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  Duration Plot and Table of 28-Day Average 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 2015.
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 28-Day Average Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 03177710 plot. BLUESTONE RIVER AT FALLS MILLS, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current 28-day running-average value for 03/22/2017 is 76.79 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


                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
8.35
22.3
32.7
49.2
70.3
91.9
122
138
226
 
28
February
8.54
37.0
43.0
55.4
85.0
120
168
190
289
 
28
March
20.8
48.9
61.1
83.6
113
147
191
219
262
 
28
April
22.4
39.7
49.4
72.8
104
139
164
204
323
 
27
May
28.3
37.2
44.7
55.7
79.0
106
143
166
319
 
27
June
11.9
25.1
29.4
39.4
55.8
76.8
102
142
174
 
27
July
11.9
16.2
18.5
25.5
32.7
49.4
70.9
81.5
153
 
27
August
10.2
15.7
17.7
22.8
28.9
37.7
48.8
62.3
78.1
 
27
September
9.29
12.1
13.5
16.9
23.8
31.8
40.6
55.1
118
 
27
October
10.1
11.6
13.1
15.8
20.4
30.9
47.1
113
163
 
26
November
11.5
12.5
13.9
16.8
23.8
41.6
55.0
67.1
128
 
28
December
11.7
14.1
17.4
25.4
46.0
73.5
97.3
110
150
 
28
 
       

The current 28-day running-average value for 03/22/2017 is 76.79 cubic feet per second.

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

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