Jackson River below Dunlap Creek at Covington, Covington City County VA (CVGV2)
Gage Location: Covington City County, VirginiaSite Location: Covington City County, Virginia
Latitude: 37.789Longitude: -80.001Elevation: 1206.53 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 612 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 17 ft. Moderate Stage: 21.5 ft.Major Stage: 23 ft.
First Flood: 1913-03-28Last Flood: 2004-09-28 Crest: 17.27 ft.Datum change: 1975-10-01Number of Floods: 11

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Height Above Flood Stage for Entire Period of Record
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
17 ft to 18 ft218.217 ft or above 11100.0
18 ft to 19 ft19.118 ft or above 981.8
19 ft to 20 ft218.219 ft or above 872.7
20 ft to 21 ft218.220 ft or above 654.5
21 ft to 22 ft00.021 ft or above 436.4
22 ft to 23 ft19.122 ft or above 436.4
23 ft to 24 ft19.123 ft or above 327.3
24 ft to 25 ft19.124 ft or above 218.2
25 ft to 26 ft19.125 ft or above 19.1
Height Above Flood Stage After Datum Change
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
17 ft to 18 ft240.017 ft or above 5100.0
18 ft to 19 ft00.018 ft or above 360.0
19 ft to 20 ft120.019 ft or above 360.0
20 ft to 21 ft120.020 ft or above 240.0
21 ft to 22 ft00.021 ft or above 120.0
22 ft to 23 ft00.022 ft or above 120.0
23 ft to 24 ft120.023 ft or above 120.0
24 ft to 25 ft00.024 ft or above 00.0
25 ft to 26 ft00.025 ft or above 00.0





Codes and description

C1|Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in frequency calculations. Some of the floods are based on current flood stage and nearby gage information.
C2|Crest information looks reliable despite potential problems. This data was used in frequency calculations.
C3|Crest height estimated by the USGS.
C4|Crest height is from the National Weather Service.
C5|Crest height affected by backwater.
C6|Crest occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. The crests below the new flood stage are not used in flood frequency calculations.
C7|Crest from USGS yearly peak and/or date is different than the crest we provide. In many cases MARFC uses crest based on backwater or ice effects.
C8|Crest month or day of occurrence has been estimated by The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center usually based on nearby gage information.
C9|Crest date (day) in the month is unknown.
F1|Flow is an estimate.
F2|Flow affected by regulation or diversion and in some cases to an unknown degree.
F3|Flow effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up.
F4|Flow affected by dam failure.
F5|Flow - All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization or other factors.
G1|Gage height at a different site and/or datum.
G2|Gage is not an official USGS gage with crests provided by the NWS. Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in flood frequency calculations.
G3|Gage datum changed during this year.
none,No code; Good Data

Updated: 08:09 AM Feb 08, 2013