Table 3-9. --Stream discharge to Charlotte Harbor: U.S. Geological Survey Station 2-2996.5, Big Slough 



near Murdock, Fla.£/ 



i'Location: Lat. 27°04'15", long. 82°13 , 05". 



Drainage area: 87.5 sq. mi. (227 sq. km.), approximately. 



Records available: February 1963 to September 1966. 



Mean discharge: 89.2 c.f.s. (3 years). 



Extremes: Maximum discharge, 2,560 c.f.s. July 31, 1965; minimum, 0.2 c.f.s. April 30, May 14-21, 1963. 



Maximum monthly mean discharge for period 1963-66: 638 c.f.s. August 1965. 



Minimum monthly mean discharge for period 1963-66: 0.75 c.f.s. April 1963. 



£/For example, Water Year 1952 began October 1, 1951, and ended September 30, 1952. 



i/Liters per second = c.f.s. x 28.3. 



Table 3-10. --Stream discharge to Sarasota Bay System: U.S. Geological Survey Station 2-2997, Cow Pen Slough 



near Bee Ridge, Fla.-' 



-' Location: Lat. 27"14'56", long. 82 u 23 , 10". 



Drainage area: 38 sq. mi. (98 sq. km.), approximately. 



Records available: January 1963 to June 1966. 



Mean discharge: 54.4 c.f.s. (2 years). 



Extremes: Maximum discharge, 2,940 c.f.s. August 1, 1965 (estimated); minimum discharge, no flow at times in most years. 



Maximum monthly mean discharge for period 1963-66: 545 c.f.s. August 1965. 



Minimum monthly mean discharge for period 1963-66: 0.04 c.f.s. May 1965. 



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-'For example, Water Year 1952 began October 1, 1951, and ended September 30, 1952. 



— Liters per second = c.f.s. x 28.3. 



Table 3-11 .--Stream discharge to Sarasota Bay System: U.S. Geological Survey Station 2-2997.5, 



Water 

 year-' - 



Monthly and yearly mean discharge in cubic feet per second (c.f.s.)—' 



Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. The year 



ean 15.1 11.0 11.3 22.3 36.1 14.3 7.74 4.75 10.6 44.5 



^Location: Lac, 27°18'30", long. 82°27'06". 



Drainage area: 24 sq. mi. (62 sq. km.), approximately. 



Records available: January 1963 to September 1966. 



Mean discharge: 26.3 c.f.s. (3 years). 



Extremes: Maximum discharge, 826 c.f.s. July 30, 1965; minimum, 0.3 c.f.s. March 11, 1965. 



Maximum monthly mean dishcarge for period 1963-66: 131 c.f.s. September 1964. 



Minimum monthly mean dishcarge for period 1963-66: 1.68 c.f.s. May 1965. 



lj For example, Water Year 1952 began October 1, 1951, and ended September 30, 1952. 



2'Liters per second = c.f.s. x 28.3. 



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