SURFACE WATER SUPFLY of the UNITED STATEP

254 ALTAMAHA' RIVER BASIN
Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga.
Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. SS'SS*, long. 83°25', half a mile upstream
- u. 8. Highway 29, 2 miles west of Athens, Clarke County, and 5 miles upstream nwm
Barber Creek. Datum of gage is 555.66 feet above mean sea level, detum of 1929,
supplementary adjustment of 1936. .
Drainage area.- 398 square miles.
Records available.- October 1901 to October 1902 (at site 1 mile upstream), April 1937
to September J.940 (at site 4 miles downstream), October 1940 to September. 1945 In
reports of Geological Survey. January 1929 to March" 1932 at site 4 miles dontastream,
In reports of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.
Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4.880 second-feet Apr. 25 (gn^e height, 10.0
feet); minimum dally, 114 second-feet July 12.
1901-2, 1929-32, 1937-45: Maximum discharge observed. 19,600 second-feet Feb. 28,
1902 (gage height, 25.5 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum ('ally,42 second-
feet Sept. 23, 1941.
Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at times caused by
power plants above station.
Day
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
26
27
28
30
31
Oct.
1S5
174
157
140
14S
150
' 136
160
142
138
136
134
148
301
184
149
136
135
134
- 207
845
186
162
136
154
158
146
142
138
174
144-
Rating table, water year-1944-45 (gage height, in feet,
and discharge, In second-feet
(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-13, July 17 to Sept. 21)
O.9 97 1.4 868 8.5 1,13O 5.O 8,8