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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01144000 WHITE RIVER AT WEST HARTFORD, VT
LOCATION - Lat 43°42'51", long 72°25'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Windsor County, VT, Hydrologic Unit 01080105, on left bank, 700 ft upstream from Quechee West Hartford Road bridge at West Hartford, 0.2 mi south of the State Highway 14 and Tigertown Road intersection in West Hartford, 5.1 mi south of State Highways 14 and 132 intersection in Sharon, 5.5 mi west of Post Office in Norwich, and 7.4 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 690 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 756: Drainage area. WSP 781: 1928(M). WSP 1031: 1916(m), 1923. WSP 1301: 1916-26(M), 1929(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge records: June 1915 to current year. October 1927 to September 1928 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1301.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 374.32 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to October 30, 1927, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
COOPERATION - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and USGS Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program.
REMARKS - WATER YEARS 2014-19 and 2023: Records good except those for estimated discharges, which are poor. WATER YEARS 2020-2022: Records fair except those for estimated discharges, which are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow during period 1934-50 caused by power plant upstream.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 120,000 ft³/s, November 4, 1927, gage height, 29.3 ft, from floodmarks, from rating curve extended above 29,000 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow at 28.36 ft and 29.3 ft; minimum observed, about 35 ft³/s, August 4, 1918; minimum daily discharge, 54 ft³/s, September 27, 28, 1963. Stage and discharge of the flood of November 4, 1927, are the greatest since at least 1761.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1953, 1956 to 1958, 1961, 1966 to 1999, 2003 to 2005, and 2013.
