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USGS 03062500 DECKERS CREEK AT MORGANTOWN, WV

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
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

 
 
Available Parameters
All 2 Available Parameters for this site
00060 Discharge
00065 Gage height

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Summary of all available data for this site

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 144   02-10-2010  00:00 EST
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second    
Create presentation-quality / stand-alone graph parm 00060 DD01
Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Feb 10 based on 29 years of record more
Min
(1954)
20th
percen-
tile
Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value
Mean 80th
percen-
tile
Max
(1957)
20 60. 104 144 210. 250. 1700

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.25   02-10-2010  00:00 EST
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