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USGS 03451500 FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT ASHEVILLE, NC

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 35°36'32",   Longitude 82°34'41"   NAD83
Buncombe County, North Carolina, Hydrologic Unit 06010105
Drainage area: 945 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,949.93 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1985-10-01  2025-11-03  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-09-14  2025-11-03  13177 
    Precipitation, total, inches  1998-09-30  2025-11-02  9280 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1895-10-01  2025-11-02  58420 
    Gage height, feet  1985-10-01  2025-11-02  36069 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2019-06-04  2025-11-03  6832 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2019-06-04  2025-11-03  6961 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2019-06-04  2025-11-03  6897 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- FINAL  2022-11-04  2025-11-03  3089 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-09-14  2025-06-02 4243 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1895-10-01  2025-06-02 47362 
    Gage height, feet  1985-10-01  2025-06-02 13345 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2019-06-04  2025-06-02 2130 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2019-06-04  2025-06-02 2174 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-09  2025-06  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1895-10  2025-06  
    Gage height, feet  1985-10  2025-06  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2019-06  2025-06  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2019-06  2025-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1896  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1986  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2019  2025  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2019  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1796-08-01  2024-09-27  139 
 Field measurements 1904-05-21  2025-09-24  966 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1956-10-17  2004-09-09  135 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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