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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
04289000 LITTLE RIVER NEAR WATERBURY, VT
LOCATION - Lat 44°22'13", long 72°46'09" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Washington County, VT, Hydrologic Unit 04150403, on right bank, 0.8 mi downstream from spillway on Waterbury Reservoir, 1.7 mi upstream from mouth, and 2.0 mi north of US Highway 2 and State Highway 100 intersection in Waterbury.
DRAINAGE AREA - 111 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 824: 1936.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge records: July to October 1910 (gage heights only), October 1935 to current year. October, November 1935 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1307. Monthly discharges only for July, August, and September 1937. Prior to October 1962, published as Waterbury River near Waterbury.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Concrete control since December 8, 1937. Datum of gage is 427.62 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. July 7 to October 31, 1910, nonrecording gage at site 2 mi upstream at different datum.
COOPERATION - Green Mountain Power Company.
REMARKS - WATER YEARS 2014-23: Records good except those for estimated discharges, which are poor. Flow completely regulated by Waterbury Reservoir (station 04288500).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 6,520 ft³/s, March 18, 1936, gage height, 19.38 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.6 ft³/s several times during summers of 1938-39, 1941, and 1944. Maximum discharge since construction of Waterbury Reservoir in 1937, 5,240 ft³/s, April 27, 2011, gage height, 16.35 ft.