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USGS 02016000 COWPASTURE RIVER NEAR CLIFTON FORGE, VA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 37°47'30",   Longitude 79°45'35"   NAD27
Alleghany County, Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 02080201
Drainage area: 461 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,007.02 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2026-01-22  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2007-02-23  2008-09-29  578 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1925-10-01  2026-01-19  36636 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2008-02-01  2008-09-29  238 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2007-02-23  2008-09-29 578 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1925-10-01  2025-11-18 36574 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2008-02-01  2008-09-29 238 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2007-02  2008-09  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1925-10  2025-11  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2008-02  2008-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2007  2008  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1926  2026  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2008  2008  
 Peak streamflow 1913-03  2025-02-16  101 
 Field measurements 1925-03-26  2025-11-19  729 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1929-04-01  2008-05-12  80 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2025  20 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Virginia Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to Virginia Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries