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USGS 03451500 FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT ASHEVILLE, NC

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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TVA Logo This station is operated in cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

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This station managed by the South Atlantic WSC Asheville Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2013-09-14  2025-12-20
2009-10-02  2025-12-20
1985-10-01  2025-12-20
2007-10-01  2025-12-20
2019-06-04  2025-12-20
2019-06-04  2025-12-20
2019-06-04  2025-12-20
2020-10-01  2025-12-20
2022-12-21  2025-12-20







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 6.1 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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Precipitation, total, inches
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1290 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Dec 21 based on 130 water years of record more
Min
(1956)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Dec 21		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2019)
584 1130 1290 1560 1970 2270 9720

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.51 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 41 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 11.8 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.0 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1951.44 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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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), FINAL
Most recent instantaneous value: 15.1 12-21-2025   00:30 EST
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