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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01017290 LITTLE MADAWASKA RIVER AT CARIBOU, ME
LOCATION - Lat 46°53'19", long 67°56'42" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Aroostook County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01010004, on left bank 0.2 mi downstream of State Route 89 highway bridge, 3.8 mi upstream from mouth, and 4.0 miles northeast of Caribou.
DRAINAGE AREA - 234 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: June 2008 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 420 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS - Low flows may be regulated by operation of dam 7 miles upstream of station.
Water Year 2023: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2022: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2021: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2020: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2019: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2018: Records good, except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2017: Records good, except for period of ice effect, Nov. 29 to Apr. 9, which is poor.
Water Year 2016: Records good, except for period of ice effect, Nov. 22 to Apr. 8, and period of no gage-height record, Jan. 21-29, which are poor.
Water Year 2015: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 19-23, Nov. 28 to Dec. 12, Dec. 19-24, Dec. 28 to Apr. 16, and periods of no gage-height record, Jan. 14, Feb. 4, 8, Mar. 6, which are poor.
Water Year 2014: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 21-27, and Dec. 7 to Apr. 15, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 9,520 ft³/s, Apr. 27, 2018, gage height, 11.38 ft; minimum discharge, 10.1 ft³/s, Aug. 16-18, 2020, gage height, 2.72 ft.
