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USGS 01595800 NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT BARNUM, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°26'42.4",   Longitude 79°06'38.9"   NAD83
Mineral County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 02070002
Drainage area: 266 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,151.28 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2003-10-01  2025-11-02  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-10-01  2025-11-01  13941 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1966-07-01  2025-11-01  15100 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2012-10-01  2025-11-01  13872 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2012-10-01  2025-11-01  13938 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-10-01  2025-08-21 4575 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1966-07-01  2025-07-15 14991 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2012-10-01  2025-08-21 4552 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-10  2025-08  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1966-07  2025-07  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2012-10  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1966  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2013  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1967-03-07  2024-04-04  57 
 Field measurements 1966-07-14  2025-07-16  381 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1967-04-26  1986-09-30  271 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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