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DESCRIPTION:

Latitude 38°12'54",   Longitude 80°53'18"   NAD27

Nicholas County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 05050005

Drainage area: 805 square miles

Datum of gage: 1,349.8 feet above   NAVD88.

AVAILABLE DATA:

Data Type	Begin Date	End Date	Count
Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)	1996-10-01	2026-01-21
Daily Data
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	1974-11-05	1982-09-29	3100
Precipitation, total, inches	2023-01-22	2026-01-20	1078
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1966-03-22	2003-09-29	12245
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1980-12-22	1982-09-29	450
Daily Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1966-03-22	2003-09-29	12245
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1980-12-22	1982-09-29	450
Monthly Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1966-03	2003-09
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1980-12	1982-09
Annual Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1966	2003
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1981	1982
Peak streamflow	1966-12-11	2024-01-11	57
Field measurements	1966-03-26	2012-05-01	124
Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP)	1966-03-26	2002-03-11	161
Water-Year Summary	2006	2013	8
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