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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

Monroe County, Georgia

Hydrologic Unit Code 03070103

Latitude 33°07'17", Longitude 83°56'36" NAD27

Drainage area 315.00 square miles

Contributing drainage area 315.00 square miles

Gage datum 409.70 feet above NGVD29

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1929	1929-03-15		15,900¹
1930	1929-10-02		13,500¹
1931	1930-11-17		3,980¹
1945	1945-04-26	15.80	7,320
1946	1946-01-07	16.20	7,700
1947	1947-03-07	16.40	7,900
1948	1948-02-10	11.40	4,110
1949	1948-11-27	20.90	13,200
1950	1950	11.50^4,Bm	4,000^4,Bm
1951	1951	11.50^4,Bm	4,000^4,Bm
1952	1952-03	19.28^Bd	10,900^Bd
1953	1953-04-30	12.25	4,590
1954	1954	11.50^4,Bm	4,000^4,Bm
1955	1955	11.50^4,Bm	4,000^4,Bm
1956	1956-09-27	13.63	5,520
1957	1956-12-24	15.21	6,780
1958	1957-11	12.30^Bd	4,650^Bd
1959	1959-05-30	17.18	8,700
1960	1960	11.50^4,Bm	4,000^4,Bm
1961	1961-02-26	17.99	9,500
1962	1962	11.50^4,Bm	4,000^4,Bm
1963	1963-03-31	15.15	6,780
1964	1964-04-06	17.45	8,900
1965	1964-12-26	11.88	4,410
1966	1966-02-13	22.15³	15,000²
1990	1990-03-18	21.63³	14,000^2,7
1994	1994-07-06		60,000^2,7

Peak Gage-Height Qualification Codes.

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

1 -- Discharge is a Maximum Daily Average
2 -- Discharge is an Estimate
4 -- Discharge less than indicated value, which is Minimum Recordable Discharge at this site
7 -- Discharge is an Historic Peak
Bd -- Day of occurrence is unknown or not exact
Bm -- Month of occurrence is unknown or not exact

USGS 02211500 TOWALIGA RIVER NEAR FORSYTH, GA