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USGS 03479000 WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE, NC

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 36°14'21",   Longitude 81°49'20"   NAD83
Watauga County, North Carolina, Hydrologic Unit 06010103
Drainage area: 92.1 square miles
Datum of gage: 2,607.68 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-04-03  2025-10-20  
 Daily Data
    Precipitation, total, inches  2016-11-04  2025-10-19  3072 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04-01  2025-10-19  41766 
    Gage height, feet  1995-10-01  2025-10-19  28462 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04-01  2025-07-09 31146 
    Gage height, feet  1995-10-01  2025-07-09 10854 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04  2025-07  
    Gage height, feet  1995-10  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1996  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1916-07  2024-09-27  86 
 Field measurements 1940-05-29  2025-07-10  811 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1956-10-24  1980-04-09  82 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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