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  Duration Plot and Table of 7-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 2007.
REGULATION.--No known regulation.
GAGE OPERATION.--U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Science Center.
     Duration Plot with 7-Day Average Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 02014000 plot. POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current 7-day running-average value for 10/11/2008 is 20 cubic feet per second.

  explanation   Percentile Description Duration Plot Description 28 Day 14 Day 7 Day Daily
      Duration Table of 7-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
16.4
31.5
41.7
89.3
158
290
519
692
1,880
 
70
February
16.4
46.4
66.8
114
218
377
583
774
1,820
 
70
March
27.6
70.4
104
170
263
442
750
1,010
2,420
 
70
April
53.4
83.4
98.6
133
198
360
662
903
2,010
 
70
May
30.6
56.9
67.3
100
157
267
472
657
1,520
 
70
June
24.4
33.4
39.0
52.9
81.1
144
328
573
2,420
 
70
July
17.9
24.1
27.7
34.8
47.9
71.4
116
199
1,610
 
70
August
17.1
22.4
24.0
28.9
38.4
60.1
108
199
1,680
 
70
September
16.0
19.6
21.1
25.3
34.0
47.0
105
228
1,660
 
70
October
16.6
20.4
23.3
29.0
39.3
76.1
189
399
1,830
 
69
November
20.1
25.4
27.6
34.7
59.4
131
267
456
2,450
 
70
December
15.3
25.9
31.4
52.9
108
206
355
513
1,920
 
70
 
       

The current 7-day running-average value for 10/11/2008 is 20 cubic feet per second.

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

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