USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
02310000 ANCLOTE RIVER NEAR ELFERS, FL.
LOCATION - Lat 28°12'50", long 82°40'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.23, T.26 S., R.16 E., Pasco County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100207, on upstream side of bridge on Little Rd., 3.5 mi east of Elfers, and 16 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 72.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1434: Drainage area. WSP 1905: 1950-65 (P). WDR-US-2013:Revised discharge and gage height from June 6, 2012 through September 30, 2012, superseding those published in WDR-US-2012.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1946 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to June 19, 2002, at site 140 ft downstream at same datum.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District and Pasco County.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known, 27.7 ft, Aug. 8 or 9, 1945, from information by local residents and flood marks; discharge, 5,000 ft³/s, from rating curve extended above 3,700 ft³/s.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2015 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - A 6-inch diameter, tipping bucket precipitation gage 15-minute interval, mounted on a 2-inch diameter aluminum pipe with the top of the funnel 6 ft above the ground.
