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  Duration Plot and Table of 14-Day Average Streamflow
 
02014000 POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 37°43'44", Longitude 80°02'33", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Alleghany County, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02080201.
DRAINAGE AREA.--153 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1928 to September 1956, October 1965 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 14-Day Average Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 02014000 plot. POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current 14-day running-average value for 03/22/2017 is 129.21 cubic feet per second.

  explanation   Percentile Description Duration Plot Description 28 Day 14 Day 7 Day Daily
      Duration Table of 14-Day Average Streamflow
            Flow values in cubic feet per second


                02014000     POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
20.4
32.9
48.5
94.8
166
288
460
630
1,310
 
78
February
17.9
51.2
72.0
117
219
364
571
701
1,250
 
78
March
28.9
76.1
111
185
291
440
714
863
1,650
 
78
April
56.9
90.0
108
154
235
422
668
785
1,860
 
78
May
34.9
64.0
78.1
118
185
317
468
585
1,250
 
78
June
27.2
37.8
43.4
59.7
93.2
179
369
542
1,300
 
78
July
19.2
26.6
29.7
36.9
49.2
78.4
155
255
1,310
 
78
August
18.2
22.9
24.8
30.5
42.1
62.3
111
170
923
 
78
September
16.6
20.3
22.0
26.0
35.1
47.7
101
208
1,200
 
78
October
16.8
20.4
23.3
28.6
38.3
72.2
199
312
1,170
 
77
November
18.4
24.7
27.5
34.2
56.0
125
289
462
1,320
 
78
December
18.9
25.6
30.6
52.8
112
209
369
497
1,090
 
78
 
       

The current 14-day running-average value for 03/22/2017 is 129.21 cubic feet per second.

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

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