USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02198100 BEAVERDAM CREEK NEAR SARDIS, GA
LOCATION - Lat 32°56'15.0", long 81°48'55.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Jenkins County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03060108, at downstream side of bridge on GA 23, 0.8 miles downstream from Slough Branch, and 4.2 miles southwest of Sardis.
DRAINAGE AREA - 30.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: June 1986 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: October 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 185.54 ft above North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988.
COOPERATION - Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum instantaneous discharge, 5,470 cfs, August 7th, 20248. Maximum instantaneous gage height, 9.18 ft (derived from CSG reading), August 7, 2024. Minimum daily mean discharge, 1.91 cfs, October 22, 2010.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2003 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.