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02320500 SUWANNEE RIVER AT BRANFORD, FL
LOCATION.--Lat 29°57'20", long 82°55'40", in NE1/4 sec. 20, T. 6 S., R. 14 E., Suwannee
County, Hydrologic Unit 03110205, near left bank on upstream side of bridge on U.S.
Highway 27 at Branford, 10.2 mi upstream from Santa Fe River and 75 mi upstream
from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--7,880 mi2, includes part of watershed in Okefenokee Swamp which
is indeterminate.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1931 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1905: WDR FL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR FL-96-4:1995.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 4.81 ft above National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--Records good.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of August 1928 reached a stage of 32.0 ft,
from floodmark; discharge, 65,000 ft3/s computed on basis of measured crest flow at
Ellaville (station 02319500).
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