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 02434000 TOWN CREEK AT TUPELO, MS


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 111 sq.mi.                             Datum is 243.84 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03160102 at Latitude: 34:17:39N  Longitude: 088:42:32W
Station is in the state of MS (county code 081) and serviced by the MS office.
Channel slope is 8.20 feet/mile
Stream length is 20.20 miles
Mean basin elevation is 361.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: 1.00%        Forests: 29.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 54.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 4.00 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 February 1, 1944, do not meet the HCDN criteria.


Daily and longer averages for 21 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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