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 02228000 SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON, GA.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 2790 sq.mi.                            Datum is 14.79 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03070201 at Latitude: 31:13:16N  Longitude: 081:52:03W
Station is in the state of GA (county code 025) and serviced by the GA office.
Channel slope is 1.92 feet/mile
Stream length is 128.20 miles
Mean basin elevation is 218.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.60%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 79.40%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 6.20 inches
Annual precipitation is 47.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.45 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 41.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records prior to October 1, 1931 do not meet the specified standards of accuracy.


Daily and longer averages for 57 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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