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USGS 01595800 NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT BARNUM, WV

 

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LOCATION.-- Lat 39°26'42.4", long 79°06'38.9", Mineral County, W. Va., Hydrologic Unit 02070002,
   on right bank at highway bridge at Barnum, W. Va., 0.4 mi upstream from Folly Run, 4.0 mi
   southwest of Piedmont, W. Va., and at mile 59.4.
DRAINAGE AREA.--266 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1966 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.  Datum of gage is 1,151.82 ft above National Geodetic
   Vertical Datum of 1929. Since Oct. 1, 1985, operated as a crest-stage partial-record
REMARKS.--Prior to July 1981 regulation of low flow by Stony River Reservoir, 39 mi upstream from station.
   Since July 1981 complete regulation by Jennings Randolph Lake, 1.5 mi upstream from station,
   capacity 96,600 acre-ft. U.S. Geological Survey satellite collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 27,100 ft3/s, July 3, 1978,
   gage height, 13.37 ft; minimum discharge, 0.91 ft3/s, Aug. 12, 1981.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
   and the U.S. Geological Survey.

 
 
Available Parameters
All 5 Available Parameters for this site
00010 Temperature, water
00060 Discharge
00065 Gage height
00095 Specific cond at 25C
00400 pH

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 12.4   05-11-2009  14:00
Graph of Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00010; DD 01

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 551   05-11-2009  14:15
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00060; DD 02
Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for May 11 based on 24 years of record more
Min
(1982)		 20th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value		 Mean 80th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2008)
104 210. 416 551 663 900. 3160

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.72   05-11-2009  14:15
Graph of Gage height, feet
Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00065; DD 03

Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 209   05-11-2009  14:00
Graph of Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00095; DD 04

pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.3   05-11-2009  14:00
Graph of pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00400; DD 06
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