Measuring streamflow in Virginia (1999 revision)
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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, and other Federal agencies.
In Virginia, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is a major cooperator in the streamflow-gaging program, which consists of 152 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 152 streamflow-gaging stations, chemical data collected at more than 24 streamflow-gaging stations, and ground-water data collected from more than 338 wells.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Measuring streamflow in Virginia (1999 revision) |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 95-713 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr95713_1999 |
| Edition | Revised in 1999 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Virginia Water Science Center |
| Description | HTML Document |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
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