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LOCATION.--Lat 39°37'45", long 79°57'10", NAD 27, Monongalia County,
Hydrologic Unit 05020003, on left bank at Kingwood Street, in
Morgantown, 0.6 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--63.2 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1914 to September 1915 (gage heights only);
February 1946 to September 1969, October 2002 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
820 ft above NGVD 29, from topographic map. Prior to Dec. 4,
1914, nonrecording gage on bridge 0.5 mile upstream at different
datum. Dec. 4, 1914, to Sept. 30, 1915, nonrecording gage on
bridge 0.9 mile upstream at different datum. Feb. 8 to May 7,
1946, nonrecording gage, and May 8, 1946, to June 19, 1956,
water-stage recorder at site 150 ft downstream at present datum.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Aug. 18, 1980, reached a
stage of 12.36 ft, from floodmarks, discharge 7,550 ft3/s.
This gaging station is maintained in cooperation with:
State of West Virginia
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