Water resources data for the 1986 water year for Mississippi consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report contains records of water discharge at 71 gaging stations; stage records for 18 of these gaging stations; stage only at 5 gaging stations; water quality for 12 stations, 3 precipitation quality stations, and 32 wells; and water levels for 609 observation wells. Also included are peak-discharge data for 56 crest-stage partial-record stations, discharge data at 97 low-flow partial-record stations, and water quality data at 3 partial-record or miscellaneous sites. Locations of these sites are shown on Figures 4-6. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperation State and Federal agencies in Mississippi.
