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USGS 013621955 BIRCH CREEK AT BIG INDIAN NY

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> Site Information
LOCATION.--Lat 42°06'32", long 74°27'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Ulster County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 02020006, on left bank 10 ft west of State Highway 28, and 0.1 mi upstream from bridge on Lasher Road, at Big Indian.
DRAINAGE AREA.--12.5 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1998 to current year.
REVISIONS HISTORY.--WDR-US-2011: 2010.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,227.42 ft above NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS.--Seasonal diversion for snowmaking by Belleayre Mountain Ski Center at Pine Hill. Occasional regulation by Pine Hill Lake 1.7 mi upstream, and low flows may be affected by Pine Hill Wastewater Treatment Plant about 1.1 mi upstream.
Water Years 2014-23: Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,460 ft³/s, Aug. 28, 2011, gage height, 7.18 ft, outside gage height was 7.58 ft, from crest-stage gage, from rating curve extended above 260 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; minimum discharge, 1.6 ft³/s, Sept. 26, 2008; minimum gage height, 2.17 ft, Sept. 25, 26, 2010.
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This station managed by the NY Water Science Center Troy.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1998-10-01  2024-11-21
2007-10-01  2024-11-21
2016-10-01  2024-10-29
2021-02-03  2024-11-21
2016-10-01  2020-09-30
2016-10-01  2021-01-27







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.71 11-21-2024   05:30 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 26 water years of record more
Min
(2002)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 21		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2004)
2.90 3.71 7.7 18 26 38 107

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.76 11-21-2024   05:30 EST
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), Acoustic System, RB, 75 ft Dow, [Observator, Analite NEP 5000 S]
Most recent instantaneous value: 14.9 11-21-2024   05:00 EST
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), [Forest Technology Systems DTS-]
 
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