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USGS 03197000 ELK RIVER AT QUEEN SHOALS, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 38°28'19.17",   Longitude 81°17'03.77"   NAD27
Kanawha County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 05050007
Drainage area: 1,145 square miles
Datum of gage: 603.6 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1996-10-01  2024-10-08  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1960-11-10  1986-09-29  10538 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-10-01  2024-10-07  35071 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1985-02-15  1986-09-29  582 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, broad band light source (400-680 nm), detection angle 90 +-30 degrees to incident light, nephelometric turbidity units (NTU)  1985-02-15  1986-09-29  583 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1985-02-15  1986-09-29  592 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1985-02-15  1986-09-29  592 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-10-01  2024-03-28 34878 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1985-02-15  1986-09-29 592 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1985-02-15  1986-09-29 592 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-10  2024-03  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1985-02  1986-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1985-02  1986-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1929  2024  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1985  1986  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1985  1986  
 Peak streamflow 1918-03-13  2023-02-17  96 
 Field measurements 1928-11-22  2024-08-16  882 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1945-07-02  1986-10-30  243 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2023  18 
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