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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
03177710 BLUESTONE RIVER AT FALLS MILLS, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 37°16'17", Longitude 81°18'18", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Tazewell County, VA, Hydrologic Unit 05050002.
DRAINAGE AREA.--44.3 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1980 to March 1997, October 2004 to current year.
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--All data through September 2007.
REGULATION.--Some diurnal fluctuation caused by discharge from wastewater treatment plant 2.3 mi. upstream. About 65 per cent of discharge from the treatment plant is diverted from another drainage basin.
GAGE OPERATION.--U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center.
     Duration Plot with Daily Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 03177710 plot. BLUESTONE RIVER AT FALLS MILLS, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 10/14/2008 is 9.4 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


                03177710     BLUESTONE RIVER AT FALLS MILLS, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
3.90
12.0
20.0
35.0
58.0
95.5
166
229
1,230
 
20
February
9.00
26.0
31.3
50.0
82.0
123
191
253
843
 
20
March
17.0
30.0
43.0
62.0
93.0
140
216
272
768
 
20
April
22.0
30.0
34.0
48.0
71.0
112
165
217
935
 
19
May
16.0
25.0
29.0
40.0
58.0
85.0
148
206
996
 
19
June
7.60
13.0
16.0
25.0
36.0
52.8
98.0
149
660
 
19
July
8.40
12.4
15.0
19.0
26.0
38.0
57.0
75.2
265
 
19
August
6.60
9.50
12.0
16.0
21.0
29.0
46.0
68.2
399
 
19
September
5.80
8.80
10.0
13.0
17.0
23.5
47.6
66.1
429
 
19
October
6.10
11.0
12.0
14.0
17.0
30.0
57.0
76.1
394
 
20
November
6.10
11.0
12.0
15.0
23.0
45.0
76.1
101
301
 
20
December
6.00
12.0
14.0
22.0
38.0
70.0
118
164
436
 
20
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 1.00 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 10/14/2008 is 9.4 cubic feet per second.

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

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