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  Duration Plot and Table of 28-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 28-Day Average Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 02014000 plot. POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current 28-day running-average value for 03/22/2017 is 134.39 cubic feet per second.

  explanation   Percentile Description Duration Plot Description 28 Day 14 Day 7 Day Daily
      Duration Table of 28-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
23.6
33.7
52.6
92.3
178
276
400
511
834
 
78
February
26.3
57.1
72.8
132
230
368
485
557
891
 
78
March
28.2
88.1
118
203
292
419
581
640
1,240
 
78
April
62.2
100
137
188
279
458
607
725
1,270
 
78
May
48.5
77.1
101
141
219
337
479
558
1,190
 
78
June
28.8
44.1
52.5
76.8
135
234
365
472
764
 
78
July
21.4
28.9
33.6
40.9
55.6
101
210
340
771
 
78
August
20.8
24.2
27.9
33.4
44.8
67.9
108
172
505
 
78
September
18.3
21.9
23.5
28.4
38.1
55.3
132
191
774
 
78
October
17.9
20.6
22.6
28.7
37.9
69.8
167
253
836
 
76
November
18.8
24.6
27.9
34.3
55.2
133
284
366
814
 
78
December
22.3
27.0
30.2
48.4
116
191
342
501
847
 
78
 
       

The current 28-day running-average value for 03/22/2017 is 134.39 cubic feet per second.

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

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