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USGS 01605500 SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT FRANKLIN, WV

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
LOCATION.--Lat 38°38'08", long 79°20'17", NAD 27, Pendleton County, 
        Hydrologic Unit 02070001, on left bank 0.5 mi southwest of 
        Franklin, 2 mi upstream from Friends Run, 2.5 mi downstream from 
        Thorn Creek, and at mile 112.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--179 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1940 to September 1969, October 1976 to 
        September 2001 (measurements, daily mean discharges, and annual 
        maximums); October 2001 to September 2004 (measurements, daily 
        mean discharges, annual maximums, and discharges at one hour or 
        less intervals); October 2004 to current year (measurements, 
        daily mean discharges, annual maximums, and gage heights and 
        discharges at one hour or less intervals).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 
        1,692.5 ft above NGVD 29 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench 
        mark). 
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of March 1936 reached a stage 
        of about 13 ft.

This gaging station is maintained in cooperation with:
        State of West Virginia      

 
 
Available Parameters
All 2 Available Parameters for this site
00060 Discharge
00065 Gage height

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 204   02-10-2010  04:30 EST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Feb 10 based on 61 years of record more
Min
(1948)
20th
percen-
tile
Median Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value
80th
percen-
tile
Max
(1994)
40 62 128 192 204 264 1430

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.68   02-10-2010  04:30 EST
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