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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 2015.
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 03/22/2017 is 145 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
32.0
45.7
88.3
154
282
508
682
1,880
 
78
February
16.4
49.1
68.1
110
205
363
566
752
1,820
 
78
March
27.6
72.5
106
170
260
442
761
1,020
2,420
 
78
April
53.4
85.9
101
136
204
362
657
902
2,010
 
78
May
30.6
58.7
70.0
103
163
280
492
658
1,660
 
78
June
24.4
33.9
39.6
52.7
79.0
142
333
525
2,420
 
78
July
17.9
24.9
28.4
34.4
47.2
71.2
118
207
1,610
 
78
August
17.1
22.0
23.9
28.9
38.6
58.8
99.7
180
1,680
 
78
September
16.0
19.6
21.3
25.3
33.3
45.6
91.2
213
1,660
 
78
October
16.6
20.4
23.0
28.3
37.6
70.6
177
367
1,830
 
77
November
18.1
25.0
27.4
32.9
55.6
125
256
452
2,450
 
78
December
15.3
25.6
30.4
53.1
108
209
368
538
1,920
 
78
 
       

The current 7-day running-average value for 03/22/2017 is 145 cubic feet per second.

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

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