Potomac River at Shepherdstown, Jefferson County WV (SHEW2)
Gage Location: Jefferson County, West Virginia	Site Location: Jefferson County, West Virginia
Latitude: 39.435	Longitude: -77.801	Elevation: 281 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 5939 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 15 ft.	Moderate Stage: 18 ft.	Major Stage: 22 ft.
First Flood: 1889-06-01	Last Flood: 2012-10-31 Crest: 19 ft.	Datum change: 1889-01-01	Number of Floods: 122

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MINOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1929-03-07 15.49 1936-03-13 16.52 1936-03-22 16.9 1937-01-23 16.16 1939-04-18 15.75 1940-04-21 17.75 1940-06-01 16.35 1948-12-17 16.9 1951-03-31 15.23 1952-03-12 17.81 1955-03-23 17.83 1957-02-11 15.28 1958-05-07 15.88 1960-04-01 17.33 1960-04-05 17.32 1964-03-06 16.94 1966-02-14 16.23 1968-03-18 15.69 1968-05-29 15.27 1970-12-24 15.68 1971-02-24 17.86 1972-02-27 15.7 1972-12-10 17.02 1972-12-23 15.1 1973-04-29 17.06 1975-10-19 16.37 1977-04-06 16.57 1979-01-25 16.55 1979-03-07 15.54 1982-03-18 15.12 1982-06-14 16.64 1985-02-13 15.08 1986-02-20 15.3 1987-04-05 16.53 1988-05-07 17.63 1989-05-17 16.2 1991-01-18 16.12 1991-03-24 16.11 1993-03-25 17.86 1993-03-29 15.64 1994-02-11 16.3 1994-02-25 16.2 1994-03-09 16.8 1996-01-28 15 1996-12-03 15 1998-01-09 17.17 1998-02-06 15.04 1998-02-19 15.3 1998-04-21 15.65 2003-01-03 16.57 2003-03-22 16.73 2003-05-12 15.5

MODERATE FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1929-10-23 19.83 1933-04-21 19.1 1936-02-28 19.21 1939-02-05 20.36 1942-05-24 18.97 1942-12-31 21.4 1945-09-19 19.31 1948-04-15 18.49 1949-06-19 19.84 1950-12-05 19.5 1950-12-09 18 1951-06-15 19.6 1952-04-29 19.09 1952-11-23 19.98 1954-03-03 19.47 1960-05-10 20.35 1961-02-20 18.57 1961-02-27 18.17 1962-03-23 19.9 1963-03-21 21.1 1964-04-30 18.3 1965-03-06 18.07 1970-04-03 19.45 1973-12-28 19.52 1975-09-27 20.49 1976-01-02 18.33 1978-03-16 20.81 1978-03-27 18.12 1978-05-17 18.12 1983-04-26 19.17 1984-03-30 19.25 1984-04-06 19.97 1986-03-16 21.43 1987-04-18 20.44 1988-05-19 18.19 1993-04-02 18.96 1993-04-18 20.97 1993-11-29 19.42 1994-03-31 18 1998-03-22 19.83 2003-09-20 19.83 2003-12-12 18.24 2010-01-26 18.2 2011-03-12 19.5 2012-10-31 19

MAJOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1889-06-01 39.2 1924-05-13 29.8 1929-04-17 25.53 1932-05-14 24.75 1936-03-19 42.07 1937-04-27 33.22 1937-10-29 26.78 1942-10-16 32.68 1954-10-17 22 1955-08-20 25.26 1967-03-08 22.54 1972-06-23 31.58 1975-03-21 22.19 1976-10-10 25.31 1979-02-27 23.6 1984-02-15 26.07 1985-11-07 31.44 1993-03-05 22.15 1996-01-21 32.5 1996-09-08 29 2010-03-15 22

MISSING Date of Flood Crest(ft) 2008-05-12 -9999 2009-05-05 -9999 2011-04-17 -9999 2011-05-19 -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 2 2 1 1 0 0 February 10 10 4 4 2 2 0 0 March 15 15 11 11 5 5 0 0 April 8 8 10 10 2 2 1 1 May 5 5 4 4 2 2 3 3 June 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 July 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 September 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 October 1 1 2 2 4 4 0 0 November 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 December 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0

Categorical Floods by Season Season Minor Moderate Major Missing Fall 1 7 6 0 Winter 21 11 3 0 Spring 28 25 9 4 Summer 2 2 3 0