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 03183500 GREENBRIER RIVER AT ALDERSON, WV


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 1364 sq.mi.                            Datum is 1529.42 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 05050003 at Latitude: 37:43:27N  Longitude: 080:38:30W
Station is in the state of WV (county code 063) and serviced by the WV office.
Channel slope is 9.20 feet/mile
Stream length is 140.80 miles
Mean basin elevation is 2840.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: 0.00%        Forests: 80.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 4.10 inches
Annual precipitation is 41.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 20.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Months with constant flow in 1916 and 1917 may have estimated discharge values.


Daily and longer averages for 93 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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