HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 02053200 POTECASI CREEK NEAR UNION, N. C.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 225 sq.mi.                             Datum is 3.53 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03010204 at Latitude: 36:22:14N  Longitude: 077:01:36W
Station is in the state of NC (county code 091) and serviced by the NC office.
Channel slope is 2.70 feet/mile
Stream length is 29.60 miles
Mean basin elevation is 75.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 7.00%     Lakes: 1.00%        Forests: 67.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 45.40 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.80 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 33.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Low-flow records rated fair to poor, but this is the best station in this geographical area.


Daily and longer averages for 30 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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