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USGS 03197950 ELK RIVER AT CHARLESTON, WV

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2023-09-25  2026-05-28
2018-08-16  2026-05-28
2018-08-16  2026-05-28
2023-09-25  2026-05-28
2023-09-25  2026-05-28
2023-09-25  2026-05-28
2023-09-25  2026-05-28
2023-09-25  2026-05-28
2026-01-28  2026-05-28







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 19.2 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 4750 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 28 based on 7 water years of record more
Min
(2021)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 28		 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2020)
451 524 1130 3320 4750 5500 12900

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 27.06 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 108 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 9.0 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.3 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as quinine sulfate equivalents (QSE)
Most recent instantaneous value: 21.36 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
Most recent instantaneous value: 23.8 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.62 05-28-2026   16:55 EDT
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