North Fork Shenandoah River at Cootes Store, Rockingham County VA (COOV2)
Gage Location: Rockingham County, VirginiaSite Location: Rockingham County, Virginia
Latitude: 38.637Longitude: -78.853Elevation: 1051.8 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 210 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 15 ft. Moderate Stage: 18 ft.Major Stage: 21 ft.
First Flood: 1877-11-25Last Flood: 2011-04-16 Crest: 16.33 ft.Datum change: 1937-11-15Number of Floods: 23

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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
15 ft to 16 ft626.115 ft or above 23100.0
16 ft to 17 ft626.116 ft or above 1773.9
17 ft to 18 ft28.717 ft or above 1147.8
18 ft to 19 ft14.318 ft or above 939.1
19 ft to 20 ft313.019 ft or above 834.8
20 ft to 21 ft14.320 ft or above 521.7
21 ft to 22 ft00.021 ft or above 417.4
22 ft to 23 ft00.022 ft or above 417.4
23 ft to 24 ft14.323 ft or above 417.4
24 ft to 25 ft00.024 ft or above 313.0
25 ft to 26 ft28.725 ft or above 313.0
26 ft to 27 ft00.026 ft or above 14.3
27 ft to 28 ft14.327 ft or above 14.3
Height Above Flood Stage After Datum Change
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
15 ft to 16 ft531.215 ft or above 16100.0
16 ft to 17 ft531.216 ft or above 1168.8
17 ft to 18 ft16.217 ft or above 637.5
18 ft to 19 ft00.018 ft or above 531.2
19 ft to 20 ft212.519 ft or above 531.2
20 ft to 21 ft00.020 ft or above 318.8
21 ft to 22 ft00.021 ft or above 318.8
22 ft to 23 ft00.022 ft or above 318.8
23 ft to 24 ft00.023 ft or above 318.8
24 ft to 25 ft00.024 ft or above 318.8
25 ft to 26 ft212.525 ft or above 318.8
26 ft to 27 ft00.026 ft or above 16.2
27 ft to 28 ft16.227 ft or above 16.2





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