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Richmond County

Map of Georgia showing Richmond County. Click map to select another county in Georgia.

County facts

2000 population: 199,775
Land area: 336 square miles
County seat: Augusta

 County statistics
 

Water use

In 2000, total freshwater use was 128.57 million gallons per day (Mgal/d), of which 104.1 Mgal/d (81%) was from surface-water sources and 24.47 Mgal/d (19%) came from ground water.
Data tables and charts are available. Data tables and charts
Water use for Georgia. Water use for Georgia
 

Land use

University of Georgia land-cover maps (1 Megabyte PDF):
1974 | 1998
 

Links

Links to other sources of water information.

 

Help

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Richmond County real-time water information

Stage and streamflow

 AUGUSTA CANAL NR AUGUSTA (UPPER) (02196485)
 Butler Creek Below 7th Avenue, at Ft. Gordon, Ga (02196835)
 Butler Creek Reservoir at Fort Gordon, Ga (02196838)
 Savannah River at Augusta, Ga (02197000)
 SAVANNAH RV ABOVE NEW SAV. LOCK AND DAM (02196999)
 Spirit Creek at US 1, near Augusta, Ga (02197020)

Water quality

There are no real-time water-quality sites in Richmond County.

Ground water

  30AA04 Mcbean 2 (331711081573701)


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Long-term water information

Streamflow information

 Recent daily streamflow
 Historical daily streamflow
 Daily streamflow statistics
 Monthly streamflow statistics
 Annual streamflow statistics
 Peak streamflow 

Ground-water information

 Continuous well monitoring sites (6 wells)
 Intermittent water levels in wells

Site descriptions

 Surface-water sites
 Ground-water sites

Water-quality samples

 Surface-water quality
 Ground-water quality

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