U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior
Media Advisory
Date: Sept 24, 2007
Contact: Brian McCallum 770-903-9127 bemccall@xxxxxxxx
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Measuring the Pulse of the River
USGS Celebrates 100th
Anniversary of Flint River Monitoring at Bainbridge, Georgia
Who:
Mark
Harrell, Mayor of Bainbridge
Memphis Vaughan, U.S Army Corps
of Engineers-Mobile
Joel Lanier, National Weather Service-Tallahassee
Tim Cash, Georgia Environmental
Protection Division
Ed Martin, U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS)
What: 100th
Anniversary Celebration
When: Monday,
October 1, 2007
2:00 pm
Where: Pavilion
in Cheney Griffin Park along the Flint River in Bainbridge.
Why: On
October 1, 1907, the streamgage that water resources managers call “02356000
Flint River at Bainbridge, Ga.” began reporting the volume of water flowing
and river height of the Flint River at Bainbridge, Ga. Through droughts,
floods, and disputes over water availability, the station provided important
information for public safety and resource management. Today, the Flint
River at Bainbridge streamgage is the 18th gage in Georgia with
more than 100 years of operation, and one of a small number of gages in
the network of more than 7000 gages in the U.S. that have 100-year records.
The gage still reports flow and height of the Flint River; it also
monitors precipitation and meteorological conditions, reporting the data
in near real-time via satellite telemetry to users around the world, including
anyone with an internet connection. The most downstream of 27 gages in
the Flint River Basin, the Bainbridge gage provides critical information
in management of water resources between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
Can’t make it to the celebration?
Visit the Flint River Gage at Bainbridge, Ga. on:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/nwisman/?site_no=02356000&agency_cd=USGS
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Diane Noserale
Media Relations, Eastern Region
U.S. Geological Survey
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Reston, VA 20192
phone: 703-648-4333
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