USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02215100 TUCSAWHATCHEE CREEK NEAR HAWKINSVILLE, GA
LOCATION - Lat 32°14'24.4", long 83°30'06.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Pulaski County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03070104, on left bank 90.0 feet upstream from GA 27 and 257, 0.6 miles upstream from Cedar Creek, 0.6 miles downstream from Long Branch, and 3.5 miles southwest of Hawkinsville.
DRAINAGE AREA - 163 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: Water years 1984-86 (annual maximum), April 1986 to current year.
GAGE HEIGHT: Water years 1984-86 (annual maximum), October 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 210.49 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 (from Georgia Department of Transportation). From December 6, 1984 to April 1, 1986, a crest-stage gage was located at a site 100 feet downstream at datum 3.00 feet higher.
COOPERATION - Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 12,700 cfs, March 28, 2005; maximum gage-height, 19.60 feet, from graph based on gage readings, March 28, 2005; minimum daily discharge, 0.00 cfs, August 23-30, 2011 and September 11-30, 2011.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2002 to March 2009.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.