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USGS 02029000 JAMES RIVER AT SCOTTSVILLE, VA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 37°47'50",   Longitude 78°29'30"   NAD27
Albemarle County, Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 02080203
Drainage area: 4,581 square miles
Datum of gage: 252.47 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-11-05  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1951-05-23  1987-12-14  2028 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1924-10-01  2025-11-03  36924 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1987-05-27  1987-12-12  220 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1950-12-21  1956-09-29  2110 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1950-12-21  1956-09-29  2110 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1924-10-01  2025-06-26 36794 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1950-12-21  1956-09-29 2110 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1950-12-21  1956-09-29 2110 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1924-10  2025-06  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1950-12  1956-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1950-12  1956-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1925  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1951  1956  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1951  1956  
 Peak streamflow 1870-10  2024-01-10  103 
 Field measurements 1925-02-24  2025-09-12  644 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1930-04-01  1969-06-06  108 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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