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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
03165000 CHESTNUT CREEK AT GALAX, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 36°38'45", Longitude 80°55'10", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Galax City, VA, Hydrologic Unit 05050001.
DRAINAGE AREA.--39.4 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1944 to current year.
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--All data through September 2015.
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 03165000 plot. CHESTNUT CREEK AT GALAX, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 35.0 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


                03165000     CHESTNUT CREEK AT GALAX, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
19.0
26.0
31.0
42.0
58.0
78.0
108
140
1,490
 
71
February
15.0
33.0
38.0
50.0
64.0
83.0
117
154
1,100
 
71
March
28.0
38.1
44.0
54.0
70.0
93.0
136
200
1,280
 
71
April
25.0
38.0
42.0
52.0
71.0
95.0
140
192
2,050
 
71
May
21.0
32.0
38.0
47.0
62.0
84.0
115
147
1,500
 
71
June
14.0
25.0
29.0
38.0
53.0
72.0
103
139
1,370
 
71
July
15.0
21.0
24.0
33.0
43.0
58.0
87.0
121
818
 
71
August
10.0
18.0
21.0
28.0
38.0
51.0
79.0
116
2,010
 
71
September
12.0
19.0
22.0
28.0
36.0
49.0
87.9
130
2,040
 
71
October
15.0
20.0
23.0
30.0
39.0
56.0
94.0
134
1,310
 
71
November
19.0
25.0
28.0
34.0
46.0
64.0
105
148
2,140
 
71
December
14.0
26.0
30.0
39.0
55.0
75.0
101
141
1,160
 
71
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 10.0 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 35.0 cubic feet per second.

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

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