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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02112360 MITCHELL RIVER NEAR STATE ROAD, NC
LOCATION - Lat 36°18'41", long 80°48'26" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Surry County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 03040101, on right bank 280 ft upstream from bridge on Secondary Road 1001, 1.8 mi upstream from Grass Creek, and 3.3 mi east of State Road.
DRAINAGE AREA - 78.8 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR NC-80-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1964 to September 30, 2014 (Discontinued). Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1952-58, 1963.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 927.12 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to August 29, 1964, nonrecording gage at same site and datum. Satellite telemetry at streamgage.
REMARKS - Minimum discharge for many water years affected by regulation of unknown origin.
For Water Year 2014: Records good.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage known since at least 1900, about 18 ft in August 1940, from information by local resident; estimated discharge, 9,000 ft³/s. A discharge of 16 ft³/s was measured on September 19, 1956.
