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 02392000 ETOWAH RIVER AT CANTON, GA.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 613 sq.mi.                             Datum is 844.55 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 03150104 at Latitude: 34:14:23N  Longitude: 084:29:47W
Station is in the state of GA (county code 057) and serviced by the GA office.
Channel slope is 7.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 86.80 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1344.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.49%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 83.60%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 5.20 inches
Annual precipitation is 54.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.70 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 32.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records prior to October 1, 1936 do not meet the specified standards of accuracy.


Daily and longer averages for 52 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
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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