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Water year 2019: 2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2019

03187500 CRANBERRY RIVER NEAR RICHWOOD, WV

LOCATION - Lat 38°17'43", long 80°31'36" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Nicholas County, WV, Hydrologic Unit 05050005, Monongahela National Forest, on left bank 30 ft downstream from U.S. Forest Service highway bridge, 0.6 mi upstream from Barrenshe Run, 5.0 mi north of Richwood, and at mile 5.6.

DRAINAGE AREA - 80.4 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR WV-82-1: Drainage area. WDR WV-97-1: 1946(M), 1948(M), 1954(M), 1967(P), 1970(M), 1972-79(M), 1980-81(P), 1986(P), 1989(P), 1991-92(M), 1994(P).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1944 to December 1951, and July 1964 to September 1971 (daily discharge and peaks), October 1971 to September 1979 (daily discharge and annual maxima; records provided by U.S. Forest Service, discharge computations made from average rating without periodic discharge measurement verification, published in WDR-82-1), October 1979 to September 1982, and March 1984 to current year (daily discharge and peaks).

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 2,129.79 ft above NAVD 88.

REMARKS - Maximum peak flow of 12,200 ft³/s from rating curve extended above 9,000 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height 12.22 ft.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of July 19, 1954, reached a stage of 12.22 ft (from floodmarks, present site and datum), discharge, 12,200 ft³/s, highest since 1932.

DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND
YEAR 2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30
DAILY MEAN VALUES
[e, Value has been estimated.]

Day	Oct
	2018
1	288
2	216
3	176
4	141
5	120
6	100
7	86.7
8	73.5
9	64.0
10	62.9
11	370
12	486
13	299
14	245
15	466
16	631
17	425
18	299
19	228
20	221
21	212
22	178
23	154
24	135
25	119
26	110
27	124
28	210
29	241
30	236
31	194
Total	6,911
Mean	223
Max	631
Min	62.9
Ac-ft	13,710

Day	Nov
2018
1	169
2	165
3	275
4	233
5	270
6	584
7	606
8	400
9	392
10	557
11	389
12	316
13	415
14	354
15	382
16	503
17	374
18	367
19	333
20	390
21	344
22	276
23	230
24	351
25	542
26	412
27	375
28	292
29	241
30	257
--
Total	10,790
Mean	360
Max	606
Min	165
Ac-ft	21,410

Day	Dec
2018
1	423
2	467
3	401
4	326
5	265
6	215
7	187
8	158
9	140
10	126
11	e105
12	e100
13	99.4
14	102
15	674
16	1,070
17	881
18	516
19	360
20	295
21	1,600
22	1,180
23	606
24	428
25	322
26	259
27	218
28	547
29	720
30	456
31	374
Total	13,619
Mean	439
Max	1600
Min	99.4
Ac-ft	27,020

Day	Jan
2019
1	360
2	283
3	237
4	201
5	272
6	299
7	256
8	223
9	199
10	164
11	e144
12	133
13	125
14	115
15	104
16	94.8
17	89.0
18	91.5
19	119
20	969
21	e528
22	332
23	297
24	1,720
25	868
26	489
27	370
28	290
29	242
30	e162
31	e116
Total	9,892
Mean	319
Max	1720
Min	89.0
Ac-ft	19,620

Day	Feb
2019
1	e107
2	e104
3	e114
4	e132
5	212
6	381
7	550
8	699
9	514
10	376
11	440
12	504
13	749
14	488
15	373
16	297
17	250
18	628
19	441
20	453
21	1,210
22	1,030
23	708
24	1,250
25	778
26	489
27	368
28	297
--
--
--
Total	13,940
Mean	498
Max	1250
Min	104
Ac-ft	27,650

Day	Mar
2019
1	352
2	384
3	371
4	511
5	369
6	291
7	247
8	207
9	185
10	342
11	541
12	387
13	314
14	268
15	279
16	230
17	184
18	158
19	137
20	122
21	113
22	117
23	107
24	101
25	97.5
26	98.1
27	89.7
28	81.6
29	77.3
30	74.7
31	88.9
Total	6,925
Mean	223
Max	541
Min	74.7
Ac-ft	13,730

