USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02387500 OOSTANAULA RIVER AT RESACA, GA
LOCATION - Lat 34°34'39", long 84°56'30.9" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Gordon County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03150103, on downstream side of center pier of bridge on US 41 at Resaca, 200 feet downstream from Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway bridge, 0.8 miles upstream from Camp Creek, and 3.5 miles downstream from confluence of Conasauga and Coosawattee Rivers.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,602 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 697: 1896-1928. WSP 1504: 1897-1903, 1905-07, 1909, 1912-13, 1914-15(M), 1916-18, 1919(M), 1920-22. 1923(M), 1924, 1927, 1929-30, 1932, 1933(M), 1936(M), 1938(M), 1946- 47(M). WDR GA-80-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
Discharge: October 1892 to current year. Monthly discharge only for October 1892, published in WSP 1304.
Gage height: October 1998 to current year. Gage height records collected at same site since 1892 are contained in reports of National Weather Service.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 604.29 feet above National American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 (GNSS Level II survey). Since June 1, 1979, an auxiliary water-stage recorder has been located at Calhoun waterworks intake 6.5 miles downstream. From October 28, 1948, to May 31, 1979, a non-recording auxiliary gage was located at GA 136 connector 7.1 miles downstream.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known since at least 1834, 36.6 feet, April 1, 1886, from information by Georgia Department of Archives; discharge 68,600 cfs.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2001 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.