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USGS 03479000 WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE, NC

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 36°14'21",   Longitude 81°49'20"   NAD83
Watauga County, North Carolina, Hydrologic Unit 06010103
Drainage area: 92.1 square miles
Datum of gage: 2,607.84 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-04-03  2019-01-20  
 Daily Data
    Precipitation, total, inches  2016-11-04  2019-01-19  765 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04-01  2019-01-19  38797 
    Gage height, feet  1995-10-01  2019-01-19  25509 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04-01  2018-09-11 28653 
    Gage height, feet  1995-10-01  2018-09-11 8373 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04  2018-09  
    Gage height, feet  1995-10  2018-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2018  
    Gage height, feet  1996  2018  
 Peak streamflow 1916-07  2017-03-31  79 
 Field measurements 1940-05-29  2018-11-27  761 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1956-10-24  1980-04-09  82 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2017  12 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS North Carolina Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to North Carolina Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries