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	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00400 pH(Max.,Min.)

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

03430200 STONES RIVER AT US HWY 70 NEAR DONELSON, TN

LOCATION - Lat 36°11'11", long 86°37'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Davidson County, TN, Hydrologic Unit 05130203, on the right bank of Stones River approximately 2.9 mi downstream of J. Percy Priest Dam, 2,000 ft downstream of Stoners Creek, and 3.85 mi upstream of the mouth on the Cumberland River, at mile 205.85.

DRAINAGE AREA - 934 mi². 934 sq mi.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2011 to April 2012 (gage heights only), May 2012 to current year.

GAGE - Data collection platform, radar stage sensor and index velocity device. Datum of gage is 382.30 ft above NAVD of 1988.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 19,900 ft³/s, Feb. 15, 2020, maximum gage height, 33.69 ft, Feb. 24, 2019; minimum daily, -197 ft³/s, Mar. 29, 2015.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - September 2003 to current year.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

   SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: September 2003 to current year.
   pH: September 2003 to current year.
   WATER TEMPERATURE: September 2003 to current year.
   DISSOLVED OXYGEN: September 2003 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Data collection platform and water-quality monitor.

REMARKS - Site is affected by turbine and gate releases from J. Percy Priest Dam at mile 6.8 of the Stones River upstream, by flow from Stoners Creek upstream, and by backwater from the Cumberland River.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

   SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 749 microsiemens, Nov. 7, 2005; minimum 122 microsiemens, Apr. 28, 2013.
   pH: Maximum 9.0 units, Mar. 9, 2006; minimum 6.8 units, Sept. 25, 2004.
   WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 32.9°C, Aug. 10, 2007; minimum 0.7°C, Jan. 11, 2010.
   DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 19.7 mg/L, Mar. 8, 2006; minimum Unknown