PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

LOCATION.--Lat 38°17'27", long 80°38'28", NAD 27, Nicholas County, 
        Hydrologic Unit 05050005, on right bank at downstream side of 
        highway bridge on State Highway 20, 200 ft downstream from 
        Cherry River, 1.8 mi downstream from Cranberry River, 2.7 mi 
        south of Craigsville, and at mile 61.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--529 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1964 to September 1982 (measurements, daily 
        mean discharges, and annual maximums), October 1982 to September 
        1983 (measurements, daily mean gage heights, and annual 
        maximums), October 1985 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 
        1,870.00 ft above NGVD 29. 
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Floods of 1932 and 1954 were about 
        105,000 ft3/s and 67,500 ft3/s, respectively.

This gaging station is maintained in cooperation with:
        U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District
        State of West Virginia