USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02327000 WAKULLA SPRING NR CRAWFORDVILLE, FL
LOCATION - Lat 30°14'05", long 84°18'05" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.11, T.3 S., R.1 W., Wakulla County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03120001, at the riverboat tour boat dock located within Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - 1907, 1917, 1929, 1930 (a single measurement in each year), February 1931 to June 1932 (miscellaneous discharge measurements), July 1941 to April 1983 (miscellaneous discharge measurements), December 1987 to August 1989 (gage heights only), March 1999 to March 2010 (miscellaneous discharge measurements), January 2017 to current year (gage heights only).
GAGE - January 2017 to present, water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is NAVD 88. August 12, 1930, non recording gage at datum of 4.20 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. July 1931 to July 1932, water stage recorder at same site and datum. September 1941 to March 1953, auxiliary nonrecording gages at McBrides Slough (02327020) at different datums and since March 1953, supplementary nonrecording gage at McBrides Slough (02327020) at datum 5.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
Water-quality monitors installed January 27, 2017.
Specific Conductance: January 27, 2017 to current year; Temperature: January 27, 2017 to current year; pH January 27, 2017 to current year; Dissolved Oxygen: January 27, 2017 to current year; Nitrate: January 27, 2017 to current year; Turbidity: January 27, 2017 to April 4, 2019; fDOM: January 27, 2017 to January 4, 2021
INSTRUMENTATION -
Water-quality monitor consisting of temperature, specific conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and pH. An additional water-quality monitor measures only nitrate.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE:
Maximum instantaneous value: 1,110 µS/cm; Feb. 03, 2023
Minimum instantaneous value: 257 µS/cm; Dec. 10, 2018
WATER TEMPERATURE:
Maximum instantaneous value: 22.1 °C; Oct. 10, 2018
Minimum instantaneous value: 19.6°C; Dec. 12, 2018
pH:
Maximum instantaneous value: 7.8 std. units; several days
Minimum instantaneous value: 7.3 std. units; several days
DISSOLVED OXYGEN:
Maximum instantaneous value: 4.6 mg/L; Oct. 10, 2018
Minimum instantaneous value: 1.1 mg/L; Oct. 8-9, 2017, Aug. 5, 2018
NITRATE:
Maximum instantaneous value: 0.56 mg/L; March 17, 2017, March 21, 2017
Minimum instantaneous value: 0.28 mg/L; Dec. 11, 2020