French Broad River Near Fletcher, NC - 03447687

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March 5, 2025 - March 12, 2025

Gage height, feet

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Latest value

5.10 ft

Provisional

Mar 12, 2025

05:30:00 AM EDT

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5.10 ft

Provisional

Mar 12, 2025

05:30:00 AM EDT

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Statistics for March 12, 2025 based on 23 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2017)

4.02 ft

25th percentile

5.07 ft

median

5.47 ft

75th percentile

6.14 ft

mean

5.78 ft

high (2011)

9.68 ft

Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-12T05:30:00.000-04:00	5.10	Provisional
2025-03-12T05:15:00.000-04:00	5.10	Provisional
2025-03-12T05:00:00.000-04:00	5.10	Provisional
2025-03-12T04:45:00.000-04:00	5.10	Provisional
2025-03-12T04:30:00.000-04:00	5.10	Provisional
2025-03-12T04:15:00.000-04:00	5.10	Provisional
2025-03-12T04:00:00.000-04:00	5.10	Provisional
2025-03-12T03:45:00.000-04:00	5.11	Provisional
2025-03-12T03:30:00.000-04:00	5.11	Provisional
2025-03-12T03:15:00.000-04:00	5.11	Provisional
2025-03-12T03:00:00.000-04:00	5.11	Provisional
2025-03-12T02:45:00.000-04:00	5.11	Provisional
2025-03-12T02:30:00.000-04:00	5.11	Provisional
2025-03-12T02:15:00.000-04:00	5.11	Provisional
2025-03-12T02:00:00.000-04:00	5.12	Provisional
2025-03-12T01:45:00.000-04:00	5.11	Provisional

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Continuous data

8 data types available - data from 2001-07-15 to 2025-03-12

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Gage height, feet

2007-10-01 - 2025-03-12

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

2001-07-15 - 2025-03-12

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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter

2019-05-16 - 2025-03-12

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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units

2019-05-16 - 2025-03-12

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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius

2019-05-16 - 2025-03-12

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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

2020-10-01 - 2025-03-12

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

2019-05-16 - 2025-03-12

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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)

2019-05-16 - 2025-03-12

Daily data

7 data types available - data from 2001-07-01 to 2025-03-11

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USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Daily Values, Unit Values	2019-05-16	2025-03-12
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values	2001-07-01	2025-03-12
_n/a	Peak Measurements	2001-09-25	2022-12-16
_n/a	Site Visits	2001-07-23	2025-01-08
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03447687 is associated with a Stream in Henderson County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 2001 are available online.

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	03447687	_n/a
Site name	FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR FLETCHER, NC	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	352545	_n/a
DMS longitude	0823309	_n/a
Decimal latitude	35.42916667	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-82.5525	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	North Carolina	37
State	North Carolina	37
County	Henderson County	089
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	SKYLAND, NC	_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	2032.76 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.09 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper French Broad	06010105
Drainage basin	12	_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	640 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NYNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	453700100	_n/a