USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
023000095 MANATEE RIVER AT RYE, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 27°30'48", long 82°22'02" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 sec.13, T.34 S., R.19 E., Manatee County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100202, on downstream side of bridge on Rye Road, 0.5 mi east of Rye, 1.0 mi downstream from Manatee Dam, 2.0 mi north of State Highway 64, and 22 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 137 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2009: WDR-US-2008 precipitation data.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 2000 to September 2003 (maximum and minimum gage heights only); October 2003 to September 2010 (tidal high-high and low-low gage heights only); October 2010 to current year (maximum and minimum gage heights only). Records of gage heights prior to October 2000 not published but are available in files of the Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Manatee County.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 19.72 ft, June 21, 2003 (from high water mark); minimum, 1.73 ft below NGVD 29, Mar. 27, 2006.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2008 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2000 to current year.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Manatee County.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor consisting of specific conductance and temperature sensors located near the surface and near the bottom. The top sonde is located at a gage height of 2.0 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and the bottom sonde is located at a gage height of 6.5 ft below NGVD 29.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Top sensor maximum, 18,400 microsiemens, June 7, 2017; bottom sensor maximum, 19,400 microsiemens, June 7, 2017; top sensor minimum, 49 microsiemens, Aug. 21, 2020, September 9, 2022; bottom sensor minimum, 49 microsiemens, Aug. 21, 2020.
TEMPERATURE: Top sensor maximum, 34.0°C, Aug. 08, 12, 13, 2023; bottom sensor maximum, 34.0°C, Aug. 13, 2023; top sensor minimum, 8.7°C, Jan. 12, 2010; bottom sensor minimum, 8.8°C, Jan. 12, 2010.