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USGS 03072655 Monongahela River near Masontown, PA

 

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STATION.--03072655 MONONGAHELA RIVER NEAR MASTONTOWN, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`49'30", long 79`55'23", Greene County, Hydrologic Unit 05020005, on left bank, 84 ft upstream from Lock and Dam at Grays Landing, 0.9 mi upstream from Masontown, 1.2 mi upstream from Whitely Creek, 5.3 mi downstream from Dunkard Creek, 7.6 mi downstream from Cheat River, at mile 81.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--4,440 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1938 to current year. Published as "at Greensboro" (Station 03072500) October 1938 to September 1995. Prior to January 1939 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1305.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete dam control. Datum of gage is 769.00 ft above sea level (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to Nov. 8, 1990, at datum 1.45 lower.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Lake Lynn 11 mi upstream, since May 1938 by Tygart Lake (station 03055500) 69 mi upstream, and since April 1989 by Stonewall Jackson Lake 120.6 mi upstream, combined capacity, 432,000 acre-ft. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemetry at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of July 1888 reached a stage of 36 ft, from high-water profile by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Flood of Mar. 18, 1936, reached a stage of 28.4 ft, discharge 130,000 ft3/s.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey.
 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 10.51   11-19-2004  12:00
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 01

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 4,040   11-19-2004  12:00
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 02
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 64 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
4,040  248 5,618 21,000 2,039 4,069 9,050

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.


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