Basic Fixed-Site Water-Quality Records
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MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN
03070350 CHEAT RIVER NEAR MT. NEBO, WV
(National Water-Quality Assessment station)
LOCATION.--Lat 39`35'40", long 79`44'56", Preston County, Hydrologic Unit 05020004, on left bank 150 ft
upstream of Jenkintown Bridge, 800 ft upstream of Big Sandy Creek, 1.3 mi northeast of the town of Bull Run,
and 2.3 mi west southwest of Mt. Nebo, WV.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,132 mi2.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1996 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 960 ft above sea level, from topographic map.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Several measurements of water
temperature were made during the year.
PEAK DISCHARGES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Peak discharges greater than a base discharge of 22,000 ft3/s and maximum (*):
Discharge Gage height Discharge Gage height
Date Time (ft3/s) (ft) Date Time (ft3/s) (ft)
Nov. 8 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mar. 2 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Dec. 2 1140 *33,500 *14.30
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 1950 e2400 10200 e2500 3360 3700 4680 3420 1900 e760 564 472
2 1400 e2100 25900 e2200 2730 e25000 4260 2680 1770 e620 413 409
3 1220 e1800 13300 e1900 2300 e20000 4030 2240 2550 704 331 365
4 1080 e1600 e6000 e2000 2300 e19000 3610 2060 3520 653 517 331
5 965 e1400 e4700 e1900 4910 e11000 3080 2420 3290 501 1130 293
6 865 e1250 3800 e1800 6150 10500 2620 2230 2270 412 874 266
7 788 e1100 3270 e1600 4520 8890 2240 1800 1690 357 681 249
8 741 e8400 2890 e1400 3590 6160 1850 1560 1360 315 505 241
9 761 e18000 2630 e1250 3010 4810 1540 2240 1170 288 378 282
10 1090 e11000 2260 e1100 2470 4330 1350 1810 1030 405 307 915
11 1480 e7000 2330 e960 2060 4680 1220 2660 901 337 254 878
12 1310 4200 6770 e860 1750 3820 1150 4290 806 308 226 835
13 1090 3450 9640 e760 1460 3090 1240 4780 1350 259 242 707
14 983 2880 9370 e680 1380 2920 1330 4140 1640 233 380 554
15 e820 2450 6290 e620 1580 3800 1290 3600 1450 208 353 453
16 e740 2030 4600 e560 1960 3870 1130 3090 1060 197 336 370
17 e700 1780 3670 e500 1840 3060 1180 2850 946 195 1090 320
18 e620 1780 3010 e470 1630 2700 1420 2670 796 225 4820 296
19 e1000 2750 2520 e440 2080 5490 1720 3000 793 185 2880 275
20 e6400 3880 2080 e460 5520 9740 1880 5850 822 193 1700 282
21 10200 3180 1410 e500 6390 6250 1820 5710 779 161 4660 371
22 11500 2680 1250 e640 6200 4550 1770 4020 671 151 4620 589
23 8230 2210 1480 e1200 5860 3560 1680 2990 e560 196 2670 572
24 e5800 1860 2930 e2000 4110 2880 1540 2330 e480 1050 1580 446
25 3660 1680 5580 e3000 3140 2410 1700 2670 e400 2370 1110 353
26 3000 8800 4750 5650 2580 7030 1780 12700 e640 1510 877 300
27 2600 14100 3560 4360 2310 8480 1800 10600 3170 874 714 264
28 e3100 6890 3000 6420 2180 5350 2760 5620 e2600 614 841 267
29 e4000 4630 2870 9690 --- 4210 5830 3740 e1250 679 688 5190
30 e3400 3800 3220 5770 --- 3750 4420 2860 e850 1550 654 4690
31 e2700 --- e2800 4190 --- 3950 --- 2270 --- 888 550 ---
TOTAL 84193 131080 158080 67380 89370 208980 67920 114900 42514 17398 36945 21835
MEAN 2716 4369 5099 2174 3192 6741 2264 3706 1417 561 1192 728
MAX 11500 18000 25900 9690 6390 25000 5830 12700 3520 2370 4820 5190
MIN 620 1100 1250 440 1380 2410 1130 1560 400 151 226 241
CFSM 2.40 3.86 4.50 1.92 2.82 5.96 2.00 3.27 1.25 .50 1.05 .64
IN. 2.77 4.31 5.19 2.21 2.94 6.87 2.23 3.78 1.40 .57 1.21 .72
