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Water-Year Summary for Site 01068910

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
01068910 MOUSAM RIVER AT ROUTE 4 NEAR SANFORD, ME
LOCATION - Lat 43°25'06", long 70°44'17" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, York County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01060003, on right bank 50 ft upstream of State Route 4 highway bridge, 0.5 mi northeast of South Sanford, 1.0 mi east of Curtis Pond.
DRAINAGE AREA - 44.6 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: April 2008 to current year. MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS: 1996-2007.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 229.30 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Square Pond and Mousam Lake. Occasional fluctuation caused by powerplants upstream.
  • 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. 15-21, 26, Jan. 8-10, Feb. 9-10, 12-16, Mar. 4-6, 11-14, and period of doubtful stage-discharge relation, Oct. 10-21, which are fair.
  • Water Year 2016: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Jan. 19-21, 24, and Feb. 11-16, which are fair.
  • Water Year 2015: Records good, except for period of ice effect, Dec. 31 to Mar. 25, which is fair.
  • Water Year 2014: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Dec. 31, Jan. 23 to Feb. 6, Feb. 8, 11, Feb. 25 to Mar. 8, and Mar. 14, which are fair.
    • EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - The flood of April 15-18, 2007 reached a discharge of 2,400 ft³/s, from indirect methods; gage height unknown.
    EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,440 ft³/s, Feb. 26, 2010, gage height, 7.65 ft; minimum daily discharge, 2.52 ft³/s (estimated), Sept. 26-27, 2020.