17012 - Red Burn at Castlecary
| Grid Reference: | 26 (NS) 788 780 | 
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| Operator: | SEPA |
| Local number: | 46 |
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Catchment Area: | 22.0 km2 |
| Level of Station:
| 45.0 mOD |
| Max. Altitude: | 185.0 mOD |
| Mean
flow: | 0.67 m3s-1 |
| 95% exceedance (Q95): | 0.116 m
3s-1 |
| 10% exceedance
(Q10): | 1.516 m3s-1 |
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61-90 Av. Ann. Rainfall: | 1170 mm |
Sample Hydrograph of Gauged Daily Flows
Flow Duration Curve for Gauged
Daily Flows
Station Description
Velocity-area station. Low flow control is a
gravel bar 20m d/s. Large boulders probably form high flow control. The section
will probably contain all flows. At Q95 flow STW discharges account for half of
the flow.Catchment Description
A gently
sloping catchment rising to ~185m. Bedrock entirely Carboniferous with
extensive Boulder Clay cover. Land use mixed agriculture, grassland and forest
except for ~15% covered by Cumbernauld New Town. There are two small lochs in
the southern headwaters.Factors Affecting Runoff
- Runoff increased by effluent returns.
River Flow and Catchment Rainfall on the National River Flow
Archive
| Gauged Daily Flows (gdf): | 1986 to
2008 |
| Monthly Catchment Rainfall (rnf): | 1984 to 2008 |
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For many stations monthly peak
flows are also archived. When daily flow data are not available monthly mean
flows may be held on the National River Flow Archive. See
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