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 02115500 FORBUSH CREEK NEAR YADKINVILLE, N. C.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 21.7 sq.mi.                            Datum is 728.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03040101 at Latitude: 36:08:13N  Longitude: 080:33:09W
Station is in the state of NC (county code 197) and serviced by the NC office.
Channel slope is 20.10 feet/mile
Stream length is 11.60 miles
Mean basin elevation is 940.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 2.00%     Lakes: 2.00%        Forests: 49.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 46.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.30 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 30.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records are unsuitable for analysis at less than monthly resolution due to diurnal fluctuation at low flow during
   growing season.


Monthly and longer averages for 31 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
...................................................................*******************************.................

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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