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 02220550 WHITTEN CREEK NEAR SPARTA, GA.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 16.6 sq.mi.                            Datum is 395.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03070101 at Latitude: 33:23:12N  Longitude: 083:01:34W
Station is in the state of GA (county code 141) and serviced by the GA office.
Channel slope is 29.30 feet/mile
Stream length is 8.41 miles
Mean basin elevation is 550.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 95.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.80 inches
Annual precipitation is 44.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.60 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 36.00 degrees Fahrenheit

Daily and longer averages for 25 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
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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