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USGS 01608500 SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD, WV

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
LOCATION.--Lat 39°26'49", long 78°39'16", NAD 27, Hampshire County, 
        Hydrologic Unit 02070001, on left bank at highway bridge, 2.0 mi 
        east of Springfield, and at mile 13.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,461 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1894 to February 1896 (fragmentary); June 1899 
        to February 1902, August 1903 to July 1906, August 1928 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 1552: 1903-06, 1929-30(M), 1932-33(M), 1935(M), 
        1937-40(M), 1942-43(M), 1945(M). 
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 
        562.02 ft above NGVD 29. June 1894 to February 1896, 
        nonrecording gage at Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge 11.2 mi 
        upstream at different datum. June 26, 1899, to Feb. 2, 1902, 
        nonrecording gage at bridge 10.0 mi upstream at different datum. 
        Aug. 28, 1903, to July 14, 1906, nonrecording gage at present 
        site at different datum. Aug. 8 to Sept. 24, 1928, nonrecording 
        gage at present site and datum. 
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in November 1877 reached a 
        stage of about 34 ft, from floodmarks, discharge, 140,000 ft3/s.

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

 
 
Available Parameters
All 7 Available Parameters for this site
00010 Temperature, water
00060 Discharge
00095 Specific cond at 25C
00400 pH
00300 Dissolved oxygen
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph
00065 Gage height

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.0   02-10-2010  01:30 EST
Graph of  Temperature, water, degrees Celsius    
Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph parm 00010 DD01

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1,000   02-10-2010  01:30 EST
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second    
Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph parm 00060 DD02
Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Feb 10 based on 85 years of record more
Min
(1977)
20th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value
Median Mean 80th
percen-
tile
Max
(1994)
253 499 1,000 1140 1880 2420 27300

Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 222   02-10-2010  01:30 EST
Graph of  Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius    
Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph parm 00095 DD04

pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 6.7   02-10-2010  01:30 EST
Graph of  pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units    
Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph parm 00400 DD06

Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 15.4   02-10-2010  01:30 EST
Graph of  Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter    
Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph parm 00300 DD07

Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +/ -2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
Most recent instantaneous value: 6.1   02-10-2010  01:30 EST
Graph of  Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +/ -2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)    
Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph parm 63680 DD08

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.74   02-10-2010  01:30 EST
Graph of  Gage height, feet    
Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph parm 00065 DD25

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