02323500 SUWANNEE RIVER NEAR WILCOX, FL
LOCATION.--Lat 29°35'22", long 82°56'12", in NW1/4 sec.29, T. 10 S., R. 14 E., Levy County,
Hydrologic Unit 03110205, on left bank about 400 ft downstream from Fort Fannin Bridge
on U.S. Highway 19, 2.0 mi southwest of Wilcox and 33 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--9,640 mi2, approximately, includes part of watershed in
Okefenokee Swamp which is indeterminate.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1930 to September 1931, October 1941 to current year. Monthly
discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1304.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1905: WDR FL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR FL-97-4: 1996.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.53 ft below National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929. Prior to July 4, 1931, nonrecording gage at site 400 ft upstream at
present datum. July 4 to Sept. 30, 1931, and Mar. 26 to May 14, 1942, water-stage
recorder, and May 15, 1942 to Jan. 24, 1951, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
Since Feb. 1, 1951, auxiliary water-stage recorder about 9.0 mi downstream from base
gage. Datum of auxiliary gage is 2.99 ft below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
Index velocity meter since Dec. 9, 1999.
REMARKS.--Records poor.
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