HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 02217500 MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER NEAR ATHENS, GA.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 398 sq.mi.                             Datum is 555.66 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03070101 at Latitude: 33:56:48N  Longitude: 083:25:22W
Station is in the state of GA (county code 059) and serviced by the GA office.
Channel slope is 6.32 feet/mile
Stream length is 42.90 miles
Mean basin elevation is 801.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.27%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 60.20%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 5.10 inches
Annual precipitation is 51.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.20 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 33.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records are unsuitable for analysis at less than monthly resolution due to power plant regulation at low flow. 
   Records prior to May 1, 1937 do not meet the specified standards of accuracy. Withdrawal for water supply initiated
   in water year 1984.


Monthly and longer averages for 46 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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