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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
01629500 SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER NEAR NEAR LURAY, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 38°38'46", Longitude 78°32'06", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Page County, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02070005.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,372 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1925 to September 1930, October 1938 to September 1951, June 1979 to current year.
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--All data through September 2007.
REGULATION.--Diurnal fluctuation at low and medium flows caused by the powerplant 10 miles above station.
GAGE OPERATION.--Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division.
     Duration Plot with Daily Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 01629500 plot. SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER NEAR LURAY, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 08/28/2008 is 459 cubic feet per second.

  explanation   Percentile Description Duration Plot Description 28 Day 14 Day 7 Day Daily
      Duration Table of Daily Streamflow
            Flow values in cubic feet per second


                01629500     SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER NEAR LURAY, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
190
320
390
676
1,060
1,710
2,960
4,220
47,000
 
46
February
259
409
541
832
1,300
2,160
3,640
5,530
31,600
 
46
March
259
590
676
994
1,570
2,540
4,330
6,130
31,900
 
46
April
264
584
679
932
1,360
2,420
4,170
5,900
39,800
 
47
May
226
500
606
809
1,180
1,800
2,940
3,950
26,600
 
47
June
222
365
424
562
780
1,200
2,070
3,450
28,600
 
48
July
152
265
335
442
580
807
1,230
1,700
10,200
 
48
August
138
263
311
387
480
726
1,400
2,250
32,400
 
48
September
135
266
305
351
433
770
1,910
3,490
84,400
 
48
October
206
257
289
355
470
844
1,820
3,220
73,300
 
46
November
151
307
346
398
605
1,180
2,390
3,700
78,700
 
46
December
214
319
352
508
930
1,590
2,740
4,010
19,000
 
46
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 70.0 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 08/28/2008 is 459 cubic feet per second.

---- Provisional Data Subject to Revision ----

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