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USGS 03513000 TUCKASEGEE RIVER AT BRYSON CITY, NC

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 35°25'39",   Longitude 83°26'49"   NAD83
Swain County, North Carolina, Hydrologic Unit 06010203
Drainage area: 655 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,714.32 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1985-10-01  2025-10-28  
 Daily Data
    Precipitation, total, inches  1999-09-30  2014-10-01  5435 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1897-10-01  2025-10-27  56645 
    Gage height, feet  2001-10-01  2025-10-27  19704 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1897-10-01  2025-08-14 45641 
    Gage height, feet  2001-10-01  2025-08-14 8702 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1897-10  2025-08  
    Gage height, feet  2001-10  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1898  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2002  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1840-05  2024-09-27  126 
 Field measurements 1920-12-23  2025-08-15  900 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1956-10-19  1982-01-04  107 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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