Water Conditions in the Florida Panhandle - Last updated August 2, 2004

TOPICS

PRECIPITATION

SURFACE WATER

GROUND WATER

BACKGROUND

PRECIPITATION

July precipitation averaged below normal for the Florida Panhandle, ranging from 1.47 at Choctawhatchee River at Caryville to 8.14 inches at Withlacoochee River near Lee. Three (NWS) stations and 14 USGS stations were used for this summary and are shown on the tables below.

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) SUMMARY (NWS STATIONS) FOR JULY 2004
Station Name	Monthly Total	Departure From Normal
Tallahassee	6.33	-1.46
Apalachicola	4.26	-2.81
Panama City	4.30	-4.17

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) SUMMARY (USGS STATIONS) FOR JULY 2004
Station Number	Station Name	Monthly Total
02319394	Withlacoochee River nr Lee	8.14
02322800	Santa Fe River nr Hildreth	7.53
02330000	Ochlockonee River near Bloxham	4.07
02358789	Chipola River at Marianna	2.58
02359000	Chipola River nr Altha	5.23
02365200	Choctawhatchee River nr Pittman	7.21
02365500	Choctawhatchee River at Caryville	1.47
02366500	Choctawhatchee River nr Bruce	5.40
02368500	Shoal River nr Mossyhead	7.07
02369000	Shoal River at Crestview	5.99
02369600	Yellow River nr Milton	7.12
02370000	Blackwater River nr Baker	4.29
02375500	Escambia River nr Century	2.85
02376033	Escambia River nr Molino	2.71

SURFACE WATER

Flows in the Florida Panhandle varied throughout the month of July.

The table below shows the mean flows for July and for July period of record, in cubic feet per second.

Station Number	Station Name	Monthly Flow	Period of Record Monthly Average	% of Avg
02315500	Suwannee River at White Springs	826	1210	68
02319500	Suwannee River at Ellaville	2860	4410	65
02320500	Suwannee River at Branford	3320	5160	64
02327100	Sopchoppy River near Sopchoppy	257e	245	105
02329000	Ochlockonee River near Havana	1060	723	147
02358000	Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee	12700	16800	76, Regulated
02358700	Apalachicola River near Blountstown	12800	16100	80
02359170	Apalachicola River near Sumatra	17600	21400	82
02359000	Chipola River near Altha	1580	1290	122
02365500	Choctawhatchee River at Caryville	4210	4260	99
02366500	Choctawhatchee River near Bruce	6710	5680	118
02370000	Blackwater River near Baker	294	259	114
02375500	Escambia River near Century	4720	4160	113

Flow durations for stations in the panhandle can be obtained here.

Surface water data for Florida stations can be obtained at the Statewide Streamflow Data website.

GROUND WATER

Please see the table below for groundwater conditions throughout the month of July.

Station Number	Station Name	June 1 Mean Elev.	Max Elev.	Date	Minimum Elev.	Date
300740084293001	Wakulla County Well nr Crawfordville	33.20	33.27	July 1	32.68	July 29-30
303025085350501	Washington Co. Well nr Greenhead	60.73	60.77	July 5-6	60.28	June 31

More information on groundwater levels in Florida can be obtained at the Statewide Groundwater Data website.

BACKGROUND

The United States Geological Survey operates ground-water and surface-water monitoring stations as a cooperative effort with other Federal, State, county and municipal agencies or departments. Several parameters are collected at the gages. These include some or all of the following: (1) stage, (2) velocity, (3) temperature, (4) salinity, (5) conductance and/or (6) precipitation. Data, whether real-time or not, are collected on either: (1) 10, (2) 15, (3) 30 or (4) 60-minute intervals. Real-time data are transmitted by satellite to the United States Geological Survey's Tallahassee Office every three to four hours. During critical events, these data may be transmitted in intervals of 60 minutes or less. These statistics are being updated after each transmission on the Florida USGS web site.