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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03057300 WEST FORK RIVER AT WALKERSVILLE, WV
LOCATION - Lat 38°52'07", long 80°27'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Lewis County, WV, Hydrologic Unit 05020002, on left bank at downstream side of highway bridge on Secondary Route 44 in Walkersville, 100 ft downstream from Right Fork, and at mile 95.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 28.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1984 to September 1992 (daily discharge and peaks), October 1992 to September 2002 (annual maxima), October 2002 to September 2008 (annual maximum gage height), October 2008 to September 2012 (annual maximum and minimum gage height), October 2012 to current year (daily mean gage height).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 1,070.01 ft above NAVD 88 (1,070.64 ft above NGVD 29).
REMARKS - Records affected by unquantified backwater from Stonewall Jackson Lake.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 3,390 ft³/s, Nov. 4, 1985, gage height, 17.87 ft; maximum gage height, 20.60 ft, Aug. 18, 2000 (from floodmark, backwater).
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - 8 years, 51.5 ft³/s.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2015 to September 2017.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 3.64 in., Jun 23, 2016; minimum precipitation, 0.00 in., on many days.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2011 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2011 to current year.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 29.2°C (84.6°F), July 16, 2024, Minimum Recorded, -0.10°C (31.8°F), January 19, 2022.
