USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

02018500 CATAWBA CREEK NEAR CATAWBA, VA

LOCATION - Lat 37°28'05", long 80°00'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Botetourt County, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02080201, on right bank 80 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 779, 1.0 mi downstream from Little Catawba Creek, 1.9 mi west of Haymakertown, and 8.2 mi northeast of Catawba.

DRAINAGE AREA - 34.3 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1303: 1944-45(M). WSP 2104: Drainage area. WDR VA-72-1: 1954, 1955(P), 1957-58(P), 1959, 1960-62(P), 1963, 1964(M), 1965-67(P), 1968(M), 1969, 1970(M), 1971.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1943 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,299.686 ft of NAVD 88. Prior to Aug. 1, 1953, nonrecording gage at site 80 ft downstream at present datum.

COOPERATION - Records were provided by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division.

REMARKS - From October 1953 to October 1976, monthly means adjusted for pumpage by Citadel Cement Corporation. Statistics of monthly mean data and summary statistics for water years 1944-1952 (unregulated flow) are available in previous data books, water years 1991-1998. There are withdrawals upstream of gage. Maximum discharge, 21,200 ft³/s, from rating curve extended above 1,700 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurements at gage heights 10.35 ft and 19.19 ft. Water-quality records for some prior periods have been collected at this location.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 13.26 ft, from information by observer.