James River at Cartersville, Cumberland County VA (CARV2)
Gage Location: Goochland County, Virginia	Site Location: Cumberland County, Virginia
Latitude: 37.671	Longitude: -78.086	Elevation: 163.9 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 6252 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 20 ft.	Moderate Stage: 23 ft.	Major Stage: 26.4 ft.
First Flood: 1869-11-01	Last Flood: 2010-01-26 Crest: 23.94 ft.	Datum change: 1927-06-04	Number of Floods: 84

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MINOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1903-06-07 22 1910-06-17 20.3 1912-05-13 22.5 1915-02-04 20.6 1920-02-04 20.2 1928-08-12 22.06 1932-10-18 21.54 1933-04-18 20.48 1936-01-04 21.45 1936-01-20 21.8 1937-01-22 20.25 1942-05-24 20.8 1948-04-02 22.14 1948-08-05 20.35 1949-03-24 21.98 1953-03-26 20.9 1955-03-08 20.83 1960-04-06 20.13 1963-03-14 21.33 1971-06-01 21.51 1973-02-03 20.67 1973-12-29 20.89 1976-10-10 20.6 1979-09-23 21.86 1982-06-15 20.91 1983-04-11 20.26 1984-02-16 22.42 1984-03-30 21.62 1987-04-26 21.25 1990-10-24 20.36 1994-03-30 22.29 1995-01-17 21.96 1995-06-29 21.68 1996-12-03 20.73 1998-01-10 21.05 1998-01-29 21.87 1998-02-05 21.69 1998-02-18 21.91 1998-03-22 21.71 1999-09-30 21.73 2003-09-20 22.89 2004-09-30 20.49 2006-06-28 21.15

MODERATE FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1899-03-06 25.2 1906-10-21 23.8 1913-03-29 23.4 1919-01-04 23 1924-05-13 24.7 1924-10-01 24.38 1928-08-18 23.8 1934-12-02 24.95 1935-01-24 24.03 1937-10-21 24.34 1955-08-19 24.48 1961-10-22 23.13 1975-03-20 26.04 1978-01-27 25.08 1979-02-26 26.33 1979-06-04 24.19 1987-09-09 25.44 1989-05-07 23.38 1992-04-23 25.39 1993-03-05 24.18 2003-02-24 24.47 2010-01-26 23.94

MAJOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1869-11-01 32 1877-11-24 30.4 1901-05-23 27 1901-12-30 26.7 1935-09-06 27.8 1936-03-19 28.77 1937-04-26 27.73 1940-08-17 28.34 1942-10-16 27.14 1944-09-20 29.6 1948-12-05 27 1969-08-21 33.75 1972-06-22 37.87 1972-10-06 27.12 1985-11-06 32.6 1987-04-18 27.96 1996-01-21 26.45 1996-09-07 28.96

MISSING Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1877-10-03 -9999

Categorical Floods by Month Month Minor After Datum Minor Total Moderate After Datum Moderate Total Major After Datum Major Total Missing After Datum Missing Total January 6 6 3 4 1 1 0 0 February 4 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 March 7 7 2 4 1 1 0 0 April 5 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 May 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 June 4 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 July 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 August 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 September 4 4 1 1 3 3 0 0 October 3 3 2 4 2 2 0 1 November 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 December 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0

Categorical Floods by Season Season Minor Moderate Major Missing Fall 7 5 8 1 Winter 14 7 3 0 Spring 14 7 4 0 Summer 8 3 3 0

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