USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01017000 AROOSTOOK RIVER AT WASHBURN, ME
LOCATION - Lat 46°46'38", long 68°09'26" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Aroostook County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01010004, on right bank at Bangor and Aroostook Railroad bridge, 0.1 mi downstream from Salmon Brook.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,654 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 951: 1935, WSP 1301: 1933-50 (adjusted monthly runoff). WDR ME-82-1: Drainage area. WDR ME-97-1: 1991(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: August 1930 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 436.40 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1948, at datum 2.0 ft higher.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 49,500 ft³/s, May 1, 2008, gage height, 13.90 ft; maximum gage height, 21.13 ft, Apr. 18, 2015 (backwater from ice); minimum daily discharge, 73.9 ft³/s, Sept. 25, 2020.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL ANALYSES: Water years 1952-53.