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USGS 04260500 BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN NY

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 43°59'09.0",   Longitude 75°55'28.6"   NAD83
Jefferson County, New York, Hydrologic Unit 04150101
Drainage area: 1,864 square miles
Datum of gage: 374.09 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-10-31  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1920-07-18  2025-10-30  38456 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1920-07-18  2025-06-10 38314 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1920-07  2025-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1920  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1869-04-23  2023-12-20  126 
 Field measurements 1920-10-21  2025-09-08  951 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1952-03-28  2019-09-03  553 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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