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Continuous data graphs North Branch Potomac River at Barnum, WV - USGS-01595800

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LOCATION.-- on right bank at Barnum, W. Va., 1.7 mi below Jennings Randolph Lake, 0.4 mi upstream from Folly Run, 4.0 mi southwest of Piedmont, W. Va., and at mile 59.4. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- July 1966 to September 1985, October 1985 to September 2003 (operated as a partial-record station only), October 2003 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,151.28 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.-- Prior to July 1981, regulation at low flow by Stony River Reservoir, 39 mi upstream from station (see station 01595200). Since July 1981, complete regulation by Jennings Randolph Lake, 1.7 mi upstream from station, capacity 96,600 acre-ft. PERIOD OF RECORD (Water Quality).-- April 1967 to September 1986. October 2012 to current year.

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