USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02042222 JAMES RIVER ABV WEYANOKE POINT NR CHARLES CITY, VA
LOCATION - Lat 37°17'32.5", long 77°04'43.4" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Charles City, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02080206, 9.4 miles below Hopewell, VA, and 64.0 miles above the mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 8,783 mi². (Internal use only - not to be displayed on NWISWeb. Not in stored in sitefile).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 2014 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum elevation 5.27 ft, Oct. 4, 2015; minimum elevation, -3.23 ft, Feb. 15, 2015.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 2014 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: July 2014 to current year.
NITRATE: August 2014 to current year.
pH: July 2014 to current year.
TURBIDITY: July 2014 to current year.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: July 2014 to current year.
WATER TEMPERATURE: July 2014 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality and nitrate monitors. Electronic data logger with 15-minute recording interval.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 14.8 mg/L, Feb. 20, 2015, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, 2.2 mg/L, Oct. 2, 2014 but may have been lower during periods of missing record.
pH: Maximum, 9.3 standard units, many days, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, 6.2 standard units, Oct. 9-10, 2015 but may have been lower during periods of missing record.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 2,700 microsiemens/cm, Sept. 27, 2015, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, 75 microsiemens/cm, Feb. 25, 2016, but may have been lower during periods of missing record.
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 650 FNU, Oct. 10-11, 2015, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, 1.3 FNU, Sept. 10 2015, but may have been lower during periods of missing record.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 33.3°C, July 27, 2016, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, -0.1°C, Feb. 20, 2015.
NITRATE: Maximum, 0.68 mg/L as N, Feb. 17, 2016, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, 0.01 mg/L as N, many days, but may have been lower during periods of missing record.