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03207020 TWELVEPOLE CREEK BELOW WAYNE, WV

LOCATION - Lat 38°14'56", long 82°26'04" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Wayne County, WV, Hydrologic Unit 05090102, on left bank just below highway bridge on secondary State Route 52/43, 1.9 mi northeast of Wayne, and at mile 26.5.

DRAINAGE AREA - 300 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR WV-79-1: 1978(m).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1915 to September 1917 (daily discharge and annual maxima), October 1917 to September 1922 (annual maxima), February 1927 to September 1931, September 1946 to September 1954, October 1955 to September 1966 (daily discharge and annual maxima), October 1966 to September 1971 (daily discharge and peaks), October 1971 to September 1982 (daily discharge and annual maxima), October 1982 to September 2000 (annual maxima), October 2000 to September 2008 (annual maximum gage height), October 2008 to September 2012 (annual maximum and minimum gage height), October 2012 to current year (daily mean gage height). Records prior to October 1966 estimated as those for station Twelvepole Creek at Wayne (03207000), and estimated annual peak discharges for 1916-22, 1928-31, 1939, and 1947-66 published in WDR WV-98-1. Gage-height records collected at site 2.0 mi upstream from 1924 to March 1949 are contained in reports of the National Weather Service.

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 559.7 ft above NAVD88 (GNSS Level II survey).

Oct. 1, 1966 to Dec. 15, 1966, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Station Twelvepole Creek at Wayne (03207000) is at site 2.0 mi upstream at datum 16.53 ft higher (drainage area 291 mi²).

REMARKS - Flow regulated since March 1972 by East Lynn Dam.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 15,900 ft³/s, Feb. 28, 1962, gage height not determined, estimated from Twelvepole Creek at Wayne (03207000), from rating curve extended above 9,500 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; maximum gage height, 27.88 ft, Dec. 9, 1978.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - Maximum discharge, 15,900 ft³/s, Feb. 28, 1962, gage height not determined, estimated from Twelvepole Creek at Wayne (03207000), from rating curve extended above 9,500 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; maximum gage height, 27.58 ft, Mar. 8, 1967.

AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION - 29 years (water years 1915-17, 1928-31, 1946-54, 1955-71), 319 ft³/s.