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LOCATION.--Lat 43°16'10", long 73°35'47", Washington County, Hydrologic Unit 02020003, on left bank 40 ft upstream from Irving Paper Mill, 150 ft south of River Street in Fort Edward, and 0.4 mi upstream from bridge on State Highway 197.
DRAINAGE AREA.--2,817 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1899 to December 1908, December 1976 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 100.00 ft above sea level. Prior to December 1976, nonrecording gage at different site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated appreciably by Great Sacandaga Lake since March 1930 (see station 01323500) and Indian Lake since 1898 (see station 01314500). Diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants upstream from station. Water is diverted into St. Lawrence River basin through Glens Falls feeder, Bond Creek, and Champlain (Barge) Canal, and occasionally may be received from that basin through summit level of Champlain (Barge) Canal at Dunham Basin. National Weather Service telephone gage- height telemeter at station.
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