Site ID: 1005 Lat. 35.7849 USA North Carolina
River: Catawba Long. -81.5037
Site name: Morganton Contributing area: 2847 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.12
Latest measurement: 15-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 571 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year: 221 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.13 Seven day total: 1 mm
Estimated current discharge: 115 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 74.0 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 439 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 420 m3/sec (from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)
Comparison Station Information:  Tokwe Confluence D/s C/s (1495240)       Contributing Area: 7280 sq mi 23237 sq km
(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)
Notes: Comparison station is placeholder, only; this site is not yet calibrated to actual discharge
Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)
(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)
2008-Present
2002-Present
Annual  Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data
Runoff
(mm) Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
204 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 4.3 17.8 14.0 77.5 90.7
795 2003 187.0 98.4 72.2 105.2 25.5 12.6 3.6 3.1 13.3 37.2 99.9 136.5
1015 2004 129.7 87.6 172.1 141.0 18.3 5.1 5.8 7.0 54.8 27.8 212.1 154.3
583 2005 169.8 140.0 60.3 55.2 5.4 3.0 0.4 3.0 3.0 6.5 65.5 71.0
175 2006 59.6 23.3 14.0 49.9 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 5.9 9.5 0.0 0.0
290 2007 23.5 32.6 37.7 32.3 6.4 3.0 3.1 3.1 6.4 3.1 71.5 66.9
221 2008 38.8 55.4 23.0 20.5 6.4 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 17.2 33.5 13.9
210 2009 30.7 39.2 34.3 27.6 13.5 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 11.6 41.4 0.0
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.