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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02423586 SHADES CREEK NEAR HOMEWOOD, AL
LOCATION - Lat 33°26'55", long 86°48'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Jefferson County, AL, Hydrologic Unit 03150202, on footbridge, 0.3 mi upstream of Interstate Highway 65, 0.3 mi downstream from State Highway 149 (Green Spring Highway), 2.5 mi southwest of Homewood, and at mile 42.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 27.1 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 2001 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 610 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Record considered good
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 10, 1967, USACOE flood study site; February 23, 2001 to September 30, 2007, daily discharges; March 28, 2018 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: April 18, 2018 to current year; TURBIDITY: April 18, 2018 to current year; WATER TEMPERATURE: April 18, 2018 to current year; DISSOLVED OXYGEN: April 18, 2018 to current year; pH: April 18, 2018 to Oct. 6, 2022 (discontinued).
INSTRUMENTATION - Water quality monitor
REMARKS - Maximum and minimum values given in EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD may have been exceeded during periods of missing record.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: maximum, 488 uS/cm, October 16, 2019, minimum, 41uS/cm, February 6, 2020; TURBIDITY: maximum, 918 FNU, June 1, 2018, minimum, 0.0, September 17, 2020, and October 1, 2022; WATER TEMPERATURE: maximum, 30.8 degC, Aug. 13, 2019, minimum, 0.51 degC Dec. 24, 2022; DISSOLVED OXYGEN: maximum, 13.99 mg/l, February 15, 2022; minimum, 0.2 mg/l, December 30, 2019; pH: maximum, 8.9, August 29, 2018, minimum, 6.8, January 2, 2020.
