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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03478400 BEAVER CREEK AT BRISTOL, VA
LOCATION - Lat 36°37'54", long 82°08'02" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Bristol City, VA, Hydrologic Unit 06010102, on right bank 125 ft upstream from bridge on Alexis Dr, 75 ft downstream from Goose Creek, 0.9 mi downstream from Clear Creek, 3.7 mi northeast of Bristol, VA post office, and at mile 20.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 26.9 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - OFR 2006-1308: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1957 to current year. Published as "near Bristol" prior to October 1974.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,780.60 ft NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS - Small diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by withdrawal of water, which is returned to stream 600 ft upstream from station, for car-washing operation. Since September 1965, some regulation at high flow by flood-control reservoirs, capacity, 7,600 acre-ft. Maximum discharge, 1,600 ft³/s, from rating curve extended above 390 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow. Water-quality records for some prior periods have been collected at this location.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in 1936 reached a stage of about 12 ft.