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 03198500 BIG COAL RIVER AT ASHFORD, WV


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 391 sq.mi.                             Datum is 622.46 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 05050009 at Latitude: 38:10:47N  Longitude: 081:42:42W
Station is in the state of WV (county code 005) and serviced by the WV office.
Channel slope is 28.10 feet/mile
Stream length is 63.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1750.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: 0.00%        Forests: 95.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.30 inches
Annual precipitation is 43.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.40 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 26.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Months with constant flow in 1916 may have estimated discharge values.


Daily and longer averages for 66 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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