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DESCRIPTION:

Latitude 29°51'25",   Longitude 89°58'40"   NAD27

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, Hydrologic Unit 08090100

Drainage area: 1,130,000 square miles

Contributing drainage area: 1,110,000 square miles,

Datum of gage: -6.58 feet above   NAVD88.

AVAILABLE DATA:

Data Type	Begin Date	End Date	Count
Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)	2008-10-29	2025-07-06
Daily Data
Discharge, cubic feet per second	2008-10-29	2025-07-05	6003
Gage height, feet	2008-10-29	2025-07-05	5991
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2012-09-30	2025-07-05	8699
Mean water velocity for discharge computation, miles per hour	2022-07-07	2025-07-06	1096
Daily Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	2008-10-29	2025-04-01	5913
Gage height, feet	2008-10-29	2025-04-01	5896
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2012-09-30	2016-06-20	1293
Monthly Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	2008-10	2025-04
Gage height, feet	2008-10	2025-04
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2012-09	2016-06
Annual Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	2009	2025
Gage height, feet	2009	2025
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2012	2016
Peak streamflow	2009-05-30	2024-05-22	16
Field measurements	2008-11-10	2025-06-24	337
Field/Lab water-quality samples	1976-04-08	2024-02-28	1126
Water-Year Summary	2006	2024	19
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