Housatonic River Near New Milford, CT - 01200600
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Housatonic River Near New Milford, CT - 01200600
Subscribe to WaterAlert April 6, 2025 - April 13, 2025
Gage height, feet
10.63 ft - Apr 13, 2025 10:30:00 AM EDT
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
10.63 ft
Provisional
Apr 13, 2025
10:30:00 AM EDT
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10.63 ft
Provisional
Apr 13, 2025
10:30:00 AM EDT
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Statistics for April 13, 2025 based on 1 year of data
Gage height, ft
low (2024)
12.86 ft
25th percentile
ft
median
12.86 ft
75th percentile
ft
mean
12.86 ft
high (2024)
12.86 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
8 data types available - data from 2013-09-27 to 2025-04-13
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2023-06-15 - 2025-04-13
Discharge, cubic feet per second
2023-06-15 - 2025-04-13
Chlorophyll fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, fluorometric method, excitation at 470 +-15 nm, emission at 685 +-20 nm, relative fluorescence units (RFU)
2018-06-13 - 2018-10-11
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
2015-06-12 - 2018-10-11
pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
2017-06-19 - 2018-10-11
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
2013-09-27 - 2018-10-11
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
2013-09-27 - 2018-10-11
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
2013-09-27 - 2018-10-11
Daily data
4 data types available - data from 1998-07-14 to 2025-04-12
Field measurements - Coming soon
0 data types available
Discrete sample data
281 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1961-11-17 to 2025-01-13
499 Sampling activities
- Monitoring Location
- Active Monitoring Locations
5 km
3 mi
Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
Interested in understanding how to access the upstream/downstream data? Learn about the Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)
| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Unit Values, Water-quality | 1974-07-22 | 2018-10-11 |
| Information | Water-quality | 1974-07-22 | 2024-01-11 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1974-07-22 | 2023-07-19 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Unit Values, Water-quality | 1961-11-17 | 2024-01-11 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1974-07-22 | 2023-07-19 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1961-11-17 | 2023-07-19 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 1974-07-22 | 2024-01-11 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 1974-07-22 | 2023-07-19 |
| Organics, PCBs | Water-quality | 1974-10-21 | 1976-08-09 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 1974-07-22 | 2024-01-11 |
| Organics, pesticide | Water-quality | 1974-10-21 | 1994-08-23 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1961-11-17 | 2025-04-13 |
| Radiochemistry | Water-quality | 1995-03-13 | 2023-07-19 |
| Sediment | Water-quality | 1974-10-21 | 2015-03-27 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 2013-09-26 | 2023-12-19 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1993-04-03 | 2025-02-21 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 01200600 is associated with a Stream in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1961 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
01200600 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
HOUSATONIC RIVER NEAR NEW MILFORD, CT | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 413535 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0732700 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 41.5931499 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -73.4495669 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from MAP. | M |
|
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Unknown or unspecified. | U |
|
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1927 | NAD27 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
|
District
|
Connecticut | 09 |
|
State
|
Connecticut | 09 |
|
County
|
Litchfield County | 005 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | n/a | |
| Name of location map | NEW MILFORD, CT | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 201 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Interpolated from topographic map. | M |
| Altitude accuracy | 5 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 | NGVD29 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Housatonic | 01100005 |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
Stream channel
|
C |
| Flags for instruments at site | YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | 19621001 | n/a |
|
Drainage area
|
1022 square miles | n/a |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | EST | n/a |
|
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | n/a |
|
Data reliability
|
n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
|
Local aquifer type
|
n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
|
Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | 440900300 | n/a |
