USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01206900 NAUGATUCK RIVER AT THOMASTON, CT
LOCATION - Lat 41°40'25", long 73°04'12" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Litchfield County, CT, Hydrologic Unit 01100005, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Rts. 6 and 202 at Thomaston, 1.5 mi downstream from Thomaston Reservoir, 2.5 mi upstream from Branch Brook, and at mile 29.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 99.8 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR CT-76-1: 1975. WDR CT-83-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1960 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 354.39 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Telephone telemetry at station. Satellite telemetry at station. CSG at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Aug. 19, 1955, reached a stage of 27.0 ft, from floodmarks by Corps of Engineers, discharge, 53,400 ft³/s, from indirect measurements of peak flow on Naugatuck River, 71.9 mi², and Leadmine Brook, 24.0 mi², adjusted for intervening drainage area.