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USGS 02060500 ROANOKE RIVER AT ALTAVISTA, VA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 37°06'20.5",   Longitude 79°17'08.3"   NAD83
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 03010101
Drainage area: 1,782 square miles
Datum of gage: 502.27 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1987-12-31  2025-12-18  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1950-10-01  1986-08-15  7626 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1980-09-30  2025-12-16  16514 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1953-02-05  1986-08-15  7330 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1953-02-04  1956-09-29  1334 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1953-02-04  1956-09-29  1334 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1980-09-30  2025-06-23 16338 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1953-02-04  1956-09-29 1334 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1953-02-04  1956-09-29 1334 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1980-09  2025-06  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1953-02  1956-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1953-02  1956-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1980  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1953  1956  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1953  1956  
 Peak streamflow 1931-08-22  2024-01-09  94 
 Field measurements 1930-07-15  2025-12-02  736 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1930-09-09  1986-06-18  411 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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