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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04282000 OTTER CREEK AT CENTER RUTLAND, VT
LOCATION - Lat 43°36'13", long 73°00'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Rutland County, VT, Hydrologic Unit 04150402, on right bank, 200 ft downstream from dam, 500 ft upstream from bridge on US Highway 4 (Business) in Center Rutland, 0.3 mi upstream of Clarendon River, 1.2 mi downstream from East Creek, and 2.1 mi west of US 7N and 4E intersection in Rutland.
DRAINAGE AREA - 307 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1084: 1929.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge records: May 1928 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 474.35 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988; prior to October 1, 1964, datum was 1.00 ft higher. Prior to July 22, 1929, nonrecording gage at same site.
COOPERATION - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and USGS Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program.
REMARKS -
WATER YEARS 2014-23: Records good except those for estimated discharges, which are poor.
Flow regulated by power plants and Chittenden Reservoir 14 mi upstream on East Creek. These reservoirs have a combined usable capacity of about 819.8 million ft³. Prior to June 3, 1947, regulation by East Pittsford Reservoir, usable capacity, 150 million ft³.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 15,700 ft³/s, August 29, 2011, gage height 17.43 ft, from rating curve extended above 7,300 ft³/s on basis of measurements of peak flow over dam at gage heights 13.25 ft and 17.43 ft.
