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USGS 04232050 ALLEN CREEK NEAR ROCHESTER NY

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
 
 
  LOCATION.--Lat 43°07'49", long 77°31'08", Monroe County, Hydrologic Unit 04140101, on right bank 525 ft downstream from Penn Central Transportation Co. bridge, near Rochester, and about 1.3 mi upstream from Irondequoit Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--30.1 mi2, flow from 3.5 mi2 noncontributing. WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1959 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WRD NY 1974: 1972(M), 1973(M, P). WDR NY-76-1: 1960-75 (M, P), 1960-63, 1972-74.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 323.54 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are fair. Unpublished water-quality records for prior years are available in files of Monroe County Department of Health. Discharge prior to January 1980 included undetermined diversion (maximum 20 ft3/s) from Erie (Barge) Canal upstream from station. January 1980 to present, diversion reduced to a maximum of 3 ft3/s for use by several golf courses adjacent to stream. Several measurements of water temperature were made during the year.
COOPERATION.--Many discharge measurements were provided by the Monroe County Health Laboratory at Rochester, N.Y.

  
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.62   11-19-2004  11:00
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 01

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 9.2   11-19-2004  11:00
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 02
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 43 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
9.2  3.6 24.2 96 9.00 18.0 34.0

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