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USGS 02301500 ALAFIA RIVER AT LITHIA FL

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 

This gage is monitored in cooperation with the

Southwest Florida Water Management District.

Southwest Florida Water Management District


LOCATION.--Lat 27°52'19", long 82°12'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in 
NE 1/4 sec.16, T.30 S., R.21 E., Hillsborough County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100204, near 
center of span on upstream side of bridge on State Highway 640, 2.0 mi upstream from Little
Fishhawk Creek, 4.3 mi west of Lithia, and 16 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--335 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--Oct. 1932 to current year. Monthly discharge only prior to Feb. 1933, 
published in WSP 1304.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 782: 1933(M). WSP 1234: Drainage area. WSP 1274: 1933-35, 
1939, 1945, 1947-50.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 7.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum 
of 1929. Prior to Aug. 8, 1939, nonrecording gage at site 200 ft upstream; Aug. 8, 1939, to Sept. 5, 
1963, water-stage recorder at site 60 ft downstream; Sept. 6, 1963, to Oct. 14, 1965, water-stage 
recorder at site 50 ft downstream. Prior to Oct. 14, 1965, at datum 2.86 ft higher.
 


 
 
Available Parameters
All 3 Available Parameters for this site
00060 Discharge
00065 Gage height
00045 Precipitation

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Summary of all available data for this site

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 81   02-06-2009  04:00
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00060; DD 02
Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Feb 6 based on 76 years of record more
Min
(2001)
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value
20th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 80th
percen-
tile
Max
(1972)
39 81 98 170. 256 291 1750

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.05   02-06-2009  04:00
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00065; DD 03

Precipitation, total, inches
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00   02-06-2009  04:00
Graph of  Precipitation, total, inches
Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00045; DD 04

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