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 02117500 ROCKY CREEK AT TURNERSBURG, N.C.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 102 sq.mi.                             Datum is 724.10 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03040102 at Latitude: 35:54:23N  Longitude: 080:48:34W
Station is in the state of NC (county code 097) and serviced by the NC office.
Channel slope is 21.50 feet/mile
Stream length is 26.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1150.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: 0.00%        Forests: 61.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 48.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.50 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 caused
   by mill above station.


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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