James River at Scottsville, Albemarle County VA (SVEV2)
Gage Location: Albemarle County, Virginia	Site Location: Albemarle County, Virginia
Latitude: 37.797	Longitude: -78.492	Elevation: 253.18 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 4581 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 20 ft.	Moderate Stage: 22 ft.	Major Stage: 24 ft.
First Flood: 1870-09-30	Last Flood: 2010-01-25 Crest: 22.1 ft.	Datum change: 1928-11-28	Number of Floods: 44

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MINOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1928-08-17 20.92 1942-05-23 21.44 1949-03-23 20.22 1950-09-11 20.43 1963-03-14 20.82 1973-12-28 21.12 1979-06-04 21.28 1982-06-14 20.08 1987-04-26 20.73 1989-05-06 20.35 1993-03-05 20.73 1995-01-16 21.71 1995-06-29 21.7 1998-01-09 21.13 1999-09-30 20.38 2004-09-30 20.68 2006-06-27 20.26

MODERATE FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1934-12-02 22.63 1935-01-24 22.3 1935-09-06 23.06 1937-10-20 22.33 1942-10-16 23 1948-12-04 22.9 1972-10-06 23.24 1978-01-27 22.23 1979-02-26 22.63 2003-02-24 22.58 2010-01-25 22.1

MAJOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1870-09-30 30.7 1877-11-24 27.9 1913-03-28 25.16 1936-03-19 25.46 1940-08-16 25.84 1944-09-19 26 1969-08-20 30 1972-06-22 34.02 1975-03-19 24.63 1985-11-06 31.77 1987-04-17 26.17 1987-09-08 24.56 1992-04-23 25.31 1996-01-20 26.02 1996-09-07 28.25

MISSING Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1924-10-01 -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 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 February 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 March 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 April 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 May 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 July 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 September 3 3 1 1 3 4 0 0 October 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 November 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 December 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0

Categorical Floods by Season Season Minor Moderate Major Missing Fall 3 4 6 1 Winter 3 7 1 0 Spring 6 0 5 0 Summer 5 0 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