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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

01042500 KENNEBEC RIVER AT THE FORKS, ME

LOCATION - Lat 45°20'23", long 69°57'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Somerset County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01030001, on right bank at The Forks, 0.4 mi upstream from U.S. Route 201 highway bridge, and 0.7 mi upstream from Dead River.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,590 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1231: 1902-04, 1906-08, 1912, 1914, 1919-20(M), 1923(M), 1926(M), 1928-29(M), 1936(M), 1938(M). WSP 1301: 1928-35 (adjusted monthly runoff). WDR ME-82-1: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: October 1901 to current year. Prior to Oct. 1903 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1302.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 569.03 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to June 21, 1912, nonrecording gage, and June 21, 1912 to Oct. 17, 1919, water-stage recorder and nonrecording gage at highway bridge 0.4 mi downstream at different datum.

REMARKS - Flow regulated by Moosehead Lake, Brassua Lake, and Indian Pond. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant above station.

Water Year 2023: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.

Water Year 2022: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.

Water Year 2021: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.

Water Year 2020: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.

Water Year 2019: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.

Water Year 2018: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.

Water Year 2017: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Dec. 11, 15-17, 19-20, 26, Jan. 6-10, 13-16, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, Feb. 10-11, and 13-15, which are fair.

Water Year 2016: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Jan. 5-6, 11-12, 14-15, 21-24, 28, Feb. 13-15, 19, and 23, which are fair.

Water Year 2015: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Dec. 31, Jan. 4-8, Jan. 11 to Mar. 3, Mar. 6-7, 22-24, and 29, which are fair.

Water Year 2014: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 25, 28-29, Dec. 11-14, Dec. 25 to Jan. 14, Jan. 21-30, Feb. 3-19, Feb. 24 to Mar. 10, Mar. 13-14 and 17-27, which are fair.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 32,900 ft³/s, Apr. 18, 1983, gage height, 14.41 ft; minimum daily discharge, 161 ft³/s, Aug. 30, 1987.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL ANALYSES: Water years 1952-53.