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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 2015.
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 03/22/2017 is 714.0 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
362
449
738
1,250
2,150
3,610
5,200
71,400
 
85
February
217
448
592
930
1,450
2,450
3,930
5,960
35,100
 
85
March
268
703
850
1,270
1,960
3,200
5,240
7,220
96,400
 
85
April
442
758
886
1,170
1,700
2,780
4,670
6,390
43,700
 
85
May
331
610
721
934
1,400
2,120
3,390
4,710
41,600
 
85
June
289
416
485
654
890
1,300
2,230
3,390
57,000
 
85
July
176
325
372
476
633
856
1,300
1,840
10,900
 
85
August
160
274
320
409
533
810
1,480
2,380
59,300
 
85
September
103
280
311
386
497
758
1,560
2,720
98,200
 
85
October
118
292
315
385
520
876
1,920
3,200
114,000
 
85
November
107
322
368
444
644
1,240
2,420
3,720
92,400
 
85
December
162
341
390
563
1,040
1,740
3,090
4,490
43,700
 
85
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 59.0 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 714.0 cubic feet per second.

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

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