Shenandoah River at Millville, Jefferson County WV (MILW2)
Gage Location: Jefferson County, West Virginia	Site Location: Jefferson County, West Virginia
Latitude: 39.282	Longitude: -77.789	Elevation: 292.44 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 3041 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 10 ft.	Moderate Stage: 14 ft.	Major Stage: 17 ft.
First Flood: 1870-09-30	Last Flood: 2013-05-09 Crest: 13.12 ft.	Datum change: 2012-03-13	Number of Floods: 50

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MINOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1929-04-17 13.7 1933-04-21 13.67 1936-02-17 13.94 1940-08-18 13.7 1979-09-07 13.93 2005-12-01 13.62 2012-10-31 11.42 2013-02-01 11 2013-05-09 13.12

MODERATE FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1901-04-22 16 1942-05-24 16.28 1949-06-20 15.92 1976-10-11 15.3 1978-01-27 15.08 1979-02-26 16.03 1984-02-15 16.66 1992-04-23 15.36 1993-03-06 16.6 1998-01-09 15.35 1998-02-19 15.13 2010-01-26 15.11 2010-03-14 15.02 2011-04-18 16.04

MAJOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1870-09-30 26.4 1896-10-01 19.72 1924-05-13 21.1 1934-12-02 17.4 1936-03-18 26.36 1937-04-27 20.2 1942-10-16 32.4 1945-09-20 17.1 1955-08-19 21.45 1971-06-01 17.04 1972-06-23 21.89 1972-10-07 20.02 1975-03-21 18.86 1985-11-06 25.6 1987-04-18 17.44 1996-01-20 23.61 1996-09-08 26.84 2003-09-20 17.31

MISSING Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1902-02-27 -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 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 February 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 March 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 April 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 May 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 June 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 July 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 September 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 October 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 November 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 December 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0

Categorical Floods by Season Season Minor Moderate Major Missing Fall 3 1 8 0 Winter 6 6 2 1 Spring 7 6 5 0 Summer 1 1 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: 11:55 AM May 10, 2013