USGS 04231600 GENESEE RIVER AT FORD STREET BRIDGE, ROCHESTER NY

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°08'30.2", long 77°36'58.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Monroe County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 04130003, on left bank, adjacent to floodwall, about 400 ft upstream from bridge on Ford Street, in Rochester.
DRAINAGE AREA.--2,474 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1904 to September 1918, December 1919 to current year. Published as 04231500, "below Erie Canal at Rochester," 1904-18, as 04232000, "at Driving Park Avenue," 1919-68, and "at Rochester," 1969-2005.
GAGE.--Acoustic velocity meter and water-stage recorder. Acoustic velocity meter since 2005. Datum of gage is 498.40 ft above NAVD of 1988, 500.00 ft above Barge Canal datum (furnished), and 498.98 ft above NGVD of 1929 (furnished). April 1904 to December 1910, nonrecording gage, and December 1910 to September 1918, water-stage recorder, at site 1.9 mi upstream at datum 506.85 ft, Barge Canal datum. December 1919 to Apr. 4, 1927 (in Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation power plant), and Apr. 4, 1927 to June 19, 1956, at site 3.1 mi downstream, at datum 250.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. June 20, 1956 to Sept. 30, 1969, at site 3.1 mi downstream at datum 247.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Oct. 1, 1969 to Sept. 30, 1985, at site 3.1 mi downstream at datum 246.24 ft above NGVD of 1929. Oct. 1, 1985 to Sep. 30, 2005, at site 3.1 mi downstream at datum 244.24 ft above NGVD of 1929 (245.00 ft Barge Canal datum). Oct. 1, 2005 to Mar. 31, 2019, at datum 1.08 ft below NGVD of 1929 (at Barge Canal datum).
REMARKS.--Occasional fluctuation caused by powerplant downstream from station. New York State Erie (Barge) Canal crosses river 1.8 mi upstream from station. Water diverted by the canal from Niagara River basin is discharged into river from the west, the canal again diverting a smaller amount of water from river to the east. Additional regulation to some extent by Rushford Lake from July 1928 to November 1951, at high flows by Mount Morris Lake (station 04224000) since November 1951, and by Conesus Lake (station 04227980).
Water Year 2014: Records good except those below 800 ft³/s, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Years 2015-23: Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges and daily discharges below 2,000 ft³/s, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, since construction of Mt. Morris Reservoir in 1951, 29,600 ft³/s, June 25, 1972, gage height, 15.89 ft, site and datum then in use. Since water year 2006, maximum and minimum instantaneous discharges not determined. Maximum daily discharge, since construction of Mt. Morris Reservoir in 1951, 24,900 ft³/s, June 25, 26, 1972; maximum gage height, since January 2005, 14.34 ft, present datum, Mar. 13, 2014; minimum daily discharge, 76 ft³/s, July 27, 2016.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, about 54,000 ft³/s, Mar. 18, 1865.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO REGULATION.--Maximum discharge, prior to construction of Mt. Morris Reservoir in 1951, 48,300 ft³/s, Mar. 30, 1916, gage height, 15.3 ft, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge (at gage site located 3.1 mi downstream), less than 10 ft³/s, occurred during low-flow periods in some years when power plant was shut down.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD1.-- WATER TEMPERATURE: December 2010 to current year. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: December 2010 to current year. pH: December 2010 to current year. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: December 2010 to current year. TURBIDITY: December 2010 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION1.--Multi-parameter water-quality sonde measures water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity at 15-minute intervals since December 2010.
COOPERATION1.--In cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD1.--
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 29.9°C, July 24, 2011; minimum, -0.1°C, on many days.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1,250 uS/cm @ 25°C, Mar. 12, 2015; minimum, 232 uS/cm @ 25°C, July 30, 2018.
pH: Maximum, 8.7, July 12, 2018; minimum, 7.3, Sept. 2, 5, 7, 2012.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 15.8 mg/L, Aug. 19, 2015; minimum, 2.8 mg/L, June 30, 2016.
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 1,560 FNU, July 16, 2015; minimum, 1.4 FNU, Oct. 16, 2014.
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2010-12-16  2024-03-29
2005-01-12  2024-03-29
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Summary of all available data for this site
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charge,
ft3/s,



Temper-
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water,
deg C,
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conduc-
tance,
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uS/cm @
25 degC,

pH,
water,
unfltrd
field,
std
units,
Turbid-
ity,
IR LED
light,
det ang
90 deg,
FNU,



Dis-
solved
oxygen,
mg/L,

Count
of
samples
col-
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number,




Gage
height,
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Mean
water
veloc-
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dischrg
calc.
ft/s,
Stream
water
level
above
NAVD
1988,
feet,
03/28/2024 00:00 EST3,550P  5.8P  525P  8.2P  19.1P  12.8P  24P  12.41P  0.90P  510.81P  
03/28/2024 00:15 EST3,620P  5.8P  524P  8.2P  18.6P  12.9P  24P  12.41P  0.92P  510.81P  
03/28/2024 00:30 EST3,660P  5.8P  524P  8.2P  19.0P  12.8P  24P  12.41P  0.93P  510.81P  
03/28/2024 00:45 EST3,550P  5.9P  524P  8.2P  19.6P  12.8P  24P  12.41P  0.90P  510.81P  
03/28/2024 01:00 EST3,660P  5.9P  524P  8.2P  19.3P  12.8P  24P  12.41P  0.93P  510.81P  
03/28/2024 01:15 EST3,590P  5.9P  523P  8.2P  20.3P  12.8P  24P  12.41P  0.91P  510.81P  
03/28/2024 01:30 EST3,590P  5.9P  524P  8.2P  19.4P  12.8P  24P  12.40P  0.91P  510.80P  
03/28/2024 01:45 EST3,590P  5.9P  526P  8.2P  19.9P  12.8P  24P  12.40P  0.91P  510.80P  
03/28/2024 02:00 EST3,590P  5.9P  529P  8.2P  20.0P  12.8P  24P  12.40P  0.91P  510.80P  
03/28/2024 02:15 EST3,690P  6.0P  532P  8.2P  19.8P  12.8P  24P  12.40P  0.94P  510.80P  
03/28/2024 02:30 EST3,650P  5.9P  535P  8.2P  20.3P  12.8P  24P  12.39P  0.93P  510.79P  
03/28/2024 02:45 EST3,680P  6.0P  540P  8.2P  19.2P  12.8P  24P  12.39P  0.94P  510.79P  
03/28/2024 03:00 EST3,580P  5.9P  542P  8.2P  21.6P  12.7P  24P  12.39P  0.91P  510.79P  
03/28/2024 03:15 EST3,580P  6.0P  546P  8.2P  21.3P  12.7P  24P  12.39P  0.91P  510.79P  
03/28/2024 03:30 EST3,650P  6.0P  549P  8.1P  20.4P  12.7P  24P  12.39P  0.93P  510.79P  
03/28/2024 03:45 EST3,680P  6.0P  550P  8.1P  20.2P  12.7P  24P  12.38P  0.94P  510.78P  
