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	Available Parameters
	00003 Sampling depth(Mean,Max.,Min.)
	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00062 Elevation, reservoir(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Mean,Max.,Min.)
	00400 pH(Min.,Max.,Med.)
	00480 Salinity(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	62615 Elevation, lake/res, NAVD88(Mean)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Mean,Max.,Min.)

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

0208458893 LAKE MATTAMUSKEET EAST OF NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 94 NEAR FAIRFIELD, NC

LOCATION - Lat 35°30'23", long 76°11'02" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Hyde County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 03020105, approximately 3.3 mi southeast of Fairfield, NC.

DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.

REVISIONS HISTORY - Deleted correction from 03/30/17 to 05/09/17. Discussed correction with approver and found it to be erroneous. Revision on 03/01/2018 to gage height.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - September 2012 to current year.

GAGE - Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is at -2.0 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 3.74 ft, October 14, 2016; minimum gage height, 0.73 ft, October 8, 2013.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - September 2012 to current year.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: September 2012 to current year.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: September 2012 to current year.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: September 2012 to current year.

pH: September 2012 to current year.

TURBIDITY: October 2015 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor with satellite telemetry from September 2012 to current year.

REMARKS - Station operated to define water-quality characteristics in Lake Mattamuskeet.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 34.0°C, July 27, 2016; minimum recorded, -0.3°C, January 01, 2018.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 3,070 microsiemens, November 7, 2013; minimum recorded, 630 microsiemens, September 30, 2016.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 18.4 mg/L, July 26, 2013; minimum recorded, <1.0 mg/L, on many days.

pH: Maximum recorded, 11.5 standard units, November 27, 2014; minimum recorded, 6.5 standard units, April 25, 2016 

TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, 485 fnu, April 25, 2017; minimum recorded 3.0 fnu September 1, 2016