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Latitude 36°51'44.99",   Longitude 76°23'03.29"   NAD83

Portsmouth City, Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 02080208

Datum of gage: 3.2 feet above   NAVD88.

AVAILABLE DATA:

Data Type	Begin Date	End Date	Count
Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)	2016-03-04	2026-01-22
Daily Data
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2016-03-04	2026-01-21	3511
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	2016-03-04	2021-08-04	1944
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2016-03-11	2021-08-04	1639
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2024-08-07	2026-01-22	1578
Daily Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2016-03-04	2025-08-07	3351
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	2016-03-04	2021-08-04	1944
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2016-03-11	2021-08-04	1639
Monthly Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2016-03	2025-08
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	2016-03	2021-08
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2016-03	2021-08
Annual Statistics
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	2016	2025
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	2016	2021
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)	2016	2021
Peak streamflow	2016-06-17	2024-01-09	9
Field measurements	2016-04-12	2025-09-16	81
Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP)	2015-10-27	2024-02-28	313
Water-Year Summary	2016	2024	9
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