PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

LOCATION.--Lat 38°35'50", long 80°29'26", NAD 27, Webster County, 
        Hydrologic Unit 05050007, on right bank 200 ft upstream from 
        bridge on County Highway 7, 6.5 mi upstream from town of 
        Centralia, 8.9 mi southwest of Salisburg Station, 8.9 mi 
        northwest of Webster Springs, and at mile 125.2.
DRAINAGE AREA.--266 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1929 to September 1959 (estimated annual 
        maximum discharge); October 1959 to September 1983, 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. Elevation of gage 
        is approximately 1,020.1 ft above NGVD 29, from barometric 
        leveling. 
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in 1861, probably in 
        September, reached a stage of 26.34 ft and flood of July 26, 
        1896, reached a stage of 25.87 ft, present datum, at site 
        0.2 mi upstream, from levels to floodmarks pointed out by a 
        local resident.

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