South Branch Potomac River at Franklin, Pendleton County WV (FKLW2)
Gage Location: Pendleton County, West Virginia	Site Location: Pendleton County, West Virginia
Latitude: 38.636	Longitude: -79.338	Elevation: 1692.1 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 179 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 7 ft.	Moderate Stage: 9 ft.	Major Stage: 11 ft.
First Flood: 1936-03-18	Last Flood: 2011-04-28 Crest: 7.46 ft.	Datum change: 2011-03-16	Number of Floods: 24

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1936-03-01 13.01 18500 Major *** 1942-05-16 8.69 10100 Minor *** 1949-06-17 11.4 15000 Major *** 1954-03-01 7.31 6470 Minor *** 1955-03-22 7.1 6090 Minor *** 1964-03-05 8.32 8440 Minor *** 1965-04-26 7.32 6510 Minor *** 1967-03-07 8.45 8700 Minor *** 1976-10-09 8.72 9240 Minor *** 1978-01-26 9.15 10100 Moderate *** 1979-01-21 7.18 6240 Minor *** 1982-03-20 7.72 7270 Minor *** 1984-08-12 8.58 8960 Minor *** 1985-11-04 22.58 44000 Major *** 1993-04-16 9.71 11200 Moderate *** 1996-09-06 19.16 34000 Major *** 2003-09-19 12.14 16500 Major *** 2003-11-19 12.26 16800 Major *** 2006-06-27 7.74 7330 Minor *** 2007-03-02 9.52 10700 Moderate *** 2010-01-25 9.12 9920 Moderate *** 2011-04-12 7.38 6390 Minor none 2011-04-16 8.66 9020 Minor none 2011-04-28 7.46 6560 Minor 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