Location context and information
LOCATION.-- On left bank 0.3 mi downstream from Savage River, 0.4 mi northwest of Luke, and at mile 53.2. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- June 1899 to July 1906 (published as "at Piedmont, W. Va."), October 1949 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 943.65 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. June 27, 1899 to July 15, 1906, nonrecording gage at bridge 1.1 mi downstream at gage datum about 35 ft lower. Oct. 1, 1949 to Sept. 30, 2008, recording gage on right bank, 400 ft upstream at same gage datum. REMARKS.--Flow regulated prior to July 1981 by Stony River Reservoir, 45 mi upstream from station, since December 1950 by Savage River Reservoir, 5 mi upstream from station (see station 01597490), and since July 1981 by Jennings Randolph Lake, 9 mi upstream from station (see station 01595790). Some regulation at low flow by West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company at site used 1899-1906. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.-- Flood of March 29, 1924, reached a discharge of about 51,000 ft³/s.
