James River at Scottsville, Albemarle County VA (SVEV2)
Gage Location: Albemarle County, Virginia	Site Location: Albemarle County, Virginia
Latitude: 37.797	Longitude: -78.492	Elevation: 253.18 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 4581 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 20 ft.	Moderate Stage: 22 ft.	Major Stage: 24 ft.
First Flood: 1870-09-30	Last Flood: 2010-01-25 Crest: 22.1 ft.	Datum change: 1928-11-28	Number of Floods: 44

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1870-10-01 30.7 215000 Major *** (B) 1877-11-24 27.9 160000 Major *** (B) 1913-03-01 25.16 121000 Major *** (B) 1924-10-01 -9999 80000 Missing *** 1928-08-17 20.92 75600 Minor *** 1934-12-02 22.63 86800 Moderate none 1935-01-24 22.3 84800 Moderate none 1935-09-06 23.06 93400 Moderate none 1936-03-19 25.46 126000 Major none 1937-10-20 22.33 87400 Moderate none 1940-08-16 25.84 130000 Major none 1942-05-23 21.44 80600 Minor none 1942-10-16 23 95200 Moderate none 1944-09-19 26 133000 Major none 1948-12-04 22.9 94200 Moderate none 1949-03-23 20.22 71900 Minor none 1950-09-11 20.43 73300 Minor none 1963-03-14 20.82 76200 Minor none 1969-08-20 30 188000 Major none 1972-06-22 34.02 301000 Major none 1972-10-06 23.24 97600 Moderate none 1973-12-28 21.12 78500 Minor none 1975-03-19 24.63 114000 Major none 1978-01-27 22.23 88400 Moderate none 1979-02-26 22.63 92300 Moderate none 1979-06-04 21.28 79800 Minor none 1982-06-14 20.08 69800 Minor (6) 1985-11-06 31.77 243000 Major (6) 1987-04-17 26.17 133000 Major (6) 1987-04-26 20.73 75200 Minor (6) 1987-09-08 24.56 114000 Major (6) 1989-05-06 20.35 71900 Minor (6) 1992-04-23 25.31 123000 Major (6) 1993-03-05 20.73 75200 Minor (6) 1995-01-16 21.71 84300 Minor (6) 1995-06-29 21.7 84200 Minor (6) 1996-01-20 26.02 131000 Major (6) 1996-09-07 28.25 167000 Major (6) 1998-01-09 21.13 78800 Minor (6) 1999-09-30 20.38 72200 Minor (6) 2003-02-24 22.58 92800 Moderate (6) 2004-09-30 20.68 74700 Minor (6) 2006-06-27 20.26 71200 Minor (6) 2010-01-25 22.1 88000 Moderate none

MARFC Codes
Code Description
(!!!) Datum changed during this year.
(1) Backwater Effect.
(2) 15.77 ft also occurred on 11/25/1950 but only counted as one flood.
(3) Estimated from currrent USGS rating table.
(4) Estimated height from the USGS.
(5) Gage height at a different site and/or datum
(6) Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion
(7) Due to changes, prior floods were based on present flood stage. Therefore, flood data could possibly be incomplete.
(8) Gage is a staff gage and not the offical USGS gage. Therefore, some floods may be missing from our study.
(9) Discharge effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up
(A) Discharge affected to unknown degree by regulation or diversion.
(B) Month or day of occurrence is unknown or not exact.
(C) All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization, or other factors.
(D) Crest height adjusted to current datum.
(E) Estimated discharge.
(F) Only annual maximum peak available for this year.
(O) This flood occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. This is only a historical flood.
** Crest information looks reasonable despite potential problems. This data was used in our study.
*** Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and was not used in our flood frequency study.
**** Gauge was discontinued in 2004. 2004 and later was not used in our study.
none No code

Updated: 08:58 AM Jun 28, 2012