Water-level conditions in southern Florida
All data presented on this site are considered to be PROVISIONAL DATA and subject to revision pending further review.
SITE NUMBER.-- USGS 02256500. Local Number FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, FLA.
LOCATION.-- Lat 26° 55' 56", long 081° 18' 54", referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 sec.3, T.41 S., R.30 E., Glades County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090103, near right bank on downstream side of southbound bridge on U.S. Highway 27, 1.0 mi south of Palmdale, and 16 mi upstream from Lake Okeechobee.
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 311 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- April 1931 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.-- WRD FL-66-2: Drainage area.
INSTRUMENTATION.-- Water-stage recorder and data-collection platform. Datum of gage is 27.19 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Mar. 16, 1949, nonrecording gage and Mar. 16, 1949, to Jan. 23, 1956, water-stage recorder, at site 450 ft upstream at same datum.
Online map showing USGS_02256500 (through Google Maps - not a USGS site) at (26.9325581,-81.3147964).
Daily values tables - HTML tables
Daily values tables - raw retrieval
Most recent monitoring data received at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE,:
(Recorded within last 60 days of site monitoring or during site visit within past 180 days.)
Data type Value Date Time
Computed gage height 1.20 26-NOV-2009 11:15:00
Online data inventory for FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE,: Data type Start End Number of records Computed gage height 01-OCT-1986 25-NOV-2009 357710 Daily mean gage height 23-JAN-1973 24-NOV-2009 13427
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Continuously recorded gage heights for the past 30 days are compared to daily (mean) gage heights from last year, the FY2000 water level schedule for Lake Okeechobee, and daily levels for the 2001 drought year.
Data used to produce the current 30-day hydrograph at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, (02256500)
Description of information presented in the current 30-day hydrograph at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, (02256500)
The change in daily gage height elevations has not been mathematically correlated to time for the period of record based on operational considerations. Instead of a long-term trend line, the data are, therefore, compared to the zero-slope (flat, linear) regression curve for the existing period of record daily gage height elevations. This approximates, but may not equal, the period of record mean. (Description of statistical methods)
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Continuously recorded gage heights for the past 90 days are compared to daily (mean) gage heights from last year, the minimum and maximum daily levels for the corresponding weeks of the year for the site period of record, and daily levels for the 2001 drought year.
Data used to produce the current 90-day hydrograph at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, (02256500)
Description of information presented in the current 90-day hydrograph at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, (02256500)
The change in daily gage height elevations has not been mathematically correlated to time for the period of record based on operational considerations. Instead of a long-term trend line, the data are, therefore, compared to the zero-slope (flat, linear) regression curve for the existing period of record daily gage height elevations. This approximates, but may not equal, the period of record mean. (Description of statistical methods)
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Daily mean gage heights for the year are compared to gage heights from last year, the minimum and maximum daily levels for the corresponding weeks of the year for the site period of record, and daily levels for the 2001 drought year.
Data used to produce the current year-to-date hydrograph at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, (02256500)
Description of information presented in the current year-to-date hydrograph at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, (02256500)
The change in daily gage height elevations has not been mathematically correlated to time for the period of record based on operational considerations. Instead of a long-term trend line, the data are, therefore, compared to the zero-slope (flat, linear) regression curve for the existing period of record daily gage height elevations. This approximates, but may not equal, the period of record mean. (Description of statistical methods)
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Gage heights for the past year are compared to the duration information for the corresponding weeks of the year. The duration statistics are based on a zero-slope linear regression of the data from the past 25 years.
Data used to produce the one-year hydrograph at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, (02256500)
Description of information presented in the one-year hydrograph at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, (02256500)
The change in daily gage height elevations has not been mathematically correlated to time for the period of record based on operational considerations. Instead of a long-term trend line, the data are, therefore, compared to the zero-slope (flat, linear) regression curve for the existing period of record daily gage height elevations. This approximates, but may not equal, the period of record mean. (Description of statistical methods)
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Daily mean gage height data from the past 35 years.
Data used to produce the period of record hydrograph - past 35 years at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, FL (USGS 02256500)
Description of information presented in the period of record hydrograph - past 35 years at FISHEATING CREEK AT PALMDALE, FL (USGS 02256500)
The change in daily gage height elevations has not been mathematically correlated to time for the period of record based on operational considerations. Instead of a long-term trend line, the data are, therefore, compared to the zero-slope (flat, linear) regression curve for the existing period of record daily gage height elevations. This approximates, but may not equal, the period of record mean. (Description of statistical methods)
Funding for the USGS to design and maintain this site has been provided through a cooperative agreement with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). Water-level conditions are monitored by the USGS with support from Federal, State, and local cooperators.