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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
02018500 CATAWBA CREEK NEAR CATAWBA, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 37°28'05", Longitude 80°00'20", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Botetourt County, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02080201.
DRAINAGE AREA.--34.3 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1943 to current year.
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--September 1943 to October 1953.
REGULATION.--Plant diversion from October 1953 to October 1976, Transmountain diversion since December 1974, unknown amount.
GAGE OPERATION.--Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division.
     Duration Plot with Daily Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 02018500 plot. CATAWBA CREEK NEAR CATAWBA, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 13.0 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


                02018500     CATAWBA CREEK NEAR CATAWBA, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
6.10
9.78
12.0
17.0
33.0
62.0
113
167
585
 
10
February
5.80
9.10
14.0
30.0
50.0
75.0
122
183
670
 
10
March
13.0
18.0
25.0
36.0
54.0
88.0
136
198
1,010
 
10
April
14.0
18.0
21.0
28.0
39.0
58.0
124
206
1,230
 
10
May
11.0
14.0
16.0
21.0
32.0
46.0
79.0
113
622
 
10
June
4.80
7.42
9.00
11.0
15.0
25.0
41.9
72.6
1,540
 
10
July
3.00
4.20
5.00
7.32
13.0
18.5
38.9
79.5
540
 
10
August
2.60
3.20
3.70
5.50
9.90
16.2
29.0
64.9
304
 
10
September
2.20
3.20
3.70
5.50
10.0
17.0
33.9
63.9
670
 
10
October
3.60
4.20
4.60
6.10
9.90
13.0
32.9
95.7
440
 
10
November
4.20
4.80
6.10
7.10
9.05
23.0
50.0
94.4
1,080
 
10
December
3.50
4.20
5.50
13.0
22.5
38.0
75.0
119
765
 
10
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 0.24 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 13.0 cubic feet per second.

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