Goose Creek near Leesburg, Loudoun County VA (LEEV2)
Gage Location: Loudoun County, Virginia	Site Location: Loudoun County, Virginia
Latitude: 39.019	Longitude: -77.578	Elevation: 248.93 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 332 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 12 ft.	Moderate Stage: 18 ft.	Major Stage: 15 ft.
First Flood: 1889-06-01	Last Flood: 2013-01-31 Crest: 18.47 ft.	Datum change: 2011-06-01	Number of Floods: 39

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Month Number of Floods After Datum Number of Floods Total Cumulative Total After Datum Cumulative Total January 1 6 1 6 February 0 3 1 9 March 0 4 1 13 April 0 3 1 16 May 0 2 1 18 June 0 2 1 20 July 0 2 1 22 August 0 3 1 25 September 0 3 1 28 October 1 4 2 32 November 0 2 2 34 December 0 5 2 39 Seasonal Totals Winter (Dec-Jan-Feb) 14 Spring (Mar-Apr-May) 9 Summer (Jun-Jul-Aug) 7 Fall (Sep-Oct-Nov) 9

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