Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.
Drainage area is 65.3 sq.mi. Datum is 2383.89 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 06010106 at Latitude: 35:37:21N Longitude: 083:00:25W
Station is in the state of NC (county code 087) and serviced by the NC office.
Channel slope is 64.60 feet/mile
Stream length is 17.60 miles
Mean basin elevation is 3950.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by
Storage: 0.00% Lakes: 0.00% Forests: 68.00% Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 54.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 25.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
Records prior to 1959 are unsuitable for analysis at less than monthly resolution due to diurnal fluctuation at low
flow caused by small gristmill above station.
Monthly and longer averages for 42 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.
a. Table of daily data (145K text)
b. Table of monthly data
c. Table of annual data
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.
a. Format of the daily data table
b. Format of the monthly data table
c. Format of the yearly data table