02276575 N FORK ST LUCIE RIVER AT VETERANS PK, PT ST LUCIE LOCATION.--Lat 27° 16' 26", long 80° 19' 17", St. Lucie County, Hydrologic Unit 03090202 At Veterans Memorial Park, 0.1 mi south of SE Port St. Lucie Blvd. 2 mi. west of U.S. Highway 1. DRAINAGE AREA.--Indeterminate. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- DISCHARGE: November 1997 to September 2000. GAGE HEIGHT: August 1997 to September 2000, September 2002 to current year. SALINITY (TOP, BOTTOM): August 1997 to September 2000, September 2002 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE (TOP, BOTTOM): August 1997 to September 2000, September 2002 to current year. INSTRUMENTATION.--Satellite data collection platform with water-stage shaft encoder and water-quality monitor. Prior to October 1, 2000, an acoustic Doppler velocity meter. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. REMARKS.--Discharge record poor. No estimated daily discharges. Flow is tidal. Elevation of the top salinity-temperature probe -1.5 ft NGVD; bottom salinity-temperature probe -6.0 ft NGVD. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- DISCHARGE: Maximum discharge, 7,409 ft3/s Oct. 16, 1999; minimum, -5,632 ft3/s Oct. 26, 1999. GAGE HEIGHT: Maximum 3.55 ft Sept. 15, 1999; minimum, -0.84 ft Apr. 20, 1998. SALINITY (TOP): Maximum recorded, 23.2 mg/L Mar. 28, 1999 but may have been higher during period of missing record; minimum recorded, 0.0 mg/L Sept. 9, 1998. SALINITY (BOTTOM): Maximum recorded, 22.8 mg/L Apr. 27, 1999 but may have been higher during period of missing record; minimum recorded, 0.0 mg/L Sept. 9, 1998. WATER TEMPERATURE (TOP): Maximum recorded, 34.1° C, June 24, July 27, 1998, but may have been higher during period of missing record: minimum recorded, 14.3°C, Jan. 27, 2000, but may have been lower during periods of missing record. WATER TEMPERATURE (BOTTOM): Maximum recorded, 33.5° C, June 23, July 6, 1998, but may have been higher during period of missing record: minimum recorded, 15.0° C, Feb. 16, 1998, but may have been lower during periods of missing record.