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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
01635500 PASSAGE CREEK NEAR BUCKTON, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 38°57'29", Longitude 78°16'01", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Warren County, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02070006.
DRAINAGE AREA.--86.5 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1905 to July 1906 (gage heights only), April 1932 to current year. Prior to October 1966 published as "at Buckton."
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--All data through September 2007.
REGULATION.--Some regulation at low flows from operation of State Fish Hatchery 2 miles above station. At a point 14.2 miles upstream from gage on Little Passage Creek, there was a diversion at times of about 0.36 cfs (1991).
GAGE OPERATION.--Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division.
     Duration Plot with Daily Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 01635500 plot. PASSAGE CREEK NEAR BUCKTON, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 10/14/2008 is 3.9 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


                01635500     PASSAGE CREEK NEAR BUCKTON, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
1.60
8.20
12.0
24.0
50.0
102
196
314
4,260
 
75
February
3.00
11.0
16.0
36.0
70.0
120
239
390
2,220
 
75
March
5.00
23.0
33.4
52.0
90.0
157
321
517
3,540
 
75
April
9.80
23.0
30.0
47.0
79.0
147
272
421
3,830
 
76
May
5.60
14.0
18.0
29.0
52.0
100
197
292
2,300
 
76
June
0.70
5.00
6.60
10.0
18.0
37.0
89.1
151
7,830
 
76
July
0.40
2.10
3.00
5.00
8.90
16.0
36.0
65.2
682
 
76
August
0.20
1.80
2.10
3.50
6.50
13.0
32.0
65.2
7,510
 
76
September
0.80
1.90
2.40
3.40
6.00
13.0
37.1
89.0
6,370
 
76
October
1.40
2.80
3.40
5.00
8.00
20.0
62.6
120
9,290
 
75
November
2.40
5.60
6.20
8.20
15.0
41.0
102
161
3,130
 
75
December
1.60
6.32
7.90
14.0
34.0
71.0
150
228
3,200
 
75
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 0.10 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 10/14/2008 is 3.9 cubic feet per second.

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

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