USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 03515000 LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT FONTANA DAM, NC

Graham County, North Carolina

Hydrologic Unit Code 06010204

Latitude 35°26'45", Longitude 83°48'20" NAD27

Drainage area 1,571.00 square miles

Gage datum 1,270.00 feet above NGVD29

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1939	1939-02-15		37,000
1940	1940-08-30		71,200
1941	1941-07-07		16,500
1942	1942-02-17		20,200
1943	1942-12-30		60,000
1944	1944-02-18		31,600
1945	1945-06-16		5,640^1,6
1946	1946-01-12		17,700⁶
1947	1947-01-26	11.70	19,600⁶
1948	1947-10-06		6,160⁶
1949	1949-01-08	10.97	16,500⁶
1950	1950-02-07	12.05	21,200⁶
1951	1950-11-25	8.20	6,460⁶
1952	1951-12-28	11.10	17,100⁶
1953	1953-07-31	7.98	5,600⁶
1954	1954-09-22	8.49	8,100⁶

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

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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