Why has streamflow been discontinued at some streamgages but gage heights (stages) are still reported?
Computation of streamflow is an expensive part of operating a streamgage because of the amount of fieldwork, record editing, and record review involved. If funding for a particular streamflow site cannot be maintained at a sufficient level, we sometimes need to downgrade a station to stage only. For some stations, gage height is the issue of interest, not streamflow, so those streamgages may be established as stage only from the outset.
