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USGS 03197950 ELK RIVER AT CHARLESTON, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 38°21'29",   Longitude 81°37'38"   NAD27
Kanawha County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 05050007
Drainage area: 1,532 square miles
Datum of gage: 541.66 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2018-08-16  2024-11-21  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2023-09-25  2024-11-20  1264 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2018-08-17  2024-11-20  2287 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2023-09-25  2024-11-20  1264 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2023-09-25  2024-11-20  1262 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2023-09-25  2024-11-20  1258 
    Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as quinine sulfate equivalents (QSE)  2023-09-25  2024-11-20  1264 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2023-09-25  2024-11-20  1264 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2018-08-17  2024-06-19 2134 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2018-08  2024-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2018  2024  
 Peak streamflow 2018-09-28  2023-02-17  6 
 Field measurements 2018-09-28  2024-11-12  35 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1973-08-16  1986-11-04  10 
 Water-Year Summary 2018  2023  6 
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