e Estimated.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN
03070350 CHEAT RIVER NEAR MT. NEBO, WV--Continued
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1996 - 1997, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
MEAN 2716 4369 5099 2174 3192 6741 2264 3706 1417 561 1192 728
MAX 2716 4369 5099 2174 3192 6741 2264 3706 1417 561 1192 728
(WY) 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
MIN 2716 4369 5099 2174 3192 6741 2264 3706 1417 561 1192 728
(WY) 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 WATER YEAR
ANNUAL TOTAL 1040595
ANNUAL MEAN 2851
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 25900 Dec 2
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 151 Jul 22
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 187 Jul 17
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 33500 Dec 2
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 14.30 Dec 2
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 136 Jul 22
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 2.52
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 34.20
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6060
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1860
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 355
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN
03070350 CHEAT RIVER NEAR MT. NEBO, WV--Continued
(National Water-Quality Assessment station)
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1996 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: June 1997 to September 1997.
pH: June 1997 to September 1997.
WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1996 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION.--Daily record measured and collected at hourly intervals with in-situ probes and electronic data
loggers.
REMARKS.--All water-quality samples were collected and analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Interruptions
in the daily record were due to malfunctions of the equipment. Additional sites in the (NAWQA) fixed-station
network are shown in figure 6 on page 28. An explanation of selected abbreviations used in the water-
quality tables are given on pages 29-31.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 30.5`C, June 18; minimum 0.0`C, on several days during winter periods.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DIS- PH BARO-
CHARGE, SPE- WATER METRIC HARD- ACIDITY MAGNE-
INST. CIFIC WHOLE PRES- NESS TOTAL CALCIUM SIUM, SODIUM,
CUBIC CON- FIELD TEMPER- SURE OXYGEN, TOTAL HEATED DIS- DIS- DIS-
FEET DUCT- (STAND- ATURE (MM DIS- (MG/L (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ANCE ARD WATER OF SOLVED AS AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND (µS/CM) UNITS) (DEG C) HG) (MG/L) CACO3) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG) AS NA)
(00061) (00095) (00400) (00010) (00025) (00300) (00900) (70508) (00915) (00925) (00930)
OCT
15... 1415 910 119 6.7 15.0 735 9.1 44 5.4 13 2.9 1.4
NOV
12... 1030 4380 86 7.0 5.0 746 12.4 31 7.0 9.3 2.0 1.0
DEC
03... 1300 12100 67 7.0 6.0 732 12.0 24 6.0 7.0 1.6 0.80
JAN
08... 1215 1570 123 6.5 4.0 742 12.9 42 11 12 2.9 1.6
FEB
04... 1200 2380 105 6.6 4.0 743 11.5 37 -- 11 2.4 1.3
MAR
06... 1130 10300 80 6.6 7.0 732 11.9 28 8.6 8.1 1.9 1.2
APR
07... 1145 2200 103 6.9 13.0 733 10.2 37 3.0 11 2.4 1.3
MAY
12... 1245 6020 73 7.3 10.5 726 11.0 26 1.8 7.8 1.6 1.3
JUN
03... 1500 3050 99 7.2 18.0 735 8.7 35 9.0 10 2.3 1.3
JUL
02... 1240 608 154 7.1 26.0 730 7.3 57 3.0 16 4.1 1.7
AUG
27... 1045 777 124 7.2 22.0 736 8.4 50 2.2 15 3.2 1.7
SEP
15... 1300 450 175 7.3 20.0 740 8.8 70 2.0 20 4.9 2.1
