11 430 6.09 1967 Jan 5 870 7.04 1986 Feb 14 15707 8.46 1958 Apr 20 900 7.10 1967 Oct 10 204 5.48 1991 Mar 5 19507 9.44 1959 Mar 9 1480 8.17 1969 Sep 26 366 5.94 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 02314700 SUWANNOOCHEE CREEK AT GA 187, NEAR THELMA, GA LOCATION.--Lat 30°49'18", long 82°50'28", Clinch County, at U.S. Highway 187, 1.2 mi west of Thelma. DRAINAGE AREA.--195 mi2. GAGE.--Crest-stage gage. Datum of gage 143.69 ft above NGVD of 1929 (from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey bench mark). Gage Gage Gage Discharge height Discharge height Discharge height Date (ft3/s) (ft) Date (ft3/s) (ft) Date (ft3/s) (ft) 1929 Oct 2 500027 11.80 1971 Sep 17 970 6.80 1980 Mar 16 872 6.66 1963 Feb 26 400 5.82 1972 Jan 16 1550 7.45 1981 Feb 12 5002 1964 May 9 1340 7.22 1973 Apr 6 2860 8.44 1982 Aug 2 540 6.10 1965 Mar 20 1430 7.31 1974 Sep 10 1610 7.51 1983 Feb 16 1050 6.91 1966 Mar 14 1100 6.98 1975 Apr 16 2670 8.32 1984 Mar 10 2020 7.87 1967 Jan 5 935 6.75 1976 May 18 872 6.66 1985 Aug 16 935 6.75 1968 3602B 1976 Dec 1 1410 7.31 1986 Feb 15 1550 7.45 1969 Sep 26 879 6.67 1978 Jan 28 1710 7.61 1987 Apr 6 720 6.43 1970 Aug 15 2800 8.40 1979 Apr 27 712 6.42 1991 Mar 5 26307 8.27 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 02317500 ALAPAHA RIVER AT STATENVILLE, GA LOCATION.--Lat 30°42'14", long 83°02'00", Echols County, at downstream side of left bank pier of bridge on State Highway 94, 0.2 mi west of Statenville. DRDRAINAGE AREA.--1,400 mi2, approximately. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 76.77 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (levels by the Georgia Department of Transportation). Dec. 10, 1931, to Nov. 30, 1949, nonrecording gage at site 200 ft upstream at present datum, and Dec. 1, 1949 to Nov. 22, 1952, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Gage Gage Gage Discharge height Discharge height Discharge height Date (ft3/s) (ft) Date (ft3/s) (ft) Date (ft3/s) (ft) 1928 May 1 18400E 28.503 1954 Jan 9 4010 16.60 1980 Mar 22 9480 26.04 1929 Mar 22 142002E 1955 Apr 23 1320 7.10 1981 Apr 3 1050 5.87 1929 Oct 9 56302E 1956 May 8 4450 19.70 1982 Feb 23 4460 17.83 1931 May 19 33702E 1957 Jun 14 2940 13.10 1983 Mar 18 9190 25.89 1932 Aug 30 2740 11.603 1958 Apr 22 7950 25.20 1984 Mar 10 12700 27.61 1933 Feb 22 6140 21.82 3 1959 Mar 17 10000 26.30 1985 Aug 3 2010 9.49 1934 Jun 4 2420 10.803 1960 Apr 11 15000 27.80 1986 Feb 17 18900 28.58 1935 Sep 6 3440 14.603 1961 Apr 24 12000 27.00 1987 Feb 1 10900 26.60 1936 Feb 19 4900 18.503 1962 Apr 11 3790 15.90 1988 Mar 7 4770 18.79 1937 Apr 14 6560 22.803 1963 Feb 26 2380 11.10 1989 Jul 6 1830 8.84 1938 Sep 30 1130 6.40 3 1964 Mar 9 10200 26.40 1990 Jan 21 6880 24.42 1939 Mar 9 10500 26.403 1965 Mar 2 9600 26.10 1991 Feb 1 16700 28.92 1940 Feb 28 2630 11.703 1966 Mar 14 12300 27.10 1992 Mar 1 6950 24.49 1941 Mar 31 1910 9.403 1967 Jan 17 6420 23.55 1993 Jan 21 16300 28.78 1942 Mar 23 6370 22.303 1968 Mar 20 1000 5.86 1994 Mar 15 6250 23.12 1943 Apr 4 2700 12.20 3 1969 Sep 3 2690 12.20 1995 Feb 23 11600 27.09 1944 Apr 27 11100 26.803 1970 Apr 13 7800 25.10 1996 Apr 8 3540 14.79 1945 Aug 25 6630 22.803 1971 Mar 18 5480 20.94 1997 Feb 28 6730 24.18 1946 Jan 30 4160 17.203 1972 Feb 15 6190 22.96 1998 Mar 15 18700 29.50 1947 Apr 28 5990 22.403 1973 Apr 11 13500 27.42 1998 Oct 1 3220 13.75 1948 Apr 6 27300 29.80 3 1974 Sep 11 4670 18.63 2000 Apr 13 4100 16.64 1948 Dec 10 4980 19.503 1975 Apr 26 8720 25.66 2001 Mar 30 6140 22.83 1950 Apr 5 1740 8.70 1976 Jun 2 6440 23.60 2002 Mar 3 1710 8.41 1951 Apr 5 3480 14.90 1977 Mar 18 7500 24.90 2003 Mar 13 9540 26.17 1952 Mar 13 3360 14.50 1978 Feb 9 6600 24.01 2004 Feb 23 4400 17.62 1953 Sep 30 4100 16.90 1979 Mar 9 8540 25.57 2005 Apr 6 13800 27.93 2006 Mar 11 3100 13.35 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 02317600 ALPAHOOCHEE RIVER AT GA 376, NEAR STATENVILLE, GA LOCATION.--Lat 30°42'13", long 83°07'18", Echols County, at bridge on State Highway 376, 5.5 mi west of Statenville.
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