Day	Apr
2019
1	96.0
2	82.5
3	78.2
4	73.4
5	72.2
6	89.2
7	83.9
8	100
9	124
10	109
11	96.7
12	94.1
13	105
14	101
15	428
16	374
17	300
18	245
19	376
20	1,300
21	649
22	412
23	300
24	237
25	188
26	233
27	479
28	327
29	262
30	215
--
Total	7,630
Mean	254
Max	1300
Min	72.2
Ac-ft	15,129

Day	May
2019
1	181
2	152
3	159
4	157
5	177
6	192
7	161
8	139
9	122
10	106
11	96.0
12	206
13	453
14	435
15	371
16	273
17	236
18	218
19	169
20	309
21	202
22	151
23	123
24	182
25	143
26	126
27	284
28	197
29	159
30	206
31	347
Total	6,432
Mean	207
Max	453
Min	96.0
Ac-ft	12,760

Day	Jun
2019
1	256
2	195
3	206
4	148
5	256
6	476
7	283
8	231
9	207
10	200
11	459
12	297
13	239
14	216
15	159
16	127
17	116
18	96.3
19	90.2
20	103
21	237
22	197
23	141
24	115
25	166
26	117
27	88.0
28	70.5
29	57.3
30	47.9
--
Total	5,597
Mean	187
Max	476
Min	47.9
Ac-ft	11,100

Day	Jul
2019
1	40.6
2	33.7
3	47.3
4	60.1
5	94.8
6	84.9
7	77.0
8	109
9	69.0
10	49.7
11	56.8
12	140
13	82.6
14	54.8
15	40.5
16	32.0
17	27.7
18	55.4
19	62.0
20	37.6
21	27.3
22	45.3
23	142
24	93.0
25	58.9
26	43.2
27	35.5
28	28.1
29	22.9
30	19.4
31	17.7
Total	1,789
Mean	57.7
Max	142
Min	17.7
Ac-ft	3,548

Day	Aug
2019
1	16.5
2	19.8
3	18.9
4	14.6
5	11.9
6	10.6
7	13.2
8	11.1
9	46.2
10	53.7
11	24.6
12	15.9
13	14.0
14	16.6
15	24.0
16	18.8
17	13.0
18	10.3
19	9.04
20	10.2
21	8.95
22	15.4
23	15.0
24	20.2
25	15.3
26	11.0
27	9.43
28	9.08
29	9.46
30	8.93
31	8.72
Total	504
Mean	16.3
Max	53.7
Min	8.72
Ac-ft	1,000

Day	Sep
2019
1	398
2	96.5
3	50.1
4	32.0
5	23.1
6	18.2
7	15.1
8	12.6
9	11.0
10	9.54
11	8.32
12	7.41
13	6.60
14	5.81
15	5.23
16	5.31
17	5.46
18	5.01
19	4.34
20	3.85
21	3.75
22	3.55
23	3.51
24	3.47
25	3.36
26	3.06
27	2.85
28	2.69
29	2.48
30	2.42
--
Total	755
Mean	25.2
Max	398
Min	2.42
Ac-ft	1,497

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1945 - 2019, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mean	124	229	313	316	332	431	319	277	158	126	100	90.2
Max	613	746	633	636	642	954	570	567	481	527	563	383
(WY)	(1977)	(1986)	(1979)	(1974)	(1982)	(1984)	(1987)	(1996)	(2016)	(2015)	(1989)	(2018)
Min	6.26	12.7	63.0	40.3	68.2	197	114	67.4	12.7	7.64	7.36	2.50
(WY)	(2009)	(2002)	(1966)	(1977)	(1978)	(2006)	(1995)	(2015)	(1966)	(1993)	(2011)	(1946)

SUMMARY STATISTICS
	Water Year 2019		Water Years 1945 - 2019
Annual total	84,790
Annual mean	232.3		233.6
Highest annual mean			318.0	1979
Lowest annual mean			126.2	1999
Highest daily mean	1,720	Jan 24	6,770	Mar 21, 1984
Lowest daily mean	2.42	Sep 30	0.160	Aug 21, 1987
Annual 7-day minimum	2.90	Sep 24	0.284	Aug 15, 1987
Maximum peak flow	3,040	Jan 24	12,200^a	Jul 19, 1954
Maximum peak stage	6.92	Jan 24	12.22	Jul 19, 1954
Annual runoff (cfsm)	2.89		2.90
Annual runoff (inches)	39.2		39.4
10 percent exceeds	488.4		530.0
50 percent exceeds	166.0		137.0
90 percent exceeds	12.8		16.0

^a Discharge is an Historic Peak

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