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USGS 03196800 ELK RIVER AT CLAY, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 38°27'38",   Longitude 81°05'16"   NAD27
Clay County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 05050007
Drainage area: 992 square miles
Datum of gage: 677.23 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2007-10-01  2025-11-01  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1960-11-09  1970-08-04  6899 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1958-10-01  2017-11-04  8435 
    Gage height, feet  1997-09-30  2014-09-30  2186 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1958-10-01  2017-11-04 8435 
    Gage height, feet  1997-09-30  2014-09-30 2186 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1958-10  2017-11  
    Gage height, feet  1997-09  2014-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1959  2018  
    Gage height, feet  1997  2014  
 Peak streamflow 1959-01-22  2024-02-13  61 
 Field measurements 1939-04-17  2017-11-06  58 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1958-10-24  1984-03-14  117 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2018  13 
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