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Burke County

County facts

2000 population: 23,299
Land area: 860 square miles
County seat: Waynesboro

County statistics

Water use

In 2000, total freshwater use was 83.82 million gallons per day (Mgal/d), of which 69.12 Mgal/d (82%) was from surface-water sources and 14.7 Mgal/d (18%) came from ground water.

Data tables and charts

Water use for Georgia

Land use

University of Georgia land-cover maps (1 Megabyte PDF):
1974 | 1998

Links

Links to other sources of water information.

Burke County real-time water information

Stage and streamflow

♦ Beaverdam Creek near Sardis, Ga (02198100)
♦ Brier Creek near Waynesboro, Ga (02197830)
♦ Ogeechee River at Midville, Ga (02201230)
♦ SAVANNAH RIVER NEAR WAYNESBORO, GA (021973269)

Water quality

There are no real-time water-quality sites in Burke County.

Groundwater

There are no real-time groundwater sites in Burke County.

Long-term water information

Streamflow information

♦ Recent daily streamflow
♦ Historical daily streamflow
♦ Daily streamflow statistics
♦ Monthly streamflow statistics
♦ Annual streamflow statistics
♦ Peak streamflow

Groundwater information

♦ Continuous well monitoring sites (4 wells)
♦ Intermittent water levels in wells

Site descriptions

♦ Surface-water sites
♦ Groundwater sites

Water-quality samples

♦ Surface-water quality
♦ Groundwater quality


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