| Abstract: | The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior, is the Nation‘s largest Earth-science information agency. Among its many responsibilities, such as map making and providing information on earthquakes and other natural hazards, the USGS provides information on the Nation‘s water resources. The USGS has collected and analyzed hydrologic (water-related) information for more than 100 years. In 1889, the first streamflow-gaging station (a site where regular observations of streamflow data are collected) operated in the United States by the USGS was established on the Rio Grande near Embudo, New Mexico. As the need for streamflow data increased, the USGS‘s streamflow-gaging program has grown to include more than 7,000 continuous-record streamflow-gaging stations. More than 90 percent of these stations are operated with at least partial support from State, local, or other Federal agencies.
In Virginia, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is a major cooperator in the streamflow-gaging program, which consists of 161 continuous-record streamflow-gaging stations located throughout the State (fig. 1). The USGS and DEQ cooperate to publish the annual USGS State data report, ‘Water Resources Data-Virginia‘; this two-volume publication includes streamflow data collected at the 161 streamflow-gaging stations, chemical data collected at 19 streamflow-gaging stations, and ground-water data collected from more than 250 wells located in Virginia. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 23946 |
| Citation Author: | Moberg, Roger M.; Rice, Karen C.; Powell, Eugene D. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Citation Edition: | Revised in 2002 |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0393000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0363000 |
| Citation LonE: | -0751500 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 4 p. pamphlet (more when folded) |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality-Water Division |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 95-713 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Measuring Streamflow in Virginia; 1995; OFR; 95-713; Moberg, Roger M.; Rice, Karen C.; Powell, Eugene D. |
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| Citation Year: | 1995 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Measuring Streamflow in Virginia; 1995; OFR; 95-713; Moberg, Roger M.; Rice, Karen C.; Powell, Eugene D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/0713/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr95-713 |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/0713/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jul 1996 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
