USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02329342 LITTLE ATTAPULGUS CREEK AT ATTAPULGUS, GA
LOCATION - Lat 30°44'08", long 84°29'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Decatur County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03120003, on left bank 50.0 feet downstream from flood-damaged weir at BASF plant, 1.2 miles southwest of Attapulgus, and 3.6 miles above mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 17.3 mi². revised.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR GA-94-1: 1992, 1993, 2000; WDR GA-2013: Drainage area.
Gage datum was revised on Sept. 16, 2021, based on a more accurate determination of gage datum.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: November 1991 to current year, discharges less than 170 cfs only.
GAGE-HEIGHT: November 1991 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 154.5 feet above the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (leveling by Global Navigation Satellite System equipment). Low-water continuous streamflow up to 6.73 feet in gage-height only is published.
COOPERATION - City of Attapulgus.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage-height recorded, 13.95 feet, October 2, 1994; minimum daily discharge, 0.22 cfs, June 11, 2000.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2005 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.