USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02343225 PATAULA CREEK NEAR GEORGETOWN, GA.
LOCATION - Lat 31°49'05.6", long 84°58'26" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Quitman County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03130003, 0.95 mi upstream from confluence with Wildcat Creek, 0.4 mi downstream from confluence with Hodchodkee Creek, and 9.8 mi southeast of Georgetown.
DRAINAGE AREA - 295 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - Discharge for the period Jan. 11, 2018, to Feb. 12, 2020, was revised on Jun. 2, 2020, based on changes to the stage-discharge rating.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: May 2008 to current year.
GAGE-HEIGHT: May 2008 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite transmitter with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 209.4 feet above the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988.
COOPERATION - Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of July 6, 1994, reached a stage of 14.30 feet with a discharge 65,000 cfs (Estimated)
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 19,500 cfs (Estimated), March 5, 2020; maximum gage-height recorded, 13.24 feet, March 5, 2020; minimum daily discharge, 32.3 cfs, August 31, 2011.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2008 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1958, May 1958, April 1995 to December 1995, January 2000 to December 2000, January 2008 to December 2008 (discontinued).
COOPERATION - Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.