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 02339500 CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT WEST POINT, GA.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 3550 sq.mi.                            Datum is 551.67 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03130002 at Latitude: 32:53:10N  Longitude: 085:10:56W
Station is in the state of GA (county code 285) and serviced by the GA office.
Channel slope is 2.80 feet/mile
Stream length is 235.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1126.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.55%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 72.50%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 4.00 inches
Annual precipitation is 52.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.45 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 34.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records prior to October 1, 1925 do not meet the specified standards of accuracy. Records affected by reservoir
   upstream starting with water year 1956.


Daily and longer averages for 30 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
....................................................******************************.................................

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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