South River near Waynesboro, Waynesboro County VA (WAYV2)
Gage Location: Augusta County, Virginia	Site Location: Augusta County, Virginia
Latitude: 38.058	Longitude: -78.908	Elevation: 1296.2 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 127 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 9.5 ft.	Moderate Stage: 11 ft.	Major Stage: 13 ft.
First Flood: 1942-10-15	Last Flood: 2011-04-16 Crest: 11.38 ft.	Datum change: 1952-10-01	Number of Floods: 18

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1942-10-15 14.3 14500 Major *** (B) 1955-08-18 13.95 13500 Major none 1969-08-20 15.27 17400 Major none 1971-05-30 9.99 5690 Minor none 1972-06-21 14.25 14400 Major none 1972-10-05 11.41 8040 Moderate none 1975-03-19 10.3 6180 Minor none 1979-09-05 11.37 7970 Moderate none 1985-11-04 15.3 17500 Major none 1987-04-17 9.58 5110 Minor none 1996-01-19 13.58 12500 Major none 1996-09-06 13.46 12300 Major none 1998-02-17 10.05 5810 Minor none 2003-09-19 13.95 13800 Major none 2004-09-28 10.45 6460 Minor none 2005-11-29 10.54 6610 Minor none 2010-01-25 10.01 5470 Minor none 2011-04-16 11.38 8120 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