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN
03070350 CHEAT RIVER NEAR MT. NEBO, WV--Continued
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
ALKA- SOLIDS, NITRO- NITRO- NITRO- NITRO-
POTAS- LINITY CHLO- FLUO- SILICA, RESIDUE GEN, GEN, GEN, GEN,AM-
SIUM, WAT DIS SULFATE RIDE, RIDE, DIS- AT 180 NITRITE NO2+NO3 AMMONIA MONIA +
DIS- TOT IT DIS- DIS- DIS- SOLVED DEG. C DIS- DIS- DIS- ORGANIC
SOLVED FIELD SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED (MG/L DIS- SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL
DATE (MG/L MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L AS SOLVED (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
AS K) CACO3 AS SO4) AS CL) AS F) SIO2) (MG/L) AS N) AS N) AS N) AS N)
(00935) (39086) (00945) (00940) (00950) (00955) (70300) (00613) (00631) (00608) (00625)
OCT
15... 0.90 7 35 1.5 <0.10 4.4 76 0.010 0.240 0.250 0.30
NOV
12... 0.70 15 23 1.3 <0.10 4.6 51 <0.010 0.400 0.100 <0.20
DEC
03... 0.60 7 15 1.2 <0.10 3.8 39 0.010 0.380 0.060 <0.20
JAN
08... 0.70 12 36 1.9 <0.10 4.4 72 0.010 0.440 0.230 0.30
FEB
04... 0.60 8 30 2.0 <0.10 3.9 52 <0.010 0.500 0.200 0.20
MAR
06... 0.70 5 21 1.8 <0.10 3.9 53 <0.010 0.660 0.070 <0.20
APR
07... 0.70 14 31 1.6 <0.10 3.9 63 <0.010 0.380 0.300 0.30
MAY
12... 0.60 8 17 1.5 <0.10 4.1 47 <0.010 0.390 0.068 <0.20
JUN
03... 0.62 11 25 1.7 <0.10 3.9 52 <0.010 0.300 0.272 0.25
JUL
02... 0.95 5 52 1.7 <0.10 4.5 116 <0.010 0.308 0.317 0.42
AUG
27... 0.83 11 37 1.8 <0.10 4.3 81 <0.010 0.329 0.064 <0.20
SEP
15... 1.10 10 60 2.2 <0.10 4.2 108 <0.010 0.309 0.339 0.31
NITRO- PHOS- CARBON, SED.
GEN,AM- PHOS- PHORUS ALUM- MANGA- CARBON, ORGANIC SUSP.
MONIA + PHOS- PHORUS ORTHO, INUM, IRON, NESE, ORGANIC SUS- SEDI- SIEVE
ORGANIC PHORUS DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- PENDED MENT, DIAM.
DIS. TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL SUS- % FINER
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (MG/L (MG/L PENDED THAN
AS N) AS P) AS P) AS P) AS AL) AS FE) AS MN) AS C) AS C) (MG/L) .062 MM
(00623) (00665) (00666) (00671) (01106) (01046) (01056) (00681) (00689) (80154) (70331)
OCT
15... 0.30 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 43 <3.0 130 0.90 0.90 5 80
NOV
12... 0.20 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 25 180 95 1.2 0.80 4 68
DEC
03... <0.20 0.040 <0.010 <0.010 80 73 69 2.2 1.5 24 68
JAN
08... 0.30 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 14 210 140 0.70 0.80 6 93
FEB
04... 0.20 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 -- 130 120 1.9 0.40 6 67
MAR
06... <0.20 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 36 90 94 1.5 0.70 10 73
APR
07... 0.20 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 26 31 110 1.0 0.40 6 82
MAY
12... <0.20 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 60 45 60 1.5 0.50 5 27
JUN
03... 0.27 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 74 31 81 0.90 0.30 7 78
JUL
02... 0.44 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 75 8.4 252 1.4 0.40 5 60
AUG
27... 0.21 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 -- 11 154 2.2 0.80 5 75
SEP
15... 0.31 <0.010 <0.010 <0.010 73 5.0 238 2.3 -- 9 83
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN
03070350 CHEAT RIVER NEAR MT. NEBO, WV--Continued
REMARKS.--The following data are for dissolved trace elements in surface water filtered through a 0.45mm filter.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DIS-
CHARGE, BERYL- CHRO-
INST. ARSENIC BARIUM, LIUM, CADMIUM MIUM, COBALT, COPPER,
