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USGS 01605500 SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT FRANKLIN, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 38°38'08",   Longitude 79°20'17"   NAD27
Pendleton County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 02070001
Drainage area: 179 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,692.92 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1994-10-01  2026-01-18  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-05-01  2026-01-17  28751 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-05-01  2025-09-10 28622 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-05  2025-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1936-03  2024-04-12  78 
 Field measurements 1940-04-09  2025-12-03  646 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1945-12-03  2005-10-18  258 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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