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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 03504000 NANTAHALA RIVER NEAR RAINBOW SPRINGS, NC

Macon County, North Carolina
Hydrologic Unit Code 06010202
Latitude  35°07'39", Longitude  83°37'07" NAD83
Drainage area 51.9  square miles
Gage datum 3,073.07 feet above NAVD88
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1940 1940-08-13 6.50 3,430
1941 1941-07-05 4.37 1,860
1942 1942-05-20 4.09 1,650
1943 1942-12-29 5.93 2,960
1944 1944-02-18 3.94 1,550
1945 1945-01-01 3.07 980
1946 1946-07-14 5.40 2,580
1947 1947-01-20 5.52 2,670
1948 1948-02-12 4.55 1,960
1949 1949-06-16 9.70 6,300
1950 1950-03-13 4.63 1,990
1951 1951-03-29 4.36 1,800
1952 1952-03-11 5.66 2,760
1953 1953-02-21 5.92 2,970
1954 1954-01-16 6.36 3,320
1955 1955-03-22 4.84 2,140
1956 1956-04-15 4.88 2,170
1957 1957-01-31 8.15 4,860
1958 1957-12-20 4.92 2,190
1959 1959-01-21 5.58 2,690
1960 1960-04-03 3.79 1,400
1961 1961-02-25 5.93 2,970
1962 1961-12-12 5.64 2,740
1963 1963-03-06 5.10 2,320
1964 1964-04-07 5.68 2,770
1965 1964-10-04 8.46 5,130
1966 1966-02-13 8.06 4,770
1967 1967-06-04 5.42 2,570
1968 1968-03-12 4.32 1,770
1969 1969-02-02 5.70 2,790
1970 1969-12-30 4.98 2,240
1971 1971-01-23 4.71 2,050
1972 1971-12-07 4.61 1,980
1973 1973-05-28 7.48 4,250
1974 1973-12-05 5.66 2,760
1975 1975-03-30 5.39 2,540
1976 1976-05-15 8.53 5,200
1977 1977-04-04 5.91 2,960
1978 1977-11-06 6.17 3,130
1979 1979-03-04 6.82 3,670
1980 1980-03-21 5.46 2,580
1981 1981-05-27 4.60 1,960
1982 1982-01-04 4.42 1,840
1983 1983-02-02 6.67 3,540
1984 1984-03-20 4.56 1,930
1985 1984-11-28 3.96 1,540
1986 1985-11-01 3.14 1,040
1987 1986-11-26 4.90 2,170
1988 1988-01-20 4.51 1,900
1989 1989-06-20 4.91 2,180
1990 1990-02-16 6.74 3,600
1991 1990-12-23 6.04 3,030
1992 1992-08-28 4.71 2,040
1993 1992-12-20 4.98 2,230
1994 1994-08-17 5.83 2,860
1995 1995-02-16 6.86 3,700
1996 1995-10-05 6.35 3,280
1997 1996-12-01 4.89 2,160
1998 1998-01-07 6.99 3,810
1999 1999-01-23 3.32 1,150
2000 2000-04-03 4.30 1,760
2001 2001-01-19 4.14 1,650
2002 2002-09-27 4.33 1,780
2003 2003-05-07 4.87 2,150
2004 2004-09-17 8.29 4,950
2005 2005-08-30 4.84 2,130
2006 2006-01-17 3.79 1,430
2007 2007-01-01 3.89 1,490
2008 2008-08-26 5.93 2,940
2009 2009-09-21 6.24 3,190
2010 2009-12-25 4.35 1,790
2011 2010-11-30 4.76 2,070
2012 2011-11-28 5.20 2,390
2013 2013-01-30 7.54 4,280
2014 2013-12-23 4.47 1,860
2015 2014-10-14 5.29 2,460
2016 2015-12-24 8.36 5,010
2017 2017-05-21 3.16 1,060
2018 2018-05-30 6.75 3,610
2019 2018-12-28 5.42 2,550
2020 2020-04-13 7.15 3,950
2021 2021-08-17 7.15 3,950
2022 2022-08-01 6.51 3,410
2023 2023-01-04 4.45 1,650