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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
01631000 SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER AT FRONT ROYAL, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 38°54'50", Longitude 78°12'40", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Warren County, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02070005.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,634 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1899 to September 1906, October 1930 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1302.
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--All data through September 2007.
REGULATION.--Flow at low and medium stages is regulated by operation of powerplants above station prior to 1954, occasional large diurnal fluctuation thereafter.
GAGE OPERATION.--U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center.
     Duration Plot with Daily Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 01631000 plot. SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER AT FRONT ROYAL, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 10/14/2008 is 325 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


                01631000     SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER AT FRONT ROYAL, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
170
355
432
748
1,260
2,170
3,710
5,260
71,400
 
77
February
217
437
584
960
1,510
2,500
4,050
6,010
35,100
 
77
March
268
720
863
1,260
1,940
3,180
5,250
7,240
96,400
 
77
April
442
744
872
1,160
1,680
2,790
4,690
6,410
43,700
 
77
May
331
602
708
910
1,370
2,080
3,300
4,470
41,600
 
77
June
289
406
476
646
881
1,300
2,240
3,430
57,000
 
77
July
176
323
370
476
633
856
1,310
1,840
10,900
 
77
August
160
279
325
414
538
842
1,560
2,470
59,300
 
77
September
140
289
316
392
504
784
1,680
2,850
98,200
 
77
October
118
290
311
386
521
927
2,030
3,410
114,000
 
77
November
107
315
362
442
669
1,310
2,560
3,830
92,400
 
77
December
162
330
384
551
1,040
1,690
2,980
4,370
43,700
 
77
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 59.0 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 10/14/2008 is 325 cubic feet per second.

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

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