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USGS 03504000 NANTAHALA RIVER NEAR RAINBOW SPRINGS, NC

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 35°07'39",   Longitude 83°37'07"   NAD83
Macon County, North Carolina, Hydrologic Unit 06010202
Drainage area: 51.9 square miles
Datum of gage: 3,073.07 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1985-10-09  2025-11-05  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-10-01  2025-11-04  41931 
    Gage height, feet  1974-02-27  2025-11-04  31557 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-10-01  2025-08-19 31004 
    Gage height, feet  1974-02-27  2025-08-19 14046 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-10  2025-08  
    Gage height, feet  1974-02  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1941  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1974  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1940-08-13  2024-09-27  85 
 Field measurements 1940-07-02  2025-08-20  734 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1956-10-11  2014-06-16  51 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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