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	00045 Precipitation(Sum)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Max.,Min.,Mean)

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

02112120 ROARING RIVER NEAR ROARING RIVER, NC

LOCATION - Lat 36°15'01", long 81°02'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Wilkes County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 03040101, on left bank at downstream end of old bridge pier, 800 ft upstream from bridge on Secondary Road 1990, 3.8 mi northwest of Roaring River, and 4.1 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 128 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR NC-80-1: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1964 to September 2014(discontinued). Occasional low-flow measurements water years 1925, 1947, 1949-56, 1963.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 964.85 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to May 1, 1964, nonrecording gage on downstream side of bridge at same site and datum. Satellite telemetry at streamgage.

REMARKS -

2014 - Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Maximum discharge from rating curve extended above 2,400 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow at gage heights 22.54, 14.40, and 10.83 ft.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of 1916 reached a stage of about 28 ft; estimated discharge, 45,000 ft³/s. The flood of August 1940 reached a stage of about 24 ft; estimated discharge, 31,000 ft³/s, from information by local residents and rating curve extended as explained above. A discharge of 24 ft³/s was measured September 18, 1956.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

Maximum discharge from rating curve extended above 2,400 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow at gage heights 22.54, 14.40, and 10.83 ft.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2002 to September 2014(discontinued).

INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage and electronic datalogger. Satellite telemetry at station.

REMARKS - Gage is operated in cooperation with Yadkin, Inc., the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District. Precipitation data collected during freezing periods may not be accurately reflected in daily record.