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USGS 03193000 KANAWHA RIVER AT KANAWHA FALLS, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 38°08'17",   Longitude 81°12'52"   NAD27
Fayette County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 05050006
Drainage area: 8,385 square miles
Datum of gage: 620.40 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1996-10-01  2025-10-15  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2020-01-17  2025-10-15  6168 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1877-04-01  2025-10-14  54253 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1877-04-01  2025-04-27 54083 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1877-04  2025-04  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1877  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1878-09-14  2024-01-11  147 
 Field measurements 1929-04-30  2025-07-08  440 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1945-06-13  2015-02-26  147 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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