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Effects of Drought on Stream Discharge and Ground-water Levels Near Lake Seminole, Southwestern Georgia and Northwestern Florida, October 1999 - August 2000
Effects of Drought on Stream Discharge and Ground-water Levels Near Lake Seminole, Southwestern Georgia and Northwestern Florida, October 1999 - August 2000
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Mosner, Melinda S.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Stream discharge and ground-water levels were measured during Fall 1999, and Spring and Summer 2000, along selected stream reaches near Lake Seminole, southwestern Georgia—northwestern Florida. Baseflow was measured at 12 locations along Spring Creek, Fishpond Drain, and along the Flint, Chattahoochee, and Apalachicola Rivers and their tributaries. Ground-water levels were measured in 76 wells throughout the area surrounding Lake Seminole. Stream
discharge and ground-water levels were highest in spring and lowest in summer; stream discharge in spring was almost four times greater than in summer. Although stream discharge and ground-water fluctuations during this period followed typical seasonal variations, continued drought conditions and ground-water
pumping during the growing season limited the degree to which ground-water levels recovered during Winter
and Spring 2000; as a result, less ground water
contributed to the baseflow of streams than during normal conditions.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date Issued
2001-03
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