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	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00400 pH(Med.,Max.,Min.)

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

01018035 MEDUXNEKEAG RIVER AT LOWERY ROAD NEAR HOULTON, ME

LOCATION - Lat 46°10'52", long 67°48'14" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Aroostook County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01010005, on left bank at downstream side of Lowery Road bridge and 4.6 mi upstream of the International Border with Canada.

DRAINAGE AREA - 257 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2016: 2015(M). The maximum discharge and gage height for water year 2015 was revised on August 29, 2017, as the values published in water year 2015 occurred on the rise of an event that peaked in the following water year.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - DISCHARGE: July 2005 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 290 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS -

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. 8, which is poor.

Water Year 2016: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 29 to Dec. 10, Dec. 19-24, Dec. 26 to Mar. 14, and Mar. 18-29, which are poor.

Water Year 2015: Records good, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 20-24, Nov. 27 to Dec. 10, Dec. 18 to Dec. 24 and Dec. 28 to Apr. 14, which are poor.

Water Year 2014: Records good, including period of doubtful stage-discharge relation, July 22, period of no gage-height record, June 24-25, except for periods of ice effect, Nov. 12-14, 20-26, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, and Dec. 8 to Apr. 14, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 10,800 ft³/s, Dec. 14, 2010, gage height, 12.26 ft; minimum discharge, 1.98 ft³/s, Sept. 25, 2020.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Seasonal records, July 2005 to September 2006, (May to October) Water Year 2018 to Water Year 2019. pH: Seasonal records, July 2005 to September 2006, (May to October) Water Year 2018 to Water Year 2019. WATER TEMPERATURE: Seasonal records, July 2005 to September 2006, Continuous records, July 2011 to current year. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Seasonal records, July 2005 to September 2006, (May to October) Water Year 2018 to Water Year 2019.

INSTRUMENTATION - In-situ thermistor located on left bank 70 feet streamward of gage house and about 0.5 feet above river bed.

REMARKS - Gaps in the record indicate missing data.

Water Year 2021: Records good.

Water Year 2020: Records good.

Water Year 2019: Records good.

Water Year 2018: Records good.

Water Year 2017: Records good.

Water Year 2016: Records good.

Water Year 2015: Records fair.

Water Year 2014: Records fair.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 455 µS/cm, on Sept. 21, 2018; minimum, 121 µS/cm, on Sept. 2-3, 2005. pH: Maximum, 9.0 standard units on Oct. 9, 2018; minimum, 7.4 standard units, on Sept. 1-2, 2005, July 22, 2018, and July 4-6, 8, and 30, 2019; WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 31.9°C, on Aug. 13, 2021; minimum, -0.2°C, on many days in water years 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2020; DISSOLVED OXYGEN: 14.8 mg/l, on Oct. 8, 2018; minimum, 5.7 mg/l, on July 31, 2019.