USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

07189540 CAVE SPRINGS BRANCH NEAR SOUTHWEST CITY, MO

LOCATION - Lat 36°32'50", long 94°37'04" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.22, T.24 N., R.25 E., Delaware County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11070206, on right bank of downstream side of bridge on Stateline Highway 5, 2.5 mi northwest of Southwest City, Mo, 4.7 mi upstream from Honey Springs, and at mile 4.7.

DRAINAGE AREA - 8 mi². From automated delineation using 10-meter National Elevation Dataset digital elevation model data dated 10/01/2006 and Watershed Boundary Dataset dated 10/01/2006, using Albers Equal-Area Projection, North American Datum 1983.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 927: 1940. WDR 2012: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1997 to current year.

GAGE - Water stage recorder. U.S. Geological Survey satellite telemeter at station. The current datum in use is 923.34 feet NAVD88. Current datum determined by GNSS Level III REF FRAME: NAD_83(2011)(EPOCH:2010.0000) ITRF2014 (EPOCH:2022.6024)[NAVD88 (Computed using GEOID18)] Tied to locally set GNSS hub. Prior to 10/01/2022 the datum in use was 922.86 feet NGVD29.

REMARKS - Quality of data for all periods can be obtained by contacting the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center. 

All estimated periods are considered poor, unless noted otherwise. 

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1997 to June 2011 (discontinued).

REMARKS - Samples were collected monthly. Specific conductance, pH, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and alkalinity were determined in the field.