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NOTICE (09/02/2008)--After September
30, 2008, water-quality data collection at this streamgage may be
discontinued due to funding reductions from partner agencies.
Although historic data will remain accessible, no new data will be
collected unless one or more new funding partners are found. Users
who can contribute funding for the non-Federal share of costs to
continue operation of this streamgage should contact the USGS
Maryland-Delaware-DC Water Science Center. Ed Doheny (443-498-5535 or
ejdoheny@usgs.gov) or Jim Gerhart (443-498-5501 or
jgerhart@usgs.gov).
LOCATION.--Lat 39°28'45.1", long 79°03'54.0", Mineral County, W. Va., Hydrologic Unit 02070002,
on right bank 0.2 mi downstream from Savage River, 0.5 mi northwest of Luke, and at mile 53.3.
DRAINAGE AREA.--406 mi2.
REVISED RECORDS.--OFR 95-0292: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 944.22 ft above National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929. June 27, 1899, to July 15, 1906, nonrecording gage at bridge 1.1 mi downstream at datum
about 35 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated prior to July 1981 by Stony River Reservoir, 45 mi upstream from station,
since December 1950 by Savage River Reservoir, 5 mi upstream from station, and since July 1981 by Jennings
Randolph Lake, 9 mi upstream from station. Some regulation at low flow by West Virginia Pulp and Paper
at site used 1899-1906. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite collection platform at station. Upper Potomac
River Commission gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 39,400 ft3/s, Oct. 15, 1954, gage height,
17.15 ft; minimum discharge, 6.0 ft3/s, Sep. 4, 1904.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Upper Potomac River Commission, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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