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This station is operated in cooperation
with:
U.S. Geological Survey
LOCATION.--Lat 45°00'00", long 73°30'05"
referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Clinton County, NY,
Hydrologic Unit 02010006, on left bank 500 ft upstream from bridge on
Creek Road at Perry Mills, and 7.5 mi upstream from Corbeau
Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--243 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1928 to September 1968, water years
1985 and 1987-89 (annual maximum only), March 1990 to current
year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage
is 164.93 ft above NGVD of 1929. April 1987 to February 1990,
crest-stage gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily
discharges, which are poor. At flows greater than about 2,000
ft3/s, significant undetermined amounts of flow bypass the
gage. Records prior to October 1968 affected by diurnal fluctuation at
low and medium flow by sawmill immediately upstream. Occasional
regulation by Chazy Lake (usable capacity, about 765 mil
ft3) from which the Clinton Correctional Facility at
Dannemora (Saranac River basin) obtains its water supply (about 1
ft3/s). Satellite and telephone gage-height telemeter at
station.
Peak Flow and Stage Information
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