USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02212600 FALLING CREEK NEAR JULIETTE, GA
LOCATION - Lat 33°06'01.1", long 83°43'23.4" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Jones County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03070103, on left bank, 300 feet upstream from bridge on County Road 1432, 4.0 miles upstream from Caney Creek, and 5.1 miles east of Juliette, GA.
DRAINAGE AREA - 72.2 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: July 1964 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: July 1964 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 366.52 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929.
COOPERATION - USGS National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum instantaneous discharge, 4,940 CFS, July 6,1994. Maximum instantaneous gage height, 23.25 ft, from flood marks, July 5, 1994. Minimum daily mean discharge, zero flow on multiple days in summer and fall during water years 2002, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2019.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: August 1965 to September 1979, October 2011 to current year.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 31.5°C, August 3, 1970; minimum recorded, -0.8°C, January 7, 2018.