Rappahannock River at Remington, Fauquier County VA (RENV2)
Gage Location: Fauquier County, Virginia	Site Location: Fauquier County, Virginia
Latitude: 38.531	Longitude: -77.814	Elevation: 252.53 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 619 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 15 ft.	Moderate Stage: 20 ft.	Major Stage: 25 ft.
First Flood: 1889-06-02	Last Flood: 2013-01-31 Crest: 17.01 ft.	Datum change: 1965-01-01	Number of Floods: 73

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1889-06-02 26.7 -9999 Major *** NWS 1930-04-25 16.26 14300 Minor *** (5) 1937-04-26 29.2 -9999 Major *** NWS 1940-03-29 16.99 16500 Minor *** (5) 1942-10-16 30 90000 Major *** (5) 1945-07-31 16.2 13500 Minor *** (5) 1946-08-02 15.45 12000 Minor *** (5) 1950-12-05 19.42 27200 Minor *** (5) 1952-11-22 17.81 18800 Minor *** 1955-08-18 23.52 45100 Moderate *** 1961-04-13 15.36 12000 Minor *** 1965-02-08 16.3 14400 Minor none 1965-03-05 16.01 13500 Minor none 1967-03-07 16.25 14200 Minor none 1967-08-25 15.05 11100 Minor none 1968-01-14 15.43 12100 Minor none 1971-02-14 15.46 12200 Minor none 1972-02-14 15.16 11400 Minor none 1972-06-22 24.82 52900 Moderate none 1973-05-29 15.12 11300 Minor none 1973-12-21 15.09 11200 Minor none 1975-03-20 18.7 22400 Minor none 1975-09-27 17.2 17200 Minor none 1976-01-01 15.1 11200 Minor none 1976-10-10 21.97 36800 Moderate none 1978-01-09 15.02 11000 Minor none 1978-01-27 18.52 21800 Minor none 1979-01-25 16.15 14100 Minor none 1979-02-26 18.46 21600 Minor none 1979-08-29 17.09 17000 Minor none 1979-09-06 18.84 23000 Minor none 1979-09-22 17.5 18300 Minor none 1983-04-10 17.39 17700 Minor none 1983-04-16 16.28 14400 Minor none 1983-04-25 16.26 14300 Minor none 1984-02-15 21.21 33000 Moderate none 1984-03-29 16.99 16500 Minor none 1985-11-04 19.73 26400 Minor none 1987-04-17 15.53 12300 Minor none 1987-11-30 15.25 11700 Minor none 1989-05-06 16.35 14500 Minor none 1990-10-14 17.15 16900 Minor none 1990-10-24 16.59 15200 Minor none 1992-04-22 15.65 12600 Minor none 1992-11-23 17.79 19000 Minor none 1992-12-11 17.63 18500 Minor none 1993-03-05 21.96 36600 Moderate none 1993-11-28 18.5 21600 Minor none 1994-07-28 15.97 13500 Minor none 1994-08-18 17.72 18800 Minor none 1995-06-28 20.06 27800 Minor none 1996-01-20 21.05 23300 Moderate none 1996-09-07 24.04 35300 Moderate none 1997-11-08 16.49 12700 Minor none 1998-01-09 16.65 13600 Minor none 1998-01-29 17.5 15100 Minor none 1998-02-05 17.2 14600 Minor none 1998-02-18 18.43 16800 Minor none 1998-03-21 18.84 17600 Minor none 1998-05-08 16.01 12400 Minor none 1999-09-30 19.11 18200 Minor none 2003-03-21 15.95 12300 Minor none 2003-09-24 17.93 15900 Minor none 2003-12-11 18.76 19700 Minor none 2004-09-29 18.13 16300 Minor none 2005-11-30 15.8 13400 Minor none 2008-05-12 17.05 15900 Minor none 2010-01-26 17.96 17800 Minor none 2010-03-14 18.09 18100 Minor none 2011-03-11 16.3 13500 Minor none 2011-04-17 19.06 20000 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