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Water-Year Summary for Site 0208524975

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Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Max.,Min.,Mean)  

Water year 2021: 2020-10-01 to 2021-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2021
0208524975 LITTLE RIVER BELOW LITTLE RIVER TRIBUTARY AT FAIRNTOSH, NC
LOCATION - Lat 36°06'48", long 78°51'35" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Durham County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 03020201, 125 ft downstream of the mouth of Little River tributary and 0.5 mi downstream of Little River dam.
DRAINAGE AREA - 98.9 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2006: 2005 (maximum discharge, gage height, daily discharges).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1995 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 270 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Satellite telemetry at station.
REMARKS -

Flow regulated by releases from the Little River Reservoir. 

For Water Year 2014: Records poor.
For Water Year 2015: Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
For Water Year 2016: Records poor.
For Water Year 2017: Records poor.
For Water Year 2018: Records poor.
For Water Year 2019: Records good, except those for estimated discharges, which are poor.
For Water Year 2020: Records fair, except those for estimated discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge for period of record, 16,600 ft³/s, September 6, 1996,from extension of rating curve based on contracted-opening measurement of peak flow. Maximum gage height for period of record, 17.27 ft, from floodmarks as a result of Hurricane Fran.