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PEAK STREAMFLOW - VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE ALBEMARLE-PAMLICO ESTUARY
Description:
Peak discharge data from the U.S. Geological Survey (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis-w/VA) for gaging stations within the Virginia portion of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary watershed. Record dates vary by gaging station. Data for each station are located in a text file named by station number_peak.
Header information in the data files include:
Station name
Station number
latitude (ddmmss)
longitude (dddmmss)
state code
county
hydrologic unit
basin name
drainage area (square miles)
gage datum (feet above NGVD)
base discharge (cubic ft/sec)
Record Details:
Record Type:DATA SET
Product Published Date:12/31/1998
Record Last Revised:12/10/2002
Record ID:
13260
Access Procedures
:http://www.epa.gov/eims/files/ord-nerl/va_peak_streamflow.zip
Data Elements:
Data Element
:TYPE
Data Type
:NUMBER
Data Element Description
:?
Max Value Length
:1
Data Element
:PGQUAL
Data Type
:CHARACTER
Data Element Description
:PgQual
Max Value Length
:4
Data Element
:PEAKHEIGHT
Data Type
:NUMBER
Data Element Description
:PeakHeight
Max Value Length
:6
Data Element
:PGDATE
Data Type
:DATE
Data Element Description
:PgDate
Max Value Length
:10
Data Element
:HIGHSINCE
Data Type
:CHARACTER
Data Element Description
:HighSince
Max Value Length
:2
Data Element
:GAGEQUAL
Data Type
:CHARACTER
Data Element Description
:GageQual
Max Value Length
:4
Data Element
:GAGEATPEAK
Data Type
:NUMBER
Data Element Description
:Gage heights are given in feet above gage datum elevation.
Max Value Length
:8
Data Element
:DISQUAL
Data Type
:CHARACTER
Data Element Description
:DisQual
Max Value Length
:12
Data Element
:DISCHARGE
Data Type
:NUMBER
Data Element Description
:discharge (above base?) in cfs
Max Value Length
:6
Data Element
:DATE
Data Type
:DATE
Data Element Description
:date of peak discharge, format YYYY.MM.DD
Max Value Length
:10
Data Element
:STATION
Data Type
:NUMBER
Data Element Description
:station ID - same as file name and station ID in file header
Max Value Length
:15
Geographic Areas:
Title
:PEAK STREAMFLOW - VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE ALBEMARLE-PAMLICO ESTUARY
Version
:1.0
State
:VA