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Daily Water Level Percentiles by Month

For monitoring water levels during the EDEN period of record in WCA3A, WCA3B, and Everglades National Park

Tree Island ID: SS-85
Location: Latitude 25°42'44.03", Longitude -80°44'22.27"
Subbasin Location: ENP
Maximum ground elevation (ft. NAVD88): 8.291 (as reported by Mike Ross, FIU)
Vertical conversion at tree island (ft.) used by EDEN (NGVD29 to NAVD88): -1.51

EDEN data are used to monitor water levels and to compare current water levels with water levels that occurred during the EDEN period of record (2000 to present). The figure here shows recent daily median water levels at a given gage against water-level percentiles that are computed for each month (daily water levels that were not exceeded for a given percentage of the time) using water-level gage data from the period of record.

Daily Water Level Percentiles by Month for SS-85
(percentiles based on 1/1/2000–Present)

The recent daily water level for SS-85 on
11/03/2024 is 7.78 feet NAVD88

Note: percentile plots are updated every day about 3:30pm (Eastern)

daily water level percentiles by month for SS-85
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--Recent daily water levels subject to revision--

EXPLANATION For more information:
90th Percentile to Maximum
75th to 90th Percentile
25th to 75th Percentile
10th to 25th Percentile
Minimum to 10th Percentile

Median water level

Recent daily water level
Maximum ground elevation at tree island
Table of Daily Water Level Percentiles by Month for SS-85
(percentiles based on 1/1/2000–Present)

The recent daily water level for SS-85 on
11/03/2024 is 7.78 feet NAVD88

Minimum
10th percentile
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
90th percentile
Maximum
January 5.31 5.53 5.62 5.81 6.62 7.03 7.56
February 4.68 5.39 5.52 5.68 6.15 6.79 7.33
March 4.12 4.84 5.24 5.52 5.84 6.19 7.4
April 3.47 4.15 4.89 5.32 5.67 5.9 7.09
May 3.25 3.9 4.61 5.23 5.61 6.01 6.59
June 4.09 5.05 5.42 5.63 6.01 6.38 6.81
July 4.12 5.53 5.64 6.04 6.64 6.99 7.33
August 5.27 5.6 5.91 6.5 6.82 7.26 7.62
September 5.47 5.69 6.47 6.79 7.23 7.49 7.93
October 5.6 6.3 6.69 6.95 7.38 7.78 8.3
November 5.69 5.92 6.26 7.04 7.26 7.6 8.27
December 5.55 5.67 5.76 6.4 7.04 7.37 7.98

--Recent daily water levels subject to revision--


The below figure shows the same daily median water levels from a given gage, but instead of comparing to gage water levels from the EDEN period of record, it compares the given gage to modeled water level values from the No Action 2022 (NA22f) hydrologic scenario (model period: 1965-2016). NA22f was developed from the South Florida Water Management District's Regional Simulation Model (RSM) and uses the ALTQ (Alternative Q) water operations schedule. Because NA22f is a modeled water surface, gage values were not available for comparison. The percentiles shown below are calculated from the model cell in which the gage is located.

Daily Water Level Percentiles by Month for SS-85
(percentiles based on NA22F model 1965–2016)

The recent daily water levels for SS-85 plotted against NA22F model results.

daily water level percentiles by month for SS-85
[ larger version ]

--Recent daily water levels subject to revision--

Technical support for this Web site is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey
This page is: https://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/water_level_percentiles.php
Comments and suggestions? Contact: Bryan McCloskey
Last updated: June 01, 2023 01:12 PM (BJM)