USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03114500 MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK AT LITTLE, WV
LOCATION - Lat 39°28'30", long 80°59'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Tyler County, WV, Hydrologic Unit 05030201, on right bank at downstream side of highway bridge at Little, 0.1 mi upstream from Stewarts Run, 5.0 mi west of Middleborne, and at mile 25.1.
DRAINAGE AREA - 459 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1915 to September 1916 (daily discharge and annual maxima), October 1916 to September 1920 (daily mean gage height and annual maxima), October 1920 to September 1922, and October 1925 to September 1928 (annual maxima), October 1928 to September 1932 (daily discharge and annual maxima), October 1932 to September 1995 (daily discharge and peaks). April 2009 to current year (daily discharge and peaks).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 631.04 ft above NAVD88. Previously listed as 631.32 ft above COE1912. Prior to July 11, 1947, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Aug. 1875 reached a stage of about 33.5 ft, 30,000 ft³/s. Flood of Mar. 1997 reached a stage of 19.5 ft (from floodmarks), discharge 17,000 ft³/s, published in WDR WV-97-1, p. 8. Flood of June 1998 reached a stage of 23.66 ft, discharge 22,500 ft³/s, published in WDR WV-98-1, p. 8.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 25,000 ft³/s, June 26, 1950, gage height, 28.00 ft; minimum, no flow, many days in 1922, 1929, 1930.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: December 2018 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: December 2018 to current year.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 32.6°C, July 20, 2020; minimum recorded, 0.0°C, several days in 2019.