Table 1. --Hydrologic data for selected precipitation-monitoring stations [Value and averages are precipitation, in inches. Long-term average based on 30-year reference period, 1961-90. Annual departure is cumulative departure of annual precipitation from long-term average. Data from National Weather Service.]
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Site Site name County Year Current Long-term Departure Annual
No. record value average from departure
began average
1 Chattanooga WSO AP (Tenn.) Hamilton 1941 5.05 3.22 +1.83 +22.41
2 Cleveland White 1945 7.83 4.16 +3.67 +4.29
3 Clayton 1 SSW Rabun 1897 8.60 5.13 +3.47 +20.67
4 Atlanta WSO AP Fulton 1934 4.51 3.05 +1.46 +12.57
5 Athens WSO AP Clarke 1944 6.68 3.28 +3.40 +16.35
6 Augusta WSO AP Richmond 1950 9.02 2.84 +6.18 +3.79
7 Columbus WSO AP Muscogee 1945 5.41 2.22 +3.19 +2.66
8 Macon WSO AP Bibb 1948 7.94 2.18 +5.76 +18.40
9 Savannah WSO AP Chatham 1950 19.84 2.39 +17.45 +17.24
10 Albany 3 SE Dougherty 1892 7.83 1.91 +5.92 +21.30
11 Waycross WSMO Ware 1976 10.01 2.37 +7.64 +4.99
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Table 2. ---Hydrologic data for selected surface-water monitoring stations [Rivers: Value and averages are monthly mean discharge in cubic feet per second. Long-term average is median for 30-year reference period, 1961-90. Reservoirs: Value and averages are reservoir storage in acre-feet. Long-term averages based on period of record. Preliminary data from U.S. Geological Survey, subject to revision.]
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Site Site name County Year Current Long-term Departure Remarks
No. record value average from
began average
Rivers:
1 Etowah River at Canton (02392000) Cherokee 1936 909 627 +45%
2 Flint River near Culloden (02347500) Upson 1937 2,291 666 +244%
3 Altamaha River at Doctortown (02226000) Wayne 1931 27,610 4,318 +539%
4 Alapaha River at Statenville (02317500) Echols 1932 3,875 125 +3,000%
Reservoirs:
5 Lake Burton (02178500) Rabun 1929 102,000 74,600 +37%
6 Lake Sidney Lanier (02334400) Forsyth 1956 1,056,200 850,400 +24%
7 Allatoona Reservoir (02393500) Bartow 1949 133,400 185,900 -28%
8 Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (02210000) Butts 1929 45,400 52,100 -13%
9 Sinclair Reservoir (02222500) Baldwin 1952 189,100 167,200 +13%
10 Lake Harding (02341000) Harris 1929 129,000 101,600 +27%
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Table 3. --Hydrologic data for selected ground-water monitoring stations [WT, water table. Value and averages are water level, in feet below land surface, measured on or after the 20th of the month. Long-term average is mean monthly based on period of record. Preliminary data from U.S. Geological Survey, subject to revision.
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Site Site name County Aquifer Year Current Long- Departure Remarks
No. record value term from
began average average
1 Fort Oglethorpe (03PP01) Walker Paleozoic rock 1977 10.70 16.38 +5.68 October high
2 Fort McPherson (10DD02) Fulton Crystalline rock 1973 6.06 6.96 +0.90
3 UGA Experiment Station (11AA01) Spalding Residuum (WT) 1943 11.43 17.80 +6.37 October high
4 U.S. Geological Survey TW 3 (18U001) Twiggs Dublin 1975 163.40 164.63 +1.23
5 D. Hogan (21T001) Laurens Upper Floridan 1964 25.37 34.33 +8.96 October high
6 U.S. Geological Survey TW 4 (11L001) Dougherty Claiborne 1978 20.44 25.01 +4.57
7 Turner City (13L002) Dougherty Clayton 1957 136.30 108.71 -27.59
8 Albany-Dougherty County (13L003) Dougherty Upper Floridan 1963 23.80 36.63 +12.83 October high
9 Valdosta (19E009) Lowndes Upper Floridan 1957 117.38 133.52 +16.14
10 UGA Bamboo Farm (35P094) Chatham Surficial (WT) 1942 2.06 6.85 +4.79 October high
11 Cockspur Pilot House (38Q002) Chatham Upper Floridan 1956 34.04 28.96 -5.08
12 U.S. Geological Survey TW 6 (33H133) Glynn Upper Floridan 1963 2.10 12.87 +10.77 October high
13 Midville Experiment Station (28X001) Burke Midville system 1981 58.60 56.29 -2.31
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