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USGS 04273500 SARANAC RIVER AT PLATTSBURGH NY

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
 
 
  LOCATION.--Lat 44°40'54", long 73°28'18", Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 02010006, on right bank at Plattsburgh, 600 ft downstream from Imperial Paper and Color Corp. dam, 3.0 mi upstream from mouth, and 5.5 mi downstream from Mead Brook.
DRAINAGE AREA.--608 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1903 to September 1930, October 1943 to current year. Published as "near Plattsburgh," 1903-30.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 345: Drainage area. WSP 384: 1909-10 (monthly discharge only). WSP 1387: 1907-8. WSP 1437: 1908 (minimum daily only).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 155.74 ft above sea level. Prior to Nov. 12, 1919, nonrecording gage, and Nov. 12, 1919 to Sept. 30, 1930, water-stage recorder, at site 1.5 mi upstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by power and industrial operations. Slight regulation by storage in Upper and Lower Saranac Lakes. During the year, the city of Plattsburgh diverted an average of 4.62 ft3/s from Saranac River and Mead and West Brooks, tributaries upstream from station, for municipal supply. About 1 ft3/s diverted from Great Chazy River basin into Saranac River for water supply of State Institutions at Dannemora. Several measurements of water temperature were made during the year. National Weather Service telephone gage-height telemeter at station.

  
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 547   11-19-2004  15:45
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 87 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
547  144 746 2,400 424 701 992

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: 3.34   11-19-2004  15:45
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 02
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