USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 02297345

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	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Max.,Min.)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02297345 PEACE RIVER AT PLATT FL

LOCATION - Lat 27°05'12", long 81°59'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 sec.15, T.39 S., R.23 E., DeSoto County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100101, on Peace River, 2.5 miles west of Ft. Ogden and 19.1 miles upstream of the mouth of Peace River.

DRAINAGE AREA - Not determined.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2009 to September 2010 (tidal high-high and low-low gage heights only); October 2010 to current year maximum and minimum gage heights only).

GAGE - Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

COOPERATION - Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority.

REMARKS - Gage height at this site is significantly affected by astronomical tides. The extremes for periods published previously as tidal high-high and low-low gage heights are equivalent to maximum and minimum gage heights.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 7.49 ft, Sep. 15, 2017; minimum, 3.30 ft below NAVD 88, Mar. 13, 2022.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2009 to current year.

COOPERATION - Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water quality monitor consisting of specific conductance and temperature sensors located near the surface at 1.5 ft below water surface and near the bottom at 12.8 ft below NAVD 88.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Top sensor maximum, 19,908 microsiemens, May 24, 2017; bottom sensor maximum, 25,560 microsiemens, May 24, 2017; top sensor minimum, 40 microsiemens, Sept. 30, 2022; bottom sensor minimum, 41 microsiemens, Sep. 30, 2022.

TEMPERATURE: Top sensor maximum, 35.1°C, Aug. 11, 2023; bottom sensor maximum, 34.5°C, Aug. 11, 2023; top sensor minimum, 7.9°C, Jan. 11, 12, 2010; bottom sensor minimum, 7.8°C, Jan. 11, 12, 2010.