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USGS 03198000 KANAWHA RIVER AT CHARLESTON, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 38°22'17",   Longitude 81°42'08"   NAD27
Kanawha County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 05050008
Drainage area: 10,463 square miles
Datum of gage: 547.34 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1994-10-01  2025-05-15  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1953-03-13  1985-09-29  21299 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-06-01  2025-05-14  31232 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-06-01  2025-03-16 31173 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-06  2025-03  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1940-08-15  2024-01-29  85 
 Field measurements 1955-04-30  2025-03-17  293 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1945-07-17  1980-06-26  73 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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