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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
02014000 POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 37°43'44", Longitude 80°02'33", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Alleghany County, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02080201.
DRAINAGE AREA.--153 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1928 to September 1956, October 1965 to current year.
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--All data through September 2007.
REGULATION.--No known regulation.
GAGE OPERATION.--U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center.
     Duration Plot with Daily Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 02014000 plot. POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 10/11/2008 is 23 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


                02014000     POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
16.0
31.0
39.0
82.0
144
272
500
716
7,430
 
70
February
17.0
42.8
62.6
108
198
335
576
830
4,740
 
70
March
31.0
70.0
100
153
234
401
711
1,100
5,160
 
70
April
50.0
77.0
92.0
122
177
313
571
846
5,030
 
70
May
27.0
52.0
62.0
90.0
139
239
437
668
5,100
 
70
June
22.0
30.0
36.0
48.0
72.0
123
255
456
8,870
 
70
July
15.0
22.4
26.0
33.0
44.5
67.0
106
158
2,890
 
70
August
16.0
21.0
23.0
27.0
36.0
54.0
91.0
159
3,510
 
70
September
16.0
19.0
21.0
24.0
32.0
45.0
100
178
5,590
 
70
October
16.0
21.0
23.0
28.0
38.0
70.0
160
288
2,850
 
70
November
16.0
25.0
27.0
33.0
60.0
124
256
416
6,600
 
70
December
15.0
25.0
30.0
52.0
100
189
349
529
4,050
 
70
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 13.0 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 10/11/2008 is 23 cubic feet per second.

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

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