# //UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY http://water.usgs.gov/ # //NATIONAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM http://water.usgs.gov/data.html # //DATA ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL PUBLISHED BY USGS # //RETRIEVED: 2026-09-02 20:30:01 # //WARNING # //WARNING The stage-discharge rating provided in this file should be # //WARNING considered provisional and subject to change. Stage-discharge # //WARNING ratings change over time as the channel features that control # //WARNING the relation between stage and discharge vary. Users are # //WARNING cautioned to consider carefully the applicability of this # //WARNING rating before using it for decisions that concern personal or # //WARNING public safety or operational consequences. # //FILE TYPE="NWIS RATING" # //DATABASE NUMBER=01 DESCRIPTION=" Standard data base for this site." # //STATION AGENCY="USGS " NUMBER="16060950 " TIME_ZONE="HST" DST_FLAG=N # //STATION NAME="NF Wailua Riv abv N Wailua Ditch Int, Kauai, HI" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="2.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Rating after large amount of sediment deposition as result of April 11, 2024, flood. Rating based on \\"the most\\" clear control direct measurements 11-12 and step-backwater analysis (July 25, 2025, surveyed cross-sections). Bend in rating is where flow reaches mostly vertical right wall at the control and densely vegetated slope on left side. Offset set as lowest point in control surveyed on July 25, 2025" # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING OFFSET1=-3.000000E-01 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20240412144500 BZONE=-10:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 1.0006765E+00 1.5400000E+00 * 2.8000000E+00 8.5000000E+01 * 3.7000000E+00 2.2000000E+02 * 5.1000000E+00 6.1000000E+02 * 1.2420000E+01 6.0000000E+03 *