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USGS 03165000 CHESTNUT CREEK AT GALAX, VA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 36°38'45",   Longitude 80°55'10"   NAD27
Galax City, Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 05050001
Drainage area: 39.4 square miles
Datum of gage: 2,344.8 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2026-01-25  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1944-10-01  2026-01-24  29700 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1944-10-01  2024-10-27 29246 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1944-10  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1940-08-14  2024-09-27  81 
 Field measurements 1940-08-14  2025-10-28  715 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1945-11-20  1978-08-29  20 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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