USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01362497 LITTLE BEAVER KILL AT BEECHFORD NEAR MOUNT TREMPER, NY
LOCATION - Lat 42°01'10", long 74°15'59" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Ulster County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 02020006, on right bank 950 ft upstream from State Highway 28 at Beechford, 0.3 mi above mouth, and 1.8 mi southeast of Mount Tremper.
DRAINAGE AREA - 16.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR NY-99-1: 1998. WDR NY-01-1: 1998-2000.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1997 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 659.04 ft above NGVD of 1929 and 658.36 ft above NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 2,820 ft³/s, June 26, 2006, gage height, 8.71 ft; minimum discharge, 0.11 ft³/s, Sept. 8, 9, 2002; minimum gage height, 1.41 ft, Aug. 12, 13, 1999.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2010 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - TURBIDITY: DTS12 - November 2010 to December 2014, September 2016 to current year. Analite - August 2022 to current year.
COOPERATION - In cooperation with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
INSTRUMENTATION - An optical turbidity sensor provides readings at 15-minute intervals since November 2010.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - TURBIDITY: DTS12 - Maximum, 859 FNU, Aug. 28, 2011; minimum, <0.2 FNU, on many days. Analite - Maximum, 880 FNU, Aug. 30, 2023; minimum, <0.2FNU, on several days. [<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]