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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 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 03165000 plot. CHESTNUT CREEK AT GALAX, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 08/28/2008 is 96 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
30.0
43.0
59.0
78.0
105
137
1,490
 
63
February
15.0
33.0
40.0
50.0
64.0
84.0
119
160
1,100
 
63
March
28.0
38.0
43.0
54.0
70.0
93.0
137
202
1,280
 
63
April
25.0
37.0
41.0
51.0
70.0
95.0
140
193
2,050
 
63
May
21.0
32.0
36.0
45.0
62.0
83.0
113
142
1,500
 
63
June
14.0
25.0
28.0
38.0
54.0
72.0
101
135
1,080
 
63
July
15.0
21.0
24.0
32.0
43.0
58.0
85.0
106
813
 
63
August
12.0
18.0
21.0
28.0
38.0
51.0
74.0
101
2,010
 
63
September
12.0
19.0
21.0
28.0
36.0
49.0
84.1
125
2,040
 
63
October
15.0
20.0
23.0
30.0
39.0
56.0
96.0
136
1,310
 
63
November
19.0
25.0
27.0
34.0
46.0
65.0
108
149
2,140
 
63
December
14.0
26.0
29.0
39.0
54.0
72.0
99.0
129
1,160
 
63
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 12.0 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 08/28/2008 is 96 cubic feet per second.

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

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