CUBIC DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS-
FEET SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L
SECOND AS AS) AS BA) AS BE) AS CD) AS CR) AS CO) AS CU)
(00061) (01000) (01005) (01010) (01025) (01030) (01035) (01040)
MAY
12... 1245 6020 <1 26 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 2.1 <1.0
SEP
15... 1300 450 <1 40 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 7.0 1.3
MOLYB- ANTI- SELE- URANIUM
LEAD, DENUM, NICKEL, SILVER, ZINC, MONY, NIUM, NATURAL
DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS-
SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L (µG/L
AS PB) AS MO) AS NI) AS AG) AS ZN) AS SB) AS SE) AS U)
(01049) (01060) (01065) (01075) (01090) (01095) (01145) (22703)
MAY
12... <1.0 <1.0 3.6 <1.0 6.8 <1.0 <1 <1.0
SEP
15... <1.0 <1.0 12 <1.0 26 <1.0 <1 <1.0
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN
03070350 CHEAT RIVER NEAR MT. NEBO, WV--Continued
REMARKS.--The following data are for trace elements and other constituents that were part of the suspended-
sediment fraction of the water sample. Suspended sediments were dewatered using a continuous flow centrifuge,
dried, and analyzed directly for total metals using a nitric, hydrofluoric, perchloric acid digestion. Whole
water contributions by the suspended sediment were then calculated using the suspended-sediment concentration
in kilograms per liter (kg/L) and the analyte concentration in milligrams per kilogram (µg/kg) from the direct
analysis of the suspended sediments, resulting in micrograms per gram (µg/g) concentrations. Values reported
in percent are the percent of that constituent in the suspended sediment. Dashed lines (--) indicate no data
available due to an insufficient amount of sediment in the sample. When no trace element was detected in the
sample, the default reporting value is the method detection limit preceded by a less-than sign (<).
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
DIS- SEDI-
CHARGE, MENT
INST. SUSP., AN- BERYL- CARBON,
CUBIC FLOW- ALUM- TIMONY ARSENIC BARIUM LIUM CADMIUM CARBON ORGANIC
FEET THROUGH INUM SED. SED. SED. SED. SED. SED. SUS-
DATE TIME PER CENTRIF SED,SUS SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. PENDED
SECOND (MG/L) PERCENT (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G) PERCENT PERCENT
(00061) (50279) (30221) (29816) (29818) (29820) (29822) (29826) (30244) (50465)
MAY
12... 1245 6020 7 7.5 8 13 460 9 2.5 8.2 9.0
SEP
15... 1300 450 2 12 1 14 190 43 3.4 -- --
CHRO- COBALT IRON LITHIUM MAN- MOLYB-
MIUM SEDI- COPPER SEDI- LEAD SEDI- GANESE MERCURY DENUM NICKEL
SED. MENT SED. MENT SED. MENT SED. SED. SED. SED.
DATE SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP.
(mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G) PERCENT (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G)
(29829) (35031) (29832) (30269) (29836) (35050) (29839) (29841) (29843) (29845)
MAY
12... 93 160 100 6.7 50 48 4300 .10 <25 140
SEP
15... 62 110 120 12 34 32 1900 .08 <10 190
PHOS- STRON- TITA-
PHORUS SELE- TIUM SULFUR NIUM URANIUM VANA-
SEDI- NIUM SILVER SEDI- SEDI- THAL- SEDI- SEDI- DIUM ZINC
MENT SED. SED. MENT MENT LIUM MENT MENT SED. SED.
DATE SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUS SED SUSP. SUSP. SUSP. SUSP.
PERCENT (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G) PERCENT (mG/G) PERCENT (mG/G) (mG/G) (mG/G)
(30292) (29847) (29850) (35040) (30308) (49955) (30317) (35046) (29853) (29855)
MAY
12... 810 2 <3 110 .60 <250 .35 <250 86 1400
SEP
15... 790 2 <1 67 -- <100 .14 <100 43 1800
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