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USGS 03076500 YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT FRIENDSVILLE, MD

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
 

STATION.--03076500 YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT FRIENDSVILLE, MD
LOCATION.--Lat 39°39'13.0", long 79°24'29.9", Garrett County, Hydrologic Unit 05020006,
   on left bank 0.7 mi upstream from bridge on State Highway 42 at Friendsville, and at 1.5 mi 
   upstream from Bear Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--295 mi2
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1898 to December 1904 and October 1940 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,487.33 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
   of 1929. Aug. 17, 1898, to Dec. 31, 1904, and Sept. 1, 1922, to Sept. 30, 1926, nonrecording gages at
   bridge 0.7 mi downstream at datum 16.24 ft and 16.29 ft lower, respectively.
REMARKS.--Low and medium flow regulated since July 1925 by Deep Creek Reservoir. U.S. Army Corps
   of Engineers satellite collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 16,100 ft3/s, Jan. 19, 1996,
   gage height, 9.54 ft (14.20 ft recorded on Mar. 29, 1924 at site and datum then in use);
   minimum discharge, unknown.
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: 2.94   11-19-2004  07:00
Graph of
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 04

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 397   11-19-2004  07:00
Graph of
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 05
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 69 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
397  51 459 1,930 185 378 601

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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