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USGS 01606000 N F SOUTH BR POTOMAC R AT CABINS, WV

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
LOCATION.--Lat 38°59'04", long 79°14'02", NAD 27, Grant County, 
        Hydrologic Unit 02070001, on right bank 10 ft upstream from 
        bridge on County Route 28/11, 2 mi downstream from Jordan Run, 
        6 mi west of Petersburg, at Cabins, and at mile 2.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--310 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1940 to September 1961 (measurements, daily 
        mean discharges, and annual maximums); October 1961 to September 
        1978 (occasional discharge measurements and annual maximums); 
        October 1978 to September 1980, April 1998 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).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1272: 1945.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 
        1,045.848 ft above NGVD 29. 
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge, 90,000 ft3/s, Nov. 5, 
        1985, from slope-area measurement. Estimated discharge, 
        80,000 ft3/s, Sept. 6, 1996, from modification of Nov. 5, 1985, 
        slope-area measurement.

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: 300   11-23-2009  17:00 EST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Nov 23 based on 33 years of record more
Min
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20th
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Median Mean 80th
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Most Recent
Instantaneous
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Max
(2004)
15 41 118 210. 278 300 968

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.82   11-23-2009  17:00 EST
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