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USGS 04215000 CAYUGA CREEK NR LANCASTER NY

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
 
 
  LOCATION.--Lat 42°53'24", long 78°38'43", Erie County, Hydrologic Unit 04120103, on right bank 150 ft upstream from low dam in Como Lake Park, 700 ft downstream from bridge on Bowen Road, 800 ft downstream from Little Buffalo Creek, 2.0 mi southeast of Lancaster, and 8.7 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--96.4 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1938 to September 1968. October 1971 to April 1974 (peak discharges only). May 1974 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR NY-82-3: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and low concrete dam as control. Datum of gage is 672.02 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Since August 1962, undetermined amount of flow diverted by Lancaster Country Club for irrigation upstream from station. Concrete dam configuration modified in September 1974 resulting in a lower point of zero flow. Telephone gage-height telemeter at station. Several measurements of water temperature were made during the year.

  
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 43   11-19-2004  14:06
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 01
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 59 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
43  4.6 121 756 17.0 66.0 189

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.

Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 3.41   11-19-2004  14:06
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 06
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