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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03540500 EMORY RIVER AT OAKDALE, TN
LOCATION - Lat 35°58'59", long 84°33'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Morgan County, TN, Hydrologic Unit 06010208, on left bank, at Oakdale, 1,000 ft downstream from highway bridge, 1,100 ft downstream from Mud Lick Creek, and at mile 18.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 764 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 923: 1940. WSP 1386: 1928-30(M), 1932, 1943, 1945(P).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1927 to current year. Prior to October 1929, published as Emory River at Harriman and October 1929 to September 1934 as Emory River at Oakdale.
GAGE - Data collection platform. Datum of gage is 760.732 ft., NAVD 1988 (Computed using GEOID12B). Prior to Oct. 1, 1929, nonrecording gage at site 5.8 mi downstream at datum 43.60 ft lower, and Oct. 1, 1929, to Dec. 29, 1969, water-stage recorder at present site at datum 2.00 ft. higher.
REMARKS - Records fair except for estimated daily discharges which are poor and other periods as noted.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 195,000 ft³/s, Mar. 23, 1929, from rating curve extended above 85,000 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of May 28, 1973, flood at gage height 38.68 ft, datum then in use, maximum gage height 41.20 ft; minimum discharge, 0.00 ft³/s, Aug. 13,14,15, 1944, Nov. 7,8,9, 1952.