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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

04233300 SIXMILE CREEK AT BETHEL GROVE, NY

LOCATION - Lat 42°24'09.5", long 76°26'08.1" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Tompkins County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 04140201, on left bank at bridge on German Cross Road, 3.4 mi southeast of Ithaca, at Bethel Grove.

DRAINAGE AREA - 39 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - The gage height associated with the indirect discharge measurement made for the event of Apr. 2, 2005, was revised on Sept. 9, 2024, based on a review of the measurement completed on Mar. 28, 2017.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1995 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 759.26 ft above NAVD of 1988.

REMARKS - Water Years 2014-23: Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 6,200 ft³/s, Jan. 19, 1996, gage height, 9.78 ft, from rating curve extended above 2,700 ft³/s on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height 8.26 ft; minimum discharge, 1.5 ft³/s, Aug. 2, 1995.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SUSPENDED-SOLIDS CONCENTRATION: October 1996 to September 1998. SUSPENDED-SOLIDS DISCHARGE: October 1996 to September 1998. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: December 1998 to current year. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: December 1998 to current year.

COOPERATION - Periodic water-quality samples were collected by personnel from the City of Ithaca Department of Public Works (Water and Sewer Division) and Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District. Samples were analyzed by personnel from the City of Ithaca Department of Public Works (Water and Sewer Division).

INSTRUMENTATION - Automatic water sampler since 1995.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SUSPENDED-SOLIDS CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,480 mg/L, Nov. 8, 1996; minimum daily mean, 1 mg/L, many days during the 1998 water year. SUSPENDED-SOLIDS DISCHARGE: Maximum daily, 7,050 tons, Nov. 8, 1996; minimum daily, 0.02 tons, several days in October 1997 and September 1998. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 7,190 mg/L, June 27, 2006; minimum daily mean, less than or equal to 1 mg/L on many days in 2004-05, 2007-15. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: Maximum daily, 17,200 tons, June 27, 2006; minimum daily, 0.01 tons on August 1, 2013.