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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
03478400 BEAVER CREEK AT BRISTOL, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 36°37'54", Longitude 82°08'02", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Bristol City, VA, Hydrologic Unit 06010102.
DRAINAGE AREA.--26.9 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1957 to current year. Published as "near Bristol" prior to October 1974.
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--All data through September 2015.
REGULATION.--Some small diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by plant upstream.
GAGE OPERATION.--U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center.
     Duration Plot with Daily Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 03478400 plot. BEAVER CREEK AT BRISTOL, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 31.0 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


                03478400     BEAVER CREEK AT BRISTOL, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
7.50
9.60
13.0
25.0
36.0
50.0
70.0
89.0
372
 
58
February
8.70
18.0
23.0
31.0
44.0
61.0
87.1
115
534
 
58
March
13.0
21.0
26.0
35.0
47.0
65.0
92.1
120
580
 
58
April
14.0
20.0
24.0
32.0
45.0
59.0
82.0
102
575
 
58
May
11.0
16.0
19.0
26.0
34.0
44.0
60.0
72.0
530
 
58
June
8.20
12.0
14.0
20.0
27.0
37.0
49.0
60.0
326
 
58
July
7.30
11.0
13.0
17.0
22.0
31.0
41.0
51.0
500
 
58
August
5.70
10.0
12.0
14.0
18.0
25.0
36.0
48.0
328
 
58
September
5.40
9.00
10.0
12.0
15.0
20.0
27.0
35.0
474
 
58
October
5.40
8.20
9.30
12.0
14.0
18.0
30.0
38.0
343
 
58
November
5.40
8.70
10.0
12.0
16.0
22.8
36.0
47.0
259
 
58
December
6.80
9.20
10.0
13.0
23.0
41.0
60.0
81.0
438
 
58
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 3.40 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 31.0 cubic feet per second.

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

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