Settingdown Creek – Hightower RD (GA 369) – Ball Ground GA.
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N 34° 17.581 W 084° 15.823
16S E 751854 N 3798035
Located on the bridge over Settingdown Creek on Georgia 369 (Hightower Road) east of Ball Ground Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM2GYM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2007
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02390140 SETTINGDOWN CREEK NEAR BALL GROUND, GA.
Mobile River Basin
LOCATION.--Lat 34°17'35?, long 84°15'49? referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Cherokee County, Hydrologic Unit 03150104, 12.0 miles west of intersection of GA 400 and GA 369 on GA 369.
DRAINAGE AREA.--49.3 mi².
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--There was activity at this site in the past from 1954 to 1988. Latest activity began July, 2004, when Corps of Engineers installed a gage and USGS began making discharge measurements to provide a rating. USGS installed a gage in September, 2005.
GAGE.--Gage-height is determined by tape down from R.P. 1 (elev. 26.988 ft.). R.P. 1 is a chiseled square on top of the 8th handrail post from the left end of the upstream side of the bridge.
COOPERATION.--U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Mobile District).
REMARKS.--Rating number 3.0 effective October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005. Records good.
RIVER GAUGE INFORMATION:
Standard USGS labels.
WEB LINK FOR RIVER GAUGE: [Web Link]
ANY ADDITIONAL WAYPOINT: Not Listed
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