USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 02320500

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	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Mean,Min.)

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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02320500 SUWANNEE RIVER AT BRANFORD, FL

LOCATION - Lat 29°57'20", long 82°55'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.20, T.6 S., R.14 E., Suwannee County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03110205, near left bank on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 27 at Branford, 10.2 mi upstream from Santa Fe River, and 75 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 7,880 mi². Includes part of watershed in Okefenokee Swamp which is indeterminate.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1905: WDR FL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR FL-96-4:1995.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1931 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is 4.81 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of August 1928 reached a stage of 32.0 ft, from floodmark; discharge, 65,000 ft³/s computed on basis of measured crest flow at Ellaville (station 02319500).

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: March 2017 to current year.

WATER TEMPERATURE: March 2017 to current year.

COOPERATION - Suwannee River Water Management District.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water quality monitor and data-collection platform.

REMARKS - Extremes for current year and extremes for period of daily record are based on recorded values and may have been exceeded during periods of no record.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 404 µS/cm @ 25 °C, Oct. 29, 2019; minimum, 35 µS/cm @ 25 °C, Dec. 21, 2023.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 28.8 °C, July 4, 2017, Aug. 13, 2023; minimum, 10.1 °C, Jan. 22, 2024.