James River at Lick Run, Botetourt County VA (LIRV2)
Gage Location: Botetourt County, Virginia	Site Location: Botetourt County, Virginia
Latitude: 37.774	Longitude: -79.785	Elevation: 978.3 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 1371 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 16 ft.	Moderate Stage: 22 ft.	Major Stage: 25 ft.
First Flood: 1877-10-03	Last Flood: 2013-05-07 Crest: 17.29 ft.	Datum change: 1928-10-26	Number of Floods: 78

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MINOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1926-12-26 20 1929-11-18 17.75 1932-02-05 18.14 1934-12-01 16.82 1937-01-21 17.45 1939-01-31 16.98 1939-02-04 16.21 1940-05-31 16.12 1942-05-17 21.1 1942-05-22 18.12 1943-03-14 17.6 1946-01-08 16 1948-02-15 16.1 1949-04-14 20.45 1950-12-04 16.23 1950-12-08 20.45 1951-06-14 16.75 1952-03-12 19.07 1953-02-22 20.55 1953-03-24 17.88 1954-03-02 18.82 1954-10-16 18.14 1955-03-06 19.5 1957-04-06 19.56 1960-03-31 19.65 1961-10-21 19.87 1962-03-22 18.18 1964-03-06 16.07 1965-02-08 16.5 1966-02-14 16.34 1967-03-15 19.22 1969-12-31 19.88 1971-02-14 19.61 1971-05-31 19.17 1972-02-26 19.84 1973-02-03 17.82 1973-03-17 18.66 1973-05-28 19.44 1974-05-13 17.51 1975-03-20 17.79 1976-01-01 16.4 1976-10-09 17.13 1978-01-26 21.66 1978-03-15 18.01 1978-03-27 18.54 1979-02-25 18.04 1979-03-05 16.5 1982-06-13 17.79 1984-02-14 17.3 1987-04-16 20.23 1992-04-22 18.97 1993-03-04 18.04 1995-01-15 19.26 1996-12-02 16.43 1998-01-08 18.43 2003-02-22 19.92 2003-11-20 18.09 2004-09-29 21.69 2006-06-27 19.79 2007-04-16 17.18 2010-01-25 18.58 2013-01-31 16.53 2013-05-07 17.29

MODERATE FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1924-05-12 24.6 1935-01-23 22.98 1963-03-12 22.6 1967-03-08 22.3 1973-12-27 24.77 1977-04-05 22.54

MAJOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1877-11-24 33 1913-03-01 30.4 1936-03-18 25.65 1969-08-20 25.53 1972-06-21 27.01 1985-11-05 30.22 1996-01-19 25.14

MISSING Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1877-10-03 -9999 1893-10-13 -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 9 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 February 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 March 15 15 2 2 1 2 0 0 April 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 May 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 June 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 July 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 September 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 November 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 December 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 0

Categorical Floods by Season Season Minor Moderate Major Missing Fall 6 0 2 2 Winter 27 2 1 0 Spring 27 4 2 0 Summer 3 0 2 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: 07:55 AM May 08, 2013