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  Duration Plot and Table of Daily Streamflow
 
02052000 MEHERRIN RIVER AT EMPORIA, VA
LOCATION.--Latitude 36°41'24", Longitude 77°32'27", North American Datum of 1927,
                    Emporia City, VA, Hydrologic Unit 03010204
DRAINAGE AREA.--744 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1951 to current year.
DURATION STATISTIC COMPUTATION PERIOD.--November 1965 to April 1986.
REGULATION.--Flow regulated by power generation dam prior to November 1965 and since April 1986.
GAGE OPERATION.--Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division.
     Duration Plot with Daily Streamflow Conditions
Provisional Data Subject to Revision 02052000 plot. MEHERRIN RIVER AT EMPORIA, VA
Provisional Data Subject to Revision

                    

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 358.0 cubic feet per second.

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


                02052000     MEHERRIN RIVER AT EMPORIA, VA

   Minimum daily flow
   5th percentile
 
   10th percentile
 
   25th percentile
 
 
   Median
 
 
   75th percentile
 
 
 
   90th percentile
 
 
 
   95th percentile
 
 
 
 
   Maximum daily flow
         
Years of record
January
88.0
131
199
402
576
1,100
2,350
4,340
8,750
 
21
February
115
248
319
554
793
1,240
2,520
3,860
16,600
 
21
March
198
295
382
522
800
1,420
2,660
4,460
11,100
 
21
April
204
254
278
368
590
988
1,990
3,150
19,200
 
20
May
152
185
203
276
432
702
1,280
2,020
7,400
 
20
June
80.0
115
144
199
290
438
902
1,410
9,630
 
20
July
28.0
52.1
78.0
124
194
324
665
1,130
15,500
 
20
August
25.0
47.0
57.1
90.2
172
300
629
1,040
4,190
 
20
September
14.0
23.0
34.1
61.0
113
195
421
1,140
9,820
 
20
October
15.0
36.0
46.0
84.0
145
380
859
1,980
20,700
 
20
November
37.0
85.0
99.1
148
222
451
1,160
2,470
16,900
 
21
December
80.0
101
137
225
485
817
1,440
2,120
7,000
 
21
 
       
Instantaneous minimum flow for period of record = 0.71 cubic feet per second.

The current daily value for 03/22/2017 is 358.0 cubic feet per second.

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

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