PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

STATION.--01598500 NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT LUKE, MD
LOCATION.--Lat 39°28'45.1", long 79°03'54.0", Mineral County, W. Va., Hydrologic Unit 02070002,
   on right bank 0.2 mi downstream from Savage River, 0.5 mi northwest of Luke, and at mile 53.3.
DRAINAGE AREA.--406 mi2.
REVISED RECORDS.--OFR 95-0292: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 944.22 ft above National Geodetic
   Vertical Datum of 1929. June 27, 1899, to July 15, 1906,  nonrecording gage at bridge 1.1 mi downstream at datum
   about 35 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated prior to July 1981 by Stony River Reservoir, 45 mi upstream from station,
   since December 1950 by  Savage River Reservoir, 5 mi upstream from station, and since July 1981 by Jennings
   Randolph Lake, 9 mi upstream from station. Some regulation at low flow by West Virginia Pulp and Paper
   at site used 1899-1906. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite collection platform at station. Upper Potomac
   River Commission gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 39,400 ft3/s, Oct. 15, 1954, gage height,
   17.15 ft; minimum discharge, 6.0 ft3/s, Sep. 4, 1904.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
   Upper Potomac River Commission, and the U.S. Geological Survey.