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 02479000 PASCAGOULA RIVER AT MERRILL, MS


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 6590 sq.mi.                            Datum is 26.25 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03170006 at Latitude: 30:58:40N  Longitude: 088:43:35W
Station is in the state of MS (county code 039) and serviced by the MS office.
Channel slope is 1.90 feet/mile
Stream length is 183.50 miles
Mean basin elevation is 311.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.00%     Lakes: 1.00%        Forests: 74.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 60.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 4.80 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 40.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.

Daily and longer averages for 58 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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