James River at Cartersville, Cumberland County VA (CARV2)
Gage Location: Goochland County, Virginia	Site Location: Cumberland County, Virginia
Latitude: 37.671	Longitude: -78.086	Elevation: 163.9 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 6252 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 20 ft.	Moderate Stage: 23 ft.	Major Stage: 26.4 ft.
First Flood: 1869-11-01	Last Flood: 2010-01-26 Crest: 23.94 ft.	Datum change: 1927-06-04	Number of Floods: 84

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Month Number of Floods After Datum Number of Floods Total Cumulative Total After Datum Cumulative Total January 10 11 10 11 February 6 8 16 19 March 10 12 26 31 April 8 8 34 39 May 2 5 36 44 June 6 8 42 52 July 0 0 42 52 August 6 6 48 58 September 8 8 56 66 October 7 10 63 76 November 1 3 64 79 December 4 5 68 84 Seasonal Totals Winter (Dec-Jan-Feb) 24 Spring (Mar-Apr-May) 25 Summer (Jun-Jul-Aug) 14 Fall (Sep-Oct-Nov) 21

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