USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 03162880 VILE CREEK NEAR SPARTA, NC

Alleghany County, North Carolina

Hydrologic Unit Code 05050001

Latitude 36°30'39", Longitude 81°06'16" NAD27

Drainage area 2.10 square miles

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1955	1955		188^4,Bm
1956	1956		188^4,Bm
1957	1957		188^4,Bm
1958	1958		160^4,Bm
1959	1959-09-30	15.77	188⁴
1960	1960-03	15.33^Bd	142^Bd
1961	1961-08-17	20.90	930
1962	1961-11-23	15.22	135
1963	1962-11-10	15.66	175
1964	1964-08-31	17.55	415
1965	1964-10-16	15.45	154
1966	1966-02-13	15.60	169
1967	1967-03-07	15.37	147
1968	1968-09-27	15.45	154
1969	1969-07-20	15.52	160
1970	1970-08-10	15.07	120
1971	1971-09-21	16.26	244

Peak Gage-Height Qualification Codes.

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

4 -- Discharge less than indicated value, which is Minimum Recordable Discharge at this site
Bd -- Day of occurrence is unknown or not exact
Bm -- Month of occurrence is unknown or not exact

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Title: Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow
URL: https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/peak?

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Page Last Modified: 2024-12-26 11:05:45 EST
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