03/28/2024 04:00 EST3,580P  6.1P  553P  8.1P  20.9P  12.7P  24P  12.38P  0.91P  510.78P  
03/28/2024 04:15 EST3,540P  6.0P  552P  8.1P  21.7P  12.7P  24P  12.38P  0.90P  510.78P  
03/28/2024 04:30 EST3,570P  6.1P  549P  8.1P  20.9P  12.7P  24P  12.37P  0.91P  510.77P  
03/28/2024 04:45 EST3,540P  6.1P  546P  8.1P  21.0P  12.7P  24P  12.37P  0.90P  510.77P  
03/28/2024 05:00 EST3,640P  6.1P  543P  8.1P  20.8P  12.7P  24P  12.37P  0.93P  510.77P  
03/28/2024 05:15 EST3,570P  6.1P  538P  8.1P  21.1P  12.7P  24P  12.37P  0.91P  510.77P  
03/28/2024 05:30 EST3,540P  6.2P  532P  8.1P  20.6P  12.7P  24P  12.36P  0.90P  510.76P  
03/28/2024 05:45 EST3,540P  6.2P  528P  8.1P  20.9P  12.7P  24P  12.36P  0.90P  510.76P  
03/28/2024 06:00 EST3,610P  6.2P  523P  8.1P  22.2P  12.7P  24P  12.36P  0.92P  510.76P  
03/28/2024 06:15 EST3,640P  6.2P  518P  8.1P  22.0P  12.7P  24P  12.36P  0.93P  510.76P  
03/28/2024 06:30 EST3,640P  6.2P  514P  8.1P  21.4P  12.7P  24P  12.35P  0.93P  510.75P  
03/28/2024 06:45 EST3,600P  6.2P  513P  8.1P  20.7P  12.6P  24P  12.35P  0.92P  510.75P  
03/28/2024 07:00 EST3,570P  6.2P  511P  8.1P  21.8P  12.6P  24P  12.35P  0.91P  510.75P  
03/28/2024 07:15 EST3,570P  6.2P  508P  8.1P  23.8P  12.6P  24P  12.35P  0.91P  510.75P  
03/28/2024 07:30 EST3,630P  6.2P  504P  8.1P  22.9P  12.6P  24P  12.34P  0.93P  510.74P  
03/28/2024 07:45 EST3,630P  6.2P  503P  8.1P  22.0P  12.6P  24P  12.34P  0.93P  510.74P  
03/28/2024 08:00 EST3,600P  6.2P  503P  8.1P  21.5P  12.6P  24P  12.34P  0.92P  510.74P  
03/28/2024 08:15 EST3,530P  6.2P  503P  8.1P  22.8P  12.6P  24P  12.34P  0.90P  510.74P  
03/28/2024 08:30 EST3,590P  6.2P  500P  8.1P  22.7P  12.6P  24P  12.33P  0.92P  510.73P  
03/28/2024 08:45 EST3,660P  6.2P  500P  8.1P  22.5P  12.6P  24P  12.33P  0.94P  510.73P  
03/28/2024 09:00 EST3,590P  6.2P  499P  8.1P  23.3P  12.6P  24P  12.33P  0.92P  510.73P  
03/28/2024 09:15 EST3,560P  6.3P  497P  8.1P  24.0P  12.7P  24P  12.32P  0.91P  510.72P  
03/28/2024 09:30 EST3,560P  6.3P  496P  8.1P  24.0P  12.7P  24P  12.32P  0.91P  510.72P  
03/28/2024 09:45 EST3,460P  6.3P  496P  8.1P  24.1P  12.7P  24P  12.32P  0.89P  510.72P  
03/28/2024 10:00 EST3,660P  6.3P  496P  8.1P  25.0P  12.7P  24P  12.32P  0.94P  510.72P  
03/28/2024 10:15 EST3,520P  6.4P  495P  8.1P  24.1P  12.8P  24P  12.31P  0.90P  510.71P  
03/28/2024 10:30 EST3,650P  6.5P  495P  8.2P  24.6P  12.8P  24P  12.31P  0.94P  510.71P  
03/28/2024 10:45 EST3,550P  6.5P  493P  8.2P  25.4P  12.8P  24P  12.31P  0.91P  510.71P  
03/28/2024 11:00 EST3,520P  6.6P  492P  8.2P  27.1P  12.8P  24P  12.30P  0.90P  510.70P  
03/28/2024 11:15 EST3,450P  6.6P  492P  8.2P  26.8P  12.8P  24P  12.30P  0.89P  510.70P  
03/28/2024 11:30 EST3,620P  6.8P  492P  8.2P  28.9P  12.9P  24P  12.30P  0.93P  510.70P  
03/28/2024 11:45 EST3,580P  6.7P  490P  8.2P  26.3P  12.8P  24P  12.29P  0.92P  510.69P  
03/28/2024 12:00 EST3,580P  6.8P  489P  8.2P  27.2P  12.8P  24P  12.29P  0.92P  510.69P  
03/28/2024 12:15 EST3,510P  6.8P  488P  8.2P  28.2P  12.8P  24P  12.29P  0.90P  510.69P  
03/28/2024 12:30 EST3,610P  6.8P  487P  8.2P  26.3P  12.8P  24P  12.29P  0.93P  510.69P  
03/28/2024 12:45 EST3,580P  6.9P  487P  8.2P  27.6P  12.8P  24P  12.29P  0.92P  510.69P  
03/28/2024 13:00 EST3,540P  6.9P  486P  8.2P  26.7P  12.8P  24P  12.28P  0.91P  510.68P  
03/28/2024 13:15 EST3,540P  6.9P  485P  8.1P  27.7P  12.7P  24P  12.27P  0.91P  510.67P  
03/28/2024 13:30 EST3,540P  7.0P  485P  8.2P  25.8P  12.8P  24P  12.27P  0.91P  510.67P  
03/28/2024 13:45 EST3,470P  7.1P  485P  8.2P  27.0P  12.8P  24P  12.26P  0.89P  510.66P  
03/28/2024 14:00 EST3,470P  7.3P  485P  8.2P  26.7P  12.8P  24P  12.25P  0.89P  510.65P  
03/28/2024 14:15 EST3,430P  7.2P  485P  8.2P  26.2P  12.8P  24P  12.25P  0.89P  510.65P  
03/28/2024 14:30 EST3,430P  7.2P  484P  8.2P  27.2P  12.8P  24P  12.24P  0.89P  510.64P  
03/28/2024 14:45 EST3,600P  7.3P  484P  8.2P  26.4P  12.8P  24P  12.24P  0.93P  510.64P  
03/28/2024 15:00 EST3,430P  7.4P  484P  8.2P  25.3P  12.8P  24P  12.23P  0.89P  510.63P  
03/28/2024 15:15 EST3,490P  7.3P  484P  8.2P  25.6P  12.8P  24P  12.23P  0.90P  510.63P  
03/28/2024 15:30 EST3,390P  7.4P  484P  8.2P  26.9P  12.8P  24P  12.23P  0.88P  510.63P  
03/28/2024 15:45 EST3,490P  7.4P  484P  8.2P  24.6P  12.8P  24P  12.22P  0.90P  510.62P  
03/28/2024 16:00 EST3,560P  7.3P  483P  8.2P  26.1P  12.8P  24P  12.22P  0.92P  510.62P  
03/28/2024 16:15 EST3,450P  7.2P  483P  8.2P  23.8P  12.8P  24P  12.21P  0.89P  510.61P  
03/28/2024 16:30 EST3,450P  7.3P  483P  8.2P  25.0P  12.8P  24P  12.21P  0.89P  510.61P  
03/28/2024 16:45 EST3,520P  7.2P  483P  8.2P  26.5P  12.8P  24P  12.21P  0.91P  510.61P  
03/28/2024 17:00 EST3,420P  7.2P  483P  8.2P  26.2P  12.8P  24P  12.21P  0.89P  510.61P  
03/28/2024 17:15 EST3,450P  7.2P  483P  8.2P  26.1P  12.8P  24P  12.21P  0.89P  510.61P  
03/28/2024 17:30 EST3,520P  7.2P  483P  8.2P  26.2P  12.8P  24P  12.21P  0.91P  510.61P  
03/28/2024 17:45 EST3,480P  7.2P  482P  8.2P  26.8P  12.8P  24P  12.20P  0.90P  510.60P  
03/28/2024 18:00 EST3,480P  7.1P  482P  8.2P  27.0P  12.8P  24P  12.20P  0.90P  510.60P  
03/28/2024 18:15 EST3,380P  7.1P  482P  8.2P  26.4P  12.8P  24P  12.19P  0.88P  510.59P  
03/28/2024 18:30 EST3,450P  7.1P  482P  8.2P  27.0P  12.8P  24P  12.19P  0.89P  510.59P  
03/28/2024 18:45 EST3,440P  7.0P  482P  8.2P  27.2P  12.7P  24P  12.18P  0.89P  510.58P  
03/28/2024 19:00 EST3,440P  7.0P  481P  8.2P  27.1P  12.8P  24P  12.17P  0.89P  510.57P  
03/28/2024 19:15 EST3,470P  7.0P  481P  8.2P  26.8P  12.8P  24P  12.17P  0.90P  510.57P  
03/28/2024 19:30 EST3,400P  6.9P  481P  8.2P  26.4P  12.8P  24P  12.16P  0.89P  510.56P  
03/28/2024 19:45 EST3,460P  6.9P  481P  8.2P  25.5P  12.8P  24P  12.15P  0.90P  510.55P  
03/28/2024 20:00 EST3,330P  6.9P  480P  8.2P  25.0P  12.8P  24P  12.15P  0.87P  510.55P  
03/28/2024 20:15 EST3,430P  6.8P  480P  8.2P  26.5P  12.7P  24P  12.14P  0.89P  510.54P  
03/28/2024 20:30 EST3,430P  6.8P  479P  8.2P  27.0P  12.7P  24P  12.14P  0.89P  510.54P  
03/28/2024 20:45 EST3,460P  6.8P  478P  8.1P  25.9P  12.7P  24P  12.13P  0.90P  510.53P  
03/28/2024 21:00 EST3,290P  6.8P  478P  8.1P  25.8P  12.7P  24P  12.13P  0.86P  510.53P  
03/28/2024 21:15 EST3,390P  6.8P  478P  8.1P  26.3P  12.7P  24P  12.12P  0.89P  510.52P  
03/28/2024 21:30 EST3,420P  6.8P  478P  8.1P  26.0P  12.7P  24P  12.12P  0.89P  510.52P  
03/28/2024 21:45 EST3,250P  6.7P  478P  8.1P  26.2P  12.7P  24P  12.11P  0.85P  510.51P  
03/28/2024 22:00 EST3,320P  6.8P  477P  8.1P  26.5P  12.7P  24P  12.10P  0.87P  510.50P  
03/28/2024 22:15 EST3,450P  6.7P  478P  8.1P  25.8P  12.7P  24P  12.10P  0.90P  510.50P  
03/28/2024 22:30 EST3,440P  6.7P  477P  8.1P  26.7P  12.7P  24P  12.09P  0.90P  510.49P  
03/28/2024 22:45 EST3,340P  6.7P  478P  8.1P  25.5P  12.7P  24P  12.08P  0.88P  510.48P  
03/28/2024 23:00 EST3,370P  6.7P  478P  8.1P  27.6P  12.7P  24P  12.08P  0.89P  510.48P  
03/28/2024 23:15 EST3,340P  6.7P  480P  8.1P  26.4P  12.7P  24P  12.07P  0.88P  510.47P  
03/28/2024 23:30 EST3,300P  6.7P  480P  8.1P  27.0P  12.7P  24P  12.06P  0.87P  510.46P  
03/28/2024 23:45 EST3,370P  6.8P  482P  8.1P  25.8P  12.7P  24P  12.06P  0.89P  510.46P  
03/29/2024 00:00 EST3,300P  6.7P  484P  8.1P  26.7P  12.7P  24P  12.05P  0.87P  510.45P  
03/29/2024 00:15 EST3,360P  6.8P  489P  8.2P  25.8P  12.7P  24P  12.05P  0.89P  510.45P  
03/29/2024 00:30 EST3,430P  6.7P  490P  8.2P  26.7P  12.7P  24P  12.04P  0.90P  510.44P  
03/29/2024 00:45 EST3,260P  6.8P  493P  8.2P  25.6P  12.7P  24P  12.03P  0.86P  510.43P  
03/29/2024 01:00 EST3,290P  6.8P  496P  8.2P  26.3P  12.7P  24P  12.03P  0.87P  510.43P  
03/29/2024 01:15 EST3,290P  6.8P  500P  8.2P  27.1P  12.7P  24P  12.02P  0.87P  510.42P  
03/29/2024 01:30 EST3,220P  6.8P  501P  8.2P  27.6P  12.6P  24P  12.02P  0.85P  510.42P  
03/29/2024 01:45 EST3,250P  6.8P  503P  8.2P  25.9P  12.6P  24P  12.01P  0.86P  510.41P  
03/29/2024 02:00 EST3,310P  6.8P  505P  8.2P  25.3P  12.6P  24P  12.00P  0.88P  510.40P  
03/29/2024 02:15 EST3,250P  6.8P  505P  8.2P  26.7P  12.6P  24P  12.00P  0.86P  510.40P  
03/29/2024 02:30 EST3,280P  6.8P  506P  8.2P  25.5P  12.6P  24P  11.99P  0.87P  510.39P  
03/29/2024 02:45 EST3,150P  6.8P  506P  8.2P  26.6P  12.6P  24P  11.99P  0.83P  510.39P  
03/29/2024 03:00 EST3,180P  6.8P  505P  8.2P  26.6P  12.6P  24P  11.98P  0.84P  510.38P  
03/29/2024 03:15 EST3,240P  6.8P  504P  8.2P  26.8P  12.6P  24P  11.97P  0.86P  510.37P  
03/29/2024 03:30 EST3,210P  6.8P  502P  8.2P  25.8P  12.6P  24P  11.97P  0.85P  510.37P  
03/29/2024 03:45 EST3,140P  6.8P  499P  8.2P  26.3P  12.6P  24P  11.96P  0.83P  510.36P  
03/29/2024 04:00 EST3,240P  6.8P  497P  8.2P  26.3P  12.6P  24P  11.96P  0.86P  510.36P  
03/29/2024 04:15 EST3,170P  6.9P  493P  8.2P  26.0P  12.6P  24P  11.95P  0.84P  510.35P  
03/29/2024 04:30 EST3,160P  6.8P  492P  8.2P  25.7P  12.6P  24P  11.94P  0.84P  510.34P  
03/29/2024 04:45 EST3,160P  6.9P  488P  8.2P  26.1P  12.6P  24P  11.94P  0.84P  510.34P  
03/29/2024 05:00 EST3,160P  6.9P  486P  8.2P  26.0P  12.5P  24P  11.93P  0.84P  510.33P  
03/29/2024 05:15 EST3,160P  6.9P  484P  8.2P  26.2P  12.5P  24P  11.93P  0.84P  510.33P  
03/29/2024 05:30 EST3,090P  6.9P  483P  8.2P  24.9P  12.5P  24P  11.92P  0.83P  510.32P  
03/29/2024 05:45 EST3,160P  6.9P  481P  8.2P  27.5P  12.5P  24P  11.92P  0.84P  510.32P  
03/29/2024 06:00 EST3,120P  6.9P  479P  8.2P  25.5P  12.5P  24P  11.91P  0.83P  510.31P  
03/29/2024 06:15 EST3,320P  6.9P  478P  8.2P  25.0P  12.5P  24P  11.91P  0.89P  510.31P  
03/29/2024 06:30 EST3,150P  6.9P  477P  8.2P  25.0P  12.5P  24P  11.90P  0.84P  510.30P  

Explanation
  P  Provisional data subject to revision.