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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

02352500 FLINT RIVER AT ALBANY, GA

LOCATION - Lat 31°35'39", long 84°08'39" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Dougherty County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03130008, on right bank at downstream side of Georgia Northern Railway bridge in Albany, 0.5 miles downstream from Muckafoonee Creek, and at mile 103.4.

DRAINAGE AREA - 5,310 mi². approximately.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP-1504: 1902, 1913(M), 1916-17, 1930(m), 1934(m),drainage area; WDR GA-95-1:1994

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: October 1901 to June 1921, October 1929 to current year.
GAGE-HEIGHT: October 1971 to current year.

Gage-height records collected at site 1.0 mile downstream since 1893 are contained in reports of National Weather Service.

GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 149.5 feet above the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988. Prior to January 1, 1902, a non-recording gage was located at site 1.0 mile downstream at datum 1.3 feet lower. From January 1, 1902 to June 30, 1921, a non-recording gage was located at site 1.0 mile downstream at datum 2.0 feet lower.

COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District; Georgia Power Corporation.

REMARKS - Gage-height records are generally good. Discharge records are generally good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Additional details on the accuracy of the records can be obtained by contacting the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center at gs-w-ga_nwisweb_data_inquiries@usgs.gov.

Flow regulated by power plants at Flint River Reservoir since 1921 with a capacity of 7,500 acre-feet; and at Warwick Reservoir since 1930 with a capacity of about 35,000 acre-feet. Normal operation of power plants does not materially affect figures of monthly runoff.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of January 21, 1925 reached a stage of 37.84 feet, from flood marks, present site and datum, discharge, 92,000 cfs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 120,000 cfs, July 11, 1994; maximum gage-height recorded, 43.00 feet, from floodmarks, July 11, 1994; minimum daily discharge, 327 cfs, August 24, 1930.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - January 